ABOUT KELLY:
Memphis-raised singer-songwriter, Kelly Hunt, paints stories as old and offbeat as her Depression-era tenor banjo and parlor guitar, reimagining traditions of folk & old-time music in a timeless style that hovers beyond the constraints of genre. Hunt’s 2019 debut album, “Even The Sparrow,” was a finalist for the International Folk Music Awards “Album of the Year.” Her sophomore album, “Ozark Symphony,” was recorded with Grammy-winning musician & producer Dirk Powell and released on Compass Records in October 2023.

“Kelly Hunt sings with the lilting cadence of a folksinger born somewhere far away, sometime long ago.”
— ROBERT CRAWFORD [ROLLING STONE COUNTRY]

“Standing shoulder to shoulder with contemporaries like Gillian Welch and Rhiannon Giddens…folk music harking back to the stripped-down sounds of Leadbelly, Robert Johnson and Woody Guthrie.”
— JOHN VAITES [AMERICANA UK]

https://www.kellyhuntmusic.com/

ABOUT KELLEY:
Folksinger-songwriter Kelley Smith is a hopeless romantic who fancies old poetry and grandpa sweaters. All at once whimsical and haunting, Smith delivers deeply affecting lyrics with wry charm and a time traveler’s voice. Prone to melancholy and daydreaming, Kelley spent her childhood roaming the woods of Minnesota and singing to forest animals. To this day, her longing for that landscape runs deep and seems to find its way into her songs in one way or another.

Raised by musicians, Smith always had music in her bones, but it wasn’t until she was 40 and a mother of four that her first record, Moon Child (2022), came to be. As an insomniac, she wrote this first batch of songs by moonlight. They evoke a sense of belonging, juxtaposed with escapism, as she croons about long-term love, grief, and her draw to the night sky.

”In its truest form, folk music requires us to slow down, listen closely, and let ourselves be absorbed by stories that take us to another place and time. And there might be no better example of that in the Minnesota music scene than Kelley Smith. These organic and unvarnished songs reflect life experiences that could as easily come from past lives as they could from Kelley’s soul.”
— DAVID DENNISON [RIEDER HOMESTEAD CONCERTS]

“Kelley has performance sparkle that’s simply youthful. It belies innocence without being sugary…Kelley is similar in tradition to New Zealand’s marvelous Jenny Mitchell. Ladies who don’t adhere to the path of showboating yet exhibit extraordinary songwriting & performance skills.”
— JOHN APICE [AMERICANA HIGHWAYS]

https://www.kelleysmithmusic.com/