Kelsey Waldon
Kelsey Waldon has earned wide praise for her “self-penned compositions [with] the patina
of authenticity” (Rolling Stone). On her new album, Every Ghost — recorded at Southern
Grooves studio in Memphis with her band, The Muleskinners — she confronts addiction,
grief, generational trauma, and even herself, and comes through it stronger and at peace.
Since signing to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records in 2019, as the independent label’s first new
signee in 15 years, Waldon has earned the title of “Kentucky Colonel” — an honor
recognizing goodwill ambassadors of Kentucky’s culture and traditions — and a spot in the
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2024 American Currents exhibit, among other
accolades.
Taylor Hunnicutt
Taylor Hunnicutt makes old-school southern music for the modern world. She’s a proud daughter of Alabama, writing songs that nod to the state’s tradition of country storytelling, rock ‘n’ roll rebellion, and guitar-driven grit. Sharpened by a touring schedule that’s kept her on the road for roughly 200 days a year, she makes her full-length debut with Alabama Sound — an album that unfolds like a love letter to the American South, written by a road warrior who’s spent most of the decade far away from home. “It’s a little country, a little singer/songwriter, a little Americana, and a lot of soulful southern rock,” says Hunnicutt, an opera-trained vocalist who began writing songs after dropping out of music school, landing a waitressing job at a blues juke joint, and sitting in with the bands that came through town. She’s no longer the guest artist, though — she’s the main act, and Alabama Sound showcases her high-energy, hellraising brand of southern stomp, country-rock twang, and amplified attitude.
