{"id":1426,"date":"2015-12-02T21:22:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T02:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/culturated.com\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2015-12-02T21:29:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T02:29:31","slug":"interview-with-granville-automatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/interview-with-granville-automatic\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview With Granville Automatic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ziggy Marley once sang, <\/span>\u201c<\/span>If you don<\/span>\u2019<\/span>t know your past, you don<\/span>\u2019<\/span>t know your future.<\/span>\u201d <\/span>If that<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s true, the ladies of Atlanta alt-country act Granville Automatic<\/a> could prove to be sage prognosticators.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Named after a 19<\/span>th<\/span> century typewriter, the duo<\/span>\u2013 <\/span>Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez<\/span>\u2013<\/span> <\/span>came together in 2009. Vocalist Olivarez, an <\/span>American Idol<\/span> finalist who went on to co-write songs for Sugarland, was looking to start a country band. Guitarist Elkins, who divided her time between fronting Atlanta rock band The Swear and songwriting sessions in Nashville, proved the perfect partner. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Within a year they<\/span>\u2019<\/span>d written over 100 songs, with a sound that recalls iconic artists like Gram Parsons<\/a>, Emmylou Harris<\/a> and Linda Ronstadt<\/a>. But while Granville Automatic<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s music draws its influences from classic country traditions, their lyrics are rooted in true stories culled from American history. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The band<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s second album, <\/span>An Army Without Music<\/span><\/a>,<\/a> finds them delving deeper into stories from the Civil War South. <\/span>We recently spoke to the duo in depth about the excellent album<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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