With his ingenious blend of acoustic bass body pats, string pull-offs, harmony-implying pedal tones and double-stops, and counterlines seamlessly fit to his impassioned vocals and introspective lyrics, Scott Mulvahill paints a surprisingly colorful sonic picture for each of his solo-rendered songs. But that doesn’t mean Mulvahill, best known for his stint with bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs before breaking out on his own, isn’t hearing more in his head. That’s the idea behind the Houston-raised, Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s new EP, Surrounded, a follow-up to his landmark 2019 debut disc, Himalayas, and his tuneful second EP, Creative Potential. Mulvahill decided to go slightly bigger for the aptly-named, 6-track Surrounded, adding various chamber-size ensembles to his bass, voice, and guitar work. We reached out to Scott, who opened for Lauren Dagle and Cory Wong before the pandemic, and is is eager to resume his road dates, to get an inside view of his latest effort.&nbs