Seaside presents an amazing talent for the final Seaside Spring Concert Series performance on Wednesday, April 13th! Come out and welcome Natalie Stovall and her band to the Amphitheater stage! Don't miss this amazing show...she is an incredible musician!
Natalie was born and raised just outside of Nashville, TN. Since her first professional gig singing and playing the fiddle at the age of 10, Natalie has already seen things that most artists could only dream of. She?s performed everywhere from Oprah to the Grand Ole Opry. She was the first performer ever to be invited to sing God Bless America for the President at the White House Press Correspondents Dinner. And surprisingly, she has done all of this with no record deal of any kind.
The release of her first record ?Late Night Conversations? saw a top 50 radio hit with her song ?If I Run To You Now? and the placement of that song in the National Lampoon movie ?Bag Boy?. In the past couple years Natalie has used that momentum to become one of the hottest booked independent acts in America. Performing and fiddling over 200 dates a year at college campuses, military bases, fairs, festivals, clubs, and bars is all just par for the course with Natalie.
?People ask me a lot why I spend so much time touring.. I know it?s not the path that most country artists take, but I know it?s the right thing for me. The only way I really know I?m heading in the right direction with my music is to get out there and see how people react to it? See if I can really grab them. I didn?t start writing and playing because I wanted to be on CMT? I mean, don?t get me wrong, I want to be on CMT? But that?s not why I?m here. I write and perform because I love it? It?s always been part of me. I do it cause I have no other choice.?
Natalie is dedicated to the tradition of the road-warrior in a way most modern artists don?t understand. Following in the footsteps of her musical heros, taking her music from town to town and building an audience from the ground up. Not even an accident with an eighteen-wheeler that sent Natalie and the band spinning into a ditch in the Missouri snow could slow her down. ?That was a bad day? It?s hard to describe the feeling of sitting there in a ditch, trying to figure out what just happened, and not knowing if my band was ok. I mean, on one hand, I can?t imagine an accident with an semi truck going much better? we all survived. But on the other hand, it forced me to take a long hard look at what I was doing. My van was crushed, my trailer was busted? I really had to pick myself up off the mat after that. It was definitely a hard time, but it?s supposed to be hard. If it were easy, it wouldn?t mean as much. And after it all settled down, it left me knowing more than ever that this is what I was meant to do.?
Whatever Natalie is doing seems to be working. Recently she swept awards at the APCA national conference and with Campus Activities Magazine winning ?Best Band?, ?Best Entertainer?, ?Best Female Performer?, and ?Best Music?. ?It?s been an amazing year so far. If feels so good to be recognized for what you do? It makes you feel like you?re doing something right. Like you?re on the right track, you know??
As Natalie?s reputation spreads great opportunities keep rolling in. Natalie has already been selected to open for acts like Gretchen Wilson, Little Big Town, Gloriana, Justin Moore, Josh Gracin, Trent Tomlinson, Safetysuit, The Doobie Brothers, and that?s just the beginning.
This Spring will bring the release of her second record, ?Standing My Ground? an EP featuring five brand new songs written by Natalie along with her version of the Charlie Daniel?s classic, ?Devil Went Down To Georgia? ?It?s amazing, my version of ?Devil? has been such a big part of ..... see more
