Shannon Hudson was born in Wisconsin, moved to Houston, and went to college in Southern California, before settling in the Austin, TX area in 2007, where he currently resides. He started playing piano in 4th grade, but it was during his sophomore year in college that Shannon lived in Germany. “My Grandmother bought me a guitar so I could have ...
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Kim Edwards
Kim Edwards resides in the little village of North Hampton, PA, “for reference, if you listen to Billy Joel, it’s near Allentown,” she clarified. The now stay-at-home mom said she’s, “always been doing music, off and on, for the last 15 to 20 years. It certainly ebbs and flows, but with this new album coming out, it’s flowing a little ...
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Ken Holt lives in the sleepy little beach town of Satellite Beach, FL. The son of a US Marine, he was born in Jacksonville, FL, then moved around a bit growing up before settling down and serving 20 years as a youth pastor in the Presbyterian Church. Before that, in the mid 70’s and early 80’s, he was a bass ...
Read More »Tim Tye; Dark Stretch Of Road
Dayton Ohio native, guitarist, Tim Tye, has been honing his music craft since his high school days. A fan of Americana traditions, his style leans hard in that direction, as evident on his first three albums; Dark Stretch, A Few Good Years, and the third project, Last Hope For The Modern World. “Like most musicians, when I was in high ...
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Originally gaining attention as the front man for Boston punk trio, The Spikes, in the early ’80s, Digney Fignus, is a genre-defying American singer-songwriter, bandleader, and producer, whose career has taken him from the underground punk clubs of Boston, to the top of the national Americana charts. Digney grew up in Lexington MA, and currently resides in Cape Cod. He ...
Read More »Andy B And Soul Folk
Andy Bernstein (AKA Andy B) is a veteran of the New Brunswick, NJ Roots Rocker scene from the mid-80s as the primary singer/songwriter for the six-album VooDUDES. “New Brunswick had an incredible music scene,” he reflected. “The downtown area had gone to pot, and the only people that went there at night were the people that were into music. Bands ...
Read More »Pam Linton
Pam Linton grew up in rural central Minnesota (St. Stephen, specifically) and she says, “In that little-bitty town, music was what entertained us.” Pam knew very early on that she wanted to be directly involved with the making of that music. As a matter of fact, she says, “I told my second grade teacher I was going to be a ...
Read More »Corey Hunt and the Wise
Corey Hunt and Todd Allmon, primary songwriters for Corey Hunt and the Wise, were high school buddies; but the story of their being in a band together doesn’t follow the typical template for this kind thing. Corey didn’t pick up guitar and start writing until college, and Todd only decided to take up playing music after much time spent supporting ...
Read More »Kyle Davis
These days, Kyle Davis is enjoying an extended second act as a singer-songwriter. In his previous musical life, he achieved a level of success many artists strive for but never grasp. He has also experienced the vicissitudes of the music industry firsthand. As for the origin of his creativity, Kyle says, “I was bitten by the bug early on,” and ...
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Florida native, Amanda Cook has become one of the top female band leaders on the bluegrass scene today. The Amanda Cook Band has reached the 10 year mark under her leadership, and just recently released their fifth album, Restless Soul. Sparked by her dad’s influence, and the desire to lead a band of her own, Amanda now has an appearance ...
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