Clover-Lynn
Clover-Lynn | |
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| Born | Franklin County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Genres | gothic country bluegrass |
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| Instruments | banjo |
| Years active | 2019–present |
TikTok information | |
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| Followers | 303.3K |
| Likes | 9M |
Last updated: October 27, 2024 | |
Clover-Lynn, also known as hillbillygothic, is an American bluegrass and gothic country musician and TikToker. She is the banjoist of the band Clover-Lynn and The Hellfires.
Biography
[edit]Clover-Lynn grew up in rural Franklin County, Virginia. Her family has lived in the Appalachia region of the Virginian Blue Ridge Mountains for over two-hundred years. She was raised in the Baptist tradition.[1]
Clover-Lynn grew up listening to country and bluegrass music, citing The Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, and Rhiannon Giddens as early influences.[1] She worked in the tech industry on the west coast before moving back to Virginia to pursue a career in music.[1] She is the lead of the band Clover-Lynn and the Hellfires, formerly called the Laurel Hells Ramblers.[2][1] In 2024, she performed at the Floyd Country Store music venue in Floyd County, Virginia.[1]
Clover-Lynn amassed a large following on the social media platforms TikTok and Instagram, under the username hillbillygothic, where she posts videos of herself playing the banjo and combatting misognyist and anti-LGBTQ content.[3]
She is a transgender woman and part of the goth subculture.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Rosenthal, G. Samantha (2024-10-03). "In Appalachia, Hell Hath No Fury Like a Trans Goth With a Banjo". Them. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ "Clover-Lynn and The Hellfires". Music on TIDAL. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ "AEA Sessions: Brit Taylor & Adam Chaffins, Live at AmericanaFest 2024". The Bluegrass Situation. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ "Guest Clover Lynn (HillbillyGothicc) | How TF Did You...?". howthefuckdidyou.podbean.com. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- Living people
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people
- 21st-century American musicians
- 21st-century American women musicians
- 21st-century banjoists
- American country banjoists
- American TikTokers
- American transgender musicians
- American transgender women
- Bluegrass musicians from Virginia
- Country musicians from Virginia
- Former Baptists
- Gothic country musicians
- LGBTQ people from Virginia
- LGBTQ TikTokers
- People from Franklin County, Virginia
- Transgender women musicians
- Women banjoists