Beth Wood

by Alex Henderson
Taking a rootsy approach to both amplified pop-rock and acoustic folk, Beth Wood is an obscure but promising singer/songwriter/guitarist who has lived in different parts of Texas and the Deep South. Wood, who is blessed with an impressive vocal range, was born and raised in Lubbock, TX, where she sang in a high school choir before moving to North Carolina to study voice at Brevard College for two years. After moving back to Texas, Wood earned a degree in literature from the University of Texas at Austin and became active on Austin's music scene. Then, she lived in Ashville, NC for awhile before ending up in Atlanta, where she signed with the small Autonomous Records in 1996. Wood's debut album, Woodwork, came out in 1997, following by New Blood in 1998. But unfortunately, she found herself without a label deal when Autonomous went out of business only three months after New Blood's release. Finding both of those albums out of print, Wood recorded her third album, Late Night Radio, independently and put it out herself in 1999.