Erik Vincent Huey is an Austin-based American singer-songwriter issuing his second full-length album, Fort Defiance. He collaborates with one of the best, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, who plays his trademark electric guitar, produces the record, and recruits high-profile guests. Huey is hailed for his 2023 debut, Appalachian Gothic, a concept album, a kind of autobiography. Fort Defiance, however, is simply a collection of songs without a unifying theme. “This record is about achieving escape velocity out of Appalachia and into the larger world. Kinda like my own journey,” says Huey. Reference points run from Dave Alvin to Willie Nile to Steve Earle to Springsteen and Dylan, all of whom possess streetwise credos and punk tinges.
Huey, the son of four generations of coal…

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