Highway Natives are an American Folk-Rock band based in Nashville, TN. Blending some of their favorite sounds of those who come before them, you’ll hear influences from the Country, Folk, and Rock n’ Roll world in the music they bring to the stage.

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For country duo Austin’s Rose, it was never about the ‘what’ and ‘where’. It was about the ‘how’ and ‘when’. Tim Gore and Taylor Cornilles both knew they would come to Nashville to become country music artists. But they never could have envisioned that meeting each other would forge the path to all their hopes and dreams.
Tim Gore has had music in his life for as long as he can remember. His mother was an early influence, playing guitar and singing country songs to him as a child. At the age of nine, Tim picked up the guitar and has never put it down.
Although athletics played a key role during his high school years, he never lost his desire to make and play country music. Looking back on the first two concerts of his life, Tim can still recall the impact it had on him. “The first one I attended was a Waylon show. The next one was Travis Tritt. My mind was made up. This is what I was meant to do.”
As a promise to his parents, Gore did go to college. While at the University of Kentucky, Tim continued to focus on music. He played at the Austin City Saloon, the same club that brought stars to country music like John Michael Montgomery and Montgomery Gentry. His next step would be Nashville.
Like Tim Gore, Taylor Cornilles always had music in her life. She grew up on a horse ranch in Wolf Creek, Oregon. Her mom was a traditional country singer and her father played guitar at church and in his band. Because her goal was always going to Nashville, she began preparing at a very young age. At the age of six, Taylor learned how to play the piano. At the age of nine, it was guitar. Fiddle came the next year and she took on mandolin at the age of 14.
At the age of 11, Taylor and her family put together a band and they spent the next few years playing fairs and community events. One year later, she sang an open mic event at the Bluebird Café in Nashville. “Playing the Bluebird should have been a satisfying ‘bucket list’ kind of thing for me,” recalled Taylor, “but instead it created a hunger that wouldn’t go away.” The day she graduated from high school, Taylor Cornilles moved to Nashville to become a star.
In 2014, after five years of playing on the Nashville club circuit on lower Broadway, Tim was about to give up his dream when he met Taylor. They began collaborating and found in each other what was missing musically. “Taylor’s early traditional female influences (Patty Loveless, Allison Krauss, Lee Ann Womack) combined with mine (Waylon, Tritt, Montgomery Gentry) play a key part in our sound,” explained Gore, “but it’s really our vocal blend in our harmonies that define us.”
Austin’s Rose spent the next three years doing several hundred shows and honing their unique sound. But it wasn’t until 2018, when they met and began working with producer Paul Worley (Dixie Chicks, Lady Antebellum), that the musical vision came into focus. “They are both great singers in their own right,” explained Worley, “but when you put those voices together, they become something special.” When asked to explain the Austin’s Rose sound, Taylor Cornilles described it best. We take our traditional instrumentation and harmonies and balance them with a more contemporary mix. It’s the blend that makes us unique.”

"In the House" at the Grinder House is broadcast live on WFMC Jams every Friday from 6-8pm central.

"In the House" at the Grinder House is broadcast live on WFMC Jams every Friday from 6-8pm central.

When it comes to performing Aaron Tessis has a simple motto, “Go All Out!” And that’s exactly what he does. Performing since the age of six, Aaron grew up playing the Toronto music scene, as well as exploring the arts through musical theatre and improv workshops. In 2006, Aaron set out to discovery the world of music outside his hometown, touring North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, and the high seas.
From catchy originals to spot-on tributes, from on camera to on stage, Aaron is a one-stop-shop of fun, high-energy entertainer... extraordinaire.

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Chase Wilson is a singer/songwriter originally from Dewey, Oklahoma. He moved to Nashville, TN in early 2019. He combines the sound of traditional country with a little blues and rock. With his unique vocals Chase has a sound of his own. Creating music that everyone can relate to is his ultimate goal.

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Williams was injected with a bohemian lifestyle during a nomadic childhood. By the time he was twelve years of age, his family of four had already moved across four states and nearly ten houses from the west to the east coast. He had no idea that he was being unconsciously groomed to live the Kerouac condition one day; destined to ramble, tell stories of nature, moral ground, and singing about the great people and the multiple levels of the human experience in travel.
"My Grandparents took my sister and I from California to Hershey, PA and back a few times through the summer, and we took different routes each time to see various landmarks and plenty of gravestones of people I’d never met. Needless to say, I the desire to move around is in my blood."
Williams began living a life on the road full-time in 2012 to pursue his music. First in a Honda Element, and later a self-converted Sprinter Van, carrying everything he owned inside a 20 foot vessel with his wife for three years. The simplistic lifestyle of spending ample amounts of time in nature and meeting various characters enabled Williams to focus his writing on the evolving self and observations of his surroundings, as opposed to the over-saturated topic of love and heartbreak that have dominated airwaves for decades.

 

"In the House" at the Grinder House is broadcast live on WFMC Jams every Friday from 6-8pm central.

Crossville's own Cole Kemmer will be gracing the stage at Grinder House on February 29th. Cole's style is alternative folk. He is a one man band featuring guitar, harmonica and foot drums.

 

"In the House" at the Grinder House is broadcast live on WFMC Jams every Friday from 6-8pm central.