We love the story songs that abound in folk and country music and when you add in a dash of bluegrass you have a surefire winner in our book.

So it is with Angela Perley’s nostalgic and high-energy music, which tells stories of love, death, railroads, and everything in-between. Her songs are rooted in small town Ohio where she spent much of her childhood wandering in her family’s cornfields, enveloped in her own world of dreams and imagination.

Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons formed in Columbus, Ohio in 2009.  In the last three years, the band has released four EPs, Black Cat (2010), Yellow Moon (2011), Fireside (2011) and Nowhere is Now Here (December 2012).

This latest EP is by far the most rocking in the collection through its well-balanced sound of aggression and intimacy. Before you know it, you’ll be crumpling up a letter from your ex-lover in Brooklyn Girls, threatening that cheating man in 18 Feet Under, or even experiencing your first love at the County Fair. Don’t be fooled by Angela’s charm, though. This young woman will make you fall in love while she sings of love, heartbreak, and even murder.

Have a listen – highly recommended.

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