Sturgill Simpson ( English Sturgill Simpson ) [2] - American country rock musician, author. Winner of several awards, including three Americana Music Awards and a Grammy Award nomination for Best American Album (for Metamodern Sounds in Country Music CD) [3] [4] .
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| Professions | singer , guitarist |
| Years of activity | 2004- |
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| Genres | Country , outlaw country , alt country , country rock , rock , roots rock , country soul |
| Labels | Atlantic Records, High Top Mountain, Loose Music |
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Biography
- See also Sturgill Simpson Early life in the English section.
Born July 8, 1978 [5] [6] in Jackson , Brittany County, Kentucky ( USA ). His father served in the police in the anti-drug department [6] [7] , and his mother’s family members worked in the mine [8] . He served in the United States Navy for three years, lived in Japan, Washington [9] and then returned back to Kentucky's hometown of Lexington [10] .
His album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music was named Rolling Stone magazine one of the best in 2014 (No. 18 in “50 Best Albums of 2014”) [11] , and is also included in NPR's 50 Favorite Albums of 2014 [12] .
Discography
- See also “ Sturgill Simpson Discography ” in the English section.
- High Top Mountain (2013)
- Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
- A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Americana Music Awards | Emerging Artist of the Year [13] | Victory |
| 2015 | Artist of the Year [14] | ||
| Song of the Year (" Turtles All the Way Down ") [14] | |||
| Grammy awards | Best Americana Album [4] | Nomination | |
| 2017 | Grammy awards | Best album of the year | Nomination |
| Best Country Album | Victory | ||
| UK Americana Awards [15] [16] | International Song of the Year - Welcome To Earth (Pollywog) | Nomination | |
| International artist of the year | Victory | ||
| International album of the year | Nomination |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 AllMusic - 1991.
- ↑ Songwriter / Composer: Simpson, John Sturgill . BMI Date of appeal April 15, 2016. (unavailable link)
- ↑ Welch, Will . Meet Three Country Badasses Who Are Shaking Up the Nashville Establishment , GQ (January 7, 2016). Date of treatment January 10, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 57th Grammy Awards: Final Nominations List . Grammys . National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (2014). Date of appeal April 16, 2016.
- ↑ John Sturgill Simpson - Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes . FamilySearch . Date of appeal April 15, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 J Sturgill Simpson, United States Public Records, 1970–2009 . FamilySearch . Date of treatment July 16, 2014.
- ↑ Cooper, Duncan Another Country: A Freewheeling Hour with Sturgill Simpson . The Fader (July 15, 2014). Date of treatment July 16, 2014.
- ↑ Martin, Rachel 'I Wanna Make Art': Sturgill Simpson's Twisting Path To Nashville . Weekend Edition Sunday . NPR (May 25, 2014). Date of treatment July 16, 2014.
- ↑ Maron, Marc . Episode 706 - Sturgill Simpson / John C. Reilly , WTF with Marc Maron Podcast (12 May 2016). Date of appeal May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Tunis, Walter Kentucky native Sturgill Simpson took a long road, and railroad, to Nashville . Lexington Herald-Leader (30 May 2013). Date of treatment April 18, 2014.
- ↑ 50 Best Albums of 2014.18: Sturgill Simpson, 'Metamodern Sounds in Country Music' , Rolling Stone (December 1, 2014). Date of treatment March 17, 2016.
- ↑ NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2014 , NPR's (8 December 2014). Date of treatment March 17, 2016.
- ↑ Jason Isbell Sweeps, Sturgill Simpson Wins Big at Americana Awards , ' Billboard ' (September 18, 2014). Date of treatment March 17, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Stefano, Angela . Lucinda Williams, Sturgill Simpson Earn Major Honors at 2015 Americana Music Awards , The Boot (September 17, 2015). Date of treatment March 17, 2016.
- ↑ Archived copy (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment February 14, 2017. Archived February 4, 2017.
- ↑ UK Americana Awards 2017 winners announced - Entertainment Focus