INDIA RAMEY
Nashville, TN

             Georgia born, Alabama raised and Nashville based Americana and Country artist, India Ramey was singing before she could talk. “When I was a toddler, my Grandmaw would take me to church and I would stand out in the isle and sing my guts out to the choir even though I wasn’t actually saying actual words."  The granddaughter of a Sand Mountain, Alabama bluegrass and gospel singer, she came by her love to music honestly.  “There was always music around me growing up whether it was Grandaddy’s gospel singing or Saturday house cleaning days with my Mom and sisters singing Fleetwood Mac at the top of our lungs." 

             India’s musical journey was not typical.  “Having grown up poor, there was a lot of pressure for me to ‘go to college and make money’ so I convinced myself that music was a hobby”. Ramey, a domestic violence survivor graduated college, got a law degree and became a domestic violence prosecutor. “I thought if I was helping people like my Mom, I would like being a lawyer more”. Despite her love of helping people, Ramey’s love for music won in the end. She gave up her law career to become a full time musician and songwriter and has never looked back. 

              Featured as one of the “Must See Acts at SXSW", a Nashville’s Lighting 100 artist of the week, a two-time Americanafest showcasing artist,  and one of NPR’s “10 Nashville Artists on the Rise”, India has only continued to rise among the ranks as one of Country and Americana’s brightest up and coming, emerging artists.  Her most recent album, Shallow Graves debuted at number six on the Euro Americana Charts and landed a song as Rolling Stone’s pick of the week. Billboard says of her performance in her 2020 Nashville residency performance, “The rollicking set recalls everyone from Tammy Wynette to Wanda Jackson.”  Nashville’s Americana radio station, WMOT says "India is the perfect mixture of Loretta Lynn and Neko Case", Rolling Stone describes her as “Part Black Sabbath, part honky-tonk” and the BBC’s Ralph McLean says “India is a singer of the truth, she knows the value of a well-told tale sung with passion and honesty.  She is a bright light in the darkness. Long may she shine.”