{"id":12470,"date":"2014-06-22T17:16:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T00:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=12470"},"modified":"2014-06-22T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T00:16:16","slug":"kaylee-rutland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2014\/06\/kaylee-rutland\/","title":{"rendered":"KAYLEE RUTLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12471\" alt=\"M-34-kaylee-rutland\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-34-kaylee-rutland.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-34-kaylee-rutland.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-34-kaylee-rutland-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>KAYLEE RUTLAND<\/h1>\n<p>HOMETOWN: Dallas, Texas<br \/>\nINFLUENCES: Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood,\u00a0Sara Evans<br \/>\nALBUM: <i>Kaylee Rutland <\/i>EP, out now<br \/>\nWEBSITE: kayleerutland.com<\/p>\n<p>Singer-songwriter Kaylee Rutland\u2019s first gig in\u00a0front of a live audience happened in an unlikely place\u2014the Dallas Zoo. \u201cAside from my family, I think there were more animals watching than people,\u201d she says, \u201cbut it was a great first experience.\u201d Later appearances at the Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 and the House of Blues pulled her toward grander ambitions. Rutland moved to Nashville in 2012 with the goal of performing at the Grand Ole Opry. Her debut self-titled EP includes \u201cInto the Circle,\u201d a collaboration with Grammy-nominated artist Jamie O\u2019Neal and Colt Ford, co-writer of Jason Aldean\u2019s \u201cDirt Road Anthem.\u201d Currently enrolled in Belmont University\u2019s music business program, Rutland balances touring with her studies. With a broad stylistic range, her brand of country keeps one foot in the past and the other moving forward. \u201cI love to honor traditional country with elements that offer a contemporary feel,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/save\/\"><b>Subscribe to <\/b><b><i>M Music and Musicians<\/i><\/b><b>. $12 for one year &gt;&gt;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KAYLEE RUTLAND HOMETOWN: Dallas, Texas INFLUENCES: Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood,\u00a0Sara Evans ALBUM: Kaylee Rutland EP, out now WEBSITE: kayleerutland.com Singer-songwriter Kaylee Rutland\u2019s first gig in\u00a0front of a live audience happened in an unlikely place\u2014the Dallas Zoo. \u201cAside from my family, I think there were more animals watching than people,\u201d she says, \u201cbut it was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[7429,7437],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12472,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12470\/revisions\/12472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}