Have you ever met one of those guys – you know, one of thoooose guys – who can’t let you finish a story because he’s so eager to one-up it? Everyone meets a person fabricates strings of history in order to weave together a tighter life story. Our best good buddy, Matt Mullins of The Boatmen, encounters these folks so often that he’s developed his own classification for their personality type: “Story Slingers”.  In this submission to the Prince Street Sessions, Mullins has penned a his own tall tale, full of hilarity and heartbreak in an effort to draw awareness to the plight of the constantly...

This Prince Street Session was no happy coincidence. We very much wanted to get Shea to the studio, and we very politely twisted their arm until they performed one of our favorite songs for us. “In The Morning” from their album There We Were, Here We Are is a beautiful story of perseverance inspired by a news interview with a man rebuilding after a hurricane. Taylor Shea’s poignant lyrics and haunting melodies combined with the astounding musicianship in the band created one of our most memorable sessions to date.   After the performance was released, the band was so pleased with the recording that they included the live performance on...

Justin and Ricky Steele are WV’s original outlaw bandits. Their band – THE FABULOUS BROTHERS STEELE – are responsible for creating a unique sound that captures somber ‘murder ballad’ style of old country / folk, wraps it up in a punk rock box, and ties a barb wired bow tie around it. Before their show in town – with local foot stompers HellBound HonkyTonk – Fab Steele stopped by the @KITBMedia studio to drop an acoustic version of their tune “Drag The River” for this episode of the Prince Street Sessions.  We set out to prove that Ricky is the best drummer…. in the building…....