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Joshua Black Wilkins  A New Jersey native, Lindsay Ellyn’s creativity blossomed at an early age, playing piano and then switching to guitar in high school. She studied at The Fashion Institute of Technology, moved to New York and worked in various aspects of the fashion industry before making the move to Nashville. She is also an animal advocate and has volunteered at Emmy Lou Harris’ Bonaparte’s Retreat. Her debut full-length album, Queen of Nothing is mostly autobiographical, the good, the bad and the not so pretty. Queen of Nothing is out today via Hail Mary Records/Queue Record...

Chicago native, Layla Frankel’s fan-funded new ep Postcard From The Moon is a really good example of this Nashville based singer songwriter’s style and the depth of her songwriting. The sounds range from blues and soul to acoustic folk and jazz. The songs include a John Lennon Songwriting Contest finalist, a beautifully gut-wrenching piece inspired by the Parkland school shooting and “Without Suffering” really showcases Layla’s feel for the blues. We’ll find out about her background growing up in a musical family, recording the ep on Music Row and get the stories behind some of t...

Jenn Curtis  A veteran of the Philadelphia music scene, Katie Frank is a singer-songwriter with some sass in her brand of roots rock music. She recently released a fun music video for her song, “Politician” featuring some familiar Nashville faces. She has a new album on the horizon; Small Town Minds was produced in Nashville by Bobby Holland at Pentavarit. I caught up with Katie about leaving Philadelphia for Nashville, recording her new songs and that music video! AnaLee: I’m so glad you reached out to WMOT, Katie. I’ve really enjoyed the two new singles you’ve released, “Pol...

Apr 6, 2021 A new nano-brewery called Founders Tim Montague and Wayne Humphrey, are two award-winning local home brewers who are going professional; specializing in contract, special events, and direct-to-public brewing. And in order to celebrate, they're offering a weekly four-pack beer giveaway for Philadelphia hospitality workers, frontline workers, artists, and those hardest hit by the pandemic – that of which will be kicking off TOMORROW Wednesday, April 7,

... Ana Lee is WMOT’s ear to the ground for emerging and local artists working in our remarkable hometown, and she filters all she hears – live and on record – into the Local Brew, the weekly show and daily feature she’s hosted since April of 2019. Now she’s taken stock of 2020 and picked ten albums particularly worthy of remembering as the year comes to a close. For Ana Lee, and for the artists she surveys, it’s been a year of adapting, interpreting and feeling deeply. “I’ve been blown away by the level of commitment from these artists who want to say how they feel, and I t...