Jeremiah McKinley are two brothers from Kernersville, North Carolina whose gritty roots rock Americana feels like your favorite ice cold beer on a hot day. "With a lo-fi sound they give the listener a real grungy sound, mixed with really raw and gritty vocals.”— Artistsounds.com

Influenced by country, blues, gospel and jazz while growing up in rural North Carolina, brothers Jeremiah Christian Smith and Noah McKinley Smith didn't start playing music until their mid 20's. Growing up was all about sports, with the love of music always waiting in the wings. Once school was over they decided to start playing music. Within days, they started writing songs.The basement slowly evolved into a recording studio. Jeremiah McKinley’s first album “The Basement Tapes” came out in early autumn of 2020. The band have been featured on an episode of Rhett Shull’s The Backstage Journal Podcast, and their single “Hanging On/Creekside,” got 97,000 listens on Spotify within months, getting excited comparisons to artists like Ray LaMontagne, The White Stripes and The Black Keys, among others.