The Nashville Artist

In this episode, I hang out with Laney Esper. Laney is a singer, songwriter, guitar muser, writer, and jumper-a-rounder. She likes to connect her songs to the simpler things in nature like roly-polys and being a farm cat. Her childlike sense of curiosity keeps her awareness open, not judging things as she observes them. We talk about the joys of recess and riding bikes with your friends. The insta...

In this episode, I hang out with Kelton Young. Kelton is a guitarist, singer, and recently stand-up comedian. It’s the smallness of life that he appreciates and tries to capture through his music. Not becoming cynical or lost in a mindless drivel of pessimism. He enjoys his internet tangents, finding simple things to be moved by. Like a baby's first words or a father returning home from war. O...

In this episode, I hang out with Sierra Torres. Sierra is a singer, painter, photographer, and lover of mythology and philosophy. Her paintings range from watercolor portraits with line fractures through their faces to paintings raising awareness for domestic violence called sugar coated abuse. She describes her music in Gin Wife as angsty, but pretty. Matched with a pretty/gross aesthetic. Red li...

In this episode, I hang out with Emily Chavarie. Emily is a photographer, screen printer, and lover of the creative process. She’s lively, fun, and makes people feel wonderful. Coming from a film/photography background, her mother filmed the Challenger explosion. She learned early that snapping images was her path. Emily loves capturing people in their element, ephemeral, and fleeting moments...

In this episode, I hang out with Ava Beathard. Ava is a singer/songwriter and guitarist. She writes indie pop music. Influences like Phoebe Bridgers and Billie Eilish. She talks about her journey starting out on Ukulele playing covers and posting them on YouTube to creating her own music. She describes overcoming stage fright to bring her digital presence to a live setting. Not having a band...

In this episode, I hang out with Sarah Collins. Sarah is a multi-disciplinary artist who loves cooking ASMR videos. Mediums ranging from drawing, fine art, and graphic design. She's inspired by cakes, flowers, and nature. From pastries to floral arrangements. Artistic influences like Agnes Martin, Inès Longevial, Camilla Engstrom, Mark Rothko, and the illustrator Furry Little Peach. Other inspirat...

In this episode, I hang out with Christina Coleman. Christina is a photographer, set designer, and lover of stop motion, claymation, and cars. The analytical meets creative, Christina is an organized hype person in her artistic endeavors. A person who loves the car, but hates the road. A 1969 Nissan Datsun 240z is her ideal. Smooth round headlights with hard edges, similar aesthetics are found in...

In this episode, I hang out with Juniper Eveleen. Juniper is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, fashionista, craftsperson, and is passionate about mental health. She creates whimsical, eclectic, raw, and provocative art, drawing on things that move her negatively, and using it as her diary. We talk about how comfort can be your worst enemy and self talk to get you moving towards something that'...

In this episode, I hang out with June Rosewell. June is a singer, guitarist, events coordinator and music director at WRVU Vanderbilt, and lover of human centered design thinking. She empathizes the importance of relationships and interpersonal relationships. She talks about recording Mad World by Gary Jules in the studio when she was 3. Knowing then that she was destined to write sad music....

In this episode, I hang out with Delaney Keith. Delaney is an actor inspired by nonlinear plots and uninhibited public emotions. Learning and letting go. She describes different forms of acting, from dogmatic methods to more free form and spontaneous. Listen to find out her dream role. Acting influences like Frances McDormand, Jessica Chastain, Audrey Hepburn, Laura Linney, Meryl Streep, Oscar Isa...

In this episode, I hang out with Lily Ohphelia. Lily is a singer, guitarist, arranger, and lover of fashion. Introspective, meditative, and cerebral, Ohphelia is the thinking person’s folk music. Folk that moves like jazz combined with soul sister harmonies. Influences like Joni Mitchell, Carrie Underwood, Adrianne Lenker, Big Thief, The Beatles, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Carmen Canedo, Brennan...

In this episode, I hang out with Deshaun and Cam of Bummer World. The brains and brawn of the trio (including Happy episode #34) that make up Bummer World. Bummer World is a lifestyle brand among many other things. Cannabis, clothing, and culture. The brand encompasses pop ups, fashion shows, concerts, skate parks, flee markets, etc.  We talk about the difference between having friends/ havin...

In this episode, I hang out with Love Montage. He is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, blog writer, and person with a vast imagination. He takes DIY bedroom budget pop to the max, efficiently, without sacrificing charm. Influences like The Strokes, Alabama Shakes, Mac Demarco, The Flaming Lips, Sam Cook, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, The Black Keys, Guided By Voices, and Gorillaz. We talk about gro...

In this episode, I hang out with Josh Norfleet. Josh is a guitarist, works in radio, and loves dark comedy. He plays guitar in his own band called The Reveal and Violet Moons. Learn how he went from playing bluegrass with his Dad and uncle to playing Egyptian hillbilly funk rock. We talk about how “easy” the Eagles take it. Influences like the Eagles, Harry Styles, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, Jimmy...

In this episode, I hang out with Sean Booz. Sean is a drummer, guitarist, singer, analog videographer, and lover of all things mystic. From drawing pictures to making stop motion videos with his action figures as a kid, he's always identified as an artist. Ranging from music videos to video flyers, Sean takes the experimental to new heights. From punk drumming to shoegaze guitar playing....

In this episode, I hang out with Hannah Delynn. Hannah is a guitarist, singer, elemental researcher, Lord of the Rings lover, and plant whisperer. Learn about her live show at Acme Radio Live called Friends of Mine with Caroline Bowman and how it came into existence. She shares how nature inspires her art, such as when the sun hits a certain way and you are dreamy. She talks about her spiritual Ay...

In this episode, I hang out with Full Mood. It features Nick Morelly and Miranda McLaughlin. Full Mood is an Indie synth pop band.  Learn how they moved to Nashville sight unseen and connected to the community through the Basement's weekly Tuesday meet up called New Faces Night.               Nick is a guitarist, pianist, d...

In this episode, I hang out with Luke Schneider. Luke is a pedal steel player, ambient musician, incense maker, and artist at Third Man Records. His ambient shows consist of whimsical, droning tones, musky smells from lit incense, and visually stunning light panels. A custom scent for his shows, connecting smells with sounds was the catalyst for Forestdale Incense. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine...

In this episode, I hang out with Happy Haugen. Happy is a singer, guitarist, bassist, community collaborator, and master logger of state license plates. He plays in several different bands including Ohphelia, Snooper, and Impediment. From playing high energy spycore feel in Snooper to the elaborate, sophisticated, and smooth Ohphelia. Happy lives at both edges of the spectrum. Listen as we talk ab...

In this episode, I hang out with Jess Awh. Jess is a singer, songwriter, and guitar player in her band Bats. When she's not making music she likes to draw. Jess has a background in musical anthropology and ethnomusicology. Specifically Native American heritage. Learn about her barefoot childhood, singing as her guiding light to the world, and exploring Magic Treehouse books. She describes her writ...

In this episode, I hang out with Archie Blu. Archie is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He lives at the musical extremes of metal and indie rock. He plays metal in Color Motive and indie rock in Archie Blu. We reminisce on fun problems to have fending off nature and high school hang outs in Chattanooga, TN. Influences like The Smiths, The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Megadeth, Jethro Tull, The Be...

In this episode, I hang out with Grace Hall. Grace is an interdisciplinary artist with mediums ranging from paintings, sculptures, collages, installations, etc. Coming from an art family has given her a unique perspective on the subject. Her favorite arts and crafts store, Turnip Green creative reuse is a world of wonder for her creative endeavors. Her collages range from ethereal and regal to mos...

In this episode, I hang out with Dhalton Horsman. Dhalton is a rock n roller who plays guitar and sings in his band A Tribe Of Horsman. Dhalton comes from a mixed Native American background of Shawnee and Cahuilla, Serrano. Listen how his indigenous roots have impacted his artistic perspective and stories about ceremonial dances on his family’s reservation. Influences like Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Hu...

In this episode, I hang out with Sarah Goldstein. Sarah is a graphic designer, avid cyclist, cross country driver, and lover of electronic ambient music. She is the graphic designer at Third Man Records. Sarah talks about breaking in her newly built computer with Radiohead's video game. From inspirations like Frida Kahlo, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Julianna Barwick, Joanna Newsom, and Radiohead. Video...

In this episode, I interview INTRO. INTRO is a rapper, fashion and aesthetics connoisseur, and aspiring culinary artist. He talks about how his experience living in LA and Canada has affected his perspective and what he’d like to see in the Nashville hip hop community. The push and pull from having the 10,000 hours mindset and a release. From inspirations like The Weeknd and his uncles, find out w...