Our May featured artist of the month is Linda Boles!
Linda Boles is a lifelong musician who started performing in her family’s bluegrass band, The Darden Family, gaining recognition in the 1950’s and 1960’s. She later played folk songs in coffeehouses, joined her brother’s rock band, Black River Circus, and sang for military troops in Cuba. After marrying the band’s bass player and having a daughter, tragedy struck in 1982 when her husband died unexpectedly. The Lord began inspiring Linda to write songs and she had a band, traveled and recorded albums, and appeared on radio and TV, including The 700 Club.
But life happened and things changed and she forgot about the songs that God had given her. She went to college and earned her degrees and began her music teaching career, retiring in 2017 after teaching for 42 years. The Lord spoke to her in February 2023 and told her to share the songs that He had given her so long ago. So began the journey of social media. She began posting her original songs on Facebook and YouTube and received likes and comments from followers all over the world. She partnered with Homegrown Worship in the UK to produce her songs for a global audience and her first release,UNBORN, ranked in the top five on Christian Radio Charts.
You can check out Linda at her website, https://www.lindabolesmusic.com