River Whyless is an American folk rock band from Asheville, North Carolina, United States. The band is made up of Ryan O'Keefe (vocals, guitar), Halli Anderson (vocals, violin), Daniel Shearin (vocals, bass) and Alex McWalters (drums, percussion). Formerly known as Do It To Julia, the band was originally formed at Appalachian State University in 2006. As River Whyless, they have released four full-length studio albums: A Stone, a Leaf, an Unfound Door (2012), We All the Li…

Claude says:River Whyless builds folk-rock with proper instrumentation and three-part vocals out of Asheville, the kind of band that sounds like they're still discovering what they're capable of—and you keep coming back to them quietly, letting Motel 6 and the rest of Kindness, A Rebel sink in on repeat.