May 19, 2018 | Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest, Blog & News, Entertainment
Describing his music style as “guitar-driven folk-pop with teeth,” it’s no mystery why we’d want to sink in deeper to this songwriter’s curious psyche. We sat down with Wes Collins, one of the top ten finalists in the 2018 Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest, in...
May 17, 2018 | Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest, Blog & News, Entertainment
Award-winning songwriter Eric Bettencourt is making the journey from Austin to compete as a finalist in the Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest at the Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival in Richardson. Over the years Bettencourt has released four albums, two...
May 17, 2018 | Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest, Blog & News, Entertainment
It only takes a few moments to be completely enchanted and inspired by soulful folk-rock singer Christine Hand who was selected as a finalist in the Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest. The Americana songwriter is a native of Fort Worth, Texas and recently...
May 10, 2018 | Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest, Blog & News, Entertainment
Brian Pounds is a performer and songwriter with a lot to say about music, especially how the business side of it has become fundamentally inequitable in the way the creators – songwriters in particular – have been largely cut out of the financial loop through online...
May 9, 2018 | Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest, Blog & News, Entertainment
As her band, True North’s website states, “Kristen Grainger, (vocals, ukulele) is the voice of True North. Her songwriting has received national recognition — “Be Here Now” was named Song of the Year, folk category, for the 2015 IMEA Awards; she placed second at the...