A Pennsylvania singer-songwriter whose music mixes folk, country, and pop with candid personal reflection.
For a good sense of her sound, try 'Blue Guitar' or 'With Or Without You', they've got that folk-country blend she does so well.
Her 2011 debut 'Every Time You Go Away' cracked the Billboard country top 40, but it's songs like 'Blue Guitar' and 'With Or Without You' that show her real strength, blending Patty Griffin and Gillian Welch influences with her own plainspoken voice. She's worked with everyone from Jewel to John Legend, but her own material stays grounded in that folk-country middle ground. The vocal cord surgery in 2014 and her openness about mental health give her writing an extra layer of lived-in weight.
She grew up in Butler, Pennsylvania, in a musical family, with early influences from Patty Griffin and Bob Dylan. Her debut album arrived in 2011, but a vocal cord injury forced her to cancel a tour and undergo surgery in 2014. Since then, she's kept writing and recording, with songs that reflect both her folk roots and her collaborations with artists like Dierks Bentley.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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