Tosha Hill loves writing songs and the stories she tells about their creation are nearly as delightful as the tunes themselves. Whether it’s the tale of having to write a song on a ukulele instead of a guitar because there wasn’t enough room in the car on a family trip to Missouri, or a song written while on the Natchez Trace on the way to visit a family member in the hospital in Tupelo (she got better), or the time she wrote a song while on a road trip to Atlanta to see an Emmylou Harris show; Tosha knows how to set the scene for the genesis of her songs.

She is an Alabama girl from the Muscle Shoals area and her powerful voice carries some of the soulful magic that seems to emanate from that particular stretch of the Tennessee River. Tosha is working her way up the Nashville songwriting food chain and already has penned tunes with John Oates (of Hall & Oates fame) and Hall of Famer Brenda Lee (another wonderful story about that session!). Nashville studio players back the tracks on the record but onstage she is joined by her brother Josh on guitar and Caleb on percussion. Her debut EP Forty Miles is a 5-song selection from an already large catalog of self-written tunes, many with the help of her daddy, Billy.