Tomi Lunsford

American singer and songwriter. She is married to [a1902286], who writes songs and is the Sr. Creative Director at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. A native of Asheville, N.C., Lunsford was born into a family with deep musical traditions. Her great-uncle, [a1593922], was a musician, singer, and folklorist who first recorded traditional mountain music in 1922. Her father, Jim Lunsford, was a singer, songwriter, and fiddle player who backed Roy Acuff and Reno & Smiley on the road, before relocating to Nashville with his wife and children in the mid-1960s to focus on songwriting.