Lydia Loveless (Solo) / Brian Dunne

Blessed with a commanding, blast-it-to-the-back-of-the-room voice, 25-year-old Lydia Loveless was raised on a family farm in Coshocton, Ohio—a small town where there was little to do except make music.

With a dad who owned a country music bar, Loveless often woke up with a house full of touring musicians scattered on couches and floors. When she got older, in the time-honored tradition of teenage rebellion, she turned her back on these roots, moved to the city (Columbus, Ohio), and immersed herself in the punk scene, soaking up the musical and attitudinal influences of everyone from Charles Bukowski to Richard Hell to Hank Williams III.

Brian Dunne is a singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. His style is defined by sharp lyrical prowess and country-tinged vocals. In February 2015, he released his full-length debut, Songs from the Hive, which garnered praise from CMT, Songwriting Magazine, among others. His sophomore album, Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements, was released in May and debuted at no. 10 on the iTunes Songwriter charts, earning him performances on NPR's Mountain Stage and the Cayamo Cruise.

Dunne has shared the stage with many songwriting legends, including Robert Earl Keen, Delbert McClinton, Justin Townes Earle, and Lee Ann Womack.

Watch Loveless perform "Same to You":