Alex Hughes is a born-and-raised Calgary artist who has been performing since she was seven years old. She went from opening for her cousins’ band at family gatherings, to chasing her career in LA and Nashville, to landing back home and making the music she always wanted to make.
Her debut EP Take Me Home is out now. It’s been a long time coming.
We talked about growing up performing through the Calgary Stampede talent search, what it was like to move to LA at twenty and work with Grammy Award-winning producer Walter Athanasiev, the difference between LA’s image-first culture and Nashville’s story-first mentality, why coming back to Canada felt scary at first and then felt like exactly the right move, the song that sparked the whole project (“Until This Fire Dies”), and why “Slow Dancing in the Kitchen” almost didn’t make the EP, and why she couldn’t put it out without it.
Also: she once drove around Alberta in a truck with her face on it. We definitely got into that.
Alex is playing the Coke Stage at the Calgary Stampede this summer, along with Peach Fest in Penticton and Feast on the Beach in Cold Lake. And yes, vinyl is on the way.
Follow Alex Hughes on Instagram and TikTok.
On The Porch with Front Porch Music Season 5 Episode 12
We’re so excited to welcome you back for Season 5 of On The Porch with Front Porch Music.
If you enjoyed this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe … it’s one of the easiest ways to support the show and helps more listeners find us.
Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and join us On The Front Porch, every other Tuesday.
On The Porch with Front Porch Music is a Front Porch Production and is hosted by Logan Miller and Jenna Weishar. The podcast is produced by Jason Saunders.
The theme song for the podcast was written, produced, and performed by Owen Riegling.
Listen To Some Of Our Best Episodes
Catch up on any episode of our podcast you haven’t heard yet!! We’ve talked to some amazing artists and you’ll get to know them better than ever before.
Here’s some of our popular episodes below.
Brettyn Rose
Sully Burrows
See a list of all our previous episodes of the podcast and have a listen.
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