Sam Milton / Essie & the Hum / Barna Howard

https://www.sam-milton.com/ Sam Milton is an indie folk-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Portland, Oregon. https://essieandthehum.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-clay-st-studios Essie and The Hum craft ethereal indie-folk rock shaped by the magic of live performance. Based in Portland, OR, their sound drifts from intimate, slow-burn ballads to full-throttle rock moments, pulling listeners into a wormhole they won’t want to leave. https://www.mamabirdrecordingco.com/barna-howard After high school, Howard moved north to study animation in one cold and windy city and then east for love in another. Years later, he blindly followed two friends to the Northwest, crossing the Rockies for the first time, in search of inspiration, opportunity and a fresh start. Barna’s self-titled debut chronicled these moves as he struggled with the contrast between his small town upbringing and these big city wanderings. The album was met with critical acclaim and underground success, partly thanks to an opportunely placed song in the hit indie film, Drinking Buddies. One critic even likened him to some “lost genius of the 60’s.”