_{By The Reach Provo Editorial Staff}

Reach Provo wouldn’t be possible without the help of our amazing volunteers. Take a moment to learn a little bit about those who are behind the scenes writing articles.

Name: Mary Bagley
Hometown: Lehi, Utah
Favorite Genre: Indie Folk
Favorite Album: Lydia’s Paint It Golden or Novo Amor’s Bathing Beach.
Best Concert You’ve Attended: Either The Arkells in 2016 or Liza Anne in 2016.
Name of the band you play in: The Lavender Hunnies.
Random Fact: I can recite the names of all fifty states in under twenty-one seconds.

Name: Cherish DeGraaf
Hometown: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Favorite Genre: Folk, Dream Pop
Favorite Album: It’s a toss up between Julien Baker’s Sprained Ankle, Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie and Lowell, and Lorde’s latest album Melodrama.
Best Concert You’ve Attended: Fictionist’s Sleep Machine Album Release at Velour.
Name of the band you play in: The Lavender Hunnies
Random Fact: I love presidential chia pets and have the entirety of Hamilton – An American Musical memorized.

Name: Scott Knutson
Hometown: Bellingham, Washington
Favorite Genre: Alt-rock
Favorite Album: Sam’s Town by The Killers.
Best Concert You’ve Attended: Weezer, 2016.
Name of the bands you play in: Grey Glass, Pacificana, Our Olde Soul, & Kambria Johnson.
Random Fact: I thought that quail were extinct until I moved to Utah in my second year of college.

Name: Josh Snider
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Favorite Genre: Folk/ Americana
Favorite Album: This question is too difficult.
Best Concert You’ve Attended: Gregory Alan Isakov or Ben Folds.
Name of the band you play in: Josh Snider and the Attic Kids.
Random Fact: I didn’t know how to say the phrase “garbage disposal” until I was seventeen.

Name: Chris Whitehead
Hometown: Spanish Fork, UT
Favorite Genre: It depends on the day, but I guess a lot of it fits under the blanket term “rock.”
Favorite Album: Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness by Coheed and Cambria.
Best Concert You’ve Attended: Hard to pick a favorite. Probably My Morning Jacket + Joshua James.
Name of the band you play in: N/A (yet).
Random Fact: I am an avid bowler.

Name: Emmett Florence
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Favorite Genre of Music: Alternative
Favorite Album: Hot Fuss by The Killers.
Best Concert You’ve Attended: Twenty One Pilots at Saltair.
Name of the band you play in: The Fangs
Random Fact: I am obsessed with Hayao Miyazaki movies.

Name: Alastair Scheuermann
Hometown: Eden, Utah
Favorite Genre of Music: Indie Pop
Favorite Album: Mylo Xyloto by Coldplay.
Best Concert You’ve Attended: Ingrid Michaelson’s Human Again Tour.
Name of the band you play in: Great White Shore
Random Fact: I’m half-British.

Name: Ben Mueller
Hometown: Litchfield Park, Arizona
Favorite Genre: Alternative rock
Favorite Album: Vampire Weekend’s Contra.
Best Concert You’ve Attended: Bleachers
Name of the band you are in: Pacificana
Random Fact: I broke my hand punching my brother in the back of the head once.

See some of the Reach Provo staff collaborating for this performance with Our Olde Soul.