Longtime NYC rock drummer Christian Rutledge has traded his skins for strings. After years keeping heavy time in hard riffing outfits like Vagina Panther, Space Merchants and Freaky Wilderness, Rutledge is stepping to the mic for his solo debut, An Inch of This New York Mile. The spare, lyric-driven tunes here draw on Americana influences like Woody Guthrie and Gillian Welch, with strains of songwriter-led indie acts like The Replacements and Billy Bragg.

He worked as film music production coordinator and orchestra contractor in NYC until 2017, and was also general manager and recording engineer at The Looking Glass Studios from 2001 to 2010, and general manager at Terminus Recording from 2011 to 2016.