Aaron Dowdy started writing songs because of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. It started at age 11, when his parents took him to a music festival in their hometown of Bristol, Virginia. The musical ...

In the oft-forgotten, no-man’s-land territory of West Virginia is where Aaron Dowdy’s family came from—on his dad’s side, through a multiplicity of generations. Dowdy’s grandmother was born in ...

Durham, North Carolina-based Fust (led by singer/songwriter Aaron Dowdy) are releasing their third studio album, Big Ugly, on March 7 via Dear Life. Now they have released the album’s second single, ...

Durham, NC band Fust have announced their highly anticipated new album Big Ugly, due out March 7th via Dear Life Records. Lead single “Spangled”, available now, combines big chords and band leader ...

In 2023, Fust released their album Genevieve, which featured North Carolina indie favorites like Indigo De Souza, MJ Lenderman, and more. Today, the project of Aaron Dowdy is announcing its new LP Big ...

Fust have released their new record Big Ugly, out now via Dear Life Records. The band joins a long tradition of artists that have tried to present life in the dirty South, from the lived-in short ...

Fust, the indie country-rock band led by Durham's Aaron Dowdy (pictured), caught our attention with "Violent Jubilee," the lead single from new album Genevieve. That one featured Michael ...