LINEUP RELEASED FOR NEW LONDON BASED MUSIC FESTIVAL - NASHVILLE MEETS LONDON

Festival scheduled for Aug. 13-14 In Canada Square Park, Canary Wharf, London

London-based company, Canary Wharf Group has announced the lineup for the inaugural Nashville Meets London music festival, scheduled for August 13-14 in Canada Square Park. The lineup for the 2-day event will showcase established artists and exciting new talent, and includes four acts representing the United States and six acts represented the United Kingdom. From the United States are American Young, Logan Brill, Ty Herndon, and Logan Mize, and representing the United Kingdom are Yola Carter, Megan O’Neill, Pauper Kings, Hannah Rose Platt, Honey Ryder, and William the Conqueror. The event is free and open to the public.

Performances will begin at 2 p.m. each day in Canada Square Park, located in the heart of Canary Wharf and surrounded by award-winning gardens and over 300 shops, bars and restaurants. Canary Wharf is located in the former London Docklands. For the past ten years, Canary Wharf has hosted the Canary Wharf Jazz Festival, which is largest free jazz festival in the UK, and has a long history of promoting arts and culture throughout its estate.

Nashville Meets London is co-produced by Canary Wharf Arts + Events, Peter Conway Management and Nashville-based agency, The AristoMedia Group. Baylen Leonard, BBC Radio 2 Country DJ, is the artistic program consultant.

CMA CLOSEUP: NEW ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: LOGAN BRILL

By Bob Doerschuk

© 2014 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.

Photo Credit: Cassandra Leete

If we were to judge Logan Brill by the lyrics on her debut album, Walking Wires, we might feel a little worried. After all, she sings about being haunted by a lost relationship on “No Such Thing As Ghosts” (written by Chris Stapleton), the consequences of staying with a stranger in a hotel room on “Month of Bad Habits” (Andrew Combs and Doug Johnson), forlornly “going from bar to bar” on “Rewind” (Paolo Nutini), being “too tired to swim, too weak to crawl” on “Seven Year Rain” (Heather Little and Travis Meadows) …

But don’t call for an intervention. Instead, marvel at how this upbeat, positive 22-year-old brings a sad story to life. Brill was born with a strong, assertive voice, which she has sculpted into an expressive instrument. When she interprets Patty Griffin’s “Nobody’s Crying,” she animates the melody with tasteful filigrees, and on key words she subtly hardens her timbre to more vividly convey anger. Yet she also maintains a conversational quality — no easy feat.

Raised in Knoxville, Tenn., Brill enrolled in Nashville’s Belmont University in 2009 as a vocal performance major. Location and talent combined to connect her to Carnival Music, which released Walking Wires on Oct. 15. Produced by Matthew Miller and Oran Thornton, the album is also a sonic triumph. Layered guitars, meaty organs and, on Audra Mae’s “Ne’er Do Wells,” some imaginative voice processing combine with Brill’s delivery to create a winning combination.

IN HER OWN WORDS

ALBUM ON YOUR PLAYLIST

“Dawes, Stories Don’t End. I’ve been wearing that album out the past few months.”

DREAM DUET PARTNER
“If I could go back in time, my dream duet partner would be Ray Charles and we would sing ‘Georgia on My Mind.’”

BOOK ON YOUR NIGHTSTAND

“A collection of love poems. It has everything from Shakespeare to Emily Dickinson.”

LUCKY CHARM

“Before I play a show, my two main men are Van Morrison and Jack Daniels.”

FAVORITE FOOD ON THE ROAD

“The veggie burger at Burger King with a large fry and some zesty sauce. Delicious and easy to eat on the go.”

SOMETHING WE’D NEVER GUESS ABOUT YOU

“I have a degree in French.”

On the Web: www.LoganBrill.com

On Twitter: @LoganBrillMusic