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By Naomi K. Bonman
The Swansons (Photo credit: Ricardo H. Photography)
(EMPIRE NEWS NETWORK (ENN)— A true artist creates music that can cross over into any dynamic. The Swansons have been selling out shows across the coast performing hit songs from their latest album, “Country This”, capturing the likes of fans from all demographics.
The husband and wife duo are an Alternative County Rock-Pop band founded by Joe and Angie Finley. They released their third album entitled, “Country This” which is a 14-song record featuring songs such as, “Let’s Talk” and “Where Did Everybody Go.”
The duo will be receiving an award for “Outstanding County Duo” in Las Vegas on November 7. Check out the interview session below:
Naomi: Can you guys give the readers a brief bio of who you guys are, etc?
The Swansons are an alternative country rock husband wife duo, Joe and Angie Finley.
We have been making a big splash by performing at the hottest venues all over Southern California for the past 5 years. Along with some performances in Nashville TN & Chicago IL.
Joe writes All the songs and we send it to our producer Bill Watson (Nashville Trax) in Nashville TN for production. We are so blessed to have the best musicians in Nashville playing on our albums. (Jim Riley~ Drums Rascal Flatts, Bill Watson~ Bass, Brent Mason on Guitar, Jenee Fleenor~ Fiddle Blake Shelton Band, Steve King~ Keyboards formerly on tour with Keith Urban, Michael Douchette~ Harmonica zztop)
When you listen to The Swansons music, you’ll experience something you’ve never heard before in country music. We guarantee that you be dancing & singing along. And when you see us in concert, you can expect an incredible live performance with abundance of love & positive energy!!
You guys recently had a big show last month. How was that? How was the crowd?
We performed on Friday, July 6 at The Study in Hollywood. It was our first time performing there and it is a beautiful venue. We have never seen anything quite like it as it is set up like a library with hundreds of books all over the walls. The sound was great, and the audience was very receptive and enthusiastic. We made and met a lot of new fans!!!
You also recently released your third album, “Country This”. For those of us who have not heard of it, what can we except?
‘Country This’ is country music with a NEW Flavor. It’s a little bit country and a little bit rock n roll. You can expect a variety of songs with strong lyrical content intended to move our listening audience in a positive way. The combination of our voices combined with inspired material and brilliant Nashville musicians resulted in an extremely original country record.
What other projects are guys working on?
Besides continuing to promote ‘Country This’, performing live concerts and releasing new music videos as much as possible. We have been working on our follow up album to ‘Country This’ which is untitled and our 4th album to date. The music is done and in June we travelled to Nashville to lay down our vocals. We have 12 new songs recorded so far and are working on a couple of new additions. We are planning another trip to Nashville before summers end to completely finish production and prepare it’s release. We are hoping to release the beginning of 2019!
What inspired you guys to get into music?
We inspire each other, and that inspiration has carried on in to our music. We feel blessed to be able to express our love for one another and this world through our gift of music. We literally owe this entire experience to God. That faith has inspired us to take the leap and trust that we will sooner or later achieve our musical goals.
Who are some of the artist that you have opened for and or shared the stage with?
- Wayne Newton
- Berlin
- The Motels
- Pato Banton
- XEB (3rd Eye Blind)
- Missing Persons
- Malo
- The Dan Band
- Live Dead Riders 69 (some original members of the Grateful Dead)
- Stan Bush
- Robert Tepper
Where could our readers find your calendar of events?
The Swanson Music Website Tour Page and The Swansons Music Event Page.
Stay Connected
Website | Facebook | Twitter (Angie) | Twitter (Joe) | Instagram | Spotify | YouTube | Reverbnation
Author: Naomi K. Bonman
Naomi K. Bonman is a Digital Content Curator, Journalist, Marketing Manager, and Editor. She is the editor of the westside Story Newspaper. She is also the Founder and CEO of Awakened Lounge (www.theawakenedlounge.com)
