Idgy Vaughn comes to Nacogdoches from Austin, Tx. She is a New Folk winner at the Kerville Folk Festival, and her 2006 release, Origin Story, made waves across the United States and Europe. Idgy is represented by The Americana Agency based in Durham, North Carolina. Texas Music Matters did a great interview with Idgy that tells her life story from a very interesting perspective. Click here to listen.
Here are some nice things said about Idgy and her music:
“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
"Every song on Origin Story is instantly memorable, an unpredictable mix of pathos and humor. It's delivered by a sweetly powerful voice with a hint of a twang that sounds like Texas." - Eileen McClelland, Houston Chronicle
"A fantastic new voice with something to say." - Andrew Dansby, Texas Music Magazine
“…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
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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.
(Courtesy of The Americana Agency)
