Bill Toms & Hard Rain

While it’s hard to put a finger on any one sound that defines “American music,” the compositions of Bill Toms are as close a template as any.

The Pittsburgh native, along with his band Hard Rain, delivers a sound that takes the greatest of America’s most beloved genres and melds them into a poetic representation of the best the country has to offer.

Bill Toms captures the American conscious with thoughtfulness, honesty and a groove that keeps the tail feathers moving.