"Louisville is a place with no labels. It’s not the South, it’s not Chicago, and you don’t think of it as you think of New York or LA. It has some Southern romanticism to it, but also a Northern progressivism, this weird urban island in the middle of the state of Kentucky that has always provided a fertile, often dark, bed. For us, Louisville and the surrounding areas are the center of massive creativity and massive weirdness. The place has its flaws: You move away, but you’re always going to come back."

You may also like:

• 

  Andrew Bird
  Musician

• 

  Bob Dylan
  Musician

• 

  Conor Oberst
  Singer-songwriter

• 

  Elvis Costello
  Singer-songwriter

• 

  Jeff Tweedy
  Songwriter

• 

  M. Ward
  Singer-songwriter

• 

  Marcus Mumford
  Musician

• 

  T Bone Burnett
  Musician

• 

  Blake Mills
  Songwriter