Maygen and the Birdwatcher – studio session at The Current (music + interview)

Maygen Lacey and Noah Neumann were playing in different bands when they met each other not long before the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down. Each musician was looking to do something different, so they availed themselves of the downtime during the early part of the pandemic to write songs and put together a band. That band — Maygen and the Birdwatcher — is the result. Their debut album, Moonshine, released in 2021, almost instantly earning the band accolades from the Midwest Country Music Awards for Album of the Year and Americana Artist of the Year). Last October, Maygen and the Birdwatcher released the follow-up album, Bootleggin’ At The Flower Shoppe. The band visited The Current studio to play three songs for Radio Heartland, after which time Maygen and Noah chatted with host Mike Pengra about the band’s plans for future releases, their evolving sound … and about who in the band is the amateur ornithologist. You can watch the full session above. Video Segments 00:00:00