Booking
Book Stella Gavitt
Some singers you hear. A few you feel. Stella Gavitt is the second kind.
The first time she opens her mouth on a Leiper's Fork stage, the room settles on its own. Conversations trail off. Phones go down. That is not the sound system — that is what people mean by “star quality,” the kind you notice in the first sixteen bars and remember on the drive home.
Stella lives where the music lives. Her home sits in the rolling hills of Primm Springs, a short drive from Leiper's Fork — the storied artists' village just south of Nashville and minutes from downtown Franklin. It is one of the richest pockets of live music in the country, and Stella sounds like she belongs to it: warm, weathered and honest, with Tennessee in every line.
The voice
A voice that hits notes most singers can't
Start with the instrument. Stella has a rangy, captivating voice that reaches notes most singers cannot, and she uses that range with control instead of showing off. She can pull a room into a whisper, then open up and fill it wall to wall a verse later — and hold it from the very first line until the last.
Her sound lives where Americana, folk and classic rock meet. Think power with restraint. If you love Brandi Carlile, Stevie Nicks or Bonnie Raitt, you already know the territory: grit and grace in the same breath, a voice that can ache on a ballad and roar on a rocker.
“An old soul with a voice that fills the room, the kind of set you don't want to end.”
The show
Solo or full band, she fits your room
Here is what makes Stella easy to book: she scales to your stage. Equally at home solo with an acoustic guitar or fronting a full band, she can deliver a hushed, candlelit listening-room set, a relaxed afternoon on a winery or distillery patio, a warm Friday-night restaurant or taproom show, or a full-band set with real lift for a festival or private event. Tell her the room, the run time and the vibe, and she builds the set to match.
She reads a crowd, too — the energy goes up when it should and comes down when it should. For a booker or event planner, that is the whole game: an act that fits the night you are selling and sends people home talking.
“Honest, weathered Americana that feels both brand-new and a hundred years old.”
Live · The Tornado Room · Leiper's Fork, TN
The moment
An “up and coming” name worth catching early
Stella is already on stage and building real momentum across the region. She has played open-mic and listening nights at Puckett's Grocery in Hendersonville, and turned rooms in Leiper's Fork into nights people talk about for weeks — from The Tornado Room to the speakeasy beneath The Country Boy. People drive out of their way to catch her, which is the surest early sign of a draw.
This is the part bookers should pay attention to. Stella is an “up and coming” voice on the Middle Tennessee circuit, which means now is the moment to put her on your stage. Catch her on the way up and your room becomes part of her story.
The place
Made for the Middle Tennessee stage
It is hard to imagine a better home base for an artist like Stella. Williamson County and Franklin sit inside the Americana Music Triangle — a region whose porches, songwriter rooms, wineries, distilleries, listening rooms and festivals have launched career after career. Leiper's Fork in particular is known for a stage-to-spotlight pipeline that turns local open mics into national names.
That is Stella's world. From the listening rooms and patios of Leiper's Fork, to Main Street in Franklin, to the songwriter stages of Nashville, out to Hendersonville and across Middle Tennessee — her Americana belongs in these rooms. She is ready for the next stage, and she is ready for yours.
Booking
Put her on your calendar
- Formats
- Solo acoustic, duo or full band — scaled to your room and budget.
- Ideal for
- Listening rooms and music venues, wineries and distilleries, restaurants and taprooms, private events and weddings, festivals and community events, and brand or corporate nights.
- Service area
- Leiper's Fork, Franklin, Nashville, Hendersonville, and across Williamson County and Middle Tennessee.
- Booking & press
- booking [at] stellagavittmusic.com. Full press kit (bio, photos, stage plot) on request.
- Listen & dates
- See upcoming tour dates and live videos.
Big voice, old soul, Tennessee roots. Put her on your stage and your audience will thank you for it.