BACKGROUND

Avery has been singing since she can remember and began to write music at the early age of 9 years old. Inspired by such artists as Sara Bareilles, Jason Isbell, and Jake Wesley Rogers and influenced by a variety of other artists across multiple genres, Avery is focused on developing her own unique sound and continuing to write strong songs that deeply affect the listener.

In high school, Avery sang in her church youth choir and chorale, her school honors chorus, and was a two-time award-winning vocalist for the Lovett Honors Ellington Jazz Ensemble.

Avery's songwriting journey took off in January 2016, three weeks after turning 15, when she played her first open mic and "won," securing a spot in the famed Eddie's Attic Bi-Annual Songwriter’s Open-Mic Shootout. That year, she opened her first show (Jacob Harshman) at Red Clay Music Foundry and played in both the Open-Mic Shootout at Eddie's Attic and Red Clay that November, advancing to the quarterfinals in both. That same month, Avery was named a 2017 National Young Arts Merit Winner in the Vocal-Singer/Songwriter category. 

In June 2017, at the age of 16, Avery was named the runner-up in the 46th Bi-Annual Songwriter’s Open Mic Shootout at Eddie's Attic. In January of 2018, Avery was thrilled to be chosen as the winner of the 20th Series Tin Roof Acoustic Showdown in Atlanta and that year played at Atlanta's Hard Rock's Velvet Underground three times, including for the Imagine Dragons' TRF Foundation Road Trip. In the Fall of 2018, Avery was named the winner of the Eddie’s Attic 49th Bi-Annual Songwriter’s Open Mic Shootout and was named a 2019 National Young Arts Merit Winner in the Vocal-Singer/Songwriter category. In the Fall of 2019, Avery was named a 2020 National Young Arts Finalist-Honorable Mention winner and had the opportunity to spend a week in Miami learning from various professional artists and mentors and perform her original song, “Young and So In Love” at the 2020 National Young Arts Miami Showcase.

Atlanta native Avery Gipson is an award-winning singer-songwriter who tells universally relatable stories that both capture and move listeners. Often writing about the “hard stuff” we go through in life, Avery has a craft for making something tragic sound beautifully human. The winner of the Eddie’s Attic 49th Bi-Annual Songwriters’ Open Mic Shootout and a three-time National Young Arts Merit Winner in Voice-Singer/Songwriter, Avery recently graduated from the Belmont University songwriting program. Avery has a passion for performing live, breathing life into her songs wherever she goes. At the young age of 15, Avery started playing notable venues in Atlanta and Nashville such as Eddie’s Attic and Hard Rock Cafe, opening for acts including Communicant Band and playing festivals alongside artists such as Rayland Baxter. In fall 2022, she released her third studio single “Til Death Do Us Part”, which has been her biggest hit yet at 120k streams. Most recently, the artist Corrina released her single “Freight Train”, which Avery helped co-write alongside Corrina and Savannah Hall.