Category 11 Questions to a Nashville Musician
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Lydia Luce
Lydia Luce brings a whole lot of “class” to Music City’s Americana scene. This elegant singer-songwriter and violist is a Berklee College of Music graduate who later received a Masters Degree from UCLA in viola performance. Her classical education however started early at home from her musical mom. Musically, Lydia beautifully marries a classic sound […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Tyler James (Escondido)
Tyler James is one-half of the musical duo Escondido along with Jessica Maros. Working as writers, the two met in 2011 and two years later they made their critically-acclaimed debut album, “The Ghost of Escondido.” Against all odds, they recorded it in a single day and released it on their own Kill Canyon label. They […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Granville Automatic
(photo by Holly J. Haroz) Here are 11 Questions and Answers from the fun-loving musical duo of Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins. Collectively, these storytelling songwriters call themselves Granville Automatic, a name taken from a 19th Century typewriter. After establishing themselves as successful working writers, (Sugarland, Wanda Jackson and Angaleena Presley), these ladies have been […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Devon Gilfillian
Two of the freshest and funkiest sounding songs to come out of Music City thus far this year were the singles “High” and “Troublemaker” by Capitol Records groovester Devon Gilfillian. Using classic soul as his musical launching pad, Devon soars high with a modern sound that respectfully holds true to tradition. He is also one […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Madeleine Besson
After developing her musical talents as a multi-instrumentalist while just a young child, Madeleine Besson spent her early years touring the world on movie sets and theaters with her artistic parents. This all led up to her beautiful 2014 debut record, “Blossom” that she recorded in Europe after having developed her skills as a live […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Chris Probasco (Fine Lines)
So, Americanafest is over and it’s time to get back to some of the other great new music in town. What happens when two hard rockers move down from Indiana to Nashville and meet two like-minded bar band veterans who came up from Alabama? You get Fine Lines, a solid rock band with a smart […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Tyler Boone
Another exciting new Americana artist to come my way this week is Tyler Boone. After releasing and creating a hometown buzz in his native Charleston with “True Experience,” his debut 5-song EP in 2016, Tyler has hit the ground running here in Music City releasing three new singles this year that will become part of […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Ryan Culwell
Like I have said before, it often seems that it’s raining new music with just so much more available than anyone can humanly listen to. This week’s onslaught of Americanafest on Nashville is a prime example of that fact. Of all the music coming to town this week, I hope you took notice of Ryan […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Squid (Soviet Shiksa)
It is refreshingly amazing that in this century, Music City has opened itself up to “GOTC” (Genres Other Than County). And, one of the great things about this blog feature of mine has been the exposure that I’ve been getting to all types of new Nashville music. The latest exciting music to come my way […]
11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Elijah Jones & Erik Matthijs of Elijah Jones & the Tenderness
Here’s a first for 11 Questions: two musicians for the price of one! It comes in the form of Elijah Jones (lead singer and guitar) and Erik Matthijs (lead guitar and backing vocals) of the hot new Nashville band Elijah Jones & the Tenderness. Four years ago, Elijah Jones of The Constellations moved to Nashville […]
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