Lauren Mascitti

Don’t let her quiet, laid-back demeanor fool you. When Lauren Mascitti hits the stage, she’s a little Italian spitfire ready to give her all to an audience. “I would describe my sound as an earthy, traditional country with some Americana and Delta Blues flavors. Lyric-wise, I write about life experiences.” Lauren is a country singer/songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and mandolin player from Louisville, OH. Raised by her grandparents, she has been singing since the age of 7 and writing since she was old enough to make up jingles on her toy tape recorder. “I grew up surrounded by classic country music. My papaw is a huge fan of the Highwaymen, especially Waylon Jennings, so Waylon became a big musical inspiration to me. My Nana would let me stay up late to watch the Statler Brothers show on TV, especially when Crystal Gayle was on. I even got the music bug watching Disney movies like Fantasia and Pocahontas. Music and lyrics have always been my way of expressing myself, and country and gospel music have always been the most honest outlet for me.” She has sung at many of the theaters in Branson, MO including the Mickey Gilley Theater (in the Mickey Gilley show) Hamner Barber Theater, Mansion America, Tri Lakes, Mo Bandy Theater, the Americana, the Whitehouse Theater, and the Radisson Hotel. She also lived in Branson while doing "Southern Gospel Sundays" and over 30 shows with gospel legend Gary McSpadden at the Americana Theater. She has studied under the vocal genius of Nashville, Brett Manning, and the very beautiful and talented Jana King Evans of Branson, MO. Lauren was also blessed to be in the top 8 for the Inspiration Network's National "Christian Artist Talent Search" for 2008 where she worked with Southern Gospel vocalist, Jason Crabb. At the age of 16, Lauren’s first radio release, an original titled “Child of God”, debuted at #70 on the national Southern Gospel radio charts. In February 2009, she was a runner up in the Miss Italia USA pageant held at The Landerhaven in Cleveland OH. Lauren was blessed to be the Colgate Country Showdown 2009 winner for the state of Ohio. In 2011, Lauren was excited to have had two #1s on Radioactive Airplay, one of which she wrote (“Save Me from Myself”). This past April, Lauren had another #1 on Radioactive airplay with “Mercy and Grace”, a dynamic duet with well-known gospel recording artist, Buddy Mullins. Lauren recently moved to Nashville after spending most of her summers there doing songwriter showcases at different venues throughout Nashville and working with country music legend and good friend, Pam Tillis. Since she started singing and recording at 7 years old, Lauren has recorded 9 CDs. Her 2010 album titled "Thought I'd get a Love Song" was produced by Jana King Evans, Buddy Mullins, Pam Tillis, and Adam Kohout, and is composed mostly of songs she has written. It is available on iTunes and CD Baby. Her album titled "A Gypsy Point of View" was produced by Lauren and Jana King Evans, composed solely of original songs, and is available on iTunes and CD Baby. Lauren just finished her newest album "It's Never Just a Song" and it will be available mid-September. Although she sings many places out of state, including the Wheeling Jamboree, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Lauren also performs at many churches and music venues in her native state of Ohio, including Ohio's 3 Oprys (The Lebanon Opry, The Ohio Valley Opry, and The Southern Ohio Opry.) "I give all the glory to my wonderful Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He's my Hero." Lauren has shared the stage with artists such as Larry Gatlin, Eddy Raven, Frank Myers, Leslie Satcher, Pam Tillis, Carrie Tillis, Bobby Tomberlin, Jason Crabb, Gerald Crabb, Mickey Gilley, Deana Martin, actor, screenwriter, and producer Paul Borghese, actor Lou Martini, Clay Aiken, Gary McSpadden, The Browns, the World Famous Platters, the Booth Brothers, the Down East Boys, the Virginia Boys, Jesse Dixon, Karen Peck and New River, Kurt Tally, The Hoskins, Tim & Alice Lovelace, The Steeles, Gordon Jenson, and many others.