The Lower 48
Ben Braden and Sarah Parson began writing and singing folk music together in the winter of 2009 while they were living in Minneapolis. Within a few months, they were playing shows in Minneapolis, Chicago and other Midwestern venues, and before summer they had finished recording their first release, the critically praised EP Everywhere To Go.
Following the release of Everywhere To Go, Ben and Sarah headed west, relocating The Lower 48 to Portland, OR. Playing regularly on the West Coast, they developed a more mature sound and wrote a host of new songs.
In the summer of 2010, Nicholas Sadler relocated to Portland from his native Minneapolis, and joined the band as percussionist. Soon after, the Lower 48 began recording their first full-length album Where All Maps End. The new album portrays the pain, pleasure and uncertainty of being young and making one’s way in the world. Finding its strongest influence in music from the 1960’s, Where All Maps End proves The Lower 48 to be a quintessential organic band in a digital age.
