Gone With The West

Nashville-based GONE WITH THE WEST, named 2024 “Group of the Year” by the Academy of Western Artists, delivers high onstage energy, honey-smooth harmonies and seasoned musicianship, with an entertaining mix of traditional and original Western music. This powerhouse all-female award winning band includes: Mary Kaye Holt, vocalist and songwriter and multiple award winner (IWMA/AWA/National Cowboy Museum “Wrangler”) Micki Fuhrman, vocalist/keyboardist (WWA “Spur” Award - Best Western Song; 2023 “Wrangler” - Best Traditional Western album) Tecia McKenna, Spanish-born singer/songwriter/guitarist (winner of the 2023 IWMA Songwriting Competition) Merna Lewis, aka “The Barefoot Fiddler” (Fourth-generation fiddle player and two-time IWMA Musician of the Year Nominee) 2024 Group/Duo of the Year by IWMA (nom.); penned IWMA's 2024 songwriting contest winner, "Heartbreak Moon,” to be released in 2025 Headlined the 2023 IWMA awards show (ABQ, NM), & 2024 Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering