Bridge Sessions: Breanne Marie & the Front Porch Sinners

Great Lakes country music emanates from a front porch in Duluth. Breanne Marie broke into the Minnesota music scene as a solo performer with an acoustic guitar and a repertoire of country covers and originals. Her 2013 debut album “Six Strings of Peace and Sanity” was a collection of sweet and deeply personal songs she wrote following her father’s suicide and her brother’s death in a car accident. The success of the album set the stage for the formation of her full-blown backing band The Front Porch Sinners, and they began to prepare for Breanne’s sophomore effort. The “Timothy John” EP was a journey of pain and healing, dedicated to her brother. The Front Porch Sinners consists of Evan Tepler on guitar, Johnny Peterson on pedal steel and mandolin, Kyle Gondik-Anderson on bass, Matt Groom on drums, Kailyn Spencer on fiddle, and Danielle Gondik-Anderson on background vocals.