You should.

He was born and grown from Lafayette, IN, and captures a gritty rural sound within stories reminiscent of classic country-folk-style roots. There’s a freshness to his acoustics and a richness to the histories he shares.

And I realize potential skepticism on that one, especially with a recent resurgence of outlaw/country-style story-telling themes and the aesthetic commonalities along genre lines, for both male and female artists. It’s starting to feel predictable.

But Marc Ridge isn’t just another bearded-tattooed hippie cowboy with a uniquely intriguing past and ass-kicking anecdotes.

I mean, some of that is true. Okay, maybe most of it, save the insinuation there ain’t something special here.

Because there absolutely is.

His voice ranges upward with polished sharpness that lingers in truth and brings an energy into a live arena, exponentially growing through every measure.

Marc’s recently released single Fire and Time cries poetic comparison about the variability and finality of both–the joy, regret, freedom, and comfort found in fire and time, through past and present moments. His voice begs a beautiful metaphor in a way that sounds round and smooth and strong, like a good skipping stone gliding three, four times across a glassy lake.

Catch his road schedule here. Stream him on both Spotify and Apple Music.