A singer and songwriter from Westerly, Rhode Island, Zachary Alexander Cholewa started Number One Babe in 2020 as a vehicle for their indie folk & Americana twang after spending formative years writing and performing with garage rock band Sydney’s Armour. Their debut album, 2022’s Ecstatic Function brought many jangly, raucous shows to the greater northeast, culminating in an electrifying set at Newport Folk Festival in 2024. Cholewa’s next LP under the Number One Babe moniker is set to release November 14 via Funnybone Records and will prove to be the songwriter’s most defining body of work to date.