Summerlyn Powers

“The heart behind this project is hospitality. I want listeners to be able to see themselves and see their own stories in this record, and to feel known in that way.”

SUMMERLYN POWERS, AN OLD SOUL WITH A SOUTHERN BELLE’S HEART, WARMLY WELCOMES LISTENERS INTO HER WORLD ON HER NEW FIVE-SONG EP, “LET’S ROLL!” HER STORIES OF LOSS, LOVE, FAITH, AND FRIENDSHIP MELD “THE FUN AND THE GROOVE” OF THE SOUTHERN ROCK SHE HEARD GROWING UP IN FAIRHOPE, ALA. — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, AND THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND, AMONG OTHERS — WITH THE “THOUGHTFULNESS” OF CAROLE KING, JONI MITCHELL, JAMES TAYLOR, AND OTHER FOLK SINGER-SONGWRITERS OF THE 1970S.

POWERS HAS PERFORMED AT THE FRANK BROWN INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL, THE MISSISSIPPI SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL, AND GULF SHORES, ALA.’S NATIONAL SHRIMP FESTIVAL; RANKED IN THE TOP 15 AND WAS NAMED “ARTIST FAVORITE” AT THE 2016 GULF COAST SONGWRITER SHOOTOUT; AND WAS SELECTED TO PERFORM AT SOUTHSOUNDS 2018 IN MOBILE, ALA. SHE HAS ALSO SHARED THE STAGE WITH NASHVILLE BAND COLE RITTER & THE NIGHT OWLS AND POP-ROCK GROUP SISTER HAZEL, AND HER 2021 SINGLE “LOVE THING” WAS FEATURED ON CMT’S NEXT WOMEN OF COUNTRY PLAYLIST. IN ADDITION TO HER CAREER AS A SOLO ARTIST, POWERS IS PART OF THE CHRISTIAN AMERICANA GROUP SAMMI ACCOLA AND THE HOLY WOMEN, WHO PLAYED THE 2022 MOON CRUSH: PINK MOON MUSIC FESTIVAL IN MIRAMAR BEACH, FLA., ALONGSIDE MY MORNING JACKET AND CAAMP. AS A SONGWRITER, SHE HAS CO-WRITTEN SONGS FOR CHLOE COLLINS (“DO IT FOR THE PLOT”) AND MICHELLE RAYBOURN (“EASIER TO LEAVE”)