hillfolk

Meet Hillfolk noir

Grooving. Raucous. Genre-bending. And always a ton of fun.

Built on more than 20 years of Junkerdash tradition, today’s Hillfolk is rooted in the band’s song craftsmanship. From spiral-bound mountains of frontman Travis Ward’s ragged notebooks comes the hard and the tender. Hillfolk Noir can blow the roof off the place, or draw you around the fire with their earnest musical narratives of the back alleys, the open range, and the front porch. They paint with sound the earnest stories about the lives of lovers, law-breakers, and the lion-hearted: heroes and outcasts alike. You can expect a bevy of acoustic instruments and a ton of songs.

Hailing from Boise, Idaho, the always young-at-heart Hillfolk Noir has been carving their own musical path for 20 years. Grab a cup of juice and ease on down to enjoy these newfound Hillfolk vibes. “If John Steinbeck owned a speakeasy,” said John Doe (X, the Knitters), “Hillfolk Noir would be the house band.

REcordings

Teach and Wrong S2E1: The Opener – Teach and Wrong

Here we are in Season 2 of Teach and Wrong, we are happy to be back. This season we will focus on the theme of "Sharing and Releasing" and we get right to it with a conversation about a new album The Opener by Travis Ward (Wrong) who is of course, joined by Teach.  

1. Teach and Wrong S2E1: The Opener 44:32
2. Teach and Wrong S1E8: Adventure 53:20
3. Teach and Wrong S1E7 Host 45:45
4. Teach and Wrong S1E6 It's Not a House, It's a Habitat 56:01
5. Teach and Wrong S1E5 DIY or DIE 50:40

Quotes that make us seem cool

A thrilling, haunting, stark collection of traditionally inspired mountain-hillbilly music.

John Apice, No Depression

The best news is Ward has the chops and commitment to be what he claims to be: A bonafide folk singer.

Doug Deloach, Maverick Magazine

Hillfolk Noir played electric and ruined Treefort the same way that Dylan ruined Newport“.

Country Jesus & the Extraterrestrial Highway, KRBX

This is talent that is wrought by a love and knowlege of traditional American music, uncompromisingly raw and packed with dustbowl character.

Sarah Coxton, fRoots Magazine

They rocked their way to the top. Best band in Boise.

Boise Weekly (2014)