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Samantha

New Braunfels, Texas, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2022 | INDIE

New Braunfels, Texas, United States | INDIE
Established on Jan, 2022
Solo Country Folk

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"PREMIERE: Samantha Releases New Single “People Today”"

Central Texas Americana recording artist and songwriter Samantha is back with the release of her new single “People Today,” a track that will get you hooked up through its vocals and melodic guitar riffs, a few instrumentary that calls back to the music of Jewel and Sheryl Crow where there’s something almost Country about it.

About the song, Samantha comments “I wrote the song because I want everyone to change their way of thinking. The world is not going to become a better place if I continue to stay quiet, I am just so tired of being quiet, tired of being nice, tired of music that has no truth. I want to make the world a better place and my songs are the only way I know how to do it. You are not alone in your feelings. I feel the same way too, let’s do something about it while we still can.” - VENTS MAGAZINE


"Samantha “People Today” – What’s going on ?"

Central Texas Americana recording artist and songwriter Samantha’s musical journey began when Santa brought her a guitar at age eleven. She wrote her first song at age thirteen, and by twenty-one she was heading out of town to play open mics where, as she says “no one would know me. Sometimes I packed the place… and sometimes I played to quiet respectful listeners such as ashtrays, picnic tables, and barstools.”

However, music took a back seat when Samantha bent to familial pressures as she explains “I did what my family wanted me to do – I come from the stereotypical Hispanic family where the woman is supposed to grow up, get married young, and have lots of babies.” So, she married a war hero and had a baby. Everyone was happy…except Samantha. They tried to make it work, until it just didn’t anymore. They divorced, and Samantha started playing guitar again.
‘People Today‘ was written after a night of deep anxiety and introspection – as Samantha elaborates: “I was frustrated with my financial situation at the current time, being a very young mother. My parents were ruined by an onslaught of medical bills. I was now in this same cycle of poverty. My dad had gone to war twice and I grew up without him… no one cared. Boys I knew grew up, went to Iraq, and never came back. My peers didn’t seem to notice them missing. No one ever does, and no one ever seems to, in such a self-involved society… Me, my guitar, my anger, and my bullets/my words; a perfect cocktail for a timeless song.” - AMERICANA UK


Discography

SINGLE: Dirty Little Secret       JULY 2022
SINGLE: People Today             AUG 2022

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Americana recording artist and songwriter from Central Texas. Premiering "People Today" which was released on August 29th on I-Tunes, Spotify, Amazon and all major platforms. Samantha performs throughout Texas and her first full length album is set to be released this fall co-producing with Evan McPherson on lead guitar and bass, D'Vonne Lew (DIGABLE PLANETS, LIMITED EDITION) on drums, Ty Bailie (KATY PERRY, JOSS STONE) on keys and organ, Andrew Joslyn (KESHA, LESLIE ODOM JR) on strings, Andreas Wild (NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS) on horns, Whit Wright (AMERICAN AQUARIUM) on pedal steel, producer and engineer Geoff Ott (MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS, MELISSA ETHRIDGE) at Seattle's London Bridge Studio. 

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