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Mill Creek Mile – 2025 Nelsonville Music Festival Sycamore Session
By: Emily Votaw
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – Mill Creek Mile is an Athens, Ohio–based acoustic Americana duo featuring Jerrod Goggans on vocals and guitar and Bailey Ries on guitar. The two formed the project after meeting at a Casa Nueva open mic night, bonding over a shared admiration for Doc Watson and a deep interest in roots-driven songwriting.
Their music blends bluegrass, blues, and folk, moving fluidly between propulsive, rhythm-forward passages and quieter, introspective songs.
For their Sycamore Session, recorded during the 2025 Nelsonville Music Festival, the duo performed several selections from their 2025 EP Sand Ridge Sessions, including Beaumont Daylight, Prayin’ For Good Times, and Distance Between.
Setlist
0:22 – Beaumont Daylight
4:00 – Looking For a Sign
7:49 – Prayin’ for Good Times
10:28 – Howling at the Moon
14:25 – Distance Between
Director – Andie Walla
Technical Director – Braden Boothe
Editors – AJ Andrews and Tree Wendell
Camera Operators
Anna Aldis
Sydney Holl
Parker Phillips
Wes Pai
Matt Quinn
Audio Production Team
Noelle Baker
Mairin Fitzpatrick
Joseph Turiano
Artist Relations Team
Luka Martin
Jillian Schatzley
Mia Voice
The Sycamore Sessions are presented by the Nelsonville Music Festival in collaboration with WOUB Public Media and the Ohio University Scripps College of Communication’s School of Media Arts and Studies. The videos are created by Media Arts and Studies students under the guidance of Producer and Host Josh Antonuccio, Audio Supervisor Adam Rich, WOUB Arts and Culture Editor Emily Votaw, and Director of Photography Andie Walla. All performances were filmed during the 2025 Nelsonville Music Festival, a production of Stuart’s Opera House.