Cleveland, Ohio, might not be an Americana mecca in the way cities such as Nashville and Austin are. But for singer-songwriter Thor Platter, being a working folk-roots musician in the gritty Rust Belt town affords him the kind of creative freedom few artists enjoy.
Platter approaches his music and lyrics from the perspective of possibility. He’s not beholden to genre boundaries or commercial aspirations; instead, he’s driven by whatever his instincts tell him make sense. “I write out lyrics to create some sort of structure, but I’m not putting music to them right away,” he says. “I’m not forcing something to work if it doesn’t make sense. Then I have more freedom as to what style my songs evolve into-if I want to do them in a bluegrass style, or a more rock or blues thing, they fit.”
