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Artist
Grace Askew
12+ albums
bluesfolkmemphisrockamericana
about
Grace Askew (born in Memphis, TN) is an American ssinger-songwriter. A sixth generation Memphian, Askew grew up in a family full of artists, designers, and performers. Her interest in music – in combination with writing – was not enlivened until the age of 13, when she began taking guitar lessons and, ultimately, putting words to chords. Seventeen was a transition stage fwith frequent trips to visit her older sister, who was then living as an actress in New York City. **“We were hanging out with one of her friends in his loft in Brooklyn, and one night, after playing a couple of my songs for him, he handed over a CD and said, ‘You’ve GOT to hear her.’ It was Cat Power’s first cover album. And that changed my life.” Yet another poignant marker of Grace’s musical evolution was when she studied under a jazz/bossa nova guitar teacher throughout high school, and ultimately ended up attending college in New Orleans for over a year. Thus, jazz came to greatly influence Grace’s sound and ultimately became the perfect element to set her off the beaten path and make her stand out from the countless female folkies. Now, at the age of 22, Grace’s technical jazzy/folk tinged style blends itself seamlessly with the Southern grace of her Memphis roots and the pure lyricism of an old-soul. Her discography includes both her debut EP, ‘Wasted Lipstick’, and her newly-released sophomore EP, ‘Hawthorne’ (which features Grace with Groundspeak in an all-live, two-day, fourteen-hour session a
