Musician Spotlight: Hilary York

Musician Spotlight: Hilary York

How did you get your (musical) start? What inspired you to start playing music in the first place? I started writing poetry when I was about 7. I fell in love with songs and lyrics. I used to sing for my family either accompanied by my uncle on guitar or my stepmother...
Musician Spotlight: Barbara Nesbitt

Musician Spotlight: Barbara Nesbitt

How did you get your (musical) start? What inspired you to start playing music in the first place? My mother was a musician and a band director. She disappeared from our lives when I was very young and music became a thing that made me feel connected to her.  I would...
Musician Spotlight: Robert A. Kraft

Musician Spotlight: Robert A. Kraft

How did you get your (musical) start? What inspired you to start playing music in the first place? I grew up in a musical household. My older siblings all played instruments and sang, and I learned the fundamentals of harmony and rhythm sitting around the living room...
Musician Spotlight: Nick Adamo

Musician Spotlight: Nick Adamo

How did you get your (musical) start? What inspired you to start playing music in the first place? I’m an only child raised by a single mother with a beautiful singing voice. I would quietly imitate her vocal melodies humming to myself as a child. It wasn’t until...
Musician Spotlight: Van Wilks

Musician Spotlight: Van Wilks

How did you get your musical start? What inspired you to start playing music in the first place? Like most Texas teens in the ‘60’s, I was inspired by the Beatles and the English Invasion. From there I studied where they got their music and discovered it was mostly...