I love these local "porchfests" around the state and I'm excited to be a part of this one. Its big fun - lots of music all over the town outside on porches! See ya out there...
Upcoming Shows!
I haven't done one of these online shows in a while. Please join me for a little songwriting and stories for about an hour. Send in requests if there's something in particular you want to hear! xo
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Louise Mosrie grew up in McEwen, TN on a cattle farm - riding horses and writing poetry. She began writing songs after college while working in TV/radio in Knoxville. She moved back to the Nashville area in 2004 and began co-writing with country, bluegrass and folk artists (Donna Ulisse, Mike Richardson) and writers. Louise had a major creative breakthrough in 2007 when she had a fortuitous co-writing session with famed Americana producer and writer, Ray Kennedy (Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams). They wrote the song, "Doubling Back", for a documentary film by IU professor, Ron Osgood, called “My Vietnam, Your Iraq” which was broadcast on PBS stations nationwide.
Louise started writing songs about the South – what she knew and where she grew up. In 2008, she began working on a new album eventually to be called “Home” because she’d come full circle in her “voice” as a writer. The album was a mix of bluegrass, country and folk and as she weaved in lush stories and songs about southern life, she was even introduced once as “…William Faulkner with a guitar”. With those songs, she entered some song contests connected to festivals and ended up winning top awards at Kerrville Folk Festival, Wildflower! Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. “Home” debuted at #1 on the Folk DJ charts in January 2010 and went on to be one of the most played albums that year for that chart.
Buoyed by a couple thousand earnest fans, she began touring all over the Eastern seaboard, the South and Texas. Audience members would tell her that they enjoyed the stories between the songs as much as the songs and her strong expressive voice was described as “…like listening to Patty Griffin and Susan Tedeschi at the same time.” She’s played at The Bluebird Café in Nashville, Club Passim in Boston, Caffé Lena in NY and was just recently invited to play at The Birchmere in Washington DC.
In 2012, her 15-year marriage ended and her mother was diagnosed with brain cancer and died 6 months later. Out of those dark days came some new songs that would eventually be recorded on her newest release “Lay It Down”: 10 songs of love, loss and surrender. On “Lay It Down”, she collaborated with folk-rock songwriter/producer, Cliff Eberhardt, who envisioned that minimalist arrangements and restrained production would allow the emotional songs and Louise’s voice a stark relief to rest and shine in.
The new CD, “Lay It Down”, was released in late summer/Fall 2014…and landed on several "Best of" lists. Louise is always writing new songs.....
"Louise Mosrie may well be the brightest young folk-oriented artist to emerge from Nashville in many a year." – Rich Warren, WFMT-FM, The Midnight Special, Chicago
Contact: louise@louisemosrie.com
SolarFest performing Songwriting Winner 2016
Folk Alliance International Official Showcase 2014
Rocky Mtn. Folks Festival Showcase Artist 2012
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist
2011 "Voted Most Wanted to Return"
Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Contest 2011 runner-up
Wildflower! Festival Performing Songwriter Contest 2010 Winner
Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Songwriting Competition 2009 and 2020 Winner
Praise for the 2010 CD, “Home”:
"...a rare work of sweet-sounding art" - Steve Wildsmith, The Daily Times, Maryville, TN
“The songwriting is really strong, the production is great and your voice quite beautiful. The more important thing to me, though, is that the songs are truly convincing.” – Lauryn Shapter, KRUU-FM
“Excellent, great songs and your singing is really good and soulful.” – Lloyd Maines, Grammy award-winning producer, musician and songwriter
Some of the venues played:
30A Songwriting Festival
Opelika Songwriting Festival
Joe Davies Song Fest
Kerrville Folk Festival
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Festival
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Wildflower Folk Festival
Dogwood Arts Festival
Bluebird Cafe
Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse
The Birchmere Music Hall
Club Passim
WFMT Folkstage Chicago
The Evening Muse
The Down Home
Douglas Corner
Moonlight on the Mountain
Opener for:
America
Joe Ely
Steve Earle
Jonatha Brooke
Allison Moorer
Cliff Eberhardt
Greg Trooper
Malcom Holcomb
Mindy Smith
Ellis Paul
Vance Gilbert
Terri Hendrix