Tag: Springfield

WATCH: Nate Fredrick, “Paducah”

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Artist: Nate Fredrick
Hometown: Springfield, Missouri
Song: “Paducah”
Album: Different Shade of Blue
Release Date: February 26, 2021
Label: Wanda Recordings/Queue Records

In Their Words: “Since moving to Nashville in 2015, Paducah, Kentucky, has been a point of reference on trips home to Springfield, Missouri. I knew if I could make it to Paducah, I was going to make it home. At times I wasn’t sure where home was for me and had an odd feeling of leaving home from both directions. It felt like a highway purgatory and I began to question where home really was.” — Nate Fredrick

Photo credit: Brooke Stevens

WATCH: Lindley Creek, “The Mockingbird’s Voice”

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Artist: Lindley Creek
Hometown: Springfield, Missouri
Song: “The Mockingbird’s Voice”
Album: Freedom, Love, and the Open Road
Release Date: August 2020
Label: Pinecastle Records

In Their Words: “This sultry song reinforces the age-old truth that things aren’t always as they seem. I was in a happy relationship when our producer first brought ‘The Mockingbird’s Voice’ to us. Even in that happy time, the sadness and heartbreak in the lyric almost called to me. Sometime after recording it, that relationship ended. The lyric then gave voice to everything I was feeling, and more. It became mine, my anthem.

“When we shot the video I was moved to put all of those feelings into the storyline. It lays bare all the feelings of betrayal, of heartbreak, and of lessons learned the hardest way. We set out to record songs about real life and ‘The Mockingbird’s Voice’ is as real as it gets. It’s been exhilarating working with our producer Jim VanCleve and our label Pinecastle, who have both believed in us since the beginning. We literally cannot wait to release the rest of the upcoming album, Freedom, Love, and the Open Road later this summer!” — Katie Greer, Lindley Creek

Photo credit: Becci Leigh Photography

LISTEN: Izabel Crane, “Spring Fed River”

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Artist: Izabel Crane
Hometown: Springfield, Missouri
Song: “Spring Fed River”
Album: Spring Fed River b/w Creature (single)
Release Date: April 26, 2019

In Their Words: “I watched someone whom I loved very much walk into a tributary of the James River and walk back to me with a completely serene face. Like the water had washed his soul. It was weird and it made me think of the black-and-white photographs I have of my grandmother’s baptism. A pastor, with a white cloth pressed against her nose, pushing her into the river. I like thinking that there is some sort of magic to the rivers and creeks around here, that the water can fix a soul when it’s hurting.” — Liz Carney (aka Izabel Crane)

Photo credit: Cole Simmons