After seven years of calling Nashville home, aspiring singer and songwriter Allison Mahal needed a change of scenery.

So, she left Music City and moved … to Milwaukee.

Born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Lombard, Mahal desired a sense of community that she felt was missing in Nashville. She admittedly knew little about Milwaukee or what life is like in the 414, other than what she experienced during a few trips north to attend Summerfest.