On this week’s episode of Country Risers Radio with Ward Guenther, Leah Blevins joins Guenther for an interview to discuss her influences and whether her sound fits as ‘country music’. Tune into the full conversation anytime on-demand at apple.co/_RisersRadio
Country Risers Radio spotlights new tunes from voices you know as well as stars in the making. As the founder of Nashville’s Whiskey Jam, a bar-room proving ground for emerging voices and future hits, host Ward Guenther has his finger on the pulse of the city’s creative community and will draw on his knowledge of the scene to give listeners a daily dose of music and personalities that are destined to make it big.
Leah Blevins has recently released her new album ‘First Time Feeling’ – a gorgeous record blending the grit of vintage country music and the grace of gospel. It has been described as ‘scrapbook of sorts, a collage of feelings and memories from a decade spent working in the big city of Nashville while missing the small town she left behind’. “It’s a timestamp of my twenties,” says the Sandy Hook, Kentucky, native. “Here are all the stories and all the experiences from that decade. Here are all the mixed emotions I’ve felt about things I’ve gone through and people I’ve met along the way.” First Time Feeling turns tribulations into what Blevins calls “bundles of triumphs,” which lend weight to her well-observed lyrics and gravity to her soulful vocals. “It’s about coming into womanhood, but it’s more than just a coming-of-age story. It’s me discovering that I’m capable of writing a song on my own. I’m capable of staying sober. I’m capable of all these things that once felt so far out of reach. Within those walls these songs had to be unapologetically honest.”
