Multi-genre artist Audrey Smith writes music from the heart, one molded within her rich cultural heritage of the North Carolina Piedmont. Her songs honor traditional country and southern folk, with a unique sound dancing between the lines of bluegrass, radio country, and Piedmont blues. She’s heavily influenced by North Carolina icons Doc Watson, Etta Baker, and her time spent in south Louisiana over the last decade.

As a pianist, Smith’s work includes performance dates as a leader and side person at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, New Orleans Jazz National Historical Parks, the Baton Rouge Blues Festival, the Marigny Opera House, and the Orpheum Theater, in addition to various small local clubs and venues in New Orleans and the Southeast. With her trio, her compositions and repertoire selection are influenced by the desire to keep inching the works of female and non-binary artists to the forefront of the American music canon, with a current focus on reviving the compositions of pianists Marian McPartland and Mary Lou Wiliams. Smith holds a Masters degree in Jazz Studies from the University of New Orleans.