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 new LP titled Red Clover released November 14, 2025 via Funnybone Records, proving to be the songwriter’s most defining body of work to date.