Granville Automatic - The New Alt Country Project From American Idol's Vanessa Olivarez - Debuts In New York July 22 At The Living Room

Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Granville Automatic Official Website) - Granville Automatic, the new alt country project from Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins, debuts in New York City July 22 at The Living Room.

The duo write quiet and lyrical story songs pulled from a shared love of history, storms, horses, war and heartache. After writing together first in the spring of 2009, the pair spent the last year composing nearly 50 songs. A sonic combination of Gillian Welch, Ryan Adams, Emmylou Harris and the Cowboy Junkies, Granville Automatic's debut record is expected in early 2011 - the pair will record in Nashville this winter.

The NYC date is a part of the group's Acoustic Preview Tour, which began in Texas in June and runs throughout the South and East Coast, back to Texas and ends in Hollywood in October.

'I've worn a lot of musical hats since Idol,' Olivarez explained. 'And this is where I finally feel at home. It's a band about melodies and words, and the beauty of simple stories.'

Vocalist/songwriter Olivarez is a successful writer who has had a Top 10 single in Canada, co-wrote a track on Sugarland's multi-platinum "Enjoy the Ride" album and received a Dora nomination for her work in the Toronto production of "Hairspray." She was also a finalist in the second season of "American Idol." Guitarist/songwriter Elkins is a Grand Prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest who has showcased at the Billboard/BMI Acoustic Brunch at SXSW, at BMI showcases in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Nashville, and at CMJ. Her songs have appeared on television programs from "Smallville" to "Rescue Me", "Jersey Shore" to CNN.

Granville Automatic
Thursday, July 22
The Living Room (Googie's Lounge upstairs)
152 Ludlow
9:30 p.m. 21+
w/The Low Days, Hans Eric and Putnam Smith
www.livingroomny.com