Maygen & The Birdwatcher
It\u2019s been quite a stir for\nthe Minnesota progressive folk-rock-country sextet Maygen & The Birdwatcher. In late 2021 they released their debut full-length\nalbum, Moonshine \u2013 (which Americana UK wrote is \u201cstunning\u201d) \u2013\nearning them Midwest Country Music Awards for Album of the Year and Americana\nArtist of the Year) and landed opportunities to join festival stages with bands\nlike Old Crow Medicine Show, Paul Cauthen, Grace Potter, and The Ozark Mountain\nDaredevils.
\nThey continued the\nmomentum in late 2022, releasing Moonshine\u2019s companion EP, with\nthe \u201clively and charming\u201d (Adventures in Americana) Bootleggin\u2019 At The\nFlower Shoppe which took home a 2nd round of wins for Album of the Year\nand Americana Artist of the Year at the Midwest Country Music Organization\u2019s\nannual awards show.
\nThe mood-boosting\nAmericana band adventurously blurs the sounds of country, bluegrass, folk, and\nblues. Lead singers Maygen Lacey, and Noah Neumann intentionally work to draw\non their vastly different musical influences and vocal styles to bring a fresh\nand unexpected mix of songs to light. From beauty to grit, sadness to\nsilliness, the common thread is that this crew loves music, and playing it\ntogether, and it shows.\xa0