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Open Mic Spotlight
by Heather Leigh Holt
Open Mic Spotlight is a weekly podcast that highlights the local musicians of Chattanooga and the bigger named artists touring through Chattanooga. Each episode contains conversations and performances of covers and originals. Learn more about the artists lives and their secrets to being successful in the crazy world of the music industry. This show includes all genres and styles from bluegrass, pop, rap, and even comedy!
Episodes
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Episode 80: Spinster
Sisters Rosalie, Rachel, and Amelia formed the trio, Spinster, after unearthing their grandfather’s accordion in a closet and spending several summers learning pop covers on a hodgepodge of acquired instruments, from the mandolin to the washboard, glockenspiel, and upright bass. Spinster melds...
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Episode 79: Stellar's Jay
Stellar's Jay is the moniker for the music of Jayke Webb from Chattanooga, TN. It all started in Rogers, Arkansas in 2001 when Jayke, at the age of 15, picked up a guitar and began writing songs. The subject matter of these songs span from Jayke's endless need to travel, love gained and love…
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Episode 78: Rachel McIntyre Smith
Rachel McIntyre Smith is a singer-songwriter from Oliver, TN. She moved to Chattanooga when she started her marketing and communications studies at UTC. Currently, Rachel is finalizing her degree with an internship at Songbirds Guitar Museum. Find out what's next for her and find out why it was...
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Episode 77: Summer Dregs
Summer Dregs is the production moniker of Carl Caldwell, a Chattanooga native who has been intertwined in the music scene for many years. Carl is a commercial music producer, but in the last year or two has dedicated some time to working with other artists. Find out how he got started, how he got...
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Episode 76: Chelsea Ford and the Trouble
Chelsea and Jonathan Ford joined us all the way from Cincinnati, Ohio. Chelsea's voice is so unique and easy on the ears. They have a classic bluegrass-country sound that will make you feel right at home. You'll enjoy this episode. "Chelsea Ford and The Trouble features Ford on banjo, with…
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Episode 75: Cloud Caverns
Cloud Caverns is an acoustic/experimental project comprised of Brandon Peterson and Dan Bouza. Brandon moved from New York to Chattanooga a few years ago but continues to collaborate with Dan from afar. While the two are mostly a studio project, Brandon Peterson plays a few live for us on this...
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Episode 74: Ariel Omarzu
Ariel Omarzu is a singer-songwriter based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is new to the professional music world but you will not be able to tell. The power and soul of her vocals will shake you to your core and leave you speechless. You don't want to miss this episode.
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Episode 73: Oh Jeremiah
This is a special episode featuring a live Chattanooga House Shows performance by Oh Jeremiah from Athens, Ga. Prepare to laugh, get chill bumps, and feel like you were actually at the show. They’re amazing. Such a beautiful show and now everyone gets to be a part of it! Oh Jeremiah is the...
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Episode 72: Superbody
Superbody is in every sense of the phrase a true pop star. Listen to what gets him going and his new single!!
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Episode 71: Bryce Cronan of The Afternooners
Bryce Cronan of the Afternooners joins us in the studio for the next round of the Summer Series with his smooth melodies and his Jack Johnson vibe. Listen to some interesting show stories like the time his band opened for Cherub!
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Episode 70: The Mailboxes
The Mailboxes is an art-pop band from Cleveland, Tennessee. Members Jillian and Logan Ivey are creative partners who also happen to be married to one another. Jillian plays piano, sings really loud, and writes catchy indie pop melodies. Logan plays the drums, looks cool, and is trying not to…
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Episode 69: Thirstain Daniels
Thirstain Daniels is a Chattanooga native with the most beautiful voice. Listen to his stories about his up bringing in music and where he is headed! You will really enjoy his covers and originals played on this episode.
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Episode 68: Twisted Pine
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Heather talks with Boston-based bluegrass-pop band Twisted Pine about how they first met, their experiences within the bluegrass scene in Boston and why they’ve adopted a response of “four separate beds here” where it comes to questions about their...
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Episode 67: DJ and Marv
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Chattanooga duo DJ and Marv talk with Heather about how their religious upbringing influenced the direction of their music, how they came to meet through a shared musical friend and when we can possibly expect their debut EP to be released. This episode…
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Episode 66: Josh Driver
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Heather invites Chattanooga songwriter Josh Driver into the studio to talk with her and guest co-host Adam Stone of Over Easy about some of his influences and why “Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4” led him to pursue a musician’s life. Known for his work with The...
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Episode 65: Alex Volz
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Heather welcomes Chattanooga singer-songwriter Alex Volz to the studio. Over the last few years, Volz has been making the rounds in town and gaining a following for the acoustic expansiveness of both his children’s songs and for the more adult-oriented...
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Episode 64: Cannon Hunt
Open Mic Spotlight – Cannon Hunt On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, singer-songwriter Cannon Hunt joins Heather in the studio to discuss the details of his upcoming EP, the effect that his faith has had on his music and how music became such an important part of his life at an early age....
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Episode 63: Danny Alvarez
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight, Chattanooga musician Danny Alvarez stops by to talk with Heather about growing up listening to religious music in a conservative household, his musical epiphany on a Navajo reservation and his love of ‘90s hip-hop and R&B production. Armed with his keyboard,...
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Episode 62: Sophie Lockhart
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, singer-songwriter Sophie Lockhart joins Heather in the studio to talk about her studies at Lee University, how the guitar is not her main instrument and how she’s made the change to a full band for the release of her new single. Armed with just an…
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Episode 61: Planes on Paper with Josiah Johnson
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Navid Eliot and Jenny Borst from Planes on Paper and Josiah Johnson from The Head and The Heart drop by the studio to talk with Heather. They’d all been visiting Chattanooga to play at Treetop Hideaways for Chattanooga House Shows, but due to unforeseen...
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Episode 60: Caney Village
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Barrett Maury and Dakari Kelly of Caney Village drop by the studio to talk with Heather about the ways in which the band has changed over the years, how their parents have influenced them as musicians and why it’s always good to have a locater app on…
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Episode 59: Derick Anderson
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Chattanooga singer-songwriter Derick Anderson embraces the realities of his newfound fatherhood and brings his son, Jack, to spend time with Heather in the studio. Anderson had been living in Washington for some years before moving down to Chattanooga to...
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Episode 58: Drumming Bird
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Chattanooga musician, Austin Sawyer, the main songwriter and member of Drumming Bird, stops in to talk with Heather about his studies at MSTU (where he founded the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity last year), his days performing with High Meadows Communion…
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Episode 57: Nick and Luke
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, the Americana-varnished duo Nick and Luke stop by to talk with Heather about some of their more unusual experiences while touring, their desire to use music as a means to facilitate human-to-human interaction and how their sound shifts from day to day as...
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Episode 56: Derek Wayne Martin
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Chattanooga musician Derek Wayne Martin spends some time with Heather in the studio to talk about the ways in which he’s trying to help build the local music scene through his work at The Camp House, how his mom and dad met in a college rock band and why...
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Episode 55: Mountain Creek House Fire
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Pattee Wilbanks and Robert Lovett of Mountain Creek House Fire stop by the studio to talk with Heather about their collaborative process, some of their favorite places to play in Chattanooga and how their respective creative impulses compliment each…
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Episode 54: Midnight Promise
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Chattanooga pop-rock trio Midnight Promise drop by the studio to talk about the process for how they collaborate on each track, the familial atmosphere that the band cultivates and how their differing musical tastes push them to experiment with various...
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Episode 53: No Thank You, John
In this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Chattanooga musician John Cotton of No Thank You, John drops by to talk with Heather about how he first got into recording, the trials of listening to contemporary Christian music and how he got involved with charity work in Uganda. Cotton moved to...
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Episode 52: Hailey Miller
In this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Chattanooga singer-songwriter Hailey Miller stops by the studio to discuss how she first learned how to play the guitar, the experiences that have shaped her music and how she hopes to continue pursuing music as she attends Belmont University in…
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Episode 51: Nate Currin
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, singer-songwriter Nate Currin joins Heather in the studio to discuss how a religious upbringing drove him to seek out secular music and the deep influence that those bands would go on have on his own music in later years. Tasked with extolling a deep...
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Episode 50: The Local Stangers
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Seattle-based Americana duo The Local Strangers drop by the studio to share some of their achingly beautiful harmonies and discuss details of their upcoming record. Built around the twin influences of Aubrey Zoli and Matt Hart, the band expertly wind…
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49: Hannah Murphy
Hannah Murphy – Open Mic Spotlight On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Atlanta singer-songwriter Hannah Murphy joining Heather in the studio to discuss their first meeting at Eddie’s Attic at an Atlanta open mic night, how she first picked up the guitar when she was 13 and how her lack of...
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Episode 48: Marcus White
In the Open Mic Spotlight podcast this week, Chattanooga artist Marcus White drops by the studio to discuss his tenure with several local bands, the varying roles he takes as both musician and producer and how electronic music can be just as physical as any other type of music. Hailing from...
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Episode 47: LadyLyn
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Chattanooga singer-songwriter LadyLyn brings her soul-infused melodies to the studio and discusses her past history in college sports, the years spent singing solos in church and how she taught herself how to play the guitar. Across a handful of tracks,...
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Episode 46: Gino Fanelli
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, New Orleans-influenced singer-songwriter Gino Fanelli stops by the studio to discuss his reverence for jazz vocalists, the history of his own cross-genre work and coffee can nachos—he also works his way through a handful of songs that span the length of...
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Episode 45: Chris Johnson
On this week’s Open Mic Spotlight podcast, Christopher Andrew Johnson of Chattanooga dream-pop outfit Side Affect drops by to talk about his work and perform a handful of songs, including an unreleased new one and possibly an Abba cover. Drawing inspiration from bands like The Jesus and Mary…
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Episode 44: Ben Strawn
Ben Strawn is a young and somewhat new artist to the Chattanooga music scene but don't let that fool you. This singer-songwriter from Cookeville, Tn will make you swoon with his lyrics and voice. His new EP was just released in June. Hear him perform some of those songs and others on this…
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Episode 43: Megan Saunders
Megan Saunders is a songwriter that grew up in Vermont but now resides in Chattanooga. She plays a variety of different string instruments including the guitar and banjo. Her band includes Jason Reed on guitar and Jonathan McWilliams on upright bass. Megan has released two albums and has played…
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Episode 42: Ian Sharp
Ian Sharp is one of the movers and shakers of the Chattanooga comedy scene. After life as a tourning musician with the band, In Faith Or Flames, he found himself loving comdedy. He got his start where most in Chattanooga have, JJs Bohemia's open mic. He now has created and hosts his own weekly…
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Episode 41: Buddy Shirk
Buddy Shirk is an an organist and a pianist who has performed on local, and national, and international television, as well as in numerous recording studios and churches. He served with the Baldwin Paino and Organ Co. and Cooper Music in Atlanta for many years in various marketing and managing...
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Episode 40: Make Music Day!
Episode 40 gives light to the upcoming event, Make Music Day, a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st. It is held on the same day in more than 750 cities and 120 countries. Make Music Day is open to anyone who wants to take part. Every kind of musician- young and old, amateur…
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Episode 39: Gleewood
Gleewood is an Americana husband and wife duo from New Mexico. They groove through blues, folk, and rock 'n" roll, with lyrics that lend a story to folk and roots music enthusiasts with an energy that's swells into energetic guitar solos from the heart of the psychedelic 60s. In this episode you...
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Episode 38: Michael Crowder
Michael Crowder may be a business man with a family, but he has been a part of the Chattanooga music scene for a very long time. He has been in several bands with his most notable and recent being Dark Horse Ten. Listen to stories of Crowder playing Chattanooga's sketchy gigs back before we had...
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Episode 37: Manatee Commune
Manatee Commune is from Bellingham, Washington. With the help of Chattanooga House Shows and Roots Rated, he put on a killer show. He was so kind to meet with OMS the next day to talk about the night and his inspiration for his vibey, lively, and dance envoking tunes. He seeks to capture the...
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Episode 36: Lew Card
Lew Card was born and raised in Chattanooga before deciding to leave for the music Mecca, Austin, Texas, to pursue his musical career with mandolin. After sixteen years and playing with a variety of Austin bands, he's back! The past few years, Card has been creating his own music. He has released...
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Episode 35: Tryezz
Tryezz is a local Chattanoogan that mixes jazz, funk, classical, and electronic styles into a combination that will get you movin' and groovin'. On multiple occasions, I have seen him turn a dying crowd into a crowd of dancers not wanting the party to end. He gains inspiration from all the beauty...
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Episode 34: Webb Barringer
Webb Barringer is a born and raised Chattanoogan. He is a singer-songwriter that draws influence from artists like Jason Isbell and Todd Snider. You will enjoy hearing songs that will be released on his upcoming albumn in June and his special and unique Rocky Top cover. Thank you to Trenton...
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Episode 33: Roots of a Rebellion
Roots of a Rebellion is a group of musicians from Nashville, TN that play Reggae-Rock-Dub music for the soul. They are an upbeat and loving group that won Road the Bonnaroo last year. While in town last week, the En Root House hosted a pancake breakfast where we did a live interview recording....
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Episode 32: Jake Lemons
Jake Lemons was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tn. He has been writing songs and playing guitar since he was a teenager. His band, Jetsam in the Noose, has been together for a few years now. His music finds a way to address very tough topics in an upbeat way. It is a mix of blues, jazz, rock and...
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Episode 31: Lowland Hum
Daniel and Lauren Goans are a husband and wife duo from Charlottesville, Virginia known as Lowland Hum. They write, arrange, and produce all of their own music, and have honed a cohesive visual arts aesthetic to match the hushed simplisity of their sound. They recently released their third full...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Open Mic Spotlight is a weekly podcast that highlights the local musicians of Chattanooga and the bigger named artists touring through Chattanooga. Each episode contains conversations and performances of covers and originals. Learn more about the artists lives and their secrets to being successful in the crazy world of the music industry. This show includes all genres and styles from bluegrass, pop, rap, and even comedy!
HOSTED BY
Heather Leigh Holt
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Open Mic Spotlight is a weekly podcast that highlights the local musicians of Chattanooga and the bigger named artists touring through Chattanooga. Each episode contains conversations and performances of covers and originals. Learn more about the artists lives and their secrets to being successful...
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