Jamie Lin Wilson is the kind of artist who feels like an old friend the moment she starts to sing. Raised in the small town of Sealy, Texas, she didn’t pick up a guitar until college, but once she did, the path was clear: songwriting wasn’t just a hobby – it was her heartbeat. She cut her teeth touring dusty dance halls and backroad bars with The Gougers, then found harmony – literally and figuratively – with the powerhouse all-female group The Trishas, where her voice blended seamlessly with others but her individuality still shone. When she eventually stepped into the spotlight as a solo artist, she brought every lesson with her. Jamie’s solo records, especially Holidays & Wedding Rings (2015) and Jumping Over Rocks (2018), are soaked in the kind of raw honesty that only comes from living a real, unvarnished life. Whether she’s singing about heartbreak, motherhood, wild dreams, or quiet mornings, her songs carry the weight of truth. Rooted deep in the Texas Hill Country, Jamie writes songs the way people used to: with grit, grace, and a deep respect for story. Her voice – warm, worn-in, and effortlessly soulful – can hush a rowdy bar or fill a theater with emotion. These days, she balances songwriting sessions and festival stages with raising four kids in the tiny town of D’Hanis, Texas. She’s a road warrior and a front-porch philosopher – part poet, part neighbor, and all heart. COURTNEY PATTON Influence. Webster defines it as the power to have an important effect on someone or something… that if someone influences someone else, they are changing a person or thing in an indirect but important way forever. With a poet’s heart, Courtney Patton fuses the power of lyrics, a healthy dosage of musical influences and narrative to build an incredible set of songs on her 2022 album, Electrostatic. With one listen, you will be changed how you think about music. To know Courtney Patton is to know that she can do anything and everything. Patton is a mother, a producer, a singer, a songwriter, and a musician. When the Covid world as we know it stopped concerts in their tracks in early 2020, Patton and fellow troubadour, Jason Eady, kept the heart of live music alive with a weekly program called Sequestered Songwriters. It included so many of their dearest musical friends, from Suzy Bogguss to Cody Jinks. The shows were themed in a way to honor influential artists and songwriters. It was over the course of this year, with weekly and always-beautiful dedications to the likes of Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Vince Gill, Eagles and Don Williams, that Patton- perhaps consciously, perhaps subconsciously- had her songwriter craft and musical tastes both sharpened and broadened. The result on Electrostatic is clear. Compared to previous more stripped-down projects, this new album has more depth musically without losing any of the of the highly personal and open-book songwriting that she’s become so loved for. It feels more soulful, more full than previous pr...
