the Minnesota progressive folk-rock-country sextet Maygen & The Birdwatcher. In late 2021 they released their debut full-length

album, Moonshine – (which Americana UK wrote is “stunning”) –

earning them Midwest Country Music Awards for Album of the Year and Americana

Artist of the Year) and landed opportunities to join festival stages with bands

like Old Crow Medicine Show, Paul Cauthen, Grace Potter, and The Ozark Mountain

Daredevils.

momentum in late 2022, releasing Moonshine’s companion EP, with

the “lively and charming” (Adventures in Americana) Bootleggin’ At The

Flower Shoppe which took home a 2nd round of wins for Album of the Year

and Americana Artist of the Year at the Midwest Country Music Organization’s

annual awards show.

Americana band adventurously blurs the sounds of country, bluegrass, folk, and

blues. Lead singers Maygen Lacey, and Noah Neumann intentionally work to draw

on their vastly different musical influences and vocal styles to bring a fresh

and unexpected mix of songs to light. From beauty to grit, sadness to

silliness, the common thread is that this crew loves music, and playing it

together, and it shows.