Kelly Hunt

Memphis-raised singer-songwriter, Kelly Hunt, paints stories as old and offbeat as her Depression-era tenor banjo and parlor guitar, reimagining traditions of folk, country, and old-time music in a style that hovers beyond the constraints of genre. Hunt’s debut album, "Even The Sparrow," was released in May 2019 and named as a finalist for the International Folk Music Awards “Album of the Year.” Her sophomore album, "Ozark Symphony" (recorded with Grammy-winning musician/producer, Dirk Powell, and slated for release in Fall 2023), casts her among the ranks of modern-traditionalist songwriter/poets such as Anaïs Mitchell & Gillian Welch. Kelly is joined onstage by her long-time duo partner, Staś Heaney (violin/accordion).

“Kelly Hunt sings with the lilting cadence of a folksinger born somewhere far away, sometime long ago.”
— ROBERT CRAWFORD [ROLLING STONE COUNTRY]

“Standing shoulder to shoulder with contemporaries like Gillian Welch and Rhiannon
Giddens...folk music harking back to the stripped-down sounds of Leadbelly, Robert Johnson and Woody Guthrie.”
— JOHN VAITES [AMERICANA UK]

“...the musical equivalent of a book you can’t put down, one you’ll want to revisit again and again to catch every nuance and turn of phrase.”
— STACY CHANDLER [NO DEPRESSION]