Live music: Tiffany Williams / Crystal Leigh

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About Tiffany:

Tiffany Williams is a native of Eastern Kentucky. She is a coal miner's daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter and an exciting emerging voice who crafts achingly beautiful songs about what it means, in her experience, to be from the Appalachian Mountains.

"I love Appalachia as I love myself," she says, "with an intimate understanding of its shortcomings and virtues, with compassion and forgiveness, and with fierce hope. It’s home and always will be, but, for me, it took moving away to write about it."

When she "took off down the big road," she ended up in Nashville, where, for the last five years, she has honed her songwriting through commercial, co-writing, and solo pursuits.

Her debut EP, When You Go, released January 18, 2019, features five tracks, all of which were penned by the artist and are a meditation on life in the mountains—a place, as echoed in the title track, that "you can't leave […] when you go."

"Most of these songs were recorded at Appalshop, in Letcher County, where I'm from. I'm really happy it worked out that way," says the singer/songwriter.

The album was produced by Britton Patrick Morgan of Louisville and benefits from the fine musicianship of Ellie Miller, Taylor Shuck, and Dave Roe, who played bass on the road with Johnny Cash.

The melodic dissonance of her upbringing—the natural mountain beauty balanced by the difficulties of rural life—is a unifying theme of When You Go. Tiffany delivers heart-worn songs with a room-silencing, angelic alto that takes listeners on an authentic journey of longing, alienation, and undeniable beauty.

"These songs are about the fallout of love and loss, the need and hope for the balm of companionship against the mystery of existence, and loving and longing for a complicated life and place you know you have to leave," she says.

In addition to her keen abilities as a songwriter, Tiffany is an award-winning fiction writer (publishing as T.M. Williams). She is the recipient of the 2011 Jean Ritchie Fellowship for Appalachian Writing and the 2017 Denny C. Plattner Award for fiction. Her stories have been featured in Still: The Journal, Waxing & Waning, and Appalachian Heritage. While she is still writing songs, she is also currently at work on her first novel.

"I'm a lexophile—a lover of words. That's always been central to everything I've done—from teaching high school English and studying Appalachian speech and sociolinguistics in graduate school to writing songs and stories. Songwriting has a special place because I feel that's where I can truly operate at the confluence of all the things that are dear to me—words, story, and music."

Though she has made Nashville her home, Tiffany still holds on to the place that made her. "My family goes back several generations in Letcher County. My 5th-great grandfather is buried on the hill above the house I grew up in, and the creek that runs in front of that house bears his name. I don't get back there as much as I'd like, but I keep it with me, always."

https://tiffanymwilliams.com/

About Crystal:

Born and raised in southern CA, Crystal Leigh moved to Nashville on a prayer and a song. Drawing inspiration from a wide variety of genres and artists, her Americana Country music offers a tribute to the traditional and a fresh sound for today - the self-proclaimed California Southern Sound. From intimate writers’ rounds and studio sessions, to the stages of Broadway, Crystal has performed for and worked with some of Nashville’s finest. Her first EP “Enough” was released in May of 2018 and her music is broadcasted on RadioSobro.

http://www.crystalleighmusic.com/
 

About Hidden Creek:

How to find us - we’re called “Hidden” Creek for a reason! Navigate to our street address at 8468 Lewis Road (between McCrory and Hwy 100 in Bellevue), then follow the long gravel driveway and homemade Hidden Creek signs all the way back. Free parking is available in the grass along both sides of the driveway. Follow the lights to the mini-barn at the back of the property.

What to expect - we are friendly and very laid back! The atmosphere will be sort of a mix between a living room concert, the Bluebird Cafe, and a private studio session. Come on in and make yourself at home. You're part of the Hidden Creek family now. :)

Snack bar - we serve a variety of light snacks (chips, fresh popcorn, shelled peanuts) and drinks (water, soda, beer, wine), and our daughter Ellie bakes bars & brownies, all for a suggested donation. We would prefer if you don’t bring your own beverages.

Thank you, and we can’t wait to see you! ~ Kevin & Angie