2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Hailey Whitters

Wednesday, March 16
8:30PM - 9:10PM

Antone's
305 E 5th St

Artist-8617

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Hailey Whitters has an endearing habit of suggesting she’s perennially late to the party. “I’ve always just felt like a late bloomer,” she says, with a sigh that turns into a laugh.

She’s awfully hard on herself.

Whitters grew up in Shueyville, Iowa, population just shy of 600. “It’s such a little town. It’s getting bigger, but we don’t even have a post office,” she says. “We have two bars, a wine cellar, and a church.”

“I took my first trip to Nashville when I was 16 and fell in love,” Whitters continues. “I immediately knew I wanted to move here.” A year later, she did. She also enrolled in college, and paid her proverbial dues as a nanny, waitress, and salon receptionist before signing with left-of-center lighthouse Carnival Music in 2012.

“When I was younger, I just mimicked people that I admired,” Whitters says. “I learned how to tell a story.” With an arresting voice effortlessly rooted in honky tonk’s lo...

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