Did you miss out on the No Static Bash release party?! Fear not! John Warner was kind enough to take some amazing photos for us. If you were there, be sure to check the photos out as well, you might be in one of them! All you have to do is click here! You can also see the time lapse by clicking here.
Listen to Kellin at these sites:
Kellin's Electronic Press Kit:
Kellin Watson - My Space
MySpace.com - Kellin Watson - ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - Folk Rock / Soul / Pop - www.myspace.com/kellinwatson
Kellin Watson: Acoustic guitar, vocals.
Aaron Price: Keys, organ, backup vocals, production
Matt Smith: Pedal Steel, guitar
Jim Arendale: Drums, percussion, back up vocals
Jake Wolf: Bass
Influences
There are really too many to list.
water, birds, smells, words. opinions, sorrow, joy, you.
Okay okay...artists: Patty Griffin, Nina Simone, Nick Drake, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, My Pops, My Mother, John Martin, Esthero, Otis Redding, Al Green, Ella Fitzgerald, Yerba Buena, Zap Mama, Lucinda Williams, Squeeze, Jimi Hendrex, James Brown, The Police, Prince, Howlin' Wolf, Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thorton, Maria Muldaur, Elizabeth Cotten, Tina Turner...and the list goes on & on. I'm influenced and inspired by people who aren't affraid to be themselves. I'm also influenced by...love and positivity.
Kellin has been playing music and writing songs for the past 12 years. Releasing her first demo album, Little things in 1998, Kellin got her first taste of recording in a studio. Since then, she released her debut solo inde album, Paper Bird, in December 2003, at 22. After touring the east coast, Kellin recorded her second album with her band in 2005, Kellin Watson Band LIVE, Red Flag. Proving to be a fan favorite, Kellin decided to head back into the studio in 2007. Her latest album, No Static was recorded at Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville NC this past year. More recently, Kellin has been lucky enough to appear on a couple different television shows. Studio South (www.studiosouth.tv) shot for HDTV. As well as a show for CMT called Big Break, in which Kellin Watson made her first nationwide television debut on August 4th 2007. Kellin was chosen as one of the top 2 finalists out of the top 40 contestants from western NC to compete to open for Sara Evans at The Thomas Wolfe Aud.
Kellin's latest album, No Static includes an array of talented musicians. The album inclues a song written by Grammy Award winning Gordie Sampson called Your Place In this World as well as a few guest appearences from members of Afromotive, Sugarhill recording artists The Duhks, local singersongwriter Tyler Ramsey, and many others.
For more info, check Kellins website.
To buy a copy of one of Kellin's 3 Albums out, click the links below:
2003 Release:
2005 Release:
2007 Release:
so i came to your page to add "that " to my profile but i can't!!!! sad guess i'll just go listen to it on repeat on my ipod. hope you had a good birthday!
