Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Stewart & Holly Halcomb. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Alright, Stewart & Holly thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Before we get into specifics, let’s talk about success more generally. What do you think it takes to be successful?
I think “successful” can look different for a lot of people. Our definition of successful would be just being happy & content with what we have done thus far in our music career. Followers, likes, streams, and all those “things” to us, doesn’t define success. We have having support from our family and fans, and that in itself, we feel like has made us very successful.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
Although they both grew up in Alabama, Holly Helms and Stewart Halcomb of The Springs first met playing the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. “Up before me was this girl. She sounded great. She was beautiful. I instantly knew I had to talk to her,” says Stewart. Little did they know they would become partners, offstage and on, amassing over one million streams across platforms, and opening for stars like Florida Georgia Line, Kelly Clarkson, Reba, Little Big Town, Eric Church, Alan Jackson, and many more.
When it comes to The Springs, the only real surprise is that it didn’t happen sooner. “It took three or four years before we became a duo,” explains Stewart. “We didn’t pursue anything initially but the more we dated, we realized that we made a great team,” details Holly, “We each have our strengths, and when we put them together, people in the industry noticed.”
Once together, there was no stopping them. Their live shows began to endear them to a rapidly growing fan base; they have made regular appearances at CMA Music Festival; charted on the Billboard Country Chart with their latest release, “Old Fashioned,” hitting #33; and their albums have landed on top 10 lists on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon Music. But perhaps most importantly, the two are now married.
“We got engaged at the Bluebird, right where we met,” smiles Stewart, “I was able to get her parents and my parents there on both sides of the stage. It was magical.” Several years on, they are strong as ever, with new music coming in the spring, a tour in the works, and more. “God has truly blessed us in so many ways. We are so thankful for the success we’ve had thus far, and are so excited to see what happens next,” says Holly, “The best part is we get to do it with our best friend, and the person we love the most.”
What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?
The Springs have a fantastic reputation of being a family friendly husband and wife duo. We have a built a brand based upon clean country music that has meaning behind it. Our fans have been supportive of that from the beginning.
Have you ever had to pivot?
COVID! Ha-ha! We were so busy right before Covid. We were on the road, touring, and playing shows every single weekend. We spent a lot of time AND money trying to pursue our music career. Covid hit and kind of turned everything upside down for us. The one positive thing that came out of Covid was that we had our son, now 3, Charlie.
We really took a step back from music after that, because the industry had changed quite a bit. We also wanted to raise our son and be there for him during some of these really important phases of his life. We are still writing for ourselves, other artist, playing shows, and we plan on releasing some new music this summer. We both have our own personal businesses as well, which we are really enjoying.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.thespringsband.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesprings/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesprings
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/thespringsband
- Other: TikTok: @thespringsband
Image Credits
Laura K. Allen Photography