Cortney Tidwell
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Cortney Tidwell was born in Nashville, TN. Her grandfather was a successful recording artist and a guest on the Grand Ol' Opry, her father was a veteran A&R man, her mother had several singles on the country charts in the 1970s. In the mid-'70s Tidwell's mother was diagnosed with manic depression, and her parents split up as her mother sunk deeper and deeper into depression, only to die alone in 1999 at the age of 49. As a child, Tidwell would play piano to escape the madness surrounding her, but with time she came to associate music with the pain of her childhood and gave up playing for many years.
Around the time of her mother's passing, Tidwell returned to songwriting to make sense of her feelings, and after singing in a cover band and forming a punk combo with a friend, she began recording her own songs using a makeshift home studio, playing all the instruments herself. In time, Tidwell began playing her material in public, and while some audiences were nonplussed with her songs, she soon made friends and fans of some of Nashville's most acclaimed musicians, including members of Lambchop and Hands Off Cuba.
In the spring of 2005, Tidwell released her first record, a self-titled six-song EP released through the budding Nashville label Sissy Bragg Records. While touring as an opening act for Lou Barlow.
Tidwell's music came to the attention of the British label Even Records, who signed her and released a second EP in early 2006. Several months later, Tidwell's first full-length album appeared, Don't Let the Stars Keep Us Tangled Up; it was produced by Tidwell and her husband Todd Tidwell, and featured guest appearances from Kurt Wagner and William Tyler of Lambchop.
In 2009, Tidwell released an album entitled "Boys". Although the album title might suggest that it belonged to sex-antic pop artist, it is a far cry from that. "Boys" is a vibrant and subtle Indie folk masterpiece. With tracks like "Oh, China" which features traditional Chinese melody, beautiful (indistinct) English vocals and soft guitar playing for a mesmerizing clash of East meets West.