Muddy Magnolias
{{Short description|American rock band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Muddy Magnolias
| image = Muddy Magnolias Live.jpg
| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, United States
| genre = Blues, alternative rock, country, indie rock
| years_active = 2013–present
| associated_acts = John Legend, Gary Clark Jr.
| label = {{hlist|Third Generation|The Orchard}}
| website = {{URL|muddymagnolias.com}} (defunct)
| current_members = {{ubl|Kallie North|}}
{{ubl|Jessy Wilson|}}
}}
Muddy Magnolias was a rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed by Jessy Wilson and Kallie North in 2014.{{cite web|last1=Langmuir|first1=Molly|title=New York R&B Meets Texas Country to Form Muddy Magnolias|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a28291/muddy-magnolias-women-in-music-2015/|website=elle|date=May 15, 2015 |accessdate=June 20, 2016}} After their performance at the CMA Music Festival that August, Rolling Stone deemed them best unsigned duo, describing their performance to be "as if Mick Jagger and Keith Richards inhabited the Indigo Girls".{{cite magazine|title=37 Best Things We Saw at CMA Music Fest 2014|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/37-best-things-we-saw-at-cma-music-fest-2014-20140609/best-unsigned-duo-the-muddy-magnolias-0143637|magazine=Rolling Stone}} In May 2015, they were featured in Elle Magazine's Women in Music Issue. They have played with artists including Gary Clark Jr., Grace Potter, Zac Brown Band and Kid Rock. 2016 saw their performance at a number of festivals including Hangout Fest, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits. In September, they were featured in the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog{{cite news|last1=Ayers|first1=Mike|title=Listen to Muddy Magnolia's 'Leave It to the Sky" Featuring John Legend (Exclusive)|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/09/15/listen-to-muddy-magnolias-leave-it-to-the-sky-featuring-john-legend-exclusive/|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=September 15, 2016 |publisher=Dow Jones and Co.|accessdate=September 16, 2016}} for their song "Leave it to the Sky". Their debut album Broken People was released October 14.{{cite web|last1=Pareles, Ratliff, Caramanica, and Chinen|first1=Jon, Ben, Jon, Nate|date=September 18, 2016|title=10 Fall Pop and Jazz Albums (and One Festival) You Shouldn't Miss|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/arts/music/pop-jazz-critics-picks-fall-preview.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 21, 2016}} on Third Generation Records. Kallie North left the band at the end of 2017.
Biography
Jessy Wilson and Kallie North met through a photograph in 2013. Wilson, a Brooklyn native, came to Nashville looking for new opportunities to branch out as a singer-songwriter after having previously visited the city with her mentor John Legend, with whom she collaborated and toured as a backing vocalist. North, originally from Beaumont, Texas, worked as a photographer before deciding to pursue a career in music. Her photo of a juke joint piano{{cite web|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/muddy-magnolias-are-a-couple-of-grown-ass-american-women-7710816|title=Muddy Magnolias Are a Couple of Grown-Ass American Women|first=Angel|last=Melendez|date=April 13, 2016|access-date=October 10, 2016}} served as the impetus for the Muddy Magnolias's formation after Jessy saw it on a Music Row desk. They were signed to I.R.S. Records but the label closed before they could release an album.{{cite web|last1=Threadgill|first1=Jacob|title=Delta inspired: Muddy Magnolias poised to hit it big|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/story/magnolia/2016/03/31/delta-inspired-muddy-magnolias-poised-hit-big/81227090/|website=Clarion-Ledger}} Their sound has subsequently been described as "melding city grit and delta dirt".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/cma-music-fest-2015-25-must-see-acts-20150610/muddy-magnolias-20150610|title=CMA Music Fest 2015: 25 Must-See Acts|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 10, 2016}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Broken People (2016)
=EPs=
- Muddy Magnolias (2015)
=Singles=
- "American Woman" (2015)
- "Brother, What Happened?" (2016){{Cite web|date=August 2, 2016|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/08/02/488357844/songs-we-love-muddy-magnolias-brother-what-happened|title=Songs We Love: Muddy Magnolias, 'Brother, What Happened?'|publisher=NPR|access-date=August 22, 2016}}
- "Broken People" (2016)
- "Leave It to the Sky" (2016)
- "Why Don't You Stay?" (2016)
- "Devil's Teeth" (2017)
- "Shine On!" (2017)
- "Down by the Riverside" (2022)