Avril Smith

Written By Katherine Forbes

Avril Smith is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, widely recognized as an accomplished electric and acoustic guitarist and mandolin player. 

Avril plays lead guitar in the GRAMMY-nominated band Della Mae. She has been featured in Flatpicking Guitar Magazine and has reviewed guitars for Acoustic Guitar Magazine. 

Avril has performed at top venues and festivals including the Ryman Auditorium, the Grand Ole Opry, the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival (Oak Hill, NY), the Birchmere (Alexandria, VA), Rockygrass (Lyons, CO), Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Washington, DC), the Rock-n-Roll hall of fame (Cleveland, OH), and on the south lawn of the White House.

Avril has played with the Indigo Girls, Emmylou Harris, Steve Martin, Pete Seeger, Hazel Dickens, Tom Morello, Tom Paxton, Darol Anger, and John Kadlecik, among others.

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Katherine Forbes

Katherine Forbes is the founder of Nashville based website and brand design company, Designing the Row. Her client roster has grown to include GRAMMY Nominated & Award Winning Artists, New York Times Best Selling Authors, Film Composers, Reality TV Personalities, & many more! She is known for her clean and simple design style and is recognized as a Squarespace Expert and Squarespace Authorized Trainer. She is also the creator of music community, Music Biz Besties, and teaches digital music marketing as an adjunct professor at ETSU.

Her work has been featured on Forbes.com and she’s spoken on panels hosted by YELP, the Music Business Association, Women in Music, and many others.

Katherine believes that "your success depends on you taking action" and she's passionate about motivating and encouraging others to do just that!

https://www.designingtherow.com
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