One Acre West - Americana / Alt. Country Electronic Press Kit
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About One Acre West
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One Acre West is the Americana/alt-country project of Kristi Jean and Steven Branstetter. Shaped by Colorado, Texas, and a life lived through love, loss, family, change, and starting over, their songs look back without living in the past. One Acre West is a story in motion, with miles still ahead.
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One Acre West is the Americana/alt-country project of singer Kristi Jean and songwriter/guitarist Steven Branstetter. Their story stretches from Colorado’s Rocky Mountains to small-town Texas and now Central Pennsylvania, carrying with it years of family, music, love, loss, change, and watching people they love hurt in ways they couldn’t fix. Those experiences became songs about holding on, letting go, leaving places behind, and finding home again. Their debut album, recorded in Texas with acclaimed Austin producer Bradley Kopp, draws from traditional country, Texas songwriting, folk, and roots rock. One Acre West is a story in motion, with miles still ahead.
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One Acre West is the Americana/alt-country project of singer Kristi Jean and her songwriting and life partner, Steven Branstetter. Their story stretches from the foothills of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains to the small towns and open plains of Texas, and now to the ridge-and-valley country of Central Pennsylvania. Along the way came careers, family, moves, music, those they loved and lost, and watching people they loved hurt in ways they couldn’t fix. Like most lives, theirs has been measured as much by the miles traveled as by what was carried from one place to the next.
For years, Kristi and Steven played other people’s music in cover bands - country, rock, and whatever kept a dance floor moving. They loved those songs, but somewhere along the way began to feel the pull of stories closer to home. They had lived long enough to know something about holding on and letting go, about relationships that endure and those that don’t, about watching children grow, leaving places behind, making mistakes, starting over, and discovering that home can mean something different at different points in a life.
Those experiences became the songs of One Acre West.