Rhyan Sinclair

Kentucky’s Rhyan Sinclair is one of those rare songwriters who can simultaneously pay tribute to artists who inspire her and create something entirely new, within one song. In 2018, she released her first solo full-length, Barnstormer, and the holiday EP, Marshmallow World. 
This impressive new voice in country returns in 2022 with Letters to Aliens, which continues the theme of a woman on a journey, but this time the vibe is cosmic, seventies-esque folk rock with whispers of traditional country. 
Where Barnstormer was mostly session musicians, Letters to Aliens is a band album, featuring Danny Flanigan on guitar, Jeff Binder on bass, Cary Shields on drums and Sinclair’s mom, Toni Karpinski on background vocals, who comprise Sinclair’s band, the South 65. The band’s high-energy, joyful, musical camaraderie is at the forefront of Aliens and is an essential piece of the album’s signature sound. “This album is a documentation of my human experience,” says Sinclair. “My time capsule, my letter on a balloon, my story thus far. With any luck, these songs will reach others who feel a bit like outsiders, misfits…aliens.”

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