With success already over in the States, we were intrigued by the Missouri-born Barna Howard and Dallas, country/soul singer Andrew Combs, who’ll be venturing across the sea to perform at Leeds’ Fox & Newt on 12 September. These two are definitely drumming up fans with Barna described as a ‘master storyteller’ by the Guardian and Andrew dubbed as a ‘singer-songwriter you need to know in 2015’ by the Rolling Stone. We caught up with them to get the low-down on memorable gigs, musical influences and the impact of their hometowns.