San Diego, CA (November 10, 2022) — Singer-songwriter Ash Easton is a little bit country, a little bit rock ’n’ roll, ready to set the music scene on fire. Heavily inspired by southern rock, her songs and stage presence draw just as much on the swagger of powerful vocalists such as Janis Joplin, Chrissie Hynde, Joan Jett, and Ann Wilson. If you’ve experienced any of her previous oeuvres under the stage name HLLNDR (pronounced Hollander), you know she has plenty of swagger of her own, not to mention the pipes and songwriting chops to pull it all together. Just ahead of the August debut of her first full-length studio album Rough & Tough, we caught up with her about the journey behind her new record, her creative values, and why onstage she won’t sing into anything except an Audix OM6 handheld vocal mic.
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