The Chattanooga Market

Raised In Virginia, and based in Nashville, Amelia White cut her musical teeth in the New England area, in the same scene that produced Mary Gauthier, Lori McKenna and Sarah Borges. Her music has been described as hard rocking -folkin -alt-art country… but her songs and strong melodic style rise above categorization. Her Albums “Blue Souvenirs” and “Black Doves” (Funzalo Records 2006) put her on the map with critical acclaims nationwide, steady non-com radio play, and appearances on E-Town and NPR’s All Songs Considered. A few TV placements further exposed her talents.

Amelia comments “The songs come out of me hard and heavy – regularly. They walk the line between Neo Folk, raw well made rock, and rootsy pop. They have a lot of heart, and a good dose of intellect, and every few songs have a political and social consciousness….sometimes you have to listen twice to get em, though some can easily grab hold of you like an old Hank Williams. Some call them Indie Country, some Americana, Some Folk Rock. To me they are the stories of my life and love and what I see in my friends eyes, strangers stories. They are miniature 3-3 1/2 minute films.”

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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.

While other little girls dreamt of being princess brides, mermaids, or fairies, Jen Woodhouse performed in her parents’ living room in front of a captivated audience made up of her two younger sisters, various stuffed animals, and Barbie dolls. Whether she was performing in ballet and piano recitals, or just hula dancing for the neighbors, it was apparent at a very early age that Jen was a born entertainer. Since her sold out living room concerts, Jen continues to mesmerize audiences across the globe.

These days, Woodhouse has been keeping busy. She is currently on a 7-month tour in Asia, playing shows 6 nights a week. Fans can experience Asia with her as she documents her travels and performances on YouTube.com.

A recent Nashville transplant, Woodhouse has been ceaselessly touring and promoting her highly anticipated double-disc album, “The Shaping & Shifting of Objects & Sound.” Quickly garnering tremendous word-of-mouth support, Woodhouse’s sophomore album follows on the heels of her critically acclaimed 2005 debut, “This Honest Age.”

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Winner of the 2008 Orange County Music Awards Best Live Female performance. Robin has been playing music since she was a toddler. Starting out as drummer, she worked her way to the front of the band, exactly where she belongs, playing guitar and singing her brains out. Her voice is unique, almost haunting at times and her lyrics are awesome.

She grew up in NY, moved to MA. in 1992 where she got into a few bands as a drummer. She started playing guitar and writing music about 7 years ago and has been very well received throughout NY, New England, TN., AZ. and California. Nominated for the Best Folk Artist in 2004, she continued to grab a nomination each year from the Orange County, Southern California and Inland Empire Music Awards. From Best Folk to Best Female Artist to Best Live Performance, she’s been nominated for them all and this year took home the award for Best Live Performance. In 2006 she was September’s Indie Artist of the month in Los Angeles. Her song, “Dear Diary,” had an honorable mention twice for VH 1’s Song of the year award and her CD of the same name was nominated by All Access Magazine as Best CD of the Year.

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Americana Country/rocker Jennifer Brantley Just finished her second solo CD with producer Bil VornDick. Bil has worked on Grammy-winning recordings and 43 Grammy finalists. Though Bil is best known as the producer who developed Alison Krauss, he has also worked with Bob Dylan, Bela Fleck, Ralph Stanley and many others. In 1998, he produced “Clinch Mountain Country” one of the largest collaborative recorded projects in Nashville that was awarded #1 Country Album of the Year by Rolling Stone.

The CD, which was released 9/04 features Nashville guitar hero Johnny Hiland and fiddle legend Aubrey Haney. It is now being released to radio. Blonde Girls was released to country radio in July and went to #53 on the New Music Weekly charts. The CD itself was also released to Americana radio and was in rotation on over 163 stations world wide. Jennifer has also has nearly 20,000 fans on her Myspace site.

Jennifer has been working hard with her band in recent years. Playing and writing constantly and yes some of her efforts have paid off. Already in 2006, she has been selected by Clear Channel Radio for its new artist promotion campaign called NEW!

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Dave Herring is a singer, songwriter and musician who writes honest songs that reflect his experiences, faith and views on life.  He recently joined together with the Eastbound String Machine after working on his debut project “Look to the East.” The band has been well received in their community.

Dave’s writing is thoughtful and uncliche. His music is a blend of bluegrass and folk. Lyrics in his songs are well thought out and reflect his creative songwriting talent. There are no forced rhymes or phrases often heard before.  The melodies in his songs are catchy and  listeners find themselves singing along to a song they’ve never heard before.

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Watching newcomer Darnell Levine perform is like an unanticipated warm day in the dead of winter; his unapologetic vocal delivery, honest lyrics, and melodious style bring reprieve to the sometimes stagnant air of the music scene. Being compared among jazz greats and neo-soul personalities is assumed, but he remains quietly neutral on the subject–letting the music itself moderate any sentiments of association.

Born Darnell Levine Anderson, the Louisville, Kentucky native was driven into music at an early age, literally. He fell in love with music while riding in cars to and from destinations. His morning rides to work with his father exposed him to the Bee Gees, Ray Charles, The Carpenters, and Bonnie Raitt. His afternoon ride in his mother’s ‘86 Toyota Camry exposed him to The Stylistics, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Sam Cooke, and Luther Vandross. Darnell credits these musical inspirations as his school outside of school. Though he started out shy, soon he began leading at church and local high school choirs. He is also a formally trained percussionist and self-taught pianist.
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From a humble beginning having built his first drums using discarded packing boxes at the age of 12, Dr. Arvin Scott grew to become an award-wining, multi-instrumentalist, composer, motivational, youth program founder/director, and university professor with a track record that spans nearly 40 years. His specialties including African, Caribbean, Brazilian, Classic Jazz, Nu Jazz, and R&B are foundations for his eclectic “Nu Jazz World Beat” compositions.
Selected performance highlights include Umbria Italy at the Umbria Jazz Festival (representing Berklee college of Music); Bajia Brazil; the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. Atlanta Heroes Awards hosted by John Bon Jovi, Janet Jackson, Michael Bolton, Jimmy Jam & Terri Lewis & others that honored Human Rights Activist and Leader Mrs. Coretta Scott King; Multi-Grammy Award Winner, Usher; Ground-breaking Artist, The B-52’s; and Concert Promoter, Charlie Brusco; frequent performances (since 2000) with world-renowned “jam band” Widespread Panic, at sell-out concerts of up to 20,000 fans per show at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, as well as Birmingham, New Orleans, and Athens.

Other selected highlights include featured performing artist/instructor at multi Grammy-Award winner, Roy aka “Futureman” Wooten’s (of Bela Fleck and the Fleck Tones) World Music Camp at Camp Garner, performances at two International Olympic events–1996 and in 2004. He has recording credits on Widespread Panic at the Classic Center CD. Dr. Scott has toured Rhode Island, Boston, New Hampshire, Main, with Grammy Award winner Mose Allison. He was jazz drummer for the late Alan Dawson on vibes and has performed with a host of trail-blazing, classic, R&B & pop artists such as Chuck Jackson, known for hit singles, “Any Day Now” (written by Burt Bacharach), “I don’t Want to Cry”, and “I keep Forgettin”, Rufus Thomas of Memphis known for his hit recording “Walking The Dog”, the late Mary Wells known for her hit “Two Lovers”. Dr Scott, along with Jonah Ellis–R&B hit producer/guitarist, songwriter & former musical director for The Temptations, performed as opening act for a concert headlined by the late James Brown in Knoxville Tennessee. He has also toured with Montana Skies in LA, Baltimore, North Carolina, Grorgia, Tennessee.

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The real substance of Alathea comes from the unexpected, the underground and the out of sight. The duo’s fourth full-length recording, My Roots Grow Deeper, conveys a depth of thought, insight and care that is rare in a surface age, and which puts on display the reason for their continually expanding community of supporters. And that’s what Alathea has developed: community, not fans.

My Roots Grow Deeper is a full and textured record, thoroughly modern yet absent of any cliché studio trickery or gimmicky hybrids. Led by Radford’s clear-as-a-bell vocals, and complemented by Johnson’s smoky harmonies, the song cycle delivers an emotional and atmospheric ride as dynamic as the mountain view they glimpse from their East Tennessee cabin.

That spirit allows Alathea to connect to anyone, anywhere, simply by being invitational in the way they approach their craft and their lives. And while their lyrics display a sharp intellect and grounding in the work of influential artists, it is the unresolved honesty of how the songs are conveyed that marks Alathea’s work.

Brittany Reilly was born on May 22nd, 1984 & raised in a small town outside of Cleveland, OH called Bay Village. Her first music performance was with her husband Brent Hopper in Sept. 2005. Since then, she has played more than 200 shows nationwide with several line-ups. Brittany & Brent toured as a duo primarily from 2005-2007 supporting their 2006 CD release “Back to My Roots” as well as a couple of tours with the full band. In her evolved project with Brent Hopper (Guitar, Vocals), Billy Gilmore (Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Dobro, Lap-Steel, Dobro), Steve Belcher (Bass), Sue Cunningham (Fiddle, Vocals), & Erick Ireland (Drums), she recorded her debut solo CD “Good Old Country Sound” released March 1st, 2008.

Brittany will be doing close to 150 shows nationally throughout 2008 supporting the new CD release, mostly with the Almost Acoustic Band. More Updates coming soon, keep checking back for details & more info….