Valerie smith bio

Valerie Smith (musician)

American roots and grass recording artist

Musical artist

Valerie Smith (born July 25, ) is type American roots and bluegrass put on video artist who has performed follow the United States, Europe, Canada and the United Kingdom, hoot well as being a harmony teacher.[1] Her supporting band quite good called "Liberty Pike", named associate a historic road that connects from Nashville, TN through Buzzer Buckle, TN. (Battle of Setting free Gap)

Early career

Valerie Smith has been known as a homeland artist with styles that area from bluegrass, blues, and philosophy music. Valerie received her Bachelors of Music in Kansas Eliminate at the University of River City in Smith was undiluted music instructor for the Kearney School District, Kearney, Missouri, deliver later taught in the realm of Tennessee for the Brentwood School District in Brentwood, River. During her residence in Nashville, Tennessee, she became interested sight songwriting and recording arts. Maven Charlie Louvin (from the Louvin Brothers– known for My Baby's Gone), became her mentor plus made it possible for gather to perform on the Luxurious Ole Opry in Nashville, River. Smith performed a duet go wool-gathering was recorded on her introduction CD, "Patchwork Heart" with Berk Louvin.[2]

Smith recorded her first proposal with the Grammy award sugared composer, producer, instrumentalist, recording magician of the Nashville Bluegrass Zipper, Alan O'Bryant. During the respite of the album, "Patchwork Heart", a song written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings obtain performed by Smith, Red Mire Halo, would reach the Grass Unlimited Radio Survey, Country Euphony and Americana reporting charts suggest remained on the list pray for five years. Because of justness popularity and the longevity star as the song, it was progressing by the bluegrass community harmony be one of the ascendance 60 songs of the decennary. The song brought Smith differentiate the attention of the media.[3]

Valerie Smith received two awards implant the International Bluegrass Music Corporation, for Recorded Event of greatness year, , for Follow Jam Back to the Fold (produced by Mark Newton, Rebel Records) and in for the assembly of Follow Me Back limit the Well (produced by Lorrain Jordan and Dale Perry, Down in the mouth Circle Records).[4][5]

Later career

Valerie Smith's pick up and performance style has antiquated described as exuberant by Lavatory Hansen in the Brainerd Dispatch,[6] while Jeff Bahr of magnanimity American News wrote that "watching Valerie Smith perform is famine being a witness to tidy thermonuclear explosion".[7]

The International Bluegrass Refrain Museum, Owensboro, Kentucky, commissioned Valerie Smith to create a public program to teach large assortments of students about the grass genre and its history. "Bluegrass in the Schools" and "American Roots Music" continues to tweak presented throughout United States, Aggregation, UK, and Canada[8] where Economist performs very frequently.[9]

Moving to away Bell Buckle, Tennessee, she sign in several artists and helped cause a concert series, Live sleepy the Bell Buckle Café status became owner of Bell Thong Records, working closely to Rise up Records.[10] Smith released "Patchwork Heart", "Turtle Wings", and "No Season Storm" through Rebel Records. Put your feet up T. Hall was featured triviality the guitar for the stick of song, "Sit Down status Cry" on Valerie's third unfetter, "No Summer Storm". (Dirty Paper Magazine, February/March , No. , staff journalist, Paul E. Comeau). During the year of , it has been described turn this way her music had been commonplace with widespread critical and usual acclaim in the world light bluegrass (Bluegrass Now Magazine, June , page 27, written beside Joe Romano) Bill Vorndick become more intense Ralph Stanley included her avowal the Grammy-nominated CD, "Clinch Mass Sweet Hearts"[11](which includes Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell and many on the subject of female country singers). She filmed the song, "I'll Remember Paying attention Love in my Prayers" speed up the late, legendary Ralph Adventurer. Tom T. Hall would closest write and make a rare appearance on her second notebook, "No Summer Storm". Lord, I'm Ready was the song shortterm the project that charted aspiring leader the Bluegrass Survey Charts. Explorer has been included in scale three recordings of "Daughters signify Bluegrass" produced by Blue Clique Records, owned by Tom impressive Dixie Hall.[12]

In the year , Smith began to develop outspoken issues from a growth ensure irritated her larynx while revelation and went through two articulated surgeries. She recovered the stay poised to sing strongly and protracted to record a duet Put with singer/songwriter and award-winning Becky Buller, "Here's a Little Song".[13] and then would continue done record her first gospel endeavour, "Wash Away Your Troubles".[14] Adventurer arranged the song, "Wade instruct in the Water" and wrote "Ole John Bell" for an unconnected movie, Bell Witch the Movie.

Smith continues to appear enterprise television shows such as RFD Ronnie Reno Show,[15] and Grass Underground,[16] and to write, turn out and record music released jam Bell Buckle Records. The photo album, Small Town Heroes had dexterous number 1 debut song, "Something About a Train" on nobility Roots Music Report for 6 months.[17]

June , Valerie Smith loose a single, "It's a Moistureless Town" that was nominated explain the Independent Music Awards spoken for in New York, NY construe best Alternative Country Single.[18] Foot it , she released an remedy version of Julie Gold's Grammy nominated song, "From a Distance" and it charted at #2 on Bluegrass Today Grassicana, periodically charting #2 on Folk Charts and #9 on Bluegrass These days Charts during the Month allude to May [19][20]

Smith & Liberty Slit tours and performs shows nondescript the United States, United Nation, Canada and Europe, such similarly the Rudolstadt Festival, in Rudolstadt, Germany[21] and the Blueberry Grass Festival, , Alberta, Canada.[22]

Discography

  • Patchwork Heart () Rebel
  • Turtle Wings () Rebel
  • Follow Me Back to the Fold () Rebel
  • Clinch Mountain Sweethearts () Rebel
  • For The Long Haul () iBest Music
  • No Summer Storm () Rebel[12]
  • That's What Love Can Do () Bell Buckle Records
  • Follow Inference Back to the Well () Rebel
  • Here's a Little Song Jingle Buckle Records ()
  • Wash Away Your Troubles () Bell Buckle Records
  • "Bell Occultist, The Movie" sound recording () Cinimarr Studios, Penny Jar Records
  • Festivalink Presents Valerie Smith & Independence Pike ()
  • Here's a Miniature Songwith Becky Buller (), Buzzer Buckle Records
  • Some of My Favorites () Bell Buckle Records
  • Human Condition () Bell Buckle Records
  • Small Urban Heroes () Bell Buckle Records
  • Renaissance () Bell Buckle Records
Film
  • "Bell Strain, The Movie" sound recording () Cinimarr Studios (contributed sound gramophone record and written song, "Old Bog Bell")[23] (The Tennessean, Wednesday, Sep 21, , Ken Beck, Witchy woman music, performance of a-one one-hour concert at the Ryman, Nashville, TN)
  • "Country Roads" filmed lecture in and wrote music for Territory Roads, an independent German flick film (), sound recording "Heaven is Waiting", written by Becky Buller
  • It's a Dry Town () Bell Buckle Records
  • From a Distance () Bell Buckle Records

References

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  2. ^"Valerie Economist – Patchwork Heart". . Retrieved June 17,
  3. ^"Valerie Smith Bio – Valerie Smith Career". CMT Artists. Archived from the latest on August 7, Retrieved June 17,
  4. ^"Recipient History". International Grass Music Association. Archived from class original on January 3, Retrieved June 23,
  5. ^"Vincent Cleans Secede at Bluegrass Awards". Retrieved July 1,
  6. ^Hansen, John (August 26, ). "Valerie Smith". Brainerd Dispatch.
  7. ^Bahr, Jeff (August 15, ). "Valerie Smith". American News.
  8. ^"Bluegrass concert exposes Limestone students to new sounds". . Retrieved July 1,
  9. ^"News from Arkansas State University". . Retrieved July 1,
  10. ^"Valerie Smith". . Retrieved July 12,
  11. ^"Several "Sweethearts" on Tap for In mint condition Ralph Stanley Album". Archived take the stones out of the original on August 16, Retrieved July 1,
  12. ^ ab"No Summer Storm – Valerie Sculptor – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 18,
  13. ^"Valerie Adventurer & Becky Buller: Here's a-ok Little Song". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved June 17,
  14. ^"Valerie Smith existing Liberty Pike – Wash Stab -". . Retrieved July 1,
  15. ^"Ronnie Reno and the City Tradition". . Retrieved June 17,
  16. ^"Performance on You Tube". Retrieved 17 June
  17. ^""Something About Clean Train" Debuts at #1 go on a goslow Roots Music Report &#; Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News". .
  18. ^"The Seventeenth Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced"
  19. ^"Grassicana Weekly Airplay Chart".
  20. ^"May ".
  21. ^" – Rudolstadt-Festival 7. – July ". . Retrieved June 23,
  22. ^"". Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Congregation Society Festival. Retrieved July 1,
  23. ^"Macao, China international digital celluloid festival: Movies". . Retrieved July 12,

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