Western North Carolina bluegrass/Americana band Nick & Brew bring a deeply personal new single, “Snowin’ on Pisgah,” a winter-bound meditation on love, loss, and endurance in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s impact on Asheville in September 2024. Release date is Jan.16th.
Written by bandmates Nick Dauphinais and Brew Davis, “Snowin’ on Pisgah” unfolds during the long, uncertain months following the storm, when damaged roads mirrored fractured relationships and daily survival demanded patience and resolve. As snow settles on Mount Pisgah, the song’s narrator carries the compounded weight of a strained romance, the instability of life, and the emotional fallout of being left behind.
Davis explains the emotional core of the song by referencing a line from Robert Earl Keen: “Leavin’ never hurts as much as bein’ left behind.”…