Atlanta · Est. 1994 · Chapter Two
TrinaMeade& Co.
Cosmic Southern & Soul Rock
Thirty years of Atlanta stages — Black rock, blues and roots music played like the ground under you and the sky over you are the same thing.
The inner circle
Comebackstage.
Not a newsletter. A door into Trina's world — rough mixes before anyone hears them, rehearsal film, tour stories, and the first ticket link every time.
- Behind the scenesRehearsal rooms, soundchecks, load-outs and the take that almost worked.
- Early musicRough mixes, demos and first listens before anything reaches streaming.
- First access to ticketsPresale windows, VIP options and the small rooms that sell out fast.
- Stories from the roadTour diaries, photographs and reflections that never make it to social.
Two fields. That's it.
Roots below · Cosmos above
The artist
Portrait · 4:5
Portrait — 4:5 vertical, close, natural light, no retouching
She has been here. She is not finished.
Trina Meade came up in the rooms where Atlanta's music actually happens — church basements and blues bars, DIY rock clubs and late-night studio sessions where soul, rock and roots music never bothered with the borders the industry drew.
She has fronted bands, held down harmonies behind other people's names, and built a reputation as a performer who tells the truth at volume. Trina Meade & Co. is the moment all of that becomes hers.
“The history isn't the story. It's the reason you can trust the story.”
Full-bleed live film · muted loop · poster frame
Roots below,
cosmos above
— and the electricity running through the middle of it.
Grooves become orbits
The new era
Untitled Debut
Album — in progress · 2026
Cover artwork · 1:1
Cover artwork — 1:1
01
Recorded live to tape between Atlanta and Muscle Shoals. Horn charts, distorted guitar, and a voice that has been waiting for this record.
- 01Company Line4:12
- 02Sweet Trouble3:38
- 03Peachtree at Midnight5:01
- 04Nobody's Daughter3:52
On the road
Come stand in it.
27
SEP 2026
Nashville, TN
The Basement East — with The Reverend Horns
Sold out
Road · Horizon · Sky
Watch
The band, on film.
Live performance · 5:22
Company Line — Live at Terminal West
▶ Play feature
▶ 3:04
Studio
Studio session: horns on 'Sweet Trouble'
▶ 2:11
Backstage
Soundcheck, Athens GA
▶ 8:47
Interview
Trina on Black rock in Atlanta
The Company
Raw enough to feel. Tight enough to fly.
A band, not a backing track.
Bandleader · 4:5
Trina Meade
Vocals, guitar
Bandleader and songwriter. Three decades of Atlanta stages across soul, blues, and rock.
- Three5Human
- Atlanta Blues Society honoree
- 1,000+ live shows
Marcus Aduba
Guitar
Tone-obsessed player who came up through the Southern gospel and garage-rock circuits.
- Session work, Tree Sound
- Toured with The Ellis Set
Renée Boudreaux
Bass
New Orleans-raised pocket player. Holds the low end like a second heartbeat.
- Jazz Fest '23
- Muscle Shoals sessions
Dee Whitfield
Drums
Hits like a horn section. Twenty years between church, funk and hardcore.
- Producer, Peach District
- Grammy-nominated credits
Simone Carr
Keys, backing vocals
Hammond and Rhodes; arranges the harmonies that make the choruses land.
- Arranger, Atlanta Symphony pops
- Solo EP, 'Wild Register'
Heat, haze and starlight
In print
“A voice with dirt under its fingernails and a choir in its chest.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution · March 2026
“Black rock in Atlanta has a new standard-bearer, and she has been here all along.”
Creative Loafing · January 2026
The reinvention that wasn't
“Ninety minutes that felt like a revival meeting with a fuzz pedal.”
No Depression · November 2025
Live review: Terminal West
Atlanta Blues Society — Artist of the Year nominee
SXSW official showcase, 2026
Three5Human — founding member
Featured, NPR Southern Songwriters series
From the road
Some of this is members only.
Journal
The tape machine story
Why we tracked the whole thing live, and what broke on day two.
- Members only
Video
Rehearsal room, 11pm
Eight minutes of the band finding the bridge to 'Nobody's Daughter'.
- Members only
Audio
Voice memo: a song about my mother
The first version, sung into a phone in a parking deck.
Photo diary
Tour van, somewhere in Alabama
Twelve frames from the drive between Birmingham and New Orleans.
Cosmic Southern & Soul Rock
Comewith us.
The next chapter is already starting.