Jill Andrews

Nashville singer-songwriter Jill Andrews built a thriving solo path through the 2010s after gaining recognition as half of the Everybodyfields, an Americana duo that earned strong critical praise. Her early solo albums placed multiple tracks in film and television projects, while additional standalone singles and partnerships expanded her reach, among them the 2016 streaming favorite “Sea of Love” recorded with Langhorne Slim. In 2018 she revisited a two-person format by launching Hush Kids with Peter Groenwald, then returned to individual work with the more personal Thirties, issued in 2020.

The 2000s had seen Andrews co-front the Everybodyfields alongside Sam Quinn, the group’s other principal voice. Based in Tennessee, the band logged years of road work behind three albums that mixed folk, alt-country, bluegrass, and roots rock. Quinn and Andrews ended the partnership in 2009 so each could concentrate on solo projects.

Shortly after the Everybodyfields publicly disbanded in June 2009, Andrews issued a self-titled EP the following October and assembled a new supporting group. Already a familiar presence in eastern Tennessee, she drew band members from other area acts, including former Everybodyfields keyboardist Josh Oliver. National touring occupied much of 2010; between dates she finished her first full-length solo album, The Mirror, which appeared in 2011. Interest stayed high in subsequent years thanks to covers of the 1980s hits “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “We Built This City,” even as she prepared her next record. A publishing arrangement with Big Yellow Dog Music placed her songs on shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Nashville, and American Idol. The War Inside, her 2015 sophomore release, presented a broader, more layered sound, and several tracks—including the Seth Avett collaboration “I’m So in Love with You”—performed strongly on streaming platforms.

Andrews next joined fellow songwriter Peter Groenwald to create the indie folk/alt-country duo Hush Kids, whose self-titled debut arrived in 2018. She then resumed solo activity with the introspective Thirties, released in early 2020.