
Donna the Buffalo–Jeb Puryear, Tara Nevins, David McCracken, Kyle Spark, and Mark Raudabaugh–has toured the nation for nearly 25 years with an ever-evolving grassroots sound and plans to keep on doing so for many years to come. The group draws its inspiration from a cherished part of the American heritage: the old-time music festivals of the south that drew entire towns and counties together. “Those festivals were so explosive, and the community and the feeling of people being with each other, that’s the feeling we were shooting for in our music,” Puryear says. “Donna the Buffalo is an extension of the joy we’ve found.”