Artist Spotlight - Kirstie Lovelady

One of the many things that I love about the city of Nashville is that there is live music every day of the week. Last night, I went to Soulshine Pizza Factory for their Writer's Night that they host every Tuesday from 7-10 PM. (If you are ever in Nashville, check it out! It's delicious and the artists that performed were great!) Which brings me to the meaning of this post, last night I saw many talented songwriters perform, but Kirstie Lovelady was my favorite, by far!

Kirstie is gorgeous (as you can tell from the pictures I stole from her Facebook page) and she has an amazing voice - the perfect combination to become the next country superstar, right? I think so!  By the end of this post, I think you will agree with me.

As children, we all dream about what we want to be when we grow up, this was no different for Kirstie. She knew at the young age of 3 that she wanted to be a singer (which is pretty impressive because I thought I wanted to be a bus driver…). Her first live performance, at age 5, was in front of a crowd of 300+ people. The next step in her music career came when she was a 1^st grader and her mother enrolled her in piano lessons. Being that she had real musical talent, the typical “Mary Had A Little Lamb” beginner songs weren’t enough for young Kirstie, so she began writing her own music. The next instrument to be added to her musical repertoire was the guitar.

Kirstie, now 21, wrote her first song when she was 15 years old after she got her heart broken by a stupid boy that is probably no longer relevant. “My dad kept telling me I should just write songs, but I kept telling him I didn’t know how. He told me to just pick up the guitar and vent. I then told him I only knew how to play 4 chords, so I couldn’t write a song. But he quickly responded with, ‘All you need are 4 chords and a broken heart to write a song.’ He might have been joking or being sarcastic, but that’s how I wrote my first 12 songs – 4 chords and a broken heart.”

So you might be thinking that this is all starting to sound a little “Taylor Swift”-esk, but don’t worry – I would never expose you to that, one of her is enough for this world. Kirstie has a rustic sass in her voice that you will fall in love with. Her powerful punch comes out in her vocals – something I would not want to be on the receiving end of! She sees the lyrics she compiles more as “venting” than “songwriting” – so as you can imaging, her songs are the perfect soundtracks to “burn your ex-boyfriend’s favorite t-shirt” or “long drive in the country to make you feel better” moments. And let’s face it, we all have those every once in awhile!

“I don’t do revenge. I write songs” – Kirstie Lovelady

Want more?? Check out the playlist on Kirstie's Offical Website here!

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