Last summer at CD Baby’s third annual DIY Musician Conference in Nashville, an Ontario-based songwriter named AHI (pronounce “eye”) took advantage of as many opportunities as he could, first submitting his music to the song-pitch session, then signing up to record a performance for the YouTube Nashville Sessions, and lastly showcasing at The Cannery on Saturday night.
Throughout the weekend, NPR’s Bob Boilen was charmed by AHI’s soulful, wise, and optimistic voice, and the performer was invited to do a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR headquarters.
That video just went live, and you can check it out here:
Congrats to AHI on the great performance, and thanks to Bob Boilen for sharing his expertise and open ears at our conference.
Get your tickets now for 2019’s DIY Musician Conference in Austin, TX — August 16-18.
Chris Robley is an acclaimed singer-songwriter and award-winning poet from Maine.
His Beatlesque indie-pop and milltown Americana songs have been praised by The Associated Press, No Depression, KCRW, The LA Times, Boston Globe, NPR, American Songwriter, and others.
His poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, The Poetry Review, and more.
Robley has received a Maine Literary Award in Poetry, Boulevard’s Emerging Writers Prize for Poetry, and in 2016 was selected by former US-poet laureate Robert Pinsky as a finalist for the Dorset Prize.