When Jenny and Tyler Somers first started playing music, they would travel “to any city where we had a couple of fans. We even drove out to do a show for one person in their living room,” says Tyler.
“That’s how we learned to perform and to connect with people. When you’re regularly playing for three or four people, you can’t hide. You’re exposed. You have to learn to engage.”
By the time indie pop duo Jenny & Tyler made the move from Delaware to Nashville, they had built a dedicated following of fans by crisscrossing the country. Their move to Nashville in 2008 wasn’t as much about a change of scenery as it was committing everything to music-making as a vocation and pursuing a career as artists.
If you go
Jenny & Tyler› When: 7 p.m. today, May 25› Admission: $15 general admission, $35 VIPDanny Black› When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 31› Tickets: $7 in advance, $10 day of show› Where: The Camp House, 149 E. M.L. King Blvd.› For more information: 423-702-8081.
Tonight, they’ll bring their soul-grass music – a fusion of indie folk, soul, contemporary Christian and bluegrass – to The Camp House. Anna Lawrence will open.