Hunter Root has been one of Pennsylvania’s best kept secrets for some time. The Fayetteville born, Lancaster-raised artist’s unique alchemy of acoustic rock, folk, country, and grunge with a 6’s psychedelic and surf rock flair broke through in a big way when “Town Rat Heathen” was released at the top of 2023. The lead single off Hunter’s independently released Arkansas (2023) went organically viral, amassing over 3 million plays on Spotify and exposing Hunter and his music to a national and global audience that was waiting for him all along.

  • Released “Town Rat Heathen” (3.1 million plays) in January 2023 and the full Arkansas album later in the year.
  • Generated huge buzz and amassed 70,000+ monthly listeners on Spotify
  • Self-produced content regularly going viral on Instagram (100K+ followers), TikTok (83K+ followers), Facebook (132K+ followers), Youtube (15K+ followers)
  • “Town Rat Heathen” added to the Emerging Americana playlist on Spotify.

Listen to Hunter Root on Spotify (below) or Apple Music.


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