Joelton Mayfield adores baseball, loves pickles and is a big “croc enjoyer.” He was raised in Texas, but hates Texas-themed bars. Even after moving from his hometown to country-hub Nashville, he kept his small town charm as he pursues his passion. On tour, he catches baseball games when he can, shows off a giant pickle.
Scene by phone. “That made me want to smash every acoustic guitar.”
Ahead of the release of her first LP
Cool Dry Place Friday via Keeled Scales Records, the Texas-born Kirby is reflecting on her time as a Belmont student and rookie songwriter during the peak of the folk revival of the mid-2010s. It was a scene she was on board with at first.
“Big Mandolin got us all,” she jokes. “But with respect to The Lumineers all the stomping and the clapping I got tired of writing from that place. I knew that if I sang in my pretty girl voice, with my acoustic guitar in hand, I’d be trying to do something I’m not.”