Judah & the Lion
American alternative and folk band
Judah & the Lion are an American rock and roll band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2011. They have released five studio albums and five EPs. Currently the band consists of Judah Akers (vocals, guitar) and Brian Macdonald (mandolin, vocals).
History
The original members of the band met while attending Belmont University in Nashville. At Belmont, Akers was a baseball player, Nate Zuercher was studying the banjo, and Macdonald was studying the mandolin. The band won Belmont's 2012 Best of the Best competition. The band released their first EP, First Fruits, on June 19, 2012.
Judah & the Lion released the EP Sweet Tennessee on April 16, 2013. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart, No.
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