Singer-songwriter loves performing

Fledgling singer-songwriter Danielle Lyn may have called her debut release, “The 76 West EP,” but perhaps “The 76 West to 71 South EP” would have been more apropos, considering the 2005 Struthers High School graduate appears destined for Nashville sooner or later.

Influenced by a unique mixture of Marc Broussard, Jonny Lang, Aerosmith and Hanson (hey, we all have guilty pleasures!), Lyn has been champing at the bit over the past few years in preparation for this moment.

“I’d go out and do cover songs at local clubs and bars when I was 16,” said Lyn, 20. “They’d allow me to do it, but it was weird because I wasn’t doing any of my own stuff. And then after I graduated from high school, I went to Youngstown State University, and I was just always distracted. I just really wanted to try to go out and do this myself.”

Lyn will perform at the Mahoning River Blues Festival this weekend at the B&O Station.

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