Pulling Up Roots: Alysia Kraft Gets Sober and Unlocks Her Power to Rock

When singer-songwriter Alysia Kraft began playing music while attending the University of Wyoming, live music wasn’t something she had a lot of prior experience with. “I grew up in this small-ass town in Wyoming, so I never really got to see people play live music. There was like one cover band that played around there, and I thought they were fucking awesome,” recalls Kraft. “But in college, I started writing music because I basically wanted to hang out with the people who played at this open-mic night.”The desire to fit...