Indie-Americana duo, Swearingen & Kelli, are gearing up to release a series of stand-alone, genre-crossing singles while hitting the road and preparing to record their next full-length album. Hailing from Lapeer, Michigan songstress Jayne Kelli first crossed paths with Pennsylvania native, Aj Swearingen, over a decade ago at a songwriters club in Florida. After becoming fast friends and bandmates, they eloped in Punta Cana and headed for Nashville, where their music continues to evolve. Last fall’s release, Build Myself Up From the Ground, garnered features on The Bluegrass Situation, Wide Open Country, and Americana Highways, who praised them for sounding "as good as John Prine with Bonnie Raitt on ‘Angel From Montgomery.’”

With siren-like vocals and prolific songwriting, Swearingen & Kelli have carved out their own space in the Americana landscape, earning praise from Red Line Roots as artists “others would do well to emulate. ”Their earlier albums, The Marrying Kind and Cold-Hearted Truth, were featured by Gretsch Guitars, Cowboys & Indians Magazine, and NY Country Swag. With a sound steeped in the soul of ‘60s and ‘70s songwriters, they’ve shared the stage with legends like Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, and folk heroes Tom Rush and David Bromberg. For AJ and Jayne, home is the road, the stage, and the people they connect with at every show.

Jayne Kelli is a vocal chameleon and she can adjust her sound a hundred ways to suit the song - No Depression

"Swearingen and Kelli are two voices made for each other" - Cowboys & Indians Magazine

"beautiful and rare...one that others would do well to emulate down the road." - Redline Roots

"Folk duo creates beauty out of chaos" - Wide Open Country

https://www.swearingenandkelli.com/

In 2019, seasoned sideman Jon Tyler Wiley began recording his first solo album. He played all the instruments himself, so when it was time to perform the songs live, he called up a group of his friends to rehearse the material for live shows, and the Virginia Choir was born. This diversely talented cast of musicians quickly forged its identity, playing energetic live shows drawing from influences as diverse as Americana, World Music, and good, old-fashioned, barroom rock and roll. Vents Magazine calls them “A group that you most definitely need to know, [performing] arena-filling, vibrant, soaring Americana goodness.” Glide Magazine says that the band “…contrasts alt-country and Americana with explosions of anthemic rock to make for a sound that is truly one of a kind.” Their upcoming LP, “Pictures in the Dark,” is due on March 28th.

https://jontylerwiley.com/