Featured Interview

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Featured Interview 〰️

“I think I used to kind of just create songs, and now as I start to sing them on stage, I'm realizing what works and what doesn't work in that environment, and I'm really trying to cater the songs to that experience.”

- Rowan Drake

Phatt James photographed by Cameron Cyr

“We are so lucky to have found each other in the unique ways that we did, and we just have fun doing it. Off stage, I think that energy carries over. We all get along really well and we just really enjoy being together.”

- Phatt James

“I wouldn’t say I have a certain formula to writing. But lyrically, I’ve always tried to veer off from predictable words and melodies. I try to talk about the stuff that people are thinking, but not saying.”

- Joe Samba

“We are an indie/alt band. Some of our songs are slow, sad, and floaty, while others are upbeat, energetic, and nostalgic to all of our influences growing up.”

- The Inside Out

“There’s no singular distraction that would disrupt what I hope to achieve with Ginkgo Balboa. If I feel as if what we’re doing is a runaway train, and unpredictable in the worst ways, that’s when I will plant a flag again, and make my intentions abundantly clear.”

-Mike Bednarsky of

Ginkgo Balboa