Erik Vincent Huey

Erik Vincent Huey is an Americana singer-songwriter whose second solo LP—Fort Defiance—will be released on February 13, 2026. He's released 2 additional LPs w The Surreal McCoys. Fort Defiance was produced by “The Godfather of Americana” Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, the legendary guitarist (Joan Jett, Del-Lords, Steve Earle & The Dukes) and producer (Bottle Rockets, Jimbo Mathus, Yayhoos, Sarah Borges). It features guest vocals by Tommy Stinson (The Replacements, Guns & Roses), Sarah Borges, and Baltimore power pop phenoms Starbelly, who toured the US and internationally with Erik. Fort Defiance was recorded at Ambel’s Cowboy Technical Services in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and is the follow up to 2023’s critically acclaimed solo debut Appalachian Gothic, which garnered him comparisons to Woody Guthrie (Folk & Tumble), Bruce Springsteen, and Dave Alvin (Alternate Root). The LP was hailed by Americana UK as “the Appalachian Tommy,” garnering a 4.5 / 5 star review by American Songwriter, who called the album a “mesmerizing, unforgettable major work.” The son of four generations of coal miners, Erik grew up along the banks of the Monongahela River in West Virginia and Western PA. He came of age on The Clash, X and the Sex Pistols, but never truly escaped his Appalachian roots. From the on-ramp of 80s Cowpunk, he wandered upstream along the Hillbilly Highway until he rediscovered Johnny Cash and George Jones—artists he’d listened to as a kid in the cab of his Uncle Jack’s 18-wheeler.