Artist of the Week: The Pine Hearts | Seattle Refined

The Pine Hearts is an Olympia-based Americana group that recently released their album “Lost Love Songs” on Friday, Feb. 18.Seattle Refined: How long have you been writing/performing together?The Pine Hearts: About four or five years. We were playing for a year or two before that but didn’t really have a band name. It was something like Joey and Derek, with Dean on bass. Eventually, we decided The Pine Hearts had a better ring to it.Tell us about the artistic process and the different stages that work into it. I find that writing is a bit like getting in a river. If you stand on the shore, you might catch a few drops, but eventually, you have to jump in and sit there for a while to feel the flow. If we jump in the river every day, great stuff starts to develop. At some point, you can get out, dry off and assess your work — make minor changes from shore.Where does your inspiration come from? What artists have influenced you?Mainly from nature. Definitely from people and experiences as well, but every time I’m out in nature, I can’t help but be inspired. People and nature together, that’s a winning…
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