The Discarded Tents is an Edinburgh‑based five‑piece Americana and folk‑rock band that turns the wreckage of the American Dream into raw, blue‑collar storytelling. 

Led by singer‑songwriter Kev (vocals, guitar, harmonica), with Jo on backing vocals, David on the banjo and guitar, Lynsey on violin, Mark on bass and Chris on drums, they draw on outlaw country, protest folk and ragged rock‑and‑roll to tell stories from the working‑class front line.

Their songs move through railyards and desert crossings, follow soldiers and labourers, and linger on those living in the shadow of the military‑industrial machine. Tracks like “American Cowboy,” “Daddy” and “Price for Freedom” strip the gloss from western myth, manual graft and patriotic slogans, asking who pays the real price for freedom. 

Sitting somewhere between Steve Earle, Drive‑By Truckers and Colter Wall, with a protest lineage that nods to Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and modern voices like Tyler Childers, The Discarded Tents sound like campfire tales told after the festival lights have gone out and the tents have been left behind.