Zach Pietrini

Nominated for 2014 Best Band in Milwaukee (88Nine), Zach Pietrini’s tumultuous songwriting journey began in 2006 in Chicago when he penned his first song on a Paste Magazine subscription insert. This song started a project that has spanned 9 years, 4 albums, 3 states, multiple band members, countless stages, hopes, and heartache. After moving to Nashville to record his third album “Death And His Many Faces” in 2010, Zach moved up to Wisconsin and thought his music career was over.

But he was just getting started.

Zach rounded up some friends, and fired up the groove machine once more. Zach and the band played Summerfest, branched out from Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago to debut in the Twin Cities, Michigan, and Ohio markets, and won the Wisconsin Singer/Songwriter Award for their song “Divided Highway.”

The band charges on with its newest release Highways and Heartache set for release in late spring of 2015.  Their sound consistently evolves, but doesn't stray from its roots of brutally honest and impassioned tavern tunes. Fans describe the songs as “haunting,” “honest” and “instantly familiar.” The band continues to write, tour, and record their salt-of-the-earth-flavored americana, and were recently featured on NoiseTrade's New and Notable. They are, as ever, driven by their desire to connect with people through the simple beauty of story and song.

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