Alicia McGovern

Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Secondary Genre: Folk Salt Lake City, Utah USA Contact

Alicia McGovern doesn't just write songs and sing them, she feels them deeply and when you listen to her, you can't help but do the same." -Steve Seskin

Artist Information

Biography


Winner: Kerrville New Folk Competition 2012

Winner: Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest, 2011

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"I hear the craft behind her lyrics and realize she's the best kind of artist: she makes her art seem effortless."

-Devon Leger, Hearth Music, Victory Review Music Magazine,11/2010
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Since releasing her first record (We Just Fly, 2009), Kerrville New Folk Winner Alicia McGovern has quickly been standing out as a singer/ songwriter whose performances are authentic, vulnerable, and compelling.

In addition to winning the esteemed Kerrville New Folk Competition (May 2012), Alicia also won The Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the Sisters Folk Festival in September 2011.

She has also placed, or been a finalist in, The Mountain Stage New Song Regional Round (2012), The Great American Song Contest (Top 5 in the Singer/Songwriter Category, 2012), The Susanne Millsaps Memorial Song Contest (Finalist, 2011), The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Competition (Honorable Mentions in 2010 and 2012), and The Tucson Folk Festival Songwriting Contest (Third Place, 2010).

In October 2010, Alicia released her sophomore CD (Words Through The Seasons). The record was warmly received by the Folk Community, charting on the Folk Radio charts at #5 in December of 2010, and for February 2011 at #2 on the EuroAmericana Chart (the latter leading to a Netherlands tour in early 2012). "Words Through the Seasons" was listed as on one of the top folk albums of 2011 by The Folk DJ Charts.

In the words of renowned songwriter Steve Seskin, Alicia's music is "passionate, poignant poetry combined with beautiful melodies sung with a great sense of what she's singing about. Alicia McGovern doesn't just write songs and sing them, she feels them deeply and when you listen to her, you can't help but do the same."

Instrumentation

Alicia McGovern- songwriter, vocals, guitar

Discography


We Just Fly (April 2009).

Words Through the Seasons (October 2010).

Official Website

http://aliciamcgovernmusic.com/

Links

Audio

Lyrics

Video

Alicia McGovern (USA) live from Roots on the Road.nl @ PODIUM (video by Larwin).mp4

Photo Gallery

  • photo by Nick Steffens

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  • At the Kerrville New Folk Winners' Concert (photo by Neale Eckstein)

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  • At The Moab Folk Festival (photo by Reggie Barrett)

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  • At the Tap Root in Anchorage, AK (photo by Erik Nordstrom)

  • Opening the Moab Folk Festival! (photo by Reggie Barrett)

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  • Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest, photo by Kelley Martin, Acoustic Pie Radio

  • Southern Utah (photo by Justin Mool)

  • At Cultuurhuis Heerlen- Heelen, Netherlands (Photo by Marcel Houweling)

  • At Our Kind Of Folk (photo by Kat Griffith)

  • Photo by Kat Griffith (taken at Our Kind Of Folk)

  • At De Bunker- Gemert, Netherlands (Photo by Marcel Houweling)

  • At Cafe Trianon (Ramble on Tuesday)- Nijmegen, Netherlands (Photo by Marcel Houweling)

  • At 't Groen Koffiehuis- Geldrop, Netherlands (Photo by Marcel Houweling)

  • At the Forest Fair in Girdwood, AK (photo by Erik Nordstrom)

  • At the Sisters Folk Festival, opening the main stage after winning the Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest! (photo by Jay Mather)

  • photo by Nick Steffens

  • Alta, Utah (Photo by Nick Steffens)

  • Photo by Nick Steffens

  • photo by Nick Steffens

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  • At De Bunker- Gemert, Netherlands (Photo by Marcel Houweling)

Press

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  • Great American Song Contest award-winner Alicia McGovern [+ Show ]

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  • Alicia McGovern: Words Through the Seasons [+ Show ]

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  • ALICIA McGOVERN – WORDS THROUGH THE SEASONS [+ Show ]

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  • Alicia McGovern: Words Through the Seasons [+ Show ]

    Alicia McGovern’s Words Through The Season has been high on the Euro American chart for the past two...

  • Alicia McGovern – De kracht van het woord (Interview)

    Click URL to read Dutch-written interview (English Version Available on site) by Ed Muitjens.

  • Alicia McGovern Words Through The Seasons [Alicia McGovern 2010] [+ Show ]

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Setlist

Alicia can provide a full night of music, with about 30 originals, many traditionals (including her own arrangements), and many covers of beloved songs.

Basic Requirements


Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
Jun 3, 2013 Monday TBA Kerrville Folk Festival Kerrville, TX, US
Jul 21, 2013 Sunday 1:30 PM Miner's Park Concert Series Park City, UT, US
Aug 23, 2013 Friday 7:00 PM San Angelo Concert Series San Angelo, TX, US
Sep 21, 2013 Saturday 6:30 PM Carolyn's Garden Concerts Salt Lake City, UT, US
Dec 6, 2013 Friday 7:00 PM Tony's Studio B Lakeland, FL, US
Dec 7, 2013 Saturday 10:00 AM Lakeland Downtown Farmers Curb Market Lakeland, FL, US
Dec 7, 2013 Saturday 6:30 PM Among Friends Music Series Lakeland, FL, US
Dec 13, 2013 Friday TBA Our Kind Of Folk Seminole, FL, US
May 2, 2014 Friday 7:30 PM IAMA Local Concert Series Salt Lake City, UT, US