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Baltimore’s June Star prepares to return to Athens for a July 22 show at Eclipse

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Note: This story has been updated to reflect June Star’s upcoming return to our region. 

THE PLAINS, Ohio (WOUB) — Baltimore’s June Star is bringing their brand of Americana to the Eclipse Company Store (11309 Jackson Drive) in the Plains Friday, July 22. 

A promotional picture for the band June Star. The band poses in a field at dusk. Lead singer and chief songwriter Andrew Grimm sits in the foreground with an acoustic guitar, and additional band members stand within a frame in the distance behind Grimm..

A few weeks prior to June Star’s June 25 performance at The Smiling Skull, founding member and central songwriter Andrew Grimm and steel guitar player Dave Hadley took the time to talk about their latest release, “How We See It Now,” defining Americana, June Star’s most memorable gigs from over the course of the band’s lengthy existence, and more.

Listen to the conversation, embedded above.