The Montvales play stripped-down, banjo-and-harmony-driven songs that stick with you. Their shows will take you to places both raucous and reverent, equal parts honky-tonk mischief and earnest meditation on friendship, heartbreak, and place.
“Jessica Smucker is an original; a real artist with a cohesive message [and a] voice that is all her own. Each time I listen...I hear something new, the way I do when I listen to Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan. She is that good."
– Nerissa Nields
The songwriting soul child of partners Sparrow and Keith J. Smith. With influences that include Appalachian old-time, Balkan music, Swing Manouche, and early New Orleans Jazz.
