This rising country star spins cinematic tales of female revenge
Country singer Willow Avalon discusses her new album, 'Pink Pocket Pistol,' which features cinematic, revenge-themed songs inspired by her upbringing. She attributes her storytelling style to her family's tradition of vivid, narrative-driven conversation.
Why it matters
It provides insight into the creative process of an emerging artist and the cultural influence of Southern storytelling in modern country music.
Country singer Willow Avalon's second album, "Pink Pocket Pistol," unfolds like a movie: a series of vignettes about (in most cases) a man that has wronged her or another woman.
"My whole life, everything that I do, I think about it cinematically," says Avalon, who performs Saturday at 9:30 Club in D.C. "I grew up not really watching television or movies, but when I would, it would be old-school: Alfred Hitchcock, 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' 'The Andy Griffith Show.' When I start writing a song … I'm always visualizing the actual visuals that go behind that."
Avalon, 28, grew up in Carlton, Georgia, a one-stoplight town with some 300 residents. When she would get into trouble, her dad, musician Jim White, would recount her misdeeds in vivid detail.
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