Chattanooga Times Free Press entertainment reporter Casey Phillips spoke with Nora Jane Struthers, lead singer of Nashville-based Americana/bluegrass band Bearfoot, about the group’s childhood origins, the pressures of taking over lead singer duties and their upcoming fourth album.
CP: Bearfoot formed in Alaska about 10 years ago. Under what circumstances?
NJS: It’s actually a cute story that I think the original members want to get away from, which is funny. They were initially put together as a band in a bluegrass kids camp. Then, they were so good that they became the model, or the prototype, for the camp. They just kept playing music together from then on. It’s kind of a sweet story.
CP: How old were they at the time?
NJS: Gosh, I guess they were 13 or 14.