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trapkingkai with Church Friends - Hip-Hop with a Live Band
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trapkingkai is a LoFi/experimental hip-hop artist based out of Louisville, KY. kai is a fan favorite in his region as he combines a laid-back flow with honest wordplay and lyricism that gives his listeners a nostalgic 90's feel. His live performances are described as "energetic, powerful and fun to watch". Backing kai for this podcast is Louisville…
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Coda Battousai - Louisville, Kentucky Based Filipino Multi-Instrumentalist
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Coda Battousai is a Louisville, Kentucky based Filipino artist. He has entertained others for the past 20 years, getting his first taste of life on the stage at a very young age. Coda is a multi-instrumentalist and plays most of the instruments on his recordings. Coda's music is an eclectic mix of indie, R&B, soul, neo-soul, and lo fi. He is active…
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Ray Keys (with the Elementals) - Singer/Songwriter and Pianist
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Singer/songwriter and pianist Ray Keys is a Louisville native who draws inspiration from many different genres, including jazz, folk, RnB, rock, gospel, and soul. Some of his influences include Alicia Keys, D'Angelo, Drake, Ariana Grande, Miguel, Alabama Shakes, and Brandi Carlile. This mix across genres allows Ray to write and express without boun…
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LUX - Louisville Kentucky Shoegaze/Alt Rock Band
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LUX is a 4-piece Shoegaze/Alt Rock band from Louisville, Kentucky. Guitarists and vocalists Luke Owens and Chaz Owens are brothers who have been playing music together since early childhood. They were joined by friends Gavin Martinez (bass) and Blake Smith (drums) in August of 2021. Since then, LUX has released a single called Starspring, and a tre…
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Nate Brooks - Folk/Indie Rock Multi-Instrumentalist
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Nate Brooks is a writer, producer, and musician from Stanton, KY, at the foothills of Appalachia. The multi-instrumentalist embraces the DIY approach, building songs like structures with the help of friends around the state. The outcome is a blend of folk and indie rock, with introspective writing at the core of each song. His debut album, “Modern …
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Nectar Valley - Young Kentucky String Band
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Nectar Valley is a young four-piece string band from Owensboro, Kentucky. The band formed from a passion for music and just picking around for fun, slowly evolving into what it has become today. Nectar Valley's own take on music has influences from Bluegrass, Folk, Psychedelic Rock, and Blues. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tophillreco…
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Vincent Gleeson - Jazz/Folk Finger Picker
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Vincent Gleeson is a singer-songwriter from Lexington Kentucky who plays an interesting mix of folk and jazz. Vincent primarily sings songs about the struggles of addiction, love, and poverty but also has some songs of happiness thrown in the mix. His influences include Nick Drake, Skip Spence, Coleman Hawkins, and Elliott Smith. Vincent honed his …
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Collins Black - Rebranding after Experiencing Ups and Downs in the Music Industry
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Collins Black started off his music journey in Bedford, Kentucky under his given name Shawn Brandon. He began performing with family at church and around his local community from the age of five and as a soloist at school. Collins taught himself guitar and began writing music at 16 and landed a record deal with Abbey Road Nashville by 19. After he …
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Bedford - Four Piece Powerhouse Band Captures Lightning in a Bottle
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Born, raised, and based in Eastern Kentucky, Bedford is heading to the national music scene with something new in their pockets and something vintage in their souls. This band is able to capture lightning - put it in a bottle - and share it with the world as a familiar yet, unique sound. This unequivocal four-piece group has made it their personal …
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Andrew Wakefield - Asheville, NC Based Songwriter, Guitarist, and Singer
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Andrew Wakefield is a songwriter, guitarist, and singer based in Asheville, NC with an eclectic catalogue of compositions ranging from guitar-driven bluegrass to folk, old-time, newgrass, rock, americana, and more. He is a contributing member of The Well Drinkers and former member of Supper Break and Cynefin. Career highlights include performing at…
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The Highlanders - "Louisville Indie" Five-Piece
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The Highlanders are a five-piece alternative band with a gritty roots sound, but don't consider themselves a country act anymore. "We definitely started playing standard country. We’re from Kentucky so we thought that’s what we had to play. As we kept progressing we finally were able to blend in a little bit of ourselves and our influences," said s…
Along with meeting each other through different Louisville bands we had played with over the years, (The Last Origin, Blank Agenda, The Balrogs) 7 out of our 9 members met through attended the University of Louisville School of Music, studying everything from jazz drumming to orchestral conducting. John, Misaki, and William met through playing in t…
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Frankie Leo - Singer/Songwriter Discusses Roots and Latest Album Release
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Frankie Leo is a singer/songwriter who currently lives in Louisville, KY with his wife McKenzie and two boys, Rowan and Dawson. He grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Staunton Virginia where he started to write and record music in the study room of the house where he was raised. Since then, he has released a handful of records and songs, a few of w…
Curb Records recording artist FILMORE made his major label debut in 2020 with the release of State I’m In. He has quickly amassed more than 245 million career streams. Prior to being signed, the Wildwood, Missouri native was the first independent artist to be featured on Spotify’s Hot Country cover. FILMORE’s catchy hooks and clever lyrics have sin…
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Coot Crabtree - Poet, Punk, Hillbilly, Hobo, Folk Singer, Outlaw, and Bluesman
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Coot Crabtree's music is about heart and pain, and the joy of life lived along the rough edges and backpages of the Hoosier heartland. He's a poet, he's a punk, he's a hillbilly, a hobo, a folk singer, an outlaw, a bluesman, and most of all, an acolyte of the great truth tellers from all corners of American roots music. It's all in there in the mix…
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Nicholas Johnson - Southern Roots meets Midwest Rust Belt Rock
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Cincinnati, Ohio: Where the south meets the Midwest. It’s also the best way to describe the music of Kentucky-born Singer/Songwriter Nicholas Johnson; Southern roots meets Midwest rust belt rock. On his first new album in two years, “Back Upstate” puts all of that on display by crafting a mix of heartbreakingly genuine songs and genre-bending rocke…
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Dan Zlotnick - The Americana Voice of Westchester County, New York
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Dan, Neil, and Brad discuss dedication, commitment, performance anxiety, confidence, competition, and other parallels between athletics and music performance. Dan Zlotnick has been called the “Americana voice of Westchester [County, NY]”. He writes songs that make any stage feel like your living room. A former independent minor league baseball play…
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Dusty Bo - A Glimpse in the Life of a Touring Independent Musician
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Dusty Bo drops by Top Hill to chat about his latest tours. The Kentucky bred Alt-Rock artist delivers passionate performance with edgy riffs, vocal prowess and blues-charged guitar solos. For Dusty, the choice has always been to never stop the pursuit of exploring the terrain in which he expresses best. With influences such as Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, …
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Adrian Taylor and Spaghetti Junction
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Adrian grew up in a single parent household in Anderson, California, a small Northern California valley town. He always knew music was his passion in life. Adrian met his father for the first time at the age of 13 and suddenly understood where he got his drive for music. He went home after that meeting, taught himself guitar, and started writing so…
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Oliver Sayani - Singer, Songwriter, Session Player, Student, Instructor
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Oliver Sayani is a singer songwriter, guitarist, and musician who has carved his unique style out of Appalachian music, jazz and rock n roll. A member of the Heartland Songwriters Association of Kentucky, he has written over 70 songs, recorded multi-instrumentally on several albums, including 3 albums of his original music while managing and fronti…
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American Blonde - Country Music Sister Duo
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From trio to duo; from being Southern Halo to becoming American Blonde, the Morris sisters have stuck together through thick and thin. With recent rebranding, they are casting off any preconceived notions as to who they should be and are fully embracing who they are - a powerhouse of talent; invigorated, motivated and fully realized. There were sev…
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The Musical Imprint - Melissa Bollea Rowe and Dr. Sarah Allen - Compelling Stories and Pivotal Moments Connected to a Song
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The Musical Imprint embodies the magic of music with the science of brain connectivity in book form. It was inspired by the connection between two seemingly unrelated women: Melissa Bollea Rowe, a songwriter and publisher from Nashville and Dr. Sarah Allen, a Neuropsychologist and speaker from New Jersey. Put them together, and you have stories bas…
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Jacob Head - Multi-Instrumentalist, Performer, Teacher, Worship Leader, and Music Therapist
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Jacob Head is a Louisville-based multi-instrumentalist, performer, teacher, worship leader, and board-certified music therapist. His abilities in music stem from a young age when he was gifted a set of drums for Christmas. Jacob began learning the violin at the age of 9 and continued to pursue music through the keyboard, guitar, mandolin, and vario…
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Dylan Weber-Owens - Instrumental Folk Guitarist
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Dylan Weber-Owens is an instrumental folk guitarist from Louisville, KY. Blending techniques and motifs from various guitar styles new and old, he brings forward a mixture that feels at once fresh and careworn, impish and melancholic. By connecting with his audience, their triumphs and troubles, Weber-Owens ultimately hopes that his wordless music …
TVLO is a three piece Prog Pop band from Louisville KY. Dan Dilamarter sings lead and plays guitar. Gregg Rochman plays bass and sings. Jonathan Schwartz is the drummer. Dan writes the songs and the band works on the arrangements together covering a wide range of folk, prog, funk, jazz and rock rhythms that feature some gymnastic vocal harmonies. T…
Hailing from Southern Indiana, Elements of Sound draws inspiration from rock, folk, pop, blues and hip hop. Justin Miller started with acoustic guitar and beatboxing on the streets of Louisville, Kentucky before moving to looping and becoming a multi-instrumentalist. The heart of The Elements of Sound is a three piece band consisting of Noel Calilu…
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Jack J Hutchinson - London Based Blues Rock Guitarist/Songwriter
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Jack J Hutchinson is a London based blues rock guitarist and songwriter. Described by Classic Rock Magazine as “a real rock contender”, he has toured internationally, sharing stages with acts such as ZZ Top, Bad Company, Kris Barras Band and Blackberry Smoke. Jack recently released his new 4 track ‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ EP mixed by legendary produ…
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Spinoza - Brodie Hillegas and Austin Miller
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Debuting in 2022, Spinoza is comprised of long-time collaborators, Brodie Hillegas (multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer) and Austin Miller (writer, drums, and percussion). Spinoza's first single, "10 Spaces" (released on April 29, 2022) is described by Brodie as "a classic, Bill-Withers-esque love ballad, mixed with a narrative that foc…
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Kevin and Chenille - Diverse, Eccentric Creativity
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In the words of Chenille O' Keel: "Kevin Bois and Christopher DeRome; two men working at the same local diner. Kevin was a short haired food runner and Christopher something else. Back then Bois wielded a white fender. One wintery afternoon, Kevin showed up on Christopher's porch. The two have been playing together for many years. Sometimes It scre…
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Greg Tripure - Branching Out to Performing Solo
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Greg Tripure is a native Kentuckiana artist who is a founding member (rhythm guitar and backing vocalist) of Sub-Urban Situation. Tripure has always written songs on the side for himself, but it was not until that pandemic that he started to branch out and perform solo shows online and eventually back in front of people. With over 20 years of songw…
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Ace Monroe - The Evolution of Decades Past Rock n' Roll
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Ace Monroe is a rock n' roll band consisting of Robbie Dylan (lead vocals), Josh Alfano (lead guitar), Jack Kaiser (rhythm guitar, vocals), Jonathan Tatooles (drums), and Erik McIntyre (bass). With their old-school approach to songwriting and performing, Ace Monroe embraces the bluesy rawness found in 70's rock n' roll bands such as Aerosmith, The …
It’s pretty hard to not have a good time when Revelry graces the stage. Their tag line “Hell Yeah” says it all! Revelry brings a confidence and swagger to the table, beckoning back to some of the greatest sounds that ever emerged from rock music from the 70’s forward. This band will make your ears hum with their own classically appealing flavor of …
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Lonesome Holler - Progressive Jamgrass Four Piece Band
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Lonesome Holler is a progressive jamgrass band located in Central Kentucky. They add a new sound to well-known bluegrass classics and also create modern originals that will leave you ready for more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tophillrecording/support
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Noble Hobo - The Perfect Blend of Dark Folk and Blues
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Noble Hobo brings the perfect blend of sweet and savory dark-folk and blues. Fronted by songwriter and musician, Skyler Jenkins, this “one-man” band is occasionally accompanied by a rotating collective of traveling musicians. Refreshingly honest and introspective, his sound never falls short of a gripping experience. Inspiration for Skyler's music …
The melodic songs of experimental folk artist Jack Keyes capture his contentment with being himself in the present moment while holding a somber reverence for the past. The resulting music is soothing and intimate with an undercurrent of raw darkness. Keyes’ newly released album Dissolving in Dusk is a 10-track exploration of the impermanence of na…
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trapkingkai w/ Blase Groody - LoFi/Experimental Hip-Hop
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trapkingkai is a LoFi/experimental hip-hop artist based out of Louisville, KY. The KnR signee is quickly becoming a fan favorite in his region as he combines a laid-back flow with honest wordplay and lyricism that gives his listeners a nostalgic 90's feel. His live performances are described as "energetic, powerful and fun to watch". Joining kai is…
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Taylor Shuck - Multi-instrumentalist Singer/Songwriter Banjoist
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Having been involved in recording projects and performing for a variety of regional and national artists including Still Holler, Nicholas Jamerson (Sundy Best), Tiffany Williams, Britton Patrick Morgan, Hillhouse, and Mama Said String Band, Taylor is no stranger to the regional music scene. Taylor Shuck is a Nashville based banjoist, singer-songwri…
Zeno Jones takes the old-style blues – delta, river, hill country- and sets them on fire with Kentucky moonshine. After recording and showcasing a more traditional, self-titled country blues album in 2011, Jones returns to the roots revivalist scene with a suitcase drum and an overflow of voltage in his guitar strings. Zeno is the winner of Louisvi…
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Shooting the Breeze with Brent and Lee
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After a last minute cancellation, Neil and Brad invite friends, Brent West and Lee Donohue, to the studio. Conversation touches on learning music, goals, songwriting, bonfire jams, recognizing and respecting progress in playing, Marcus King, The Ryman Auditorium, studio plugins, cataloging songs, memorizing lyrics, friendship, making an album, and …
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Brandon Baumann - Singer, Songwriter, and Voice Actor
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Brandon Baumann is a singer, song writer, and voice actor who hasn’t let up on the throttle for nearly two decades. Brandon has toured the country with his band Diamond Lane, selling out clubs all over Los Angeles, releasing half a dozen albums, and rocking festival stages. His musical journey started in Seattle, cutting his teeth on Alice in Chain…
George Stearman grew up in the hills of South Louisville, Kentucky. He loves 80's rock, but his natural country music voice led him down the country music path. George started singing around the house at the same time he learned to talk and considers himself, in his words, "a singer and wanna be songwriter". Like a lot of musicians, George balances…
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Quite Literally - Swing Inspired Folk
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Quite Literally is a swing inspired folk band that captures a “speakeasy” feel. Upbeat music that gathers influences from 40’s Jazz, early blues and roots music, they bring forth a fun and fresh outlook on modern songwriting. A picturesque ensemble, driven by powerful lyrics and decorated with quick-witted instrumentation. --- Support this podcast:…
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Full Disclosure - Alternative, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock Band
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Full Disclosure is an alternative, psychedelic, progressive rock band, from Louisville, KY. August Kingsley (keys), Lance Oliphant (guitar), and Matthew Oney (bass), Mason Beard (vocals), and Luke Stanton (drums) started out playing cover shows in 2018. The band quickly began writing original content and playing shows in the thriving Louisville mus…
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Scott T. Smith - Folk Music and Soul Collide
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Scott T. Smith is a folk/soul singer/songwriter originally from Hurricane, West Virginia, but currently calls Louisville, Kentucky home. Being from West Virginia, he has a deep love for traditional folk music and bluegrass, but in a household where he grew up listening to the soul and R&B greats from past generations, the two worlds collide in his …
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Kevin Niehoff - 23 Year-Old Singer/Songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky
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Kevin Niehoff is a 23 year-old singer/songwriter from Louisville, KY. With influences from his family, Kevin spent his early childhood listening to classic acts such as The Beatles and more contemporary artists like John Mayer. After rediscovering his appreciation for Mayer in high school, Kevin started learning guitar and writing songs. Following …
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Darlington Pairs - One Band, Two Names, Three Humans....GO!!
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Darlington Pairs (and Loop Island Hermit Club) is a self described "song machine made of humans that started working in 2016 or so and seems less and less horrified all the time. It has so many songs!" The fact that the band's name is taken from a multi-transistor electronics configuration, along with the fact that the group also performs as alter-…
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Stuart Wicke - Acerbic Frustration and Cautious Optimism
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Stuart Wicke is a singer/songwriter from Louisville, KY. He pairs thoughtful lyrics, like those of Patty Griffin and Paul Simon, with the careful orchestration of indie rock bands such as Pedro the Lion, Dawes, and Starflyer 59. He has released four albums and two EPs as the Stuart Wicke Band. His new record, "We Never Had Tomorrow Anyway", was rec…
Jordan Blase is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Louisville, Kentucky. Through song, her lush, velvety voice boasts melodies of an earlier era. Introspective, honest, and intimately vulnerable, her music calls to the deepest, most sacred parts of us all. Melodically, she rides a smooth, melancholy wave that blends elements of jazz, R&B, and sul…
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Evan McMillian - New Kentucky Singer/Songwriter
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Evan McMillian is a singer/songwriter based out of California, KY. Evan didn't pick up a guitar until after he graduated high school in 2018. In a short period of time, he has garnered a lot of attention writing and singing songs about personal experiences and stories that he has picked up along the way. His debut EP, One Way or Another, was releas…
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The Houdell Hollers - Musicians, Rock Climbers, and Grateful Dead Fans
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When physicist Dr. David Tieri moved to Louisville for a job at the local university, he crossed paths with two kindred spirits who shared his love of music, rock climbing and the Grateful Dead. The trio soon became The Houdell Hollers, a name David picked up from his Eastern Kentucky grandpa. The Houdell Hollers are a self-described "blues folk su…
