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AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
2024 Ameripolitan Winner Western Swing Group
2024 California Music Video Award Winner
2023 Ameripolitan Nominee Western Swing Female
2021 Academy of Western Artists Western Swing Female Vocalist of the Year
2020 NEXTie Band of the Year
2018 Ameripolitan Winner Western Swing Group
Seven Time Ameripolitan Award Nominee for Western Swing Group or Female
Three Inducted Members to the Sacramento Western Swing Hall of Fame, 2019/2020
PRESS
“Listening to The Carolyn Sills Combo, you might do a double-take: Is this newly fashioned country music, or a long-lost 1950s or '60s band coming out of the ether? The Combo is indeed that good.” - Vintage Guitar Magazine
“Sills and her eclectic combo took to the stage like old pros, their professional, fun and charming manner won the crowd over in a heartbeat. This is by far one of the coolest shows I’ve been to in quite a while.” – Paste Magazine
“Powerhouse Carolyn Sills is the real deal of throwback country music... all the lonesome wails, tongue-in-cheek humor, and late night reflection you'd expect from a classic country gem.” - Good Times Magazine
“Produced collectively by the band themselves, this album is quality through and through. I can see ‘On The Draw’ adding to their collection of awards and deservedly so. 5/5 Stars.” - Country Music People Magazine
“The Carolyn Sills Combo is an all-around attention getter with their flawless brand of Americana meets Folk-Country.” - No Depression
BIO
Radio: Angela Backstrom at angelabackstrompromo@gmail.com
Booking: Carolyn Sills at anothercarolyn@gmail.comPRESS/BOOKING CONTACT
PHOTOS
“Listening to The Carolyn Sills Combo, you might do a double-take: Is this newly fashioned country music, or a long-lost 1950s or '60s band coming out of the ether? The Combo is indeed that good.” - Vintage Guitar Magazine, 2024.
Hailing from Santa Cruz, CA, Carolyn Sills' Combo was named the 2024 Ameripolitan Award Winner for Western Swing Group in Austin, TX. Their unique take on American roots music is driven forward by guitar twang, swooning steel and her sharp songwriting. She's released four albums, one doughnut and countless videos to date, all brimming with dueling guitar & non-pedal steel, fun vocal harmonies and witty lyrics.
"I love writing story-driven snapshots where every word counts," says Sills, a Sacramento Western Swing Hall of Fame inductee who serves as the lead singer, bass player and songwriter. After paying tribute to country legend Marty Robbins with her 2019 release, Return to El Paso — a critically-acclaimed concept album that earned Sills the title of "Western Swing Female of the Year" from the Academy of Western Artists — she widened her focus with 2023’s On The Draw. "We're always growing and evolving." adds Sills, "We've received some wonderful award recognition for western swing music, but our sound is bigger than that."
Carolyn Sills is a classic American roots musician for the modern world, nodding to her old-school favorites one minute and exploring new ground the next. She also performs with guitarist (and husband) Gerard Egan in the old-school country & western project Poi Rogers. She’s doing her part to keep vintage American roots music styles alive and relevant in a modern world.
Check out Carolyn’s expansive music video collection by clicking here.
Check out Gerard and Carolyn’s duo, Poi Rogers here: www.poirogers.com
