It’s been quite a stir for
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
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
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