Nashville, TN – Lauren Mascitti received Best of 2020 accolades from The New York Times and Saving Country Music, during the same month she is working hard as a nurse to COVID-19 patients, while cases continue to rise. What a fitting illustration of the extremes of 2020, which has proven to be a momentous year for Mascitti.
In the beginning of 2020, Lauren released her award-winning album God Made a Woman, produced by Shawn Camp. Shortly thereafter, she stole the hearts of millions as a contestant on American Idol by performing her original songs. The show catapulted her album to #4 on iTunes and the title track became her first single to be played on country radio. Critics took notice with American Songwriter, The New York Times, Saving Country Music, Billboard, People and Entertainment Weekly all praising Mascitti.
As COVID-19 raged and touring ground to a halt, Lauren joined the call to help others, returning to work on the front lines of the pandemic as a registered nurse at a HCA hospital in Tennessee. In May, she performed with Brad Paisley, Shania Twain, and Amy Grant, at a virtual concert broadcast to all 186 HCA hospitals honoring all of their healthcare heroes including 90,000 nurses and 47,000 doctors. She is finishing the year working as many shifts as possible caring for COVID patients, while continuing to write new music.
An inspiration to her fans, Mascitti plans to release new music and looks forward to touring nationally in 2021.