The Romany Rye (band) The Romany Rye (band) The Romany Rye is a band formed by Luke MacMaster, former guitarist of The Colour. Their first album, "Highway 1, Looking Back Carefully", was released on October 5, 2009 with a track listing of eight songs. The band could be categorized as indie folk-rock and draws comparisons to the likes of Neil Young, My Morning Jacket, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, and many others. Kings of Leon guitarist Matthew Followill, whose band has its early roots in country rock, dubbed them a band to watch in 2010. On January 3, 2012, they released their second album,
Jared and Jerusha Hess Jared and Jerusha Hess Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess (née Demke; born May 12, 1980) are husband-and-wife American filmmakers known for their work on "Napoleon Dynamite" (2004), "Nacho Libre" (2006) and "Gentlemen Broncos" (2009), all of which they co-wrote and which were directed by Jared Hess ("Nacho Libre" was co-written with Mike White). They also produced music videos for The Postal Service's third single, "We Will Become Silhouettes", and The Killers' 5th annual Christmas Charity single "Boots". Jerusha was born in Omaha, Nebraska and Jared was born in Glendale, Arizona. Jared is a graduate