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› Where: Songbirds Guitar Museum, 35 Station St. (South), 41 Station St. (North)› For more information: 423-531-2473LARRY FLEET AND FRIENDS› When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 (South)› Admission: $12CAITLIN CANTY WITH OSHIMA BROTHERS› When: 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 (North)› Admission: $15LENOX HILLS WITH REVEL IN ROMANCE› When: 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 (South)› Admission: $10 in advance, $12 day of showBACK IN BLACK› When: 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 (South)› Admission: $12 in advance, $15 at the door
Fresh off his appearances on the USA Network's "Real Country" competition, Larry Fleet plays Songbirds Thursday night. (Facebook.com photo)
Caitlin Canty brings her folk/blues/country music to Songbirds on Friday night. (Facebook.com photo)If you've been wanting to hear more from Larry Fleet since USA Network's "Real Country" ended, Thursday's your chance.
Fleet, who moved to Chattanooga from White Bluff, Tennessee, will perform at Songbirds Guitar Museum at 7:30 p.m. The country singer came in second on "Real Country," a TV singing competition to find the next country star.
Although he didn't win, he got a great prize when asked to tour with country star Jake Owen last year.
Fleet started writing and performing his own songs, incorporating sounds from music heroes who influenced him. He has since found his own voice in writing and performing. His songs are rooted in Southern country, and keep his audiences riveted with his smooth voice.
Country music, tinged with folk and blues, continues Friday night at the Southside venue when Caitlin Canty takes the Songbirds stage.
Raised in small-town Vermont, the daughter of a schoolteacher and a house painter, Canty earned a degree in biology before moving to New York City. She spent her days in the Big Apple working as an environmental sustainability consultant and her nights making music in Lower East Side music halls and bars.
In 2009, she quit her job to make music full-time. In 2015, she packed up and drove to Nashville, which she now calls home.
"Motel Bouquet," Canty's third record released last year, features 10 original songs recorded live over three days in Nashville. The album boasts a band of some of finest musicians in roots music, including fiddler Stuart Duncan and vocalist Aoife O'Donovan.
Canty won the Troubadour songwriting competition at Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and her song, "Get Up," was nominated for Song of the Year in the Folk Alliance International Music Awards. Additionally, her original recordings have appeared on CBS's "Code Black" and on the Netflix series "House of Cards."