There is a tune drifting above Athens County, Ohio. Wafting past the water tower and mingling with the muted multicolor palettes of trees that endlessly line the ridges, the melody is tender and the words are true. Wished Bone is the pseudonym of Ashley Rhodus, a well-versed student of song and expert conjurer of every fleeting feeling.

Wished Bone is something of a well-kept Appalachian secret. Over the past 8 years, Rhodus has released two full-length albums (2019’s Sap Season and 2018’s Cellar Belly) as well as two collaborative albums and her debut EP, Pseudo Recordings. Rhodus’s songs tend to stretch and dream like blossoming buds while also radiating a buzzing warmth, like a baseboard heater coming back to life after summertime hibernation. The music itself is like a watercolor brushed with gently strummed acoustic guitars and lilting drums, keys and woodwinds bleeding in from the edges. Undeniably central is Rhodus’s singular voice, carrying an irresistible realness and guiding the songs like a lantern flickering down a wooded path. Wished bone is a love letter to the world.

A plant biologist and gardener by trade, Rhodus sees human experience as an organic reflection of the natural world and its processes. Currently studying cartography (officially) and Tascam-ography (unofficially) in Ohio, keep an eye out for new music and summer/fall tour dates. - Artist Bio by: Spencer Radcliffe