Vinyl Sunday

Vinyl Sunday Band leader Andy Howell is enthusiastic with a magnetic personality and is a killer pianist. He’s been playing music since a young age and joined Vinyl Sunday in college. The jazz-rock jam band signed with Lamon Records in 2014 and their first release “Procession,” came out in the summer of 2015.

Vinyl Sunday has developed a sound that is both authentic and unique to the group by blending many of the styles that help define southern music. They are influenced by the sounds of New Orleans, Detroit and the Mississippi delta. They combine blues, jazz, gospel, and contemporary elements to create a sound that reflects the diversity of their members. Dawn Freeman, for example, is from Toledo, OH and moved to Nashville where she has spent the last several years performing at area churches and working as a session singer. Jennifer Myers, providing flute, guitar, and backing vocals, comes from New York and provides a different perspective on composition.

Many incarnations of the band have given Vinyl Sunday the shape it takes today. Dawn is the featured vocalist on their first project with Lamon, with Andy and Jennifer providing backgrounds. Band members also include Kent McCarthy on percussion, Jessica Eddleman on vocals, Sam Woods on guitar, and Russ Kettle on bass. The songs written by Andy and other musical collaborators, are filled with wit, wisdom, and slice of life imagery.