The Heartlanders Cincinnati, Ohio
It's in rural southwestern Ohio where ‘The Heartlanders’ make up their own kind of folk tunes. Uplifting and thoughtful, they call their music 'panoramic’ because of its big-sky vocal melodies and wide range of instrumentation. Although they employ the sounds of everything from pianos and cellos to pipe organs and banjos, the staple behind their sound is a folk guitar and a moving lyric. ... more
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