Nancy Hanson

Nancy Hanson’s songwriting is easy, honest, and in the heart. Her electric guitar playing and stage existence are solid and compelling. Put in a voice that’s simultaneously warm and shimmering and you also begin to find and experience her deep abilities. Hanson found the stage using a like of music. At 12 yrs . old, she effectively negotiated a cope with her mom to get rid of her piano lessons and grab the guitar. Electric guitar playing came normally to her as she spent hours learning and playing music compiled by her preferred performers. Her early affects consist of John Denver, Dan Fogelberg, and Adam Taylor. She was afterwards inspired with the music of Nanci Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Shawn Colvin. Hanson proved helpful her method through university playing and performing cover music at local night clubs and restaurants. She graduated using a B.S. in Mindset and started her are a counselor for stressed children and teenagers. In 1993, she attempted her hands at songwriting and just one single year afterwards was invited to try out being a finalist within the Telluride Folk Celebration Troubadour Competition in Colorado. Hanson’s early achievement encouraged her to keep writing, executing, and contending. She was a fresh Folk Finalist at both Kerrville Folk Celebration and Napa Valley Music Folk Celebration. She was afterwards a winner on the Rocky Hill Folk Celebration Songwriting Competition. Her melody “Drops within a Bucket” gained the 1998 Fast Folk Café Songwriting Competition, afterwards took second put in place the folk group of the 2000 John Lennon Songwriting Competition, while another song, “THE DADDY in Me,” was honored Honorable Talk about. Hanson’s debut Compact disc, Drops within a Bucket, released in 1997, gained rave testimonials from both critics and supporters alike. Made by observed composer and documenting musician Sam Cardon, the record reflects everything that Hanson embodies. The music are enhanced and charming, using a simpleness, confidence, and a feeling of humor that’s contagious. Through lyrical and musical pictures and insights, Hanson’s music reveal the fabric of lifestyle, and her music feels as though a discussion with an excellent friend. Hanson offers used her music to numerous great venues through the entire country — like the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, the Fast Folk Cafe in NEW YORK, as well as the campfires from the Kerrville Folk Event. Although she proceeds to execute, Hanson prefers to remain close to house in Utah where she could be with her spouse Dave and their three small kids. Also known as “the organic” by fellow music artists, Nancy Hanson is growing like a songwriter, performer, and documenting artist. Similar to the great brands that motivated her, she is constantly on the inspire and lift others as she musically paints the miracles and mysteries of lifestyle and like.