{"id":4877,"date":"2026-06-01T15:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/?p=4877"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:14:02","slug":"kindred-valley-the-ballad-of-west-virginia-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/2026\/06\/01\/kindred-valley-the-ballad-of-west-virginia-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindred Valley | The Ballad of West Virginia Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WMUL-FM)-\u00a0Ahead of the first ever Ballad of West Virginia Music Festival, WMUL-FM 88.1 will be spotlighting each artist set to perform on June 13th! Tune in every weekday ahead of the festival for a new\u00a0spotlight.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Up first we have the festival closing act, Kindred Valley.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Local indie folk band Kindred Valley is set to play at The Ballad of West Virginia, a celebration of Appalachian music and culture on June 13<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0at the Barboursville Amphitheater.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The band began as a trio, calling themselves Back Row Baptists\u00a0after meeting at Marshall University in 2020. Blake Lacy, Brett\u00a0McCoy\u00a0and Noah Freeman began releasing\u00a0singles but found their footing in 2021 with three new members:\u00a0Rachael and Jadon Hayes and Kaden Salmons.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With three new members, the band decided on a new name. Now named Kindred Valley, Lacy and Salmons wrote an early version of the band\u2019s single \u201cWhistle\u201d during the group\u2019s first meet-up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kindred Valley | Photo Credit Kindred Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With new perspectives and ideas, Kindred Valley released its fifth single, \u201cThe Wedding Song,\u201d in 2021.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After almost two years, the group released its self-titled debut album at the end of 2022. This was followed by an EP titled \u201cWhat Was Left,\u201d\u00a0containing\u00a0ideas and songs inspired by their experiences of playing live together up and down the East Coast.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The band\u2019s newest EP, entitled \u201cThese Days,\u201d features singles \u201cPurgatory,\u201d \u201cGone,\u201d and \u201cChange\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Much of the music from Kindred Valley\u00a0can be categorized as acoustic folk\u00a0with\u00a0an evident\u00a0Appalachian influence.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0like the perfect soundtrack\u00a0for a drive through Appalachia.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to The Ballad of West Virginia, Kindred Valley\u00a0is set to play with Trampled by Turtles in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 15<\/span>th<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A dream three years in the making, The Ballad of West Virginia festival features 10 artists from across the wild and wonderful state. <\/span>With genres ranging from Indie Folk to Southern Gothic to Appalachian Space Funk, the festival will take place on Saturday, June 13, at the Barboursville Amphitheater. The day kicks off with a 5k at 8:30 a.m., the art market will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and music will start at 11 a.m. and go until 10:30 p.m. For more information on the festival, keep an eye on the Ballad of WV’s social media or <\/span>check out their website here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WMUL-FM)-\u00a0Ahead of the first ever Ballad of West Virginia Music Festival, WMUL-FM 88.1 will be spotlighting each artist set to perform on June 13th! Tune in every weekday ahead of the festival for a new\u00a0spotlight.\u00a0 Up first we have the festival closing act, Kindred Valley.\u00a0 Local indie folk band Kindred Valley is set<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1052,"featured_media":4879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192,71,1769],"tags":[1773,1777,485,1772,1770,1771,1775,1774,1757,1776],"class_list":["post-4877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-music-posts","category-the-ballad-of-west-virginia","tag-ballad-of-wv","tag-barboursville-amphitheater","tag-barboursville-wv","tag-indie-folk","tag-kindred-valley","tag-kindred-valley-wv","tag-music-festival","tag-the-ballad-of-west-virginia-festival","tag-wv-music","tag-wv-music-festival"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/files\/kindred-valley.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1052"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4880,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877\/revisions\/4880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}