KELSEY WALDON: COUNTRY SONGWRITER ON THE VERGE

Waldon’s disc made a number of the year’s “best of” lists, including those of National Public Radio (NPR), the digital entertainment magazine Paste, and the prestigious internet publication Stereogum. Rolling Stone named the album’s lead single, “Kentucky, 1988,” as its number one country and Americana song of 2019. Waldon was also nominated for Emerging Act of the Year by the Americana Music Association.

Then came 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic. Waldon’s schedule was full of performance dates around the country, including, for the first time, the United Kingdom. She planned to play a string of shows as the main act and as the opener for bigger names such as the Drive-By Truckers and Brandy Clark. The girl from the small town of Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky, was on the verge of hitting the big time with no limits on how far she could go. But then everything got cancelled. Waldon’s fate was no different than that of other performers. Her timing just seemed off.

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