When I was eight years old I had braces and was showing a cow in 4-H at the county fair.

When Tigar Bell was eight years old he was playing fiddle for Merle Haggard!

It's pretty amazing to…Read more

 

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Kathy Farnsworth (above) at my hometown radio station, KSVC. It was like 'old home week' at the station because my former neighbor, Dianne Brienholt, works at KSVC as…

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I was in the studio one day with Dave Smith and we were talking about what other instruments the songs on my new album needed. I’ve always loved the sound of the pedal steel guitar, and we agreed that steel…Read more

After three years, it was time to get back into the studio to record!

I started this project with a great partner in crime...Dave Smith. He is a killer musician (plays guitar for Lee Greenwood), producer and…Read more

On Saturday, July 30, I sat on my back porch and teared up.

Acklen Park was performing "Lost," a song that I co-wrote with Bill DiLuigi and Scott Jarman, for a close group of friends and family. It's… Read more

Acklen Park is taking "Lost," a song I wrote with friends Bill DiLuigi and Scott Jarman, to Country Radio as a single beginning in August!

This will be the first time a song I co-wrote will be promoted to…Read more

Every once in awhile in Nashville I have a moment when I think, "how did a farm girl from rural Utah end up here?"

 

Last night was definitely one of those times.

 

I had the pleasure…

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Thanks to the vision of David Koch, the Christian Music Industry came together last week in Nashville for the first annual Indie Ignite Music Conference. I learned A LOT!

Some of my favorite 'nuggets of wisdom'from the speakers…Read more

 So does anyone remember the scene in the movie Road House where the band is performing behind chicken wire? I would say that would be a pretty memorable gig!

 

For me there are a few that come to mind...and…

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This week I had the pleasure of hearing Acklen Park melt some faces during their set on Billy Block's weekly music show at the Rutledge in Nashville.

 

Billy, who is an expert at discovering killer music bubbling under…

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Sometimes as a songwriter there is stuff that I get to do that is just plain cool. This expereince falls into that category...

 

I had the opportunity to work with a stellar photographer (and fellow musician), Martin Palmer…

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On June 16, I had the pleasure of hanging (and playing) with some hip and happening Charlotte area songwriters at Summit Coffee in Davidson, NC. We played an outdoor showcase underneath a full moon, and it was, in short, a…Read more