Atlanta based, Magnolia Express, plays high energy americana/roots/newgrass music-a musical “stew” of rock,country, bluegrass, latin, and honky tonk music-all driven by acoustic instruments. 

Benton Roark’s music has been described “backwoods-choir elegance” (The Georgia Straight), “dirty-southern-gothic-rock-country-folk” (Discorder Magazine), and “an experience of deep and darkling beauty” (The Austin Chronicle). Based in Toronto but hailing originally from Atlanta, he’s been making music for nigh on two decades across North America as a songwriter and bandleader with various groups, including Rollaway (“tone poems in the style of My Morning Jacket,” Maverick Magazine), the Benton Roark Band (“magisterial” The Vancouver Sun), and Arkora, whose Songs from the Rainshadow’s Edge earned him a 2016 WCMA nomination for Composition of the Year.