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Rising NW Indiana Country Star Visits Midwest BEAT with Tom Lounges

This “MIDWEST BEAT with Tom Lounges” program originally aired on Tuesday, March 14 

In-Studio Guest:  JERICA PALIGA Regional Country Musician  
 
Chesterton country music singer/songwriter JERICA PALIGA stopped in-studio to play a couple of acoustic songs live on air, spotlight a couple of her recorded tracks from  her forthcoming album, and chat about how she came to seek a musical career.
 
Having learned to play guitar at the age of 15, the now 19-year-old says she's always had a passion for music and a dream to be a performer.  This past year, Jerica has been very busy writing songs, and even ventured down to Nashville, Tennessee to record her songs with some seasoned session musicians in the heart of Music City.
 
She has already performed at "The Country Thunder Music Festival" in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin and opened for country superstar Eric Church, while building up a strong online presence.   Keep up with Jerica on Facebook.
 

Tom Lounges has been a radio personality and music journalist since 1979. For the last 43 years, Tom has been reporting on entertainment as a weekly music columnist and feature writer for The Times newspaper.