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Texas-bred musical powerhouse, KRISTYN HARRIS, is noted for her powerful vocals, solid swing rhythm guitar style, unique songwriting, award winning yodel, and captivating stage presence. She has been named the International Western Music Association Entertainer of the Year 6 times, and her latest album was most recently awarded the prestigious Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. She is also a 7-time recipient of the IWMA Female Performer of the Year and in 2022 received the CMA of Texas Cowboy Western Entertainer of the Year Award. Her singing has been praised as "timeless" with "the warmth and power of Texas sunshine". You might have also seen Kristyn featured on the 2018 season of ABC’s American Idol, where she was given a special invitation by the producers to come on the show and audition with a yodeling song.
Though not raised in a musical household, Kristyn began singing and playing at age 14 when she felt strongly inspired to pick up a guitar, and it has rarely left her hands since. Discovering an instant passion, she launched into a headlong pursuit of the music that grabbed her – primarily western and western swing (later, throwing in classic country, 1940s big band, gypsy jazz, and traditional folk song influences to her music, and building a gospel repertoire). Somewhere along the way it became her career path.
More about Kristyn:
https://www.kristynharris.com/
https://www.facebook.com/kristynmusic/
https://www.instagram.com/kristyn_harris/
https://www.youtube.com/@UCbUZN-hHS6DrxQXr4zUovjQ
https://iwesternmusic.org/performer-detail.php?1196
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As described in their Spotify bio, Waves in April is a Metalcore band hailing from New Braunfels, Texas, mixing heavy guitars and screaming with melodic choruses. The group is inspired by their favorite bands ranging from Motionless In White and Make Them Suffer to Linkin Park, playing shows and music festivals from Texas to Florida and everywhere in between.
We've followed the music career of two band members, Dierks and Willy Canada for several years. We watched them grow up playing on stage with their dad Cody Canada and his band The Departed, from Idaho to Florida and Texas. The band met at The School of Rock in New Braunfels, TX where they were students. The school gave them the opportunity to develop their musical skills and talents, and now they share what they learned with the students working as instructors.
We sat down with Dierks and Willy along with mom Shannon in an earlier episode #16 here on Musical Miles Podcast. On a recent trip to Texas we caught up with all 4 of the bandmates in New Braunfels to discuss their upcoming sold out show at the legendary Gruene Hall and the future plans for Waves in April.
DISCLAIMER: Audio quality suffers when recording outdoors. We did our best to filter out the background wildlife and road noise. None the less, the content of this interview is great. Thanks to Dierks, Willy, Lukas and Miss Elle! We hope you all enjoy it.
For More Information about Waves in April
https://wavesintexas.com/media
https://open.spotify.com/artist/54BUOBkzL22veNOLrZFJJb?si=wOX2c9-jR9OR2rLuRj4V3g
https://www.instagram.com/wavesinapril/p/DBPbt3mSOgl/?hl=en
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Miss Venessa Carpenter is a young up and coming songwriter from Idaho with an incredible story telling gift. She is an extremely talented guitar player and can hold an audience with her angelic voice. Enjoy this interview and watch for a long and successful career for this artist!

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For the first time ever, the Vegas Strip is the backdrop for the Songwriter Festival of epic proportions - 50+ hitmakers with a combined 350 + Billboard #1's and hundreds more top 40 hits, will make the Mandalay Bay their stage for 4 days in August.
Get ready to hear the stories behind the songs, straight from the voices who wrote them. From the intimate details to the wild inspirations, this is your backstage pass to the magic of the music.
In this episode of the podcast we sit down with Justin Wilson and Cole Taylor who are #1 Hitmaker Nashville Songwriters that will be performing at the Mandalay Bay in August. They both share their experience of writing one of their #1 Hits and give us a taste of what to expect at this event.
Enjoy this episode and make sure to go purchase your tickets to the
Las Vegas Songwriters Festival. www.vegassongwriters.com
For more information about the songwriters in this episode follow the links below.
JUSTIN WILSON
https://entersong.com/artist/justin-wilson/
https://concord.com/publishing-roster/justin-wilson/
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/justin-wilson-the-songwriters/pl.80aefcc5ce904660a928ef03fd9c386c
COLE TAYLOR
https://entersong.com/artist/cole-taylor/
https://www.instagram.com/coletaylormusic/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/ColeTaylorLive/
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/cole-taylor-the-songwriters/pl.7cbebbbc930d404ead4e23282671ff33
More about the event & promoters:
https://vegassongwriters.com/
https://entersong.com/
https://www.instagram.com/entersongentertainment/
https://m.facebook.com/100076047829512/photos/707415738470014/
https://musicrow.com/2025/02/first-ever-las-vegas-songwriters-festival-set-for-august/
https://mandalaybay.mgmresorts.com/en/entertainment/las-vegas-songwriters-festival.html
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Introducing Idaho's NEWest MUSIC FESTIVAL ~ The Valley Music Fest in Sun Valley, ID has one of the best lineups of the year! With Headliners like Shane Smith and the Saints, Josh Meloy and Bayker Blankenship as well as 45 additional artists to perform over the 3 day weekend Sept 4-5, 2025 it just doesn't get any better than this!
We sat down with Event Organizer/Promoter Levi Donahue at one of the event host hotels, the Limelight in Ketchum to get the low down on how this festival is rapidly becoming a reality. With this incredible lineup, this is one festival you're not going to want to miss.
Make sure to follow Musical Miles Podcast to keep up with this event. We will be posting updates and artist interviews in advance of the Valley Music Fest and we will be on site doing artist and fan interviews for future episodes.
To purchase tickets and more information visit: https://thevalleymusicfest.com
https://www.instagram.com/valleymusicfestival/
https://visitsunvalley.com/event/the-valley-music-festival/
Contact info: Levi Donahue - [email protected]
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