Tag: nashville singer/songwriter

LISTEN: Angel Snow, ‘Photographs’

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Artist: Angel Snow
Hometown: Chattanooga, TN
Song: "Photographs"
Album: TBA
Release Date: Spring 2017
Label: Nettwerk

In Their Words: "I think everyone has experienced, at some point and time, the way photos have the ability to take us to another place. Lee [Groves, producer] was able to capture that nostalgia in a unique way with his electronic layering and production. This new soundscape has allowed me to experiment and try new things in a way that is often times uncomfortable, but necessary in order for me to grow as an artist." — Angel Snow

Photo credit: Fairlight Hubbard

LISTEN: Chris Housman, ‘If You Were Mine’

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Artist: Chris Housman
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Song: "If You Were Mine"
Release Date: 2017

In Their Words: "'If You Were Mine' is that gentle way of saying, 'Hey person, look at me! We'd be soulmates!' to somebody that probably doesn't know you exist. I actually wrote it about a really attractive stranger while I was waiting for AAA to unlock my car in a liquor store parking lot." — Chris Housman

Photo credit: Caleb Sexton

3×3: Darrin Bradbury on Coffee & Cigarettes, Calvin & Hobbes, and the Coming Post-Modern Revival

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Artist: Darrin Bradbury 
Hometown: Ridgewood, NJ
Latest Album: Elmwood Park: A Slightly Melodic Audiobook

 

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If Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, and Mohammed were in a band together, who would play what?
I'm not quite sure, but I do know their fans would be quite a handful. Press would be tough being that Mohammed can't take any pictures. The whole thing would be a mess. I wouldn't open for them. The world is a safer place, if they all just focus on their solo careers. 

If you were a candle, what scent would you be?
Coffee & Cigarettes

What literary character or story do you most relate to?
Some days Calvin, some days Hobbes.

How many pairs of shoes do you own?
Two: a pair of flip flops and a pair of boots, constantly in flux between extremes.

What's your best physical attribute?
None of the above or below.

Which is your favorite Revival — Creedence Clearwater, Dustbowl, Elephant, Jamestown, New Grass, Tent, or -ists?
I'm holding out for the post-modern revival.

Animal, mineral, or vegetable?
Mineral

Rain or shine?
Rain, it makes doing nothing easier.

Mild, medium, or spicy?
Trick question: Lemmy is God.

WATCH: Bob Delevante, ‘I Keep It All Back There with You’

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Artist: Bob Delevante
Hometown: Rutherford, NJ
Song: “I Keep It All Back There with You”
Album: Valley of Days
Label: Relay Records

In Their Words: "As time passes, you think more and more about the past — how it shaped you and how you shaped it. Sometimes, you miss things, people, and places. Sometimes, it’s as simple as voices, sounds, and smells. Almost always, it’s complex — the feelings all those pieces conjure up. 'I Keep It All Back There with You' is a song about wanting to go back, but not being sure of what you might find when you get there.

The video takes place in three of my favorite places in the world — the Jersey Shore, Brown’s Diner, and inside my 1974 Ford F100. As a child in the '60s, I spent many summers at my grandparents' house in Beach Haven West, New Jersey. The juxtaposition of the new and old footage helps tell the story of 'I Keep It All Back There with You.' I continue to visit the Jersey Shore as often as I can. I find being there, and by the ocean, inspiring." — Bob Delevante

Promo photo credit: Danny Clinch

LISTEN: Josh Farrow, ‘Tijuana Gal’

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Artist: Josh Farrow
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Song: "Tijuana Gal"
Album: Trouble Walks with Me
Release Date: October 28

In Their Words: “'Tijuana Gal’ was first written in 2011, when I was going through some dark periods of human interaction and relationships. I was writing a lot and just beginning to figure out a sound for myself that revolved around some very Southern Gothic themes, at the time. When I recorded the song for this album, it was almost completely re-written and was given a whole new structure, with Chris Donohue on upright bass, Bryan Owings on drums, Bobby Emmett on B3 organ, and Mike Daly adding some really spooky, flowing vibes on pedal steel. Ruby Amanfu and Elizabeth Cook were amazing at giving the background vocals another dark layer of soft airiness to bring to life a song that had been almost six years in the making. This song will always be one of my favorites I’ve written, as it’s been with me longer and seen more reincarnations than any other song I still play today." — Josh Farrow

LISTEN: Kent Eugene Goolsby, ‘The Great Confessor’

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Artist: Kent Eugene Goolsby
Hometown: East Nashville, TN
Song: "The Great Confessor"
Album: Temper of the Times
Release Date: November 11

In Their Words: "'The Great Confessor' is my songwriter's mantra. We're all trying to tell our side of the truth, regardless of the doubts that come with this kind of life. And this is my truth." — Kent Eugene Goolsby

Photo credit: Joshua Black Wilkins

WATCH: Becky Warren, ‘I Miss You’

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Artist: Becky Warren
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Song: "I Miss You"
Album: War Surplus
Release Date: October 14
In Their Words: "I think a city can take on human characteristics. Nashville is a place that I love deeply and, on most days, it's warm and kind and creative and generous. But in moments of real loneliness, it can feel like you're left out of all that, like the city is this great person who wants nothing to do with you.

In 'I Miss You,' my character, June, is missing a soldier who's deployed to Iraq, but she isn't living on a military base where the whole community is focused on deployment. That's a particular flavor of loneliness that can make you feel especially separated from everything going on around you. When my then-husband was in Iraq, I, like June, lived off base. I was in a small town — Statesboro, Georgia — about an hour away from the base where he had been stationed. The hardest thing for me was that the Iraq War suddenly felt very personal and not at all political, but it continued on as a political thing for everyone else. When I felt frustrated, it was generally about that. Overall, I felt really fortunate to have local friends and work that I could focus on during his deployment — many military spouses move around so much they're not able to build up those support structures." — Becky Warren

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Kelsey Waldon, ‘Dirty Old Town’

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Kelsey Waldon has had a hands-on insight into classic country since she moved to Nashville, supplementing her formidable debut, The Gold Mine, with van tours and honky-tonk shows, as well as a different kind of education with a gig behind the bar. On her sophomore full-length, I've Got A Way, the Kentucky native further proves she does have a way — with introspective lyrics and a delivery that somehow turns heartbreak into a soundtrack fit for long drives in the country or a late night on the porch.

The album's opening track, "Dirty Old Town," is an early standout for its spry tempo and the way it expands upon the coal town commentary that made The Gold Mine such an ear-catching first release. From the very first riff, "Dirty Old Town" sets the tone for I've Got A Way by ushering in the record's heroine with a healthy dose of side-eye to small town life and a self-deprecating, endlessly relatable nod to the fact that you can know the flaws of a place — or a memory, relationship, or, hell, a grudge — without necessarily letting it go. Waldon has quickly established herself as one of Nashville's rising class of artists carrying the torch for no-frills classic country, and that's particularly evident in the instrumentation on this cut: Prominent pedal steel and swift finger-picking provide the optimum backdrop for Waldon's thick, sweet drawl. The song may stick to country's most recognizable characteristics, but it's a well-placed introduction to this record of foot-tapping highs and gut-wrenching lows.

STREAM: Michael Logen, ‘New Medicine’

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Artist: Michael Logen
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Album: New Medicine
Release Date: June 24
Label: Back Room Racket

In Their Words: “The noisier the world becomes, by contrast, the more powerful moments of stillness, reflection, and simplicity become. This album, New Medicine, was born from such a place. I find music to be an elixir … a mystical potion that has the power to access the inexpressible depths of the human subconscious, the deep, dark waters of the soul … a channel to connect worlds, universes. I hope that, in hearing it, people may experience what was felt in making it." — Michael Logen

Photo credit: Jon Karr