{"id":18410,"date":"2020-03-27T05:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T09:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=18410"},"modified":"2020-02-21T21:37:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T02:37:06","slug":"checkin-in-with-the-christy-lynn-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/27\/checkin-in-with-the-christy-lynn-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkin&#8217; in with The Christy Lynn Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18411\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/christy_lynn_lp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/christy_lynn_lp.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/christy_lynn_lp-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/christy_lynn_lp-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>This is the first of three short features on Asheville-based artists releasing new albums in March 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Working in the country idiom, <i>Sweetheart of the Radio<\/i> is the debut release from the Christy Lynn Band. Christy Lynn Barrett describes her music as \u201cmeaningfully kitschy.\u201d She laughs when asked to explain what that means. \u201cI like songs that have a little hook in them,\u201d she says. \u201cBut at the same time, we have some songs on the album that are very sad. They&#8217;re not just surface-y, poppy songs; they have deep, underlining sadness to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That mix of contrasting styles still results in a cohesive collection of songs on the Christy Lynn Band&#8217;s first record. Lynn and partner Ryan Schilling \u2013 the pair also owns and operates American Vinyl Co. in Biltmore Village \u2013 launched the group as a vehicle for Lynn&#8217;s songs of heartbreak and adventure. They played together previously as a rock duo, Triumph of the Wild. \u201cWe played everything ourselves,\u201d Lynn says. \u201cThis time we&#8217;ve got other people playing instruments, too. This is the first time we&#8217;ve had other people&#8217;s input, and it was fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sense of fun comes through both in the songs \u2013 even the sad ones \u2013 and even in the album title&#8217;s play-on-words reference to the Byrds&#8217;s pioneering country-rock album from 1968. \u201cI guess that\u2019s where the &#8216;kitschy&#8217; comes in, too,\u201d Lynn says. \u201cI do really like &#8216;clever.&#8217; I love songs to come around in a circle, maybe have a line at the end that makes you laugh.\u201d But ultimately, she says, \u201cI need a song to have something to it that interests <i>me<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18413 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/christy_lynn-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/christy_lynn-1.jpg 550w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/christy_lynn-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of three short features on Asheville-based artists releasing new albums in March 2020. 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