Libbi Bosworth is an Americana

Americana (music)

Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...

 and alt-country singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and recording artist from south Texas who rose to prominence in the mid 1990s.

Libbi was raised in a musical environment. Her father was a trucker who moonlighted as a honky-tonk singer, and her mother worked at an area country music station. Libbi left home at the age of 16 to pursue a music education and career.

In her formal education Bosworth trained with rock and jazz at the Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...

 in Boston, Massachusetts. She also performed in a punk band early on.

After returning to Texas, she returned to her country roots music style as well. In 1995 she broke into national radio airplay with her contributions from two compilation albums, Austin Country Nights and True Sounds of the New West. On the albums, Bosworth performed "East Texas Pines" and a duet with Dale Watson

Dale Watson

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, "After the Fire Is Gone

After the Fire Is Gone

"After the Fire Is Gone" is a 1971 duet single by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty and written by L.E. White as the only single released from the LP, We Only Make Believe. "After the Fire Is Gone" was the first number one on the U.S. country chart for Lynn and Twitty as a duo. It spent two weeks at...

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In 1997, she released her debut album, Outskirts of You. That year she also reached a wide audience when in 1997 she made her singular appearance on the PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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 music television program Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits is an American public television music program recorded live in Austin, Texas by Public Broadcasting Service Public television member station KLRU, and broadcast on many PBS stations around the United States...

 which spotlighted some "Best of Austin" performers.

Discography

• Austin Country Nights, (compilation of artists) 1995
• True Sounds of the New West, (compilation of artists) 1995
• Outskirts of You, Freedom Records, 1997 debut
• Libbiville, Stark Raving, 2001