Christmas Swing ft. Sweet Megg

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Courtesy of Third Man Events

Christmas Swing ft. Sweet MeggThe Blue RoomThu, Dec 5, Doors 7:00 AM, Show 8:00 PM

Sweet Megg is a singer based in Nashville but originally from New York City. Her vocals reveal a vast variety of influences, ranging from Billie Holiday to Patsy Cline. She got her start as a songwriter performing in the city and was inspired heavily by the folk writers of Greenwich Village. After high school, she found herself down in North Carolina where she trained as a raft guide and got her first taste of Southern music. The sounds of bluegrass and country intrigued her and she always felt a longing to return. She continued songwriting in college and eventually moved to Paris to study jazz where she began performing around town with local musicians. After college, she returned to New York City and fell head first into the early jazz community where she found the excitement of improvisational jazz accompanied by the storytelling of the early blues and country music which she loved so much. She flourished in that community and her first formation, Sweet Megg & the Wayfarers, gained popularity and began touring outside of the city.

Her first two releases Under the Moonlight (2020 Data Records) & I’m in Love Again (2021 Turtle Bay Records) are steeped in the classic jazz she was playing every night in New York. After I’m in Love Again came out she finally packed up her bags and moved down to Nashville TN.