Miko Marks walks the line separating mainstream country and Americana, creating a distinctive amalgam of American sounds informed by her experience as a Black woman singing country. When Marks first appeared in the mid-2000s, she had a traditionalist bent, but when she reemerged with her backing band the Resurrectors in 2020, her music expanded to encompass soul, blues, and folk while remaining rooted in country. Her deepened palette was showcased on albums like 2021's Our Country and its 2022 follow-up, Feel Like Going Home, which she released with the Resurrectors.
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