Freddy Parish and Lizzie Oakwood
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Freddy Parish is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Tucson, AZ. His career has included performing on the stage of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, opening for Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, winning first place in the West Virginia Open Clawhammer Banjo competition, and being selected by Nashville Musician Association president Dave Pomeroy as a winner in the songwriting contest Passport to Nashville.
Of Parish's 2021 EP, A Cold July in Tucson, UK magazine For Folk Sake wrote: "With a poet’s eye for hardship and a string-band leader’s ear for lush but focused arrangement, Freddy Parish’s A Cold July in Tucson delivers a mix of lyrical brains and musical brawn..."
In addition to his original songwriting, Parish arranges and performs traditional old time, bluegrass and country music. He has also worked as a sideman for national touring artists including Kashus Culpepper and western singer Joni Harms.
From Lizzie: I’m an indie songwriter, musician, and vocalist, born and raised in Tucson; I've written some songs for you! I hope my songs make you think, motivate you to take action, and let you know you are not alone. You are loved, and you matter, I'm glad you are here. <3
Lizzie has been a finalist in the 2024 Tucson Folk Festival songwriting competition, a finalist in the 2025 Dusk Music Festival Battle of the Bands, and won Alice Cooper's 2024 Proof is in the Pudding competition. Her debut album "Coated in her Dust" was released in March 2026.
As part of the 21st Annual “I Dream In Wide Screen”, premiering May 9th, 2026, at the Fox Theatre in Tucson, Arizona, Lizzie wrote the original music score for the award-winning film "Synesthesia". The award was for Best Sound Design in Film. Lizzie’s score was central to the film’s theme of an android discovering its own artistic voice.
Of Parish's 2021 EP, A Cold July in Tucson, UK magazine For Folk Sake wrote: "With a poet’s eye for hardship and a string-band leader’s ear for lush but focused arrangement, Freddy Parish’s A Cold July in Tucson delivers a mix of lyrical brains and musical brawn..."
In addition to his original songwriting, Parish arranges and performs traditional old time, bluegrass and country music. He has also worked as a sideman for national touring artists including Kashus Culpepper and western singer Joni Harms.
From Lizzie: I’m an indie songwriter, musician, and vocalist, born and raised in Tucson; I've written some songs for you! I hope my songs make you think, motivate you to take action, and let you know you are not alone. You are loved, and you matter, I'm glad you are here. <3
Lizzie has been a finalist in the 2024 Tucson Folk Festival songwriting competition, a finalist in the 2025 Dusk Music Festival Battle of the Bands, and won Alice Cooper's 2024 Proof is in the Pudding competition. Her debut album "Coated in her Dust" was released in March 2026.
As part of the 21st Annual “I Dream In Wide Screen”, premiering May 9th, 2026, at the Fox Theatre in Tucson, Arizona, Lizzie wrote the original music score for the award-winning film "Synesthesia". The award was for Best Sound Design in Film. Lizzie’s score was central to the film’s theme of an android discovering its own artistic voice.
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