• Home
  • News
  • Shows
  • Playlist
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Shows
  • Playlist
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result

Bonnaroo 2019 Artist Spotlight: Lola Kirke

Philip Obenschain by Philip Obenschain
May 15, 2019
in Bonnaroo, Shows
0
Bonnaroo 2019 Artist Spotlight: Caroline Rose
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Bonnaroo Artist | Lola Kirke
Bonnaroo History | Newbie
Stage & Time | Friday | Who Stage | 2:45-3:30pm

LolaKirke-620

As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorites acts from from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2019 lineup. As we dig through the entire schedule, we’ll highlight a spread of performers spanning across genres and stages (including the campground Plazas), big and small, new and old, to bring you some of the most interesting, lesser-known, or most highly-recommended among this year’s crop of artists. Though we’ll be jumping around, we’re loosely working our way through by day, and we’ll also be bringing you some special features and longer guides along the way, to help you plan your weekend before the fest. While these previews won’t span every performer, and might omit some more obvious must-see acts, we hope they’ll serve as a way to help you navigate Bonnaroo’s gargantuan lineup, and to make the most of your busy weekend on the farm!

Grab your tickets right here if you haven’t already, and keep reading to learn more in our Bonnaroo Artist Spotlight…

LEARN

London born, New York City raised multi-faceted entertainer Lola Kirke might be most visibly known for her acting career, notably co-starring in award-winning Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle for the past several years, and rising to stardom with early film roles like Gone Girl and Mistress America, as well as more recent turns like Gemini and Untogether. However, Kirke, the daughter of Free and Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke, and younger sister of Girls actress Jemima Kirke and singer-songwriter Domino Kirke, has also been passionate about music since her teens, initially attracted the uniquely American, old school country and western sounds of classic artists like Gram Parsons. At 18, a recently heartbroken Lola began to write her own songs on a ukulele, soon moving onto guitar and forming an all-girl country band while a student at Bard College. Upon graduation, Kirke, who’s now 28, saw her acting career take off, but has managed to balance her musical pursuits as well, releasing an eponymous debut solo EP of country rock tunes in 2016, produced by partner Wyndham Boylan-Garnett, who’s gone on to helm much of her subsequent work.

2018’s full-length debut, Heart Head West, proved an even more focused and cohesive followup, leaning into the wistful, dreamy, psychedelic Americana of the ’60s and ’70s Laurel Canyon sound, as well as classic country and western, all funneled through a modern earnest folk pop lens, and propelled by Kirke’s powerful, gorgeous voice and personal, confessional, urgent, and autobiographical thematic leanings. Over the past couple of years, the rising musical talent, who splits her time between New York and LA, has become increasingly active live, appearing at events like SXSW, and continuing to push forward with her sound, releasing a string of fantastic post-LP singles, particularly a recent pair of tracks recorded in Richmond, VA with buzzy producer Matthew E. White: an inspired cover of Rick Danko’s “Sip the Wine,” and perhaps Kirke’s best original to date, “Omens.” Though, inevitably, an actor and musician whose on-screen career takes off more quickly than their recorded one will attract fans who only know them for their film and TV credits, Lola Kirke’s musical pursuit is far from a vanity project; she’s the real deal, an earnest, resonant, and stunning singer-songwriter who seems poised to have a long and fruitful musical career ahead of her, and is, without a doubt, a hidden gem on this year’s Bonnaroo lineup.

 LISTEN | “Monster”

 WATCH | “Omens” (Official Music Video)

CONNECT

More from Lola Kirke | Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
More from BonLnaroo | Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tickets

Tags: BonnaoroBonnaroo 2019Lola KirkeNashville Music Blog

Related Posts

[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Diplo Presents: Thomas Wesley w/ Paul Cauthen | March 13 @ Wildhorse Saloon
Contests

[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Diplo Presents: Thomas Wesley w/ Paul Cauthen | March 13 @ Wildhorse Saloon

Inarguably one of the most prolific and influential DJs and producers of the last 20 years, Diplo has credits...

by Philip Obenschain
January 18, 2023
Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, Foo Fighters, Paramore, & More to Play Bonnaroo 2023
News

Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, Foo Fighters, Paramore, & More to Play Bonnaroo 2023

After two years of pandemic and weather related postponements and cancellations, the region's preeminent music festival, Bonnaroo, made its...

by Philip Obenschain
January 10, 2023
Paramore Announce New Album ‘This Is Why,’ Debut Title Track
News

Paramore to Play Grand Ole Opry House Feb. 6 in Celebration of New LP ‘This Is Why’

It's only been a couple months since Paramore gave us their first new music in nearly five years, the...

by Philip Obenschain
December 6, 2022
[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Julian Lage w/ Margaret Glaspy | Dec. 11 @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
Contests

[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Julian Lage w/ Margaret Glaspy | Dec. 11 @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville

One of the preeminent and most acclaimed guitarists in modern jazz music, Julian Lage first captured attention in the...

by Philip Obenschain
December 6, 2022
Next Post

[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Animals As Leaders w/ The Contortionist & Moon Tooth | May 24 @ Cannery Ballroom

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

We cover the best of Music City's local and touring artists. All Nashville and no country.

Get No Country In Your Inbox

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Shows
  • Playlist