Folk Bands and Artists
Granville Automatic
http://www.granvilleautomatic.com
Granville Automatic’s new album Tiny Televisions was released September 11, 2020. It is a companion piece to the band’s first book, Hidden History of Music Row, available from The History Press (Charleston), with a foreword by Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn.
The record features new songs inspired by Nashville’s lost history, including songs about the Trail of Tears (“Monsters in the Stars”), one of the city’s first African-American business owners (“Ice Cream”), the death of an Opry star (“Opryland”), Outlaw country (“Getaway Car”), a long-forgotten neighborhood near the state capitol (“Hell’s Half Acre”) and a ‘60s-era nursing home on 17th Avenue (“Tiny Televisions”). The band co-wrote the songs with some of their favorite songwriters in town, including the legendary Tom Douglas.
Granville Automatic writes songs the Associated Press calls “haunting tales of sorrow and perseverance.” With influences as diverse as Leonard Cohen, Linda Ronstadt, Simon & Garfunkel and Dawes, Granville Automatic has created a one-of-a-kind sound that revolves around their passion for storytelling. The duo, comprised of Nashville songwriters Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins, is named after a 19th-century typewriter. You may have heard their songs on BBC Radio 2’s The Country Show with Bob Harris.
