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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

SXSW 2024: Harper O'Neill

 Another artist on the BMI showcase at Luck Reunion. According to her website:

O’Neill grew up in Dallas, TX, where her parents ran a household brimming with music. O’Neill’s mother shared her love of rock and pop acts like the Rolling Stones and James Taylor, while her father introduced her to a bevy of women songwriters, including Carole King, Susan Tedeschi and Bonnie Raitt. The pair’s tastes intersect when it comes to their mutual love for Texas country artists, like Hayes Carll, Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett. Both of her parents play the guitar and her sister sings choral music, while O’Neill first came to music as part of her school’s marching band, for which she played French horn and was part of the drumline.

She's now in Nashville. According to this article, she moved to Nashville after graduating from UT Austin with a degree in Advertising. In 2022 she was named the 1st place winner of the American Songwriter Song Contest. She also completed a tour alongside Ashley McBryde and Morgan Wade. 

"Guilty" is good. Pretty straight-forward country. 

"Over Me" is nice. More bluesy.

Here's what won her 1st place in the song contest.


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