At the center of the exploding Americana movement in Honolulu is Discord & Rye, a roots-rock group of musicians dedicated to exploring the history and future of original American music. With solid foundations in folk, bluegrass, blues and rock, Discord & Rye has taken roots music off of the porch and into Honolulu’s revered whiskey joints... Their sound is honest, feel good music with timeless qualities.." They perform whiskey fueled Flights of love gone wrong and/or right, Passions of dreams, Songs about mishaps and the ordinary, Odes to runaway cars and friends, and the Wonders of nature. Old fashioned music performed on guitars, violin, rooted in the American past, brought forward to the present with John's great grasp of the story of life in the 21st century.

Check out some of their music on Bandcamp.