Kalie Shorr

Kalie Shorr
Birth name Kalianne Frances Shorr
Born (1994-07-11) July 11, 1994
Portland, Maine[1]
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin
Years active 2009–present
Labels Unsigned

Kalie Shorr (born July 11, 1994) is an American country music singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2016, her debut single "Fight Like a Girl" began to receive national attention and airplay on the SiriusXM radio station The Highway.

Background

Kalie Shorr grew up in Portland, Maine. She wrote her first song at age 6, and picked up the guitar for the first time at age 13.[1] Shorr began posting covers of popular songs on YouTube when she was 13.[2] She visited Nashville for the first time when she was sixteen, and when she was 19, she moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music.[1]

Career

In 2010, she was the Southern Maine winner of Maine's Got Talent.[3] Celebrity Blogger Perez Hilton took notice of Shorr's covers and original songs on YouTube, and invited her to perform at his birthday party in March 2012, opening for the Backstreet Boys.[4] In March 2014, Shorr became involved in a weekly live show, Song Suffragettes, featuring only female singer-songwriters. Shorr has continued performing in the show almost every week since then, and was the first artist highlighted by Taste of Country for their Let The Girls Play campaign.[5] Her YouTube covers continue to be successful, as did her cover of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space," highlighted by Popdust."[6] In February 2015, she released an EP full of demos she had recorded over her time in Nashville, named The Nashville Sessions.[7] In 2016, her single "Fight Like a Girl" began to receive airplay on Sirius XM The Highway, and she released her debut mixtape, The Y2K Mixtape, heavily inspired by the 2000s.[1] In May, she signed a publishing deal with the publishing company Writerslist.[8] Shorr released her second single, titled "He's Just Not That Into You" on September 30, 2016.[9]

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details
The Y2k Mixtape[10]
  • Release date: March 13, 2016
  • Label: Unsigned

Singles

Year Single Album
2012 "Cloud 9" N/A
2016 "Fight Like a Girl" The Y2k Mixtape
2016 "He's Just Not That Into You" TBA

Other appearances

Title Year Artist Album
"Reazon 2 Rhyme"[11] 2016 Ben Shorr Live & Direct

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "#LetTheGirlsPlay: Kalie Shorr Knows What It Takes to Break". Taste of Country.
  2. ↑ "Kalie Shorr Homepage".
  3. ↑ "About Kalie Shorr". CMT.
  4. ↑ "Maine musician Kalie Shorr performs on 207".
  5. ↑ "Song Suffragettes Provides Boost for Young Female Country Artists in Nashville".
  6. ↑ "This Country Cover Of Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' Will Make You A Believer".
  7. ↑ ""The Nashville Sessions" Autographed EP".
  8. ↑ "Kalie Shorr signs Publishing Deal with Writerslist".
  9. ↑ "ToC Critic's Pick: Kalie Shorr, 'He's Just Not That Into You' [Listen]".
  10. ↑ "The Y2k Mixtape". Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Live & Direct by Ben Shorr". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
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