The term, “Appalachia” conjures more than its share of images – some deserved, some less so. While this stretch of untamed wilderness is believably home to fairytale monsters like bigfoot, haunting some of the oldest mountains in the world, popular media has peopled it with far less savoury characters ranging from serial killers to inbred mutants and the entire spectrum in between, tainting what should be a celebration of nature’s splendour with unpleasant associations. Thankfully, we have up-and-coming neo-folk artists like Osi and the Jupiter to set things straight again: their latest EP, Appalachia, emphasizes the lonely beauty in these sprawling hills without resorting to populist scare tactics. That said, this Kent, Ohio duo still somehow injects the proceedings with a significant pro...