SONGWRITER LAUNCHES TENNESSEE TUMBLEWEED WEB VIDEO SERIES AUG
12 IN HER TRUCK “LORRAINE”
NASHVILLE SHOW THIS THURSDAY AT SOULSHINE AS “DEVASTATING”
(BLUEGRASS SITUATION) NEW ALBUM ‘SCAREDY CAT’ COMES OUT AUG 12
Grace Askew has a constant tour-mate, her truck Lorraine, a
2007 Ford F-150 with a homemade shelf above the bed packed with mic stands, a
PA, and her guitars. The fast-rising Americana star says, “This is my second
home during the summer. I pretty much live in this truck.” Most recently, she
has launched a web series called Tennessee Tumbleweed, chronicling her life on
the road, chronicling everything from an ice storm in New Mexico to her rolling
rig.
Being a road dog has inspired many of the songs on her vivid
new album ‘Scaredy Cat,’ coming August 12. She tells No Depression, “I come
across all types of people and am fascinated by hearing their stories to gain
more insight and wisdom in how I perceive my own reality.”
Check out the Rolling Stone Q&A.
She added, in an American Songwriter interview, “The darkest
places of the heart and mind, the characters I meet on the road, stark
landscapes, the stories of a stranger, the things people decide to show and
hide about themselves, the way someone laughs or smiles or cries, nature,
solace, driving and watching the world flying past my window.”
The Bluegrass Situation calls her music “devastating."
Askew addresses her wanderlust in song on the noirish blues
“Anywhere But Here,” which conjures David Lynchian landscapes.
She says, “My heart cannot tamed, not this tumbleweed. I got
to keep on rollin’…”
Askew performs this Thursday at Soulshine in Nashville and
has concerts coming up in LA and SF in early August.
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