The Chattanooga Market

Veronika, a native of Florida was raised with a musical influenced family.  She studied vocal lessons under a classical opera singer.  Veronika was often told that her natural singing talent was much to be admired.  She was introduced to acoustic folk music via television, where as most know in the sixties the style of music was very versatile.  Later she was encouraged to learn folk guitar.

Veronika taught herself how to compose songs, and her unique style grew to where she was now asked to perform at various community affairs.  She is her own Executive Producer of her recordings, tours and concert productions.

Her influence is such great vocalist as Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson and renown folk musicians such as James Taylor, Odetta, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, Keb Mo and the legendary Elizabeth Cotton.  Veronika’s love for folk music was just as strong as her love for R&B.  Now she has combined these two forms of music into a unique and rare style of music.

Continue reading On Stage 10/18- Veronika Jackson

Kylie Harris began singing and playing guitar at 13 years of age. After releasing two albums and receiving widespread acclaim in her native New Zealand, the accomplished singer, writer and instrumentalist decided to bring her talent to Nashville. First-time listeners and longtime fans alike are drawn in by her honest and soulful delivery, which has drawn comparisons to Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Linda Ronstadt, Roseanne Cash and the great Patsy Cline.

At 17, Kylie became the youngest-ever winner of the overall Gold Guitar Award. This high-profile win eventually lead to a recording contract with BMG. Her debut album, “Let It Be Love”, was a critical and commercial success, earning her “Country Album of the Year” and the “Rising Star” award at New Zealand’s Music & Entertainment Awards. Her second album, “Fancy”, also took top album honors at those same awards two years later. This success and recognition lead her to tour throughout New Zealand and Australia as the opening act for Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs, The Irish Rovers and Charley Pride, whom she also supported here in the states.
Continue reading On Stage 10/11- Kylie Harris

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Hailing from the small mining community of Beauty, Kentucky, Angaleena possesses a voice rich with Appalachian heritage, and the songs she  crafts push creative boundaries even as they draw inspiration from Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, and other trailblazers of American music.   Grammy winning songwriter Mark D. Sanders once said that, “if John Prine and Loretta Lynn had a baby, it would be Angaleena.”  With her unique guitar style, lyrical prowess, natural charisma, and unapologetic honesty, Angaleena warrants such a compliment in a way that few others can.

Songwriter-singer/guitarist Nathan Bell has toured the US and Canada, playing at clubs, concert halls, and (as a member of the duo, Bell and Shore during the 80s) most of the premier North American acoustic music festivals,  including the Walnut Valley Festival, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and the Mariposa Folk Festival. His work on acoustic, National steel-bodied, and electric guitars is as strong as his songwriting, which is an amalgamation of ideas inspired by writers ranging from Jack London, William Faulkner, and the poet Marvin Bell to Townes Van Zandt and southern short-story master Larry Brown.

Bell has shared the stage with Emmylou Harris, Eddie and Martha Adcock, Stompin’ Tom Connors, Townes Van Zandt, Kathy Mattea, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Ricky Skaggs, and a whole cast of scofflaws and gypsies from the folk and bluegrass archipelago. He was a staff writer for Ten Ten Music in Nashville and has been regularly featured at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe, often as part of the “Writers in the Round” series with many notable songwriters, including Grammy-Award winner Don Henry, Craig Bickhardt, and CMA award nominee Angela Kaset.

In 1991, he recorded an album of songs with producer/guitarist Richard Bennett (Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart).

With the arrival of his first child in 1995, Nathan took a hiatus to concentrate on raising a growing family. In 2007, Nathan began writing and recording new material.

Nathan has just released his most recent CD, Traitorland.

“Still I Believe” says a lot about up-and-coming folk-rock musician Michael Sechrist. Not only is it the title track of his latest C.D., but it paints a telling picture of the man behind the music, who asserts that there are things still worth believing in, even when they seem distant or hopelessly out of reach.

Sechrist isn’t afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve, singing with refreshing candor about things like hope in the midst of fear, love lost and found, death and healing, and standing up for he holds to be true. He sings about the world he lives in and the life he’s led, and invites listeners to find facets of themselves in these stories he sings.
Continue reading On Stage 9/6- Michael Sechrist

Nashville-based singer-songwriter/rhythm guitarist Denitia Odigie has just released her latest country-tinged compilation of soul-folk songs. Recorded in Music City U.S.A. with producer Darryl Swart, the 5 song EP, CONTRAST, is already making waves, selling unpredictably well at live shows from Tennessee to Texas to Montreal, Quebec. With beginnings as underground and DIY as her marketing and sales strategies, Denitia has just signed a publishing deal with Nashville’s Weston Boys Entertainment, quickly poising her for a launch from unheard to ubiquitous indie in 2009.
In the middle of the excitement of promoting her last independent project, Denitia is already back in the studio, recording more of the soul-folk-pop songs for which she is becoming known and loved.

Denitia has shared the stage with a variety of artists from Patrick Watson, Irma Thomas, Tim Finn, The Levees, and The Felice Brothers. Garnering increasing praise for her personal and moving live performances, Denitia tours regionally, playing coffeehouses, acoustic listening rooms, and rock clubs. With her raw and emotive stage presence and warm acoustic guitar playing, she “has found herself a beautiful formula for music, and if you can’t recognize a little wonderfulness in it, then you don’t like music (The Deli Magazine).”

Buck and Nelson, aka David Buchanan and Nelson Thomas, have been performing music together since the mid 1970’s.  They began learning the basics of music and playing string instruments around 1972.  Their first band was formed with three other performers.  About 1980 they began performing as a trio with Jimmy Waters, and finally as the duo they have been for the past 20+ years. Over those years they have also performed solo, with a number of other musicians, and at many venues,  including performing in “The Reach of Song” (Georgia’s Official Historical Drama).

Their main instrument is the acoustic guitar, which they play both with a flatpick and fingerstyle.  They often bring other instruments to perform on as well, including the mandolin, fiddle, old time banjo, bluegrass banjo, harmonica, and washboard.  They occasionally bring in something even more unusual to play a tune on or to keep a rhythm with.

Continue reading On Stage 8/23- Buck and Nelson