Xn Rowe, self described as a Californian from Wisconsin living in Tennessee dreaming of Texas. Growing up in what he calls a 'typical divorced family, you know, making sure the airline industry, moving companies, the government, and the kids all got fed'. Shuffled between southern California, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin Xn (pronounced Christian), ever on the move -  was destined for a quest to find not only home but the meaning of home. A life on the road. Documenting the highs and lows of adventure and connection. Playing dive bars, theatres, and street corners; shaking laundry machines for quarters to spend a night out with the people. 'Funny how i gave it all away, from the mornings first light, to the women in the night in the good land'. Being a songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and active performer since age 13 he has found a good outlet for processing the spinning world outside and finding some sort of an inner connection.

 

Robert Earl Keen once sang, “the road goes on forever but the party never ends” and that seems to be the mantra of Wisconsinite via Nashville’s Xn Rowe, on his upcoming album Goodbye, Goodland. You won’t find beer popping anthems and songs of celebrating youth on a pontoon in this almost re-coming of age story, but rather as Frankie Andrews (Old Time Music) one describes Keen’s classic as a ‘tribute to the human spirit and our ongoing search for adventure, love, and meaning’. This sits true with the elephant in the room that Rowe, writer of “Millennial Blues”, will now be releasing his debut solo album just before his 35th birthday. With this perspective Goodbye, Goodland (the album) and especially as the title track reads almost as a swan song of sorts. Despite the fact that Rowe has been performing and songwriting under his given name (Christian Rowe), pseudonyms, as well as in various midwest bands such as Milwaukee’s Cub Pilot for the better part of 20 years, this will be his first official release.