Bubba’s heroes have always been storytellers. Mainly John Prine, Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Tom T. Hall, and Lori McKenna. Their words have a particular way of givin’ him goosebumps.

Naturally, Bubba’s a songwriter drawn to flawed characters, clever turns of phrase, and stories that aren’t exactly true or false. Born and raised in Texas, he writes lived-in scenes with a strong sense of place and a country way of talkin’. His homespun recordings leave the rough edges in and let the songs speak for themselves.

Bubba knows he’s a writer, not a singer. If someone with a prettier voice ever wanted to cut one of his tunes, he’d be much obliged. But he ain’t holdin’ out hope. Bubba’s just holdin’ a pen and a guitar, tryin’ to tell better stories.

The second full-length from Emily Wolfe, Outlier, released June 25th, 2021 on Crows Feet Records, is an album built on exquisite tension: an endless push-and-pull between desire and resistance, determination and self-sabotage, the instinctive need to belong and the urge to strike out on your own. For help in channeling that complexity of feeling, the Austin-based singer/songwriter/guitarist explored and obliterated the boundaries of rock-and-roll and modern pop, mining equal inspiration from the likes of Judas Priest and Ariana Grande in her bold but masterful genre-bending. Produced by Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age and Mini Mansions, the resulting body of work finds Wolfe upending the conventions of each genre, ultimately arriving at a guitar-drenched sound that’s wildly unpredictable and immediately magnetic.

2 piece electric country rock and roll band from Austin, TX.

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