Since his arrival in Rhode Island after fleeing a disaster-ravaged Japan ( where he’d spent a decade honing his craft in the smokey cocktail lounges and perpetually open bars of the Japanese urban sprawl ) Nate has rapidly embedded himself into the live music scene. Armed with a catalogue of both wildly inspired original songs and refreshingly reimagined covers, Nate’s performances serve to tell the ongoing story of the highs, lows and perpetual pushings-forward of a nomad life very much examined.

O.B. Howard is an indie/dream folk trio from Providence, RI. They met as members of different bands playing in the Providence music scene.

Experimental folk from Providence, Rhode Island

Percussive guitar drifting with a 90’s rock feel?