Elle King

Inspired to play music by the legendary, all-female hard rock band The Donnas after her step-father gave her a record of theirs at the tender age of nine, Tanner Elle Schneider had picked up the guitar by the age of thirteen and started writing her own songs. While at first she was inspired by hard rock and soul, by the time she reached her late teens she discovered a passion for bluegrass music that inspired her to take up the banjo as well. It was this combination of rock, soul and country that would influence her songwriting the most, and by the age of sixteen, she was playing live at the nightclubs of New York City (where she was studying in college), while getting in with a fake I.D.

Wisely, Schneider took her time before properly debuting as a singer/songwriter, and she didn't sign her first record deal until late 2011. Fortunately, the time that she'd taken to prepare had paid off, and the company she signed with ended up being RCA Records, who released her debut single “Good To Be A Man” in March 2012. Since then, she's released her debut album “Love Stuff” in 2015, and toured with everyone from Ed Sheeran and James Blake to Dropkick Murphys and Train. She's and artist with the world at her feet, and the sky is well and truly the limit at this point. For that, she comes highly recommended.