Den Hollinden is a Southern Indiana native who writes, records and produces music for Denuine Records. In what is perhaps the defining characteristic of that music, Hollinden holds on tight to his small-town Indiana roots. Although he now lives and works in the Washington, DC area, the vivid pictures he paints through his music of folks back home and simpler times are the next best thing to running barefoot through endless green Hoosier farmland. Hollinden's songs are accomplished using the acoustic and vintage electrified instruments--such as mandolin and steel guitar--of traditional country music. This musical fabric serves as the canvas upon which he sketches his portraits. He is, above all else, a storyteller.

This time around, "the story" doesn't unfold on a rural farm or little house out in the country. The events that separated families, stopped hearts and filled local newspapers have been happening thousands of miles away--both from Southern Indiana towns and any other small American town or big city. This time the story is the deployment of our military to the Middle East--to Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas such as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This story also deserves to be told. Hollinden's current album project, "Somebody Over There," is the story of the war against terrorism seen through country eyes. His own deployment to the Gulf thirteen years ago for Desert Storm put him in a unique position to tell it.

The title single from the album is the followup release to Hollinden's Southern Indiana holiday hit, "Saint Henry Christmas." The "Somebody Over There" title CD single is a tribute to America's heroes as they return home from overseas duty to rejoin their families. The record is currently on rotation at Indiana country radio stations and on sale at select Southern Indiana locations and at DenuineRecords.com. Then came Den's EP CD, little time, featuring "The Basketball Song." The current single is the Virginia Tech tribute "Blacksburg" available at iTunes, Amazon.com and wherever fine digital downloads are sold. Distribution to radio is via Airplay Direct.