Electronic press kit · Nashville, TN
Sings like Adele, plays guitar like Sheryl Crow, and knows the chorus to almost everything.
Country · Soul country · Bluegrass · Acoustic Top 40
(615) 829-2312
Krysm@gal-pr.com
Olivia West grew up in Harrisonville, Missouri, on her daddy's record collection. His first job in a small Arkansas town was chasing cows away from the radio tower, and the station paid him in Billboard Top 40 records. A childhood on a steady diet of hit singles shows in her writing: catchy, universal songs that are hard not to sing along with.
She earned her first paycheck at twelve, singing on the Truman Lake Opry and playing Opry stages across Missouri and Kansas. A record label brought her to Nashville, and though the label never called back, the city's songwriting community did. She was offered a job on the spot at her Bluebird Cafe audition, which led to mentors among Nashville's publishers and hit songwriters.
Since then she has sung on nearly every stage in Nashville and everywhere from Bleecker Street in New York City to Hollywood and California wine country. She has released three albums, has had more than 30 songs recorded by independent artists across America and overseas, and has written a jingle that airs in New York and a song for an independent film. For seven years she toured the country as a full-time musician, homeschooling two kids on the road and raising her family on the proceeds of her music.
Today she performs solo as The Acoustic Jukebox and with her bluegrass band, Olivia West & Compass Rose.
"Honey, you're going to sound exactly like Olivia West when you grow up."Her dad, after admitting Patsy Cline never ate peas every day
At eight, Olivia was obsessed with Patsy Cline, and her dad told her Patsy ate peas every day to keep her voice smooth and strong. She held her nose and ate half a can a day for four years, until she caught him laughing at the refrigerator door. His apology became the line she still lives by.
Olivia, a guitar and the songs everybody knows. She plays the Top 40 she cut her teeth on, takes requests on the spot (even ones she has never played before) and mixes in her originals.
"I'll play anything from Patsy Cline and Hank Sr. to Rihanna and Beyoncé. I'll even hit Metallica on the way. I don't know everything, but I know the chorus to almost everything."
A bluegrass band led by Olivia and her husband, Paul Hedges, who handles sound and recording. Founded with longtime Nashville friends and co-writers Dean Marold and Connor Rand, the lineup flexes to fit the room, with George Hedges on bass as needed.
Good for
Corporate events · Fundraisers and galas · Fairs and festivals · Private parties and weddings · Listening rooms and songwriter nights
More dates on Bandsintown.
| No. | Release | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Alone & Personal: Acoustic Sessions | Album |
| 02 | Rock Yourself to Sleep | Album |
| 03 | Kiss Me Like a Girl (2015) | Album |
| — | "Unwrap Me" | Single |
| — | "Your Cigarette" (2018) | Single |
| — | Christmas album, proceeds to Give A Little Christmas | In progress |
Fan favorites: "Your Cigarette," "Slow Down Moon," "Kiss Me Like a Girl," "Ramen or Ribeye" (feat. Joshua Robert), "Cherry Red Mustang."
"You can make money following any expert's advice, but you can only make art following your heart."Olivia West, Nashville Voyager
"The day I spoke my first words, I sang them."Olivia West, Nashville Voyager
In 2012 Olivia co-founded Give A Little Christmas, a nonprofit that has helped more than 8,000 children through the holidays, focusing on families hit by sudden crises such as house fires, medical emergencies and job losses. She leads sing-alongs at its gift-wrapping events, and proceeds from her upcoming Christmas album will go to the charity.
She also recorded a promotional video for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Shiloh Music Center, the Hedges family's NAMM Top 100 music store, donates guitars to children through Give A Little Christmas.
"It's always been my belief that if you have a skill or a talent that you could use to build a better place, that you should do that."