Judah & The Lion

Founded in Nashville, TN over ten years ago, Judah & the Lion quickly jumped into the hearts of people everywhere with the release of “First Roots” in the summer of 2012. When Judah Akers, Brian Macdonald, and Nate Zuercher first met they were young college students having fun at Belmont University.

What really drew the hearts and ears of the band’s early listeners was their passion for combining bluegrass instruments with new rock sounds. Rather than play the cookie cutter guitar, bass, and drums, the members of Judah & the Lion opted for the mandolin and the banjo. If you want to be great, you have to be different. Judah & the Lion nailed both aspects of that saying.

The change of becoming a duo after spending ten years as a group of three forced Judah and Brian to reevaluate their dynamic as a band. The pair tackled this challenge, and the outcome of their adjustments reinvigorated their partnership and pushed their creativity to new heights.