Nashville Scene

Quite simply one of the best voices to be heard in music today, Grace Adele has mixed elements of Americana, Country, and Retro. With her silky sultry vocals she caresses every word in songs of love, loss and laughter.

While on past tours Grace Adele has performed on many radio shows such as WDVX's The Blue Pate Special, Knoxville TN and WFPK Louisville, KY. She is hired for private events, folk festivals and art festivals are just a few examples among many other events.

Grace Adele surrounds herself with the finest talent. Whether she is performing as a duo with her partner in crime, mandolinist Keenan Wade or traveling with her string players known as, The Grand Band, the group always delivers an all out striking performance.

A talented instrumentalist herself Ms. Adele adds a spark of comedy as a master of the kazoo and even provides a little tap-danced percussion on occasion. It's a show that encompasses everything from a traditional fiddle tune to original melodies that are both instantly memorable. Listen to her once and you'll be entranced; see her perform and you'll understand just how compellingly vital and engaging an artist can be.

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Originally from New Harmony Indiana, David Tanner is a multi-talented musician. David plays upright bass, drums, guitar, banjo, and is an accomplished vocalist and songwriter. In addition to being a musician, David is also an attorney and prior to coming to Nashville, he practiced law in Posey County, Indiana as the chief deputy prosecutor for a year and then later as a criminal defense lawyer. In 2004 David sold his office – books, pencils, plastic flowers and all – in order to pursue a music career in Nashville.

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David Peterson and 1946 capture the essence of why bluegrass was so direct and compelling in its original form, and we're still enjoying its complicated reverberations years later. In his music, you can count on hearing the sound of the Big Bang itself, and that makes him a worthy part of the American musical firmament.

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Derek Hoke has crafted a collection of equally endearing and infectious songs for his long awaited sophomore release – Waiting All Night. Out August 21, 2012 on Electric Western / Thirty Tigers, Waiting All Night picks up right where Hoke left off with his first release Goodbye Rock N Roll. There is a significant difference here though. If Goodbye Rock N Roll was slow crafted, simmered in Hoke’s brain on low, and came to life on a lazy saw dust floor one night in town, then Waiting All Night was born under the lights on stage. It’s clear that Hoke and his band have been affected by the past years of playing week after week. Nashville has a way of doing that to a singer. A way of molding a voice around the lingering smoke and whiskey hanging in the air night after night. And first and foremost, Derek Hoke is a singer. The songs, even the ballads, reach out and yearn for a late night in a dark room. It’s the same feeling you get when you leave the house at 2am to catch last call…because if you don’t you might miss something. You might miss the steel guitar or meandering piano solos and telecaster riffs. Well, get out of the house, because you won’t want to miss a tune on Waiting All Night.

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Front man for the Doc Marshalls, Nick Beaudoing has arrived in Nashville armed with an album that still reeks of Brooklyn. Whereas previous releases evoked a humid musical landscape along the Texas-Louisiana border, their upcoming CD, “Look Out, Compadre,” sheds the honky-tonk and Cajun two-steps in favor of crooked, shimmering folk and lush, rural melodies. Even hardcore country boys are unable keep the city at bay forever. This hard left turn comes on the heels of years of preaching roots music in indie rock venues, where country flavors are seldom heard. Brooklyn's the Doc Marshalls have forged a reputation for wildly energetic live shows -- the hard way. Whether performing gritty honky-tonk, original Americana, or traditional Cajun two-steps played at break-neck speeds, these city troubadours have long sought to make converts of even the most country-shy souls. Their debut album, "No Kind of Life" (2005), was warmly received by roots radio, spending over a month in the Top 40 of the Americana Music Association Radio Chart. Their 2008 release, "Honest for Once," surpassed this feat, making a rapid ascent to #19 and earning spots on “Best of” lists for the year, including the Americana Music Association and Pop Matters.com, among others.

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Amanda was born and raised in beautiful and spacious Saskatchewan, Canada. She studied classical violin for thirteen years before discovering that fiddling was much more fun and rewarding. Amanda loves to sing nearly all the time (unless she is sleeping), and also enjoys plunking the piano and strumming the guitar. She is a farm girl at heart and loves to ride fast horses and walk barefoot in the morning dew when she is not spending her time making music. A member of the Nashville band the Travelers which includes among others her husband Billy Contreras.

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While rooted in tradition, Ashleigh Caudill brings a fresh, young, and energetic perspective to the music, drawing in traditionalists and new listeners alike. With clever originals, old favorites, and more fun than a barrel of monkeys, this group will no doubt dazzle your audience and leave them begging for one more song!

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The Nashville music scene is a famous home for world-class side musicians, as well as a plethora of legendary songwriters. Now it presents us with a duo that combines the best of both worlds, skilled instrumentalists with an incredible amount of soul and a love of great songs.

10 String Symphony is an arena for mesmerizing acoustic innovation. Although difficult to categorize, their music is instantly recognizable as a blend of two distinct but equally vivacious musical voices, encompassing “aggressive, almost discordant, celtic and dare I say punky string-chording experimentations” (The Bluegrass Situation). Vocally, Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer lock in seamlessly, and their vocal duets often take center stage despite the fact that they are self-described fiddle players.

Sedelmyer (Formerly of the Farewell Drifters) and Baiman (Formerly of Belfry Fellows) met in Nashville, and realized a mutual love for the range and depth of the 5-String fiddle. Their desire to see just how far a two-fiddle, two-vocals instrumentation could take them was the inspiration for the 10 String Symphony project. By the time their first full-length album was released in November 2012, their instrumentation had expanded to include the occasional clawhammer banjo and resonator mandolin, though still maintaining a stripped down, tightly woven and carefully arranged duo sound.

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Raised in the hill country of northern Mississippi, W.B. Givens grew up a stone's throw away from the legendary land where the Delta Blues began. After a substantial stint in Asheville, North Carolina, he developed a strong passion for traditional Bluegrass and Country music. Nowadays, he resides on the east side of the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee. Here, W.B. Givens has developed into a fresh, ambitious songwriter, managing to combine these distinct styles of music into a poignant and promising new sound. Delivering often gut-wrenching lyrics with an evocative voice that resonantes with tradition, he lives simply (to borrow words from an authority on the subject) "for the sake of the song."

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Hey, I'm a fiddle player and singer from southern Illinois who loves country, bluegrass, western swing, folk, easy-listening, big band, a touch of jazz, and okay, maybe I'm super cool with oldies, too! Even that list wouldn't be very accurate: simply put, I have some pretty broad musical horizons, and I love getting my hands on all kinds of different music -- no biases here. :) I specialize in bluegrass, country, and creative new things, as well as some western swing, folk, and classical. I put out a bluegrass/traditional country CD project a few years ago that I still carry; some of the songs on that project can be heard here on the MySpace music player. Although I am a full-time college student, I always make time for practicing and performances. I am constantly working on music. If you want to know more about me, I've got a little ol' website that I try to keep as up-to-date as possible -- feel free to check it out. Take care and God bless!

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