BY STAFF WRITER | April 1, 2019
I think fishing and songwriting are very similar, you have to be patient. You can’t force anything to happen. You put the intention out there and you see what comes back to you.”
An inventive songwriter with a strong understanding of country music’s cherished storytelling traditions, Jenny Tolman is a Rising Country Artist, sponsored by Zebco. Specifically, she takes inspiration from an American icon. “I take a lot of inspiration from Dolly Parton,” Tolman says. “There are so many strong country women that I can look back and listen to their music and be inspired by that. Honestly they give me this fearlessness and this confidence.”
Wide Open Country caught up with Tolman and cast a few lines at a local park in Nashville thanks to Zebco. “I did a lot of fishing actually when I was hanging out with my friends in high school,” says Jenny Tolman, who grew up in small Middle Tennessee towns. “Those days really inspired some of my very first country songs that I ever wrote because it was all about living that country life, as cliché and cheesy as that sounds — that’s what we did!”
Rising Country Artist Jenny Tolman Takes Inspiration From A Country Legend
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BY STAFF WRITER | June 25, 2019
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Tolman’s formative years helped her dream up an entire town as the fictional setting for her debut full-length album. A labor of love, Tolman’s long-awaited album was an exercise in patience.
“I think fishing and songwriting are very similar,” Tolman says. “You have to be patient. You can’t force anything to happen. You put the intention out there and you see what comes back to you.”
And though she’s well aware of the uphill battle women face in country music, she doesn’t dwell on it. “A lot of people have this perception that fishing is only for guys or being a successful country artist is only for guys, but no matter what gender you are you get to have fun doing what you love,” Tolman says.
Wide Open Country caught up with Riggs, who just released his new EP Love & Panic, in Nashville. The emerging start talked about finding balance in an often hectic career — while fishing the Cumberland River, just steps from downtown Nashville.
Sam Riggs spent much of his upbringing enjoying the outdoors. “It was a real musical family, real rural family,” Riggs says. “Kind of grew up blue collar, so being in the woods and fishing was always a big part of my life.”
He learned a lot about fishing from his granddad, who was a preacher and fished “religiously,” Riggs says. As an artist who built his fan base by touring relentlessly, Riggs has seen a lot of the country. “It’s the most amazing job in the world,” he says.
And for an artist as passionate as Riggs, spending a little bit of time by the water certainly helps replenish all that energy spent performing across the country night in and night out. Even if it means just pulling a Zebco rod out from behind his seat and stealing away for an hour.
Wide Open Country caught up with Riggs, who just released his new EP Love & Panic, in Nashville. The emerging start talked about finding balance in an often hectic career — while fishing the Cumberland River, just steps from downtown Nashville.
Sam Riggs spent much of his upbringing enjoying the outdoors. “It was a real musical family, real rural family,” Riggs says. “Kind of grew up blue collar, so being in the woods and fishing was always a big part of my life.”
He learned a lot about fishing from his granddad, who was a preacher and fished “religiously,” Riggs says. As an artist who built his fan base by touring relentlessly, Riggs has seen a lot of the country. “It’s the most amazing job in the world,” he says.
And for an artist as passionate as Riggs, spending a little bit of time by the water certainly helps replenish all that energy spent performing across the country night in and night out. Even if it means just pulling a Zebco rod out from behind his seat and stealing away for an hour.