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The formation of “Finding Roanoke” has been long overdue. Band members Micah Bruce and Bryan Johnson bought their first guitars in 1999 and have been playing together ever since. During their pre-driving years, with a world of time to kill, Micah and Bryan taught each other guitar by simply practicing together nearly every day. Fumbled chords quickly turned into feeble improvisation attempts played overtop Dave Matthews Band cover tunes. Eventually the itch to play original songs proved too hard not to scratch. Micah began writing songs in 2002, and with them founded the band Euphony, in which Bryan played rhythm guitar. During the Euphony years, Micah and Bryan frequented local coffee shops and bars. Finding Roanoke does not want to disclose the names of the bars due to possible legal repercussions. Uncle Sam might not look too fondly on the bars that let them play at night when Bryan was only 14 years old. After Euphony stopped playing gigs in 2004, Micah and Bryan began to take a new direction with their music. Inspired by the band Nickel Creek, Bryan and Micah began to take a liking to bluegrass and newgrass music. Bryan soon bought a mandolin which vastly changed the dynamic of Finding Roanoke’s future music. Micah and Bryan began learning traditional flatpicking tunes which helped improve their chops and alter their musical writing. Not long after their interest in this new style, they added Cherron Arens, to round out their sound with some lovely bass. Finding Roanoke, even though they think genres are a farce, would describe their music as indie folk-rock. Their songs feature the instrumentation of an acoustic guitar, mandolin, upright bass, banjo, and violin. But don’t let that fool you; the music you hear might sound more like Radiohead than Bill Monroe. Finding Roanoke is now currently working on their first full-length album.