2012 debut solo release from Nate Hall, the driving force behind US Christmas, a Great River captures a brief, impulsive moment. Recorded in a single March evening, it is as pure and honest as music gets. The songs are regretful of the bad times, hopeful of times to come, and respectful of the great power that causes all thing to be. Reflecting a lifetime spent with the echoes of Dylan, Young, Petty, Springsteen and Van Zandt, a Great River draws from the rich musical history of America and the melancholy of Appalachia, and harnesses the "electric vacuum roar" of guitar slingers past and present.