Kendall Lujan - Your Next Favorite Band

Ever want to know what it sounds like to go vintage shopping with a friend who spills all the details about their shitty ex in a distinctive mid-range vibrato?  Well this is the episode for you!

Come join as we spend time with Portland, OR based, singer/songwriter Kendall Lujan.  Her music grabbed my ears from the first time I heard it, and I've had it on heavy rotation ever since.  Extremely fresh and new take on things, and her voice and vocalizations are distinctly her own.

In addition to diving in to her catalog (hard to decide which tracks to play!), we also learn that music was her comfort and happy place, even as a baby, and the universe orchestrated a chance meeting with one Carlos Santana who gave her encouragement and advice (albeit a little weird) at 11.

However struggles with anxiety and performing her own music kept her from playing her originals publicly until 2020.  But she was recognized for her unique talent rather quickly by Dominic Schmidt of Rola and helped her record her music and get on tour in Europe.  She now has a handle on the anxiety, but it needs to be worked like a muscle, she says, and if she doesn't exercise it, it can become difficult again.

Her debut album Lucky Penny drops this week!  And Kendall will perform live on the show with us, so don't miss it!

As always, our hope is to bring you "your next favorite band". If you tuned in today because you already knew this musician - thank you very much! We hope that you enjoyed it and would consider following us and subscribing so we can bring you your #nextfavband in the future. And check out nextfavband.com for our entire catalog of interviews!

If you have a recommendation on who you think OUR next favorite band should be, hit us up on social media (@nextfavband everywhere) or send us an email at nextfavband@stereophiliastudio.com.

Thank you to Carver Commodore, argonaut&wasp, and Blair Crimmins for allowing us to use their music in the show open and close. It makes everything sound so much better!

Let’s catch a live show together soon!

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