Olivia Rudeen

Olivia Rudeen plays Belle Meade Winery on Sunday, October 11, starting at 12:30 PM. It's a free show, so you can just show up and listen without worrying about a ticket.

If you haven't caught her before, Rudeen's a songwriter who grew up in the backwoods of the Rocky Mountains and spent her childhood in Denver, Colorado. Her father sang her to sleep with lullabies by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, and James Taylor—the kind of record collection that leaves a mark on how you hear a song. In 2013, she moved to Nashville, and she's been working her way through the city's rooms ever since, playing The Rutledge, The Listening Room, and The Basement. She's shared stages with DeVotchKa, Lee DeWyze, Charlie Mars, Madi Diaz, Air Dubai, and Harper Blynn.

Some of her work has found its way onto TV, too. Her song "Better Off," recorded with collaborator Jeff Zacharski, was featured on ABC Family's Jane By Design, and songs from her 2012 EP, produced by Jimmy Stofer of The Fray, appeared on The Vineyard. Before she made the move to Nashville, she was a three-time winner of the Durango Songwriters Expo Write-With-A-Hitmaker contest, so the songwriting is the thing she's built her career around.

It's a Sunday afternoon set at Belle Meade Winery, so it's more of a midday thing than a late-night one. The show starts at 12:30 PM, and entry is free.