Artist description honest American music from the heart of the Midwest

Music Style alt.country, Americana

Musical Influences Carter Family, Velvet Underground

Similar Artists Mazzy Star, Cowboy Junkies, Vulgar Boatmen, Lucinda Williams

Artist History Former member of the Vulgar Boatmen

Group Members Janas Hoyt, Megan Weeder

Instruments guitar, violins

Albums Flame (2001), Record No. 1 (1999)

Press Reviews … Record No. 1 is an unprepossessing gem - entrancingly subdued, empty of postmodern posturing, filled instead with older, and, some would say, better things: Beauty, ambition and something like grace.Bill Wyman, Salon.com (4/20/99) -- …Hoyt has the outsized rock ‘n roll spirit of a young Lou Reed or Bruce Springsteen…Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN (4/18/99)

Additional Info Janas Hoyt appears on John Mellencamp Rough Harvest -- the band has played SXSW, Lilith Fair Village Stage, NEA, Philadelphia Music Conference

Location Bloomington, Indiana - USA

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