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Film Delay is a Louisville-based, indie-rock band composed of "five humans and two dogs". Those five humans are Michael Sauffer, Matthew Restrepo, Corbin Wright, Levi Hammer, and Ty Griffin. The two dogs are Ty’s miniature schnauzers, Atticus & Tex. Born from a basement, like many bands, they love to play music and watch movies. As far as they’re concerned, they aim to please with some fun-loving vibes. Their new EP, Film Delay’s The Film Delay EP, is available on all your favorite streaming services!
Stuart Wicke seeks to find meaning in simple things. His songs have been described as “emotionally resonant” and “bittersweet”, striving to articulate everyday triumphs and conflicts, taking cues from Americana wordsmiths like Paul Simon, Taylor Goldsmith, and Patty Griffin. His lyrics are paired with an intimate sound which often combines indie rock, progressive rock, and jazz. His latest album “Still Life” explores relationships, friendships, and time, with attention to how the digital world influences them. Under the name Stuart Wicke Band, he has released six albums and two EPs. SWB is an ongoing recording project which started as a solo effort in 2011. Beginning in 2022, SWB is Wicke and drummer Scott Boice (also of Phourist & the Photons, Pleasure Boys).
Peyton Boling is a singer/songwriter from the small town of Mortons Gap, Kentucky. Hailing from an area known as the "Western Coalfields", he takes his experiences from growing up around drug addiction, poverty, mental illness, Bible Belters, and strip-mined land. Peyton strives to make art out of it all and whether it be positive or negative, he is fine either way. Peyton released his EP "Blau" (pronounced b̥laʊ̯, as if that helps) in August of 2022, and is currently working on a second EP. He also sings and plays guitar for the band Stone Holler out of Louisville, Kentucky.
Taylor Katherine is a singer/songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky. She is a classically trained vocalist, who studied at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. She was also selected to be a participant in the 2008 Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts in vocal music. A Frankfort, Kentucky native, Taylor moved to Louisville in 2018. Shortly after, she became enriched by the local music community, and started to sing at open mics. A few months into that, the world shut down due to the pandemic and she lost her service industry job. During this time, Taylor learned how to play her ukulele and began writing her own songs. Now, she has played at venues all around Louisville, and is penned to play at several festivals across the region in the coming year. Her songs make the harsh realities of life both palatable and relatable, with a voice like "honey on a gravel road". Taylor says the highlight of her music career thus far is when Jim James (My Morning Jacket) said she was "real f@&*in' good" at a Louisville show recently.
Kathryn Brooks is a singer-songwriter originally from Louisville, Kentucky and after being "raised all over the place", returned home to Louisville to embark on her music career. Growing her music straight from her Kentucky roots, the artist got her first guitar in 5th grade when retired bluegrass musicians living outside of Bakersfield in the high desert of California began teaching bluegrass classics at her school. Kathryn started songwriting, releasing music, and playing out seriously in New York City during college. She has since continued to write music inspired by the folk, country, and blues music of the region. Louisville, Kentucky to Victorville, California; then to Kutztown, Pennsylvania, New York, New York, and back to Louisville...…with occasional co-writes with a friend in Scotland. "The hope of all this moving around is that there’s something from all these places that pours into the music no matter how subtle."
Joey Phantom is a hip hop artist and songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky. Through intricate lyricism and a unique sound, Joey captivates a wide variety of listeners. With major influences from Lil Wayne, Outkast, Mac Miller, Nipsey Hussle, Wu-Tang Clan, J. Cole, and Smino, Joey is always finding ways to create music "outside the box" and connect to his listeners. Whether it's 808-heavy lyrical rap, a smooth melodic summer jam, or a psychedelic tune with a message, Joey consistently showcases his creativity and skills with every release. Although his love for music came second-nature, his craftsmanship has been built over years of hard work and closely studying the game. The artist chose his name before his first release in 2018 because of his fascination with the paranormal and what awaits in the afterlife. Through many "heightened" experiences, Joey was able to see through everyone around him, displaying a true identity within. "Realizing that our bodies are just vessels containing our soul, we are able to see others beyond physical, religious, and racial boundaries." Joey speaks on Nipsey Hussle's quote, "We are all spiritual beings having a human experience" and he believes exactly that. "When our time comes to leave this place, we will return to our purest form, as spirits or "phantoms". If people could see everyone for who they truly are inside, the world would be a better place."
Caden Glover is a singer/songwriter from the small town of Union, West Virginia. Caden credits his father for introducing him to a variety of music growing up. Caden fell in love with bluegrass music at an early age. He started learning banjo at 13 years old and later picked up guitar. His influences include Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley, The Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and James Taylor. Caden garnered quite a following while competing in American Idol Season 21. He continues to build a loyal fan base while traveling town-to-town/gig-to-gig in his van. Caden released his debut single "Appalachian Skyline" in March 2022, then followed with a six song EP titled "The Cabin Session" in November 2022.
In the words of Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate, Ron Whitehead: "Blind Feline's new Kentucky Drifter album is a rare masterpiece of original music. I drove the winding backroads of Kentucky today with Blind Feline's new CD on repeat. The best damn outlaw country, kickass rock n' roll, down and out, running from the law, lonely and blue, dangerous love, romantic groove, barroom, music hall, nightclub, stadium, wild hard living drinking drugging loving shape shifting music I have heard in ages. The album grabbed hold and kept me in a state of ecstasy for the entire trip."
A river beneath a river with an edgy sense of humor, Sara Jean Kelley is an explorer, a rescuer, naturalist, and an active member of her creative community. Born and raised by the venerable bluegrass songwriter, Irene Kelley, Sara loves wild plants and animals and music and people and has the scars and stories to prove it. Sara’s songs are conceptual, yet relatable. Her voice is timeless, yet singularly her own. And her delivery can shift, like the weather, from dark and sultry, to light-as-a-feather. A triple Scorpio, she has been compared to Brandi Carlile, Patty Griffin, and Lucinda Williams, and has already shared the stage with legends such as Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. Sara studied evolutionary biology in Durango, Colorado and her first EP, The Wild explored her connection with the earth, and the soil; the relationship she has with and honor she holds for the natural world. Sara’s forthcoming EP, Black Snake is about life and death, transformation and rebirth, strength and resilience; all the things you experience in your early thirties that you wish you had known a decade earlier.
In 2004 Myers moved to Nashville to pursue a dream and quickly landed a job on Music Row with Great American Country, a cable lifestyle and music network. It was there her partnership with Sarah Trahern, now the CEO of the Country Music Association, began. Together they worked tirelessly and passionately to grow and shape the world of Country Music.
In 2014 Trahern accepted the position as CEO of the Country Music Association (CMA). Myers immediately joined her at the CMA to continue their professional partnership of over 18 years.
Myers retired from CMA in May of this year to spend more time with her family.
Myers is originally from Ridgeland, MS. A graduate of the University of Mississippi and currently lives in Franklin, TN.
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