{"id":2322,"date":"2024-10-08T11:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/?post_type=musician&amp;p=2322"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:39:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:39:01","slug":"lydia-simonds","status":"publish","type":"musician","link":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydia Simonds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lydia Simonds is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter hailing from McDonough, Georgia. She draws inspiration from living in today\u2019s Music City and from growing up listening to 90s country music. Her music is a blend of traditional country themes with a modern edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, Lydia auditioned for American Idol Season 18 and impressed the judges with her talent, earning a spot in Hollywood Week. She has performed at iconic venues such as Friends In Low Places in Nashville, Eddie&#8217;s Attic in Atlanta, and has a residency at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Spring of 2024, Lydia quit her coffee shop job in order to pursue music full-time. She will be releasing new music later this year and early 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lydia Simonds is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter hailing from McDonough, Georgia. She draws inspiration from living in today\u2019s Music City and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2294,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"placement":[],"class_list":["post-2322","musician","type-musician","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lydia Simonds - Category 10 Nashville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lydia Simonds - Category 10 Nashville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lydia Simonds is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter hailing from McDonough, Georgia. She draws inspiration from living in today\u2019s Music City and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Category 10 Nashville\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/10\/Lydia-HighRes_Cat10.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/\",\"name\":\"Lydia Simonds - Category 10 Nashville\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/10\/Lydia-HighRes_Cat10.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-08T16:39:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/10\/Lydia-HighRes_Cat10.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/10\/Lydia-HighRes_Cat10.jpeg\",\"width\":5877,\"height\":3918},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lydia Simonds\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/\",\"name\":\"Category 10 Nashville\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lydia Simonds - Category 10 Nashville","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lydia Simonds - Category 10 Nashville","og_description":"Lydia Simonds is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter hailing from McDonough, Georgia. She draws inspiration from living in today\u2019s Music City and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/","og_site_name":"Category 10 Nashville","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/10\/Lydia-HighRes_Cat10.jpeg","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/","url":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/","name":"Lydia Simonds - Category 10 Nashville","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/10\/Lydia-HighRes_Cat10.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-10-08T16:39:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/10\/Lydia-HighRes_Cat10.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/10\/Lydia-HighRes_Cat10.jpeg","width":5877,"height":3918},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/musicians\/lydia-simonds\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lydia Simonds"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/","name":"Category 10 Nashville","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musician\/2322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musician"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/musician"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"placement","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.category10.com\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/placement?post=2322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}