Artist: Kendl Winter Hometown: Olympia, Washington Latest Album: Banjo Mantras Personal nicknames (or rejected band names): "Lower half of The Lowest Pair" What other art forms – literature, film, dance, painting, etc. – inform your music? I like this question, because I think everything you do, witness, consume, walk by, dance with, or touch informs…

Artist: Hannah Connolly Hometown: Los Angeles, California (via Eau Claire, Wisconsin) Latest Album: Shadowboxing Personal nicknames (or rejected band names): Han, Hannah Banana, Hannah Montana, Hanny How often do you hide behind a character in a song or use “you” when it's actually “me?” Most of the songs I’ve written and recorded so far have…

Artist: The Lost Wayne (AKA Hunter Hoffman) Hometown: DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) Latest Album: Tangerine Personal nicknames (or rejected band names): Hamster, Smooch Which artist has influenced you the most and how? There have been, and there continues to be, so many that it’s hard to narrow it down to just one. But the artist who has…

Artist: Abby Hamilton Hometown: Nicholasville, Kentucky Latest Album: #1 Zookeeper (of the San Diego Zoo) Which artist has influenced you the most? It’s always been Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. My mom used to have us stop before a Myrtle Beach or Gatlinburg vacation growing up to have us pick out a book. At 12…

Artist: Frontier Ruckus Hometown: Detroit, Michigan Latest Album: On the Northline (out February 16) (Editor's Note: All answers provided by Matthew Milia.) If you had to write a mission statement for your career, what would it be? "Celebrate the minutiae." It's no secret that that's what my lyrics are all about. Specificity, specificity, specificity. I…