biography
Alexis Thompson - singer/songwriter, guitar, mandolin
"If country music is three chords and the truth, Alexis Thompson is the female preacher of broken-hearted, socially-driven doses of honesty. With a style that ranges from country to folk to rock, Alexis Thompson mixes the sounds of banjo, mandolin, acoustic guitar, and a soulful country voice to create the musical musings of a young woman who has traveled many roads, both musically and in life.
Her current solo project is an album entitled, I Hate Money which promises to have the same alternative country and acoustic ballads as her previous work, with the growth and evolution of a musically-gifted woman. The album features the title track, I Hate Money, Thompson’s self-proclaimed, “angry girl song” that rebels against the financial struggles and human greed associated with society. It also includes the slow and memorable, Home in Handcuffs about spousal abuse and the oppression women feel in a male-dominated society.
With a promising new album full of mature and intelligent content, Thompson makes it clear she is ready to face the world as an independent and articulate individual.
“I’m no angel, no use trying to come across as one,” Thompson said. "Besides, it's much more fun to be the sinner than the saint!"
The move to Murfreesboro, Tennessee from Pennsylvania to attend Middle Tennessee State University in 2004 sealed the deal for Alexis Thompson to spend the rest of her life writing and performing music. Now in close radius to Nashville, Thompson plans to shop demos and find a position as a staff writer for a local publishing company.
“I want my songs to give people, women especially, strength and inspiration to be stronger individuals,” Thompson said. "
