Free Range Folk’s Joshua Finsel will mark the release of his debut solo album “No Honey” with a concert Thursday at Mauch Chunk Opera House, West Broadway, Jim Thorpe.

The singer-songwriter, a Jim Thorpe resident, primarily will sing and play guitar during the concert, though “I might bring my fretless minstrel banjo for a song or two.”

The concert lineup will also feature Daedalus Productions’ Dennis Patrick — who produced “No Honey” — on drums, plus Free Range Folk members Brett Andrew on guitar, Finsel’s wife Amber on bass and Doug Makofka on keyboards.

“We are going to play through the record after our opening act of Bob Beach and Paul Wilkinson,” Finsel said. “They both played on the record, Bob on harmonica, and Paul on pedal steel. They may join us on a song or two.”

Finsel may break out a Free Range Folk tune, with members perhaps singing on a couple songs. All Free Range Folk members contributed to at least one track on “No Honey.”

Finsel, whose local-legend song “Shindog“ appeared on a 2024 “Musicians of Jim Thorpe” compilation, will sell CDs, and possibly vinyl records, of “No Honey” at the concert. If all goes well, the independent album should hit streaming platforms on Friday.

Born in White Haven, Finsel spent his early childhood on the Finsel family farm.

“We had a small home on the corner of the farm and my grandparents had the main house near the barn,“ he said. “In elementary school, we moved to my mother’s hometown of Lehighton. We kept the home in White Haven as a hunting cabin.”

Finsel grew up on the Lehigh River, a powerful, spiritual place for the musician. The river, with its calm and relieving feeling, serves as a metaphor in a lot of his songs.

At a young age driving with his parents, Finsel fell in love with folk music. “Especially with dad, because he didn’t talk much and I was too short to see over the dashboard.”

Finsel, who loves all kinds of music, had a visceral reaction to the lyrics of Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle” and the harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. However, seeing a band play David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” at around age 13 inspired him to play guitar.

In high school, Finsel played bars and clubs while in a hard-rock/heavy-metal/grunge band. Solo and band gigs followed at Kutztown University and in Oregon, where he and Amber moved in 2005 after marrying on the Lehigh River in Jim Thorpe, near Glen Onoko.

Finsel and Amber, who have three children, started a photography business — which Amber now runs — in 2007. In 2008, the couple moved back home, settling in Jim Thorpe after driving home in a veggie-oil-powered school bus Finsel converted into an RV.

In 2010, Free Range Folk formed. The bluegrass/dirt-rock/folk band, Finsel said, “grew out of a weekly campfire jam session at 14 Acre Farm with a group of us who loved music, writing songs, good food and family.”

Free Range Folk’s discography consists of 2011 debut set “Soul Collector,” 2013’s “444,” 2016’s “Impending Doom” and 2024’s aptly titled “It’s About Time.” A 2021 album, “Folk,” was credited to Finsel and Free Range Folk.

Finsel, who had recorded singles by himself since the 1990s, had tried to record a solo record for decades. Having worked on songs for years, he was not ready to make a solo album, though, until 2024, when he called Patrick.

“I learned a lot about myself going through the process with Free Range Folk over the years,” Finsel said. “I realized at some point that I needed to detach myself from the engineer/producer seat, and just focus on the performance.”

Recording “No Honey,” Finsel said, differed from recording Free Range Folk records “in the same way that kayaking down a river solo is different from being in a raft with eight people. Both are fun, but one allows you to explore some things on your own.”

Patrick contacted producer/musician Mark Plati, known for his work with David Bowie in the late 1990s and early 2000s, for “No Honey.” Plati played electric fretless bass on select tracks, including “The Drought,” and offered to mix the album.

Other “No Honey” tracks include the title cut, plus “Don’t Buy It New” and “Before the Snow,” the latter songs boasting music videos. Finsel’s eldest child Ada, who sings co-lead on “The Drought,” provided backing vocals on “Before The Snow.”

The digital version of “No Honey” includes the standard edition’s nine songs, plus bonus tracks “The Albatross” and “Morchella of Chanterelle.” The latter ranks among Finsel’s in-progress music videos, along with “The Drought” and “Permanent Wave.”

Looking ahead, winemaker Finsel — owner of Wild Elder Wine and Cider Co. — anticipates “writing that next song,” plus taking “No Honey” on the road. Free Range Folk also has some gigs on the calendar.

Finsel, considering the scope of his music career, regards “No Honey” as a high point, “having such a sonically rich document of some special songs that I wrote. Having it as a legacy project for future ancestors to get a glimpse into my mind/life.”