Singer-songwriter Justin Follin plays the kind of music that doesn’t need much explaining: good stories, melodies, and a little room to breathe. He’s a songwriter with a love of the craft, and it shows. After years leading bands in Austin, Texas, learning to write in a town where lyrics matter, his songs reflect a clear respect for the tradition—country, folk, and Americana, in the lineage of John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, and Blaze Foley, with a poet’s eye that nods to Leonard Cohen. His writing is sharp, lyrically thoughtful but easy to sit with. On stage, his laid-back delivery and steady voice lets the lyrics do the heavy lifting. His mix of originals and familiar covers turn into the kind of set that sneaks up on you—and stays with you after you leave.
