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Idgy Vaughn
Idgy Vaughn writes and plays Texamericana
music with all the aplomb and raw magic of an unsocialized farm kid. A
single mother, she was a truck stop waitress in Buda, Texas when she
met a customer who had won the lottery; he loaned her the money to record
her full-length debut, "Origin Story." After losing her
hometown's talent show to Christian karaoke singers seven years in a
row, Idgy went on to win the most prestigious award in the songwriting
world: the Kerrville New Folk Competition. Since then, she's been
winning over fans in Texas, across America and around the world. Bob
Harris from BBC Radio 2 stumbled across Idgy during the recording process
and immediately began airing her songs across Great Britain and Europe.
Idgy Vaughn is a singer-songwriter who doesn’t fit neatly into genre molds
like “folk,” “country” or “rock.” Her
sad songs are leavened with humor; her catchy, silly songs rub elbows with songs
that punch you in the gut and wrench your heart out. Idgy does it all,
without apology, prejudice or even knowing any better, delivering great songs
in a great voice.
Idgy Vaughn excels at throwing people off their guard, and then knocking them
flat. She might traipse onto a stage in a sun dress and cowboy boots, all playful
red curls, big green eyes and bigger smile; then she’ll blindside the audience
with a song she wrote about raising her daughter as a single mother in the projects,
or an equally devastating character study of a co-worker she knew during her “Truckstop
Waitress” days.
“Idgy Vaughn seems to exist out of time, like a classic country singer
from the '50s. Her debut album resonates with a rare authenticity.” David
Brown, National Public Radio
“…I've played this track probably, you know, six or seven times
now over recent months on this program but each time I play it I get huge numbers
of requests to play it again… I think she's got a wonderful and tugging
voice.” Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
“Debut albums this good are few and far between, and in Idgy Vaughn we
may well have one of the household names of the future.” www.americana-uk.com