Documenting the most authentic songwriters out there for the archives of history.
Western AF is a live performance video channel that documents authentic modern singers and songwriters for the archives of history. Our strong style of quality film and audio production with an emphasis on unknown artists, have helped audiences see the importance of underground songwriters.
We’re capturing raw and powerful sessions with singer-songwriters and showing that a good song can dig deep into your heart and soul.
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Field Recordings
Brian Harrington keeps things on the rails. He cofounded Western AF with Mike and does the boring shit that no one else wants to do. He’s been shooting with Mike since birth.
Mike Vanata is the driving force behind Western AF. He is the director and lead editor of our sessions. He isn’t allowed to touch the bank account even though he named the business.
Will Ross is the audio director at Western AF. He loves explaining that microphones aren’t magic wands and is remarkably skilled at putting up with Mike and Brian’s bullshit.
Travis Blankenship has been around the Western AF universe since the early days. He knows the music biz better than anyone and is the subject of many of the internet’s best memes.
Meredith Lawrence’s name can be found in the bylines of many of your favorite music publications. Despite her long list of accomplishments, she agreed to take the helm at Western Dispatch.
Illustrations by Jared Fluegel @jaredfluegart
Live AF Sessions
Live AF is the latest venture from Western AF, delivering highly curated, long-form video performances from some of the best artists out there. Our goal is to capture the same raw, down-to-earth spirit of our field recordings—now infused with the energy and spontaneity of a live show. Available on our YouTube channel and wherever you do your audio streaming.
Watch a few of our favorite performances at the links below!
Borrowing from many and beholden to none, Johnny Mullenax plays a raucous musical smorgasbord he calls “funky country bluegrass.” Though it’s rare for an Americana/country band lead singer also to play lead electric guitar, for the Tulsa, Oklahoma native, splicing lightning-fast solos in between lyric lines appears to be second nature. Mullenax is singularly unconcerned with meeting the expectations of any one descriptor precisely.