Nick Shoulders

Nick Shoulders is what happens when a lifetime of chasing lizards through the Ozark hills meets a deep, deep love of country music’s strangest corners.

For this main stage set, Shoulders brings the full live experience: the ethereal croon, the high lonesome yodel, the masterful whistle, and a songwriting voice that delights in the absurd while remaining seriously committed to the rural traditions of his Arkansas home. His music draws on family ties to regional traditional singing, refines them through years of busking on crowded street corners, and arrives somewhere distinctly his own: clever, conscious, and undeniably country.

His phrase for what he is doing here is to put the ‘Try’ in country. After about three songs, you will see what he means.