Podcast appearances and mentions of vanessa olivarez

This week Bernie sits down with Amie Miriello & Vanessa Olivarez of Boys Club for Girls. They discuss how they began singing together, why they need to keep singing together, and their new self-titled album which is being released today. It is a combination of beautiful harmonies, great songs, and fresh air. You can get the album on all streaming platforms as well as buy tickets to their album release show on April 13th at The Basement in Nashville, TN. found.ee/boysclubforgirls instagram.com/boysclubforgirls

Chris Stapleton ha abierto hoy el tiempo de TOMA UNO con una de las canciones más poderosas de su último álbum Starting Over. Es "Arkansas", compuesta junto a Mike Campbell de los Heartbreakers y mostrando un estado de forma envidiable. Regresa Willie Nile tras verse obligado a aplazar por dos veces su visita a España. Durante la pandemia ha completado un nuevo álbum, The Day The Earth Stood Still, donde incluye el poderoso "Blood On Your Hands", donde tiene como invitado a Steve Earle. El bluegrass como estilo más atrevido de los últimos tiempos, con una extraordinaria facilidad para mezclarse con otros géneros musicales, nos deja ahora a Billy Strings junto al rapero MRM en "Wargasm", su nueva canción. Dentro de este género ancestral, "It Ain't Me" es la más absoluta novedad de Steep Canyon Rangers, la banda de North Carolina que está celebrando sus primeros 20 años en la carretera. Por el contrario, la canadiense de Calgary Bella White debuta con Just Like Leaving y al escucharla es fácil que pienses en los Apalaches. Taylor Rae es de Santa Cruz, California, pero reside en la tejana ciudad de Austin donde su exploración de los estilos musicales de raíz la lleva a definirlos como "soul & roll". La Zac Brown Band acaba de dar a conocer "Same Boat", la primera canción en la que todos los miembros de la banda han podido grabar en el mismo estudio tras tanto tiempo de aislamiento. Incluso están preparando salir a la carretera el próximo otoño. Mientras, han versionado "Sweet Baby James" de James Taylor, favorito de su líder. Encantados por saber que en febrero volverá a España Blackberry Smoke nos recreamos en su álbum You Hear Georgia, con momentos tan sutiles como “Old Enough To Know”. Desde hace años RC & The Ambers ha sido el proyecto paralelo de RC Edwards, bajista de Turnpike Troubadours. Ahora lanza el álbum de debut con ellos, llamado Big Country, donde varios de sus antiguos compañeros han colaborado muy directamente. Ted Russell Kamp se refugió en su estudio casero para completar un álbum que le permitiera estar activo en estos tiempos. Así se completó Solitaire. “You Can Go To Hell, I’m Going To Texas” es un tema compartido con la cantante y compositora tejana Vanessa Olivarez. Ya que nos hemos acercado al Lone Star State, queremos cerrar el programa de hoy con Flatland Cavalry que en un par de semanas lanza Welcome to Countryland, donde nos han regalado “No Ace In The Hole”. Escuchar audio

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Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez of Granville AutomaticSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/back-story-song/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Oliverez are the lead songwriters of the alternative country rock band Granville Automatic. They bring incredible pedigree to their partnership. They have been writing songs that have been recorded by a wide range of Nashville artists including Billy Currington, Sugarland, Kira Isabella, Aaron Goodvin, Wanda Jackson, and Angaleena Presley. Prior to teaming up, Elizabeth was the Grand Prize winner of the Yoko Ono sponsored international John Lennon Songwriting Contest and Vanessa made it to the Final 12 on the second season of American Idol. Their songs are rooted in rich American history and carefully crafted based on these historical events, making them the perfect interview for Backstory Song. They just released their fourth full album, Tiny Televisions, and they are here on Backstory Song to discuss songs from that album and some of their earlier Granville Automatic work. On this episode, Elizabeth and Vanessa discuss “Tiny Televisions,” “Ice Cream,” “Hell’s Half Acre,” “Monsters In The Stars,” “Goodnight House” and “You Can Go To Hell, I’m Going To Texas.”http://www.granvilleautomatic.com/https://www.instagram.com/granvilleautomaticband/https://www.facebook.com/granvilleautomatichttps://twitter.com/gvilleautomatic

Once again the show returns to the subject of connecting to history through music! This time were putting some twang on it and getting into the sensational history of Music City, Nashville, Tennessee! Joining us in this episode are singer-song writers and authors of the new book; "Hidden History of Music Row," Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez of the Country Music/Americana duo Granville Automatic, to discuss their new book, what it is like being a musician during a pandemic, and the inspiration for the groups 2015 EP "An Army Without Music."  

On today’s show I welcome Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez of the group Granville Automatic to talk about their new book with co-author Brian Allison Hidden History of Music Row. Nashville’s Music Row is as complicated as the myths that […]

Nashville’s Music Row is as complicated as the myths that surround it. And there are plenty, from an adulterous French fur trader to an adventurous antebellum widow, from the early Quonset hut recordings to record labels in glass high-rise towers and from “Your Cheatin’ Heart” to “Strawberry Wine.” Untangle the legendary history with never-before-seen photos of Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline, Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein and interviews with multi-platinum songwriters and star performers. Authors Brian Allison, Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez dig into the dreamers and the doers, the architects and the madmen, the ghosts and the hit-makers that made these avenues and alleys world-famous. Elizabeth Elkins is a professional songwriter and writer. A military brat, she holds degrees from the University of Georgia and Emory University. She has written for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Creative Loafing, Art & Antiques and many others. She is president of Historic Nashville Inc. and the author of the upcoming Your Cheatin’ Heart: Timothy Demonbreun and the Politics of Love and Power in Nascent Nashville (Vanderbilt University Press).Vanessa Olivarez is a professional songwriter and vocalist. A Texas native, she was a Top 12 finalist on the second season of American Idol and received a Dora Award nomination for her work in the Toronto, Canada production of Hairspray.Together, Elkins and Olivarez are Granville Automatic, an alt-country band that has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today and the Bitter Southerner. Their songs have been used in numerous television programs and films, and they have written songs recorded by more than seventy-five other artists, including Billy Currington, Wanda Jackson and Sugarland. They were the songwriters in residence at the Seaside Institute’s Escape to Create program (Florida), where they wrote a Civil War concept album, An Army without Music. Their 2018 album Radio Hymns focuses on the lost history of Nashville, and the 2020 follow-up, Tiny Televisions, was inspired by Music Row stories in this book. You may have seen their videos on CMT. The pair live in Nashville, Tennessee, and regularly tour across the United States.While not a musician himself, Brian Allison was born and raised on stories of country music. His father, Joe, was a producer, songwriter, radio personality and pioneer, and without his stories, this book would not have been possible. A professional historian, museum consultant and writer, Brian is the author of two other books for The History Press, Murder & Mayhem in Nashville and Notorious Nashville. He lives in Nashville.

Today I'm joined by Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez, members of the country duo Granville Automatic. They like to focus their songs around telling stories and use music to get across parts of history that people may have otherwise not known about. With their newest album, they've taken that a step further, coming up with a truly unique format. They are releasing ‘Tiny Televisions' as a companion album to their newest book ‘Hidden History of Music Row'. Having a book and an album come out to complement each other is a great idea, and they explain to me where this idea came from and how exactly it works. We talk about making music and the difficulties the pandemic has brought to the music industry, both in aspects of performance and in releasing new material during this time. The conversation moves to food and the different eating habits that we have, flexitarianism, intermittent fasting, and we even talk a little about smoking weed! It's a crazy time for all of us, but this a duo that's definitely good at keeping their heads screwed on straight and still being productive even in times like these.  “It's difficult and makes you feel like you don't have a purpose when you can't do what you love and what you feel like you were put on the earth to do. I'm hoping that we will be lifted up soon and put into a space where we can all thrive and do what we love again.” – Elizabeth Elkins   Time Stamps: 01:28 – Where they got their band name from.  02:59 – How the band got started. 05:35 – What their newest album is focused on.  09:01 – The last shows Granville Automatic played before lockdown and when more future shows will be possible.11:25 – The problems with live-streaming music.  17:25 – The new food they've been eating during lockdown, and the idea of being a ‘flexitarian'.  26:40 – Intermittent fasting and the benefits it has. 28:34 – The benefits of smoking weed over drinking alcohol. 30:48 – The writing Elizabeth has done over lockdown. 35:54 – The difficulties with releasing a record and a book during this pandemic. 37:50 – How they got into book writing and what the history their book is based around. 44:53 – The difficulties with understanding all the different forms of social media that keep coming out. 47:34 – The future projects they are planning and working on. Resources:  Granville Automatic Listen to GA on iTunes Listen to GA on Spotify Listen to GA on YouTube Texas Real Food Connect with Vanessa Olivarez: Twitter Instagram Connect with Elizabeth Elkins: Instagram Connect with Patrick Scott Armstrong: Instagram Facebook Email    

E217 Historian, songwriter and artist human, Elizabeth Elkins is keenly aware each step she takes is rooted in histories known and unknown and is determined to dig deep and expose what she can through written word and song. Her book, Hidden History of Music Row (co-authored with Vanessa Olivarez and Brian Allison) comes out on […]

Led by a modern-day Linda Ronstadt, Granville Automatic writes songs the Associated Press calls “haunting tales of sorrow and perseverance.” With influences as diverse as Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, The Smiths and Dawes, Granville Automatic has created a one-of-a-kind sound that revolves around their passion for storytelling. The duo, comprised of Nashville songwriters Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins, is named after a 19th-century typewriter. The girls' devotion to the project has proved a chaotic road of back-breaking touring, interpersonal tension, former-day-job balancing, other-band leaving, and a love-hate dynamic that brought them from Atlanta to Nashville. Recorded Jan. 2019 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Granville Automatic merges history with songs. This isn't stuck in the library on a Saturday night kind of music. Imagine more if John Prine was Indiana Jones. These songs do belong in a museum but we're lucky to hear creative takes on some of histories darkest moments. It's no different in their latest record Radio Hymns. Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez are tenured songwriters and artists, together and separately, but together they bring history to life even when we tried to leave these stories buried. For Radio Hymns, you hear some of Nashville's best kept, darkest secrets. Themes of murder, deception, condemnation, redemption, and even Jimi Hendrix are muses for this 13 track history lesson. Again, these are the things you didn't learn in eighth grade Tenessee history.  For this sneak peek of our 2019 season, I thought. Let's share a love story on Valentines Day. It's the story of a Barber, his love, a nut case, and a gun. Visit , download and stream Radio Hymns, and give them a follow .

In Episode 29, Granville Automatic's duo Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins join me in the Rambler and share some of their stories as well as some Nashville history! Led by a modern-day Linda Ronstadt, Granville Automatic writes songs the Associated Press calls “haunting tales of sorrow and perseverance.” they have created a one-of-a-kind sound that […]

I'm kicking off 2019 strong with the amazing Nashville duo Granville Automatic, talking to Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez about their new project album titled "Radio Hymns." This project features songs written about the stories of Nashville's past and the exciting and sometimes crazy history that's written in the walls all around this city. Download their music and check for upcoming tour dates in your area at granvilleautomatic.com!

In Episode 29, Granville Automatic’s duo Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins join me in the Rambler and share some of their stories as well as some Nashville history! Led by a modern-day Linda Ronstadt, Granville Automatic writes songs the Associated Press calls “haunting tales of sorrow and perseverance.” they have created a one-of-a-kind sound that […]

THE HONEYCUTTERS are, at the heart, the musical collaboration of singer/songwriter Amanda Anne Platt and Lead Guitarist/ Producer Peter James. While their sound has drawn comparisons to such artists as Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris or Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Platt and James produce a refreshingly unique blend of Americana music that is comfortingly familiar while being entirely original. This Asheville, NC band has just released their second album When Bitter Met Sweet. GRANVILLE AUTOMATIC is Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins. This Nashville-based alt country duo write songs pulled from a shared love of history, horses and war. Granville Automatic is named after a 19th-century typewriter: Vanessa is a collector. With sonic references like Lyle Lovett, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson, Granville Automatic has created a quiet and lyrical sound devoted to telling stories from the past. Both girls have a history in the music business: Vocalist/songwriter Olivarez wrote and recorded a Top 10 single in Canada, has three cuts on Sugarland records, including a song on their multi-platinum Enjoy the Ride album, and received a Dora nomination for her work in the Toronto production of Hairspray. She was also a finalist on the second season of American Idol. Guitarist/songwriter Elkins is a Grand Prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest who has showcased at the Billboard/BMI Acoustic Brunch at SXSW, at BMI showcases in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Nashville, and at CMJ. The band's self-titled debut studio album was just released.