Check Out Herrick’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Herrick. Them and their team share their story with us below:

Country Soul on The Rocks. Herrick is the patchwork of lives lived together.

Sewn up in organic composition and exquisite harmonies, theirs is a fabric held together with steel thread.

Nearly every single successful band that has ever been will tell you that the relationship between band members is very much like a marriage. When you spend hours, days, months and eventually years together sit side by side through mile after mile as you travel the country, and watch as your creations are born and breathe the breath of life, then you pretty much have a true understanding of marriage. For Kerry and Donna Herrick, that bond was sewn with a double-threaded needle being that they are, in fact, married, both literally and musically.

Their partnership started all the way back in junior high school, with a couple of kids growing up together in Spokane, Washington. Even then their love for each other was painfully obvious, both knowing they fit together perfectly in the great puzzle of adolescence. Kerry grew up with his 5 brothers and sisters surrounded by southern gospel music. His sister and cousin were professional musicians that comprised The Herrick Family Gospel Singers, so it was pretty much inevitable that music would carve a path under his feet. Donna was born a truly gifted singer, but her mother was the only person on the planet who knew it. Painfully shy, she wouldn’t dare open her mouth to anyone else…that is until Kerry came along. Finally joining in and lending her voice as she watched him and his brother sing in their ritual jam sessions, Kerry could not believe his ears.

At that moment the die was cast and their musical chemistry was set in motion. Herrick is the patchwork of two lives long lived together.

Sewn up in organic composition and exquisite harmonies, theirs is a fabric held together with steel thread.

Their migration to Nashville started with a fluke kind of situation. They released some songs online in the early stages of the internet revolution and one of those songs “If You Don’t Have Love” hit the Top 20 on the Christian Country Music Association Chart. After traveling to Nashville to perform at the CCMA Awards show, and taking sage advice from an industry mentor, they then made a permanent residence in Music City. You could fill a book with the stories of all that has happened since then. With pen in hand, they very nearly signed a major label deal early on, but due to the merging of companies, that fell through. Instead of waiting for new interests to develop, they went full-blown DYI releasing music independently. Their lack of major label support did not hinder the impact their music was having. Their 2012 debut album “New Dance” co-produced by Donna and Kerry, Michael Bonagura, and Buddy Cannon delivered two singles that hit the Music Row Chart and a music video that hit the Top 20 on The Country Network’s Countdown. Their second album “Cottonfields” followed in 2016. High praise from some of the most coveted music critics hovered around them with regularity over the years including music historian Robert K.

Oermann of Music Row Magazine and award-winning journalist Chuck Dauphin of Billboard Magazine, both cited Herrick as “the real deal.” Chuck Dauphin continued by saying “Herrick may very well contain the next great female voice of this generation in Donna Herrick.” The band boasts an impressive list of music awards including two IAMA International Acoustic Awards, “Folk/Bluegrass/Americana “Group of the Year,“ and most recently, “Entertainer of the Year” and “Female Vocalist of the Year” at the JMA Awards, and a Bronze Telly Award. They have also been nominated for two Americana Music Awards.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has never been easy for us. It’s hard being a female-fronted band. I think it’s hard for Nashville to grasp it. We never have been one to wait and see. That is why we are indie.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
We are songwriters, producers, engineers, musicians, vocalists, Entertainers, Social media experts, and Video Producers. We do it all. We call it being a hi-bred Artist. We have three full-length albums we have released on our indie label. New Dance, Cottonfields, and Sunderland Road.

Sunderland Road is up for three JMA awards (Josie Music Awards) the largest indie awards show in the world.

It’s like our CMA awards. We have been nominated for Country Group of the year, Country Single of the year (losin’ Cinderella Shoes), and Country Album Of the Year for “Sunderland Road” produced by Donna Herrick, Kerry Herrick, and Ron “Snake” Reynolds.

What matters most to you? Why?
Making the best music we possibly can. That will move the listener. Music for the true music lover.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.Herricklive.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herrick_band/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Herrickband1
• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Herrickband
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HERRICKBand

Image Credits
Promo Photos by Kisa Kavass Sunderland Road Album Cover Photo By Lucas Thornton, and NoblePhoto