Greg Loftus is a veteran independent alt-country singer, songwriter, bandleader and recording artist. A Northeast native, he spent a decade in Austin as the front-man of popular alt-country band Carpetbagger. In 2017, he moved back home to Massachusetts and launched his furniture building business, Narrowland Woodworks and Design.  However, the unplanned downtime of the pandemic prompted the singer to pick up his guitar once more, and a new solo project was born. In 2021 he released the album Western Medicine. Regular readers will remember the single “When My Day Comes”. This month Gre ..read more

Preston Defa first appeared on these pages in April of last year, upon the release of his single “Stone Cold Killer”. That track introduced The Static Dive readers to an emerging independent singer/songwriter with a quick wit and a unique indie-Americana sound. The prolific song man has dropped a string of genre-defying singles since his 2021 solo debut. Based in Salt Lake City, Preston Defa has built a reputation as a clever and quirky songwriter who tells personal anecdotes of life in the heartland. From torch songs like “Misunderstood” to lighthearted country nostalgia of “Marlboro Man ..read more

Todd Barrow is a Texas-native singer-songwriter who first appeared on these pages way back in 2019 with his single “Give Me a Chance Tonight“. That track introduced The Static Dive readers to a rising star in country music, with a guitar-fueled, rock-infused sound. Since then the prolific performer has released over two dozen singles and two albums. Discovered by American rockabilly legend Sonny Burgess after a chance encounter at a shared gig, Todd Barrow is an award-winning musician whose music is played on radio stations around the world. He has performed with artists like John Schneider ..read more

Kristen Noel is an independent singer-songwriter from Laguna Beach, California. She made her solo professional recording debut in 2012 with the album Many Rooms. That record introduced a breezy Americana vibe that keeps one foot in Nashville and the other in the serene landscape of her current home in mountainous Idyllwild, California. Since her debut, Kristen Noel has released two singles and an EP. When not in the studio, she performs as a member of the popular live band Dirty Whiskey. On April 12, Kristen will drop her much anticipated four-song EP The Afterburn, a deeply personal projec ..read more

Charley Ramsay is a veteran singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is returning to the scene in 2024 after a 16 year hiatus. With original releases dating back to 1993, the Texas-native’s last commercial release was his 2008 album Catalyst.  A lifelong musician, Charley Ramsay is a classically trained guitarist who cut his teeth throughout the 80s and 90s on the stages of Austin’s legendary indie scene. As a songwriter, he has a penchant for penning deeply personal yet universally relatable tales of American life. Citing the inspiration of ground-breaking artists Wilco, Damien Rice, Fra ..read more

Paul Schindler is a journalist, educator, and academic based in San Francisco, California. A talented and eclectic creator, Paul worked for 20 years in computer journalism, writing on assignment for high-profile tech publications like Computer Systems News, Information Systems News, Information Week, PC Week, Byte Magazine, and Windows Magazine. He later worked for eight years as a middle school history teacher. Although much of the MIT graduate and former Jeopardy contestant’s work has orbited around the IT world, behind that analytical mind lies a poet. In 2020, Paul Schindler decided to ..read more

Jacob Russo is a veteran singer-songwriter who is about to release his first new album in over a decade. He made his professional solo recording debut in 2011 with the LP Start Again Somewhere. That record introduced a talented musician and lyricist with a knack for dissecting the human condition. Although Jacob Russo has stayed away from the recording studio in recent years, he has not been silent. Based in Denver, Colorado, he has become a staple of that city’s vibrant music scene building a reputation as a dynamic and engaging performer and songwriter. “Taller Than Me” is the current sin ..read more

Saylor Dollar is a multi-instrumentalist singing-songwriting duo from Tallahassee, Florida. They made their recording debut in 2019 with the album Home. That track introduced a prolific pair of mountain music virtuosos with a sound built on generations of tradition. Lisa Dollar (vocals, fiddle, bass, and mandolin) and Dale Dollar (guitar, banjo, and mandolin) cite a broad spectrum of artists and genres as inspiration for their acoustic countryified blues vibe. Theirs is a fluid mix of Americana, folk, bluegrass and blues. It is a live, organic, and vibrant sound. Old Moon Reverie is the bra ..read more

Sean Walshe is a veteran singer, songwriter, and activist who is making his solo debut in 2024. He got his start in music back in the 1990s. However, life and work would ultimately lead him on some very different paths. An Irish-American native of Long Island, New York, Sean Walshe’s bio tells tales of his surviving forty foot waves on a deep sea fishing boat, and managing the musical education of violent criminals in a maximum security penitentiary.  Not long ago, a chance meeting with his old friend and producer Rob Fabrioni sparked something in Walshe. He started writing, and soon h ..read more

Chris Logan is an emerging singer-songwriter with a unique multicultural sound. He was raised and still resides in the Southwestern border town of Nogales, Arizona. The town’s melting-pot of Mexican and American cultural traditions played a huge part in shaping Logan as a man and as an artist. The singer’s own story also finds its origins both North and South of the border. His mother is from Mexico and his father from the southern United States. Chris Logan moved from North Carolina to Nogales at the age of four. Years later, his adopted border town would inspire a unique blend of the two ..read more