Fans of Americana and country music are stomping their boots for Country Honk. The four-piece Cleveland band is making waves with its debut album and building a following across Northeast Ohio and beyond.

There aren’t many bands like Country Honk in this region, and that’s just how singer-guitarist Thor Platter likes it.

Platter said the band is filling a local gap for fans craving authentic, home-grown country music.

“People come out, and they want to put boots and hats on, and they want to save themselves the travel down to Nashville," Platter said.

Platter said he and his bandmates have friends in the music scene who travel to Nashville for gigs, but there are plenty of country-music fans in Cleveland, too.

“People are starving for it,” he said, “To have acts that are home-based, a

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