Holly Auna started learning how to play her guitar around bonfires before playing hundreds of shows at venues all around the Louisville, Kentucky, area. Over the last 10 years, she has traveled back and forth between Nashville and New York City writing music and playing shows.
Growing up on a farm in a small town in southern Indiana. How have your midwestern roots influenced your career in music?
I grew up learning how to play guitar around a campfire while camping with my family and our horses. I was blessed to grow up near Louisville, Kentucky, which has an incredible music scene. After spending hundreds of campfire hours learning to play the guitar I was able to start playing shows around Louisville and going to shows of other incredible local musicians. I wouldn’t be who I am today without watching and learning from those incredible Louisville musicians. Two I have to mention by name are Danny Flanigan and Brigid Kaelin. I…