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DISCOVERY PARK | OCTOBER 18-20, 2024

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Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan

During his career, Luke has amassed a total of 21.7 Billion global streams, 11.5 Million global album sales and 52 Million track sales worldwide. He is the most digital single RIAA certified country artist of all time with 83 Million units and 15.5M album certified units for a total of 98.5M. He has placed 30 singles at #1 and has accumulated 56 total weeks spent at #1 in his career. He was recently presented with the SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award in recognition of his standing as one of the most streamed artists in SoundExchange’s 20-year history. His headline concert tours have played sold-out shows for millions and millions of fans inclusive of nearly 40 stadium concerts, Farm Tours, Spring Break shows, and eight sold-out ‘Crash My Playa’ destination concert events. At Luke’s recent sold-out Bridgestone concert- his sixth consecutive- Billboard touted, the “key to his success as one of country music’s foremost ambassadors for more than a decade has been his long-perfected onstage blend of lovable goofball, sultry swagger and positive attitude.” Luke has won 50+ major music awards including five wins as Entertainer of the Year. Additional awards include six recognitions as a CMT Artist of the Year, NSAI Artist/Songwriter of the Year, the first-ever recipient of the ACM Album of the Decade Award for Crash My Party, seven CMT Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, and four American Music Awards—as well as being named Billboard’s Top Country Artist of the 2010s, the Most Heard Artist of the Decade by Country Aircheck, and the Artist Humanitarian Recipient by the Country Radio Broadcasters. In 2024, Luke, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie will return as celebrity judges for their seventh season on ABC’s American Idol.

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Thomas Rhett

Thomas Rhett

Thomas Rhett

Ten years after signing his record deal with Big Machine Label Group’s The Valory Music Co., arena-packing superstar Thomas Rhett has 21 No. One singles, 15 BILLION streams and the longest current active streak of consecutive No. One's in the format (Mediabase/Country Aircheck Chart). His most recent sixth studio album, WHERE WE STARTED 'practically demands an open field, tens-of-thousands-strong throng of fans in front of it' (Esquire). Declared 'a prince in the genre' (USA Today), he has been honored with eight ACM Awards including Entertainer of the Year, two CMA Awards, five GRAMMY® Awards nominations, plus trophies from the CMT Music Awards, Billboard Awards and iHeartRadio Awards, in addition to being recognized with four CMA Triple Play awards for penning three No. One songs within a 12-month period. The hitmaker has also launched a tequila brand, Dos Primos, now offering Blanco, Reposado and Añejo variants.

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Keith Urban

Keith Urban

Keith Urban

Keith Urban has spent the better part of his life harnessing a deep-seated passion for music. This, when combined with his authenticity, talent and driving musical inquisitiveness, helps to understand why he is one of the most successful and well-respected artists in the world. He’s won four GRAMMY© Awards, thirteen CMAs, fifteen ACMs, three AMAs, two People’s Choice Awards and celebrated nine consecutive gold, platinum or multi-platinum albums.

2023 has seen Urban’s induction into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame (by Dolly Parton), a return to the American Idol stage as both a mentor and performer and performances for ESPN’s Formula One Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix, the finale of NBC’s The Voice and the close of his critically hailed Las Vegas residency at the Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. It’s also seen the return of Urban’s “All For The Hall” benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum©.

But, it’s what hasn’t been seen (or heard) in 2023 that makes 2024 all the more exciting for Urban and his fans. The new music, set for release throughout the year, will appear on an as of yet unnamed album to be release in ‘24.

The new music joins a litany of chart-topping songs including “Blue Ain’t Your Color”, “Wasted Time”, “Somebody Like You”, “Long Hot Summer” and “One Too Many”, his duet with P!nk, his 43rd Top 10 single, that garnered over 100 million Spotify streams. In fact, the song appeared on his album THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1, which marked his fourth in an historic streak of simultaneous #1 album debuts in the United States, Canada and Australia.

Urban consistently reminds music lovers around the globe why he is one of the world’s best live performers. His concerts have become legendary - as unpredictable as they are explosive. An experience of emotion, musical texture, energy and showmanship.

Urban’s musical virtuosity and fluidity has made him the musician’s musician. He’s collaborated with a diverse group of artists that include, among others; Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Eric Church, John Mayer, HARDY, Julia Michaels, Justin Timberlake, Dzeko, Miranda Lambert, Nile Rodgers, Post Malone, Taylor Swift, The Rolling Stones and Vince Gill.

He’s long supported numerous charities. His “All For The Hall” benefit concerts for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum© have raised over $4.3 million. He is the first Ambassador of the CMA Foundation, an advisory board member at the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and is a longtime supporter of The Mr. Holland’s Opus Fund and The Grammy Foundation.

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Bailey Zimmerman

Bailey Zimmerman

Bailey Zimmerman

Warner Music Nashville / Elektra Music Group breakout country artist Bailey Zimmerman is following an explosive trajectory after an unexpected, whirlwind rise. His undeniable smash “Fall In Love” features Zimmerman’s “blistering…effortlessly gritty, fervent vocal” (Billboard). The song is currently racing up the Billboard Hot 100 chart after climbing all the way to #1 on Apple Music’s Top Country Songs chart. “Streamers [are] falling hard for Bailey Zimmerman” (Country Insider), as is evident by his more than 400 million global streams to date and an average of more than 10 million global streams a week. His most recent release, “Rock and A Hard Place,” debuted atop multiple charts as the highest non-Morgan Wallen country song premiere of the year upon release. The emphatic power debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales charts, #2 on their Hot Country Songs chart and #24 on their all-genre Hot 100 chart. The Amazon Music 2022 Artist to Watch and YouTube Trending Artist on the Rise was born and raised in the small town of Louisville, IL, where he grew up listening to hour after hour of country radio on long hauls across state lines with his father, who owned a trucking business. Back at home his mom instilled in him a life-long appreciation for the power chords and edgy vocals of 80’s hair rock. From long hours on the gas pipeline, to late nights of back breaking roadwork, Zimmerman embodies the old school American values of hard work and dependability and applies the same steadfast mentality to his music. Through his plain, spoken charm, contagious enthusiasm, and genuine portrayal of life on the back roads, the up-and-comer has already attracted a loyal and passionate fan base. With more new music on the horizon, featuring the grit and gravel of his unmistakably Southern drawl, Zimmerman will continue to showcase the straightforward authenticity for which he is known and loved.

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Riley Green

Riley Green

Riley Green

Riley Green has been compelling Country music fans to raise a drink, shed a tear, and, above all, celebrate where they are from, since first releasing his self-titled EP in 2018. His songs like the No. 1 PLATINUM hit “There Was This Girl,” the 2X-PLATINUM-certified heart-tugger “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” (which he performed live at the 55th ACM Awards), and his chart- topping collab with Thomas Rhett, “Half of Me,” have made Riley synonymous with what Country music does best: making listeners feel something with his no-gimmick, relatable writing and classic feel. An avid sports fan, former athlete (Jacksonville State University quarterback) and outdoorsman, Riley is riding a wave of success after being named the Academy of Country Music’s 2020 New Male Artist of the Year, a former MusicRow Breakout Artist of the Year, a CMT “Listen Up Artist,” and one of CRS’s 2020 New Faces. Now playing to an average of 65,000 fans each night serving as direct support for Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs this year, Green headlined the Rock The South festival and is selling out his own headlining shows. Combs, joins Riley on his current Top 30-and-climbing single “Different ‘Round Here (Ft. Luke Combs),” the title track to Riley’s 2019 debut album that he re-recorded with Combs after seeing how fans connected to it. His new album Ain’t My Last Rodeo, produced by Dann Huff, is more of the signature Riley Green fans have come to know and love from the good ol’ boy who still lives in his hometown of Jacksonville, AL. The project, heavily influenced by the rural, small town and slower way of life at home and time spent with his family, the new project, due October 13 via BMLG Records.

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Turnpike Troubadours

Turnpike Troubadours

Turnpike Troubadours

Everybody loves a good comeback story. Even the ones doing the “coming back.”

“We all like to see things go well for people,” says Evan Felker, frontman and chief songwriter of Turnpike Troubadours. “There’s so much bullshit in the world now, where we’re focused on seeing people failing, that it’s nice to see something positive happen.”

After releasing five genre-defining albums and building a fiercely loyal fanbase, Turnpike Troubadours — the Tahlequah, Oklahoma, kings of Red Dirt music — all but fell apart in 2019, taking a three-year hiatus to find clarity amidst the noise of red-hot career. But after the break, something remarkable and even unprecedented happened: the band returned more popular than ever. Not to mention stronger.

The proof is in the group’s sixth studio album, A Cat in the Rain. Produced by three-time Grammy winner Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile’s By the Way, I Forgive You) and recorded at the legendary FAME Recording Studios in

Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and in Los Angeles, the 10-song album is a tale of reliability, rebirth, and redemption. It’s the story of brothers — Felker, fiddler Kyle Nix, steel player Hank Early, guitarist Ryan Engleman, bassist RC Edwards, drummer Gabe Pearson — six musicians who ran the gauntlet of success, scrutiny, and even personal troubles, and would fight tooth and nail for one another.

“We’ve been through a lot together and it’s only drawn us closer,” says Nix.

“I’m insanely protective of all these people,” Pearson adds. “Just like I would be for my actual brothers.”

Turnpike Troubadours’ fans can feel this. That bond is in the band’s songs and in their live performances — they’ve racked up 1.5 billion streams globally and are selling out arenas and headlining festivals. Still, to some, they remain a mystery…the most popular band they’ve never heard of. But with A Cat in the Rain, that’s all about to change.

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Ashley McBryde

Ashley McBryde

Ashley McBryde

GRAMMY, CMA and ACM award winner Ashley McBryde cut her teeth playing country songs in biker bars – and it shows. The Grand Ole Opry member’s 2018 major label debut Girl Going Nowhere (Warner Music Nashville) charmed The New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, The Washington Post and more, all en route to landing a GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album. McBryde closed out 2019 with ACM New Female Artist, CMT Breakout Artist, a New Artist of the Year win at the 53rd Annual CMA Awards and two nominations for the 2020 GRAMMYs for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance for “Girl Goin’ Nowhere.” Her follow-up Never Will was tagged by Rolling Stone as one of the most anticipated of the year alongside NPR, who also ranked her Top 10 RIAA Platinum-Certified single “One Night Standards” as one of the best songs of 2019. The album earned McBryde a 2021 GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album, making Never Will the only album nominated for Country Album of the Year by the ACMs, CMAs and the Recording Academy in the same award season. Her GRAMMY-winning duet with Carly Pearce, “Never Wanted To Be That Girl,” went all the way to No. 1 and earned McBryde and Pearce the ACM and CMA award for Musical Event of the Year. McBryde was also honored with the 2022 CMA International Artist Achievement Award for the most significant creative growth, development and promotion of the country music industry outside of the United States. Her collaborative project Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville featuring Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark, Pillbox Patti, Caylee Hammack, Aaron Raitiere and Benjy Davis earned McBryde her third consecutive GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album, making her a six-time GRAMMY nominee. Upon its release, Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville garnered applause from The New York Times, NPR, Variety, Vulture, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Billboard and Stereogum, among many more. With 11 songs all co-written by the Arkansas native, The Devil I Know is available now, featuring chart-climbing lead single “Light On In The Kitchen.” McBryde is currently on the road this summer and fall and recently announced new shows through the winter with The Devil I Know Tour Presented by Ariat.

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Elle King

Elle King

Elle King

New York. London. LA. Firebrand. Punk. Renegade. Bold-faced icon. Startling songwriter.

Grammy nominee. Pop sensation. Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Award winner. Record setter. Brash live force. Brazen recording artist. Spider monkey on a tear.  

What if the story began with a banjo? With a residency trying to figure out writing songs? Perhaps a high gloss, but busted life and ultimately a secessionist raising in Jackson, Ohio? No wonder Elle King is hotter than a pepper sprout. Even more than ZFG attitude, there’s the forthright attack on a life lived frayed at the edges and pulling at the scenes. Sure, she had famous parents, but when it gets real for King, it all happens with her Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw in a scrappy Southern Ohio town that puts the “just” in getting by.


“Home isn’t a longitude, latitude or a place,” King begins, explaining what anchors the energetic songwriter. “It’s the fucking people. My grandfather was a carpenter who had a shed, where he always played country music. PawPaw always had a truck, some kind of Ford Ranger – and he had dogs that are mongrel dogs, typically used for hunting; they lived outside and barked their heads off.  

“My Grandfather’s a hunter; everybody’s a hunter because they’re all poor and they eat everything they kill. Squirrel, deer, snapping turtle, whatever, people ate it all. (Back home) the coal mine shafts and factories closed down. My Grandfather was a railroad conductor for CSX, but it’s tough there but there’s a lot of beauty because it’s also a little untouched. The people have so much to them. My Maw-Maw worked hard to create a beautiful home and make us all feel loved. I say how proud I am about where I come from, because I see how they live, how hard they work, they dream. They party fucking hard and we laugh; we don’t cry unless we’re laughing. Not just my family, but the next generations of these smart people who know how to get by.”


It all permeates “Ohio,” the opening track on Come Get Your Wife. Banjo-plinking, yearning vocal, the wide-open suggests the pull of where – and how – she grew up. Intoning “Find me singing on a back porch swingin’/ Cur dogs barkin, left my dip in the kitchen/ That’s when it hit me... I’ve been gone to long,” King’s roots run deep and honest in the realm of country music.  

With a tumble and King’s power-delivery, there’s no doubt about how things go down. That same fervor informs the “Ex’s & Oh’s” bad match bookend “Try Jesus,” awash in thick gospel choir wail and just enough church organ to witness.  

It’s what makes the audacious barnyard guitar shuffle “Tulsa” and the hilarious small-town gossip-eschewing “Out Yonder” so hilarious. Elle co-produced the album with Ross Copperman and the pair kept the songs moving, the humor high and the musical adventure.  

That humor is led by the title of the album, Come Get Your Wife, a wry reference to a putdown tossed her partner’s way by an alpha male during a spirited night of fun and games. She can drink, play games and go toe-to-toe with the best of them so if you’re dishin’ it out around Elle, be ready to take it!   

Yes, her parents are superstar comic Rob Schneider and international model London King. He of “Saturday Night Live” and movie fame; she of global catwalks and the universal fit model for the Limited, Abercrombie & Fitch and Express. It sounds glamourous, but it created a central conflict.  

“I was a chubby, funny kid,” she recalls. “And my dad was rich and famous, so people made fun of me. I grew up with fame cause of Dad, but I was in the headquarters of all those fashion brands where Mom was hustling to give my brother and me this life. But really, I just wanted to go to Jackson.”  

In the Southeast corner where Ohio meets West Virginia and Pennyslvania, it can get pretty rustic. But it’s real – and no one’s impressed by those kinds of things. Even after moving to New York City with her mom and stepdad, King’s ear responded to those more bluegrass and raw country sounds.  

Her stepdad got the young girl obsessed with Otis Redding, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Hank Williams. At 13, she was writing songs. By 16, she knew to lie about her age and start a residency at the now closed Spike Hill between North 7th and Bedford Ave. Thinking she was older, they gave her free beer.  

A kid named Cranston, showing up with a banjo, put her whole life in order. She remembers, “It felt like home when I played it. I took that banjo with me and kept it for two years and really figured out what MY sound was.”   

Only the business had other ideas. The robust blond with the tattoos and a wide-open spirit was advised to “tone down the country, play up the rock & roll shit.”  Suddenly an alternative icon – scoring Best Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song Grammy nominations for “Ex’s & Oh’s” – she got pinned by the speed of sound to a genre not always welcoming to women. Touring with some of the biggest – male fronted – alternative rock bands, she held her own.  

“When I cut America’s Sweetheart, the only instrument I brought was a banjo, because all the studios had guitars. That’s what made me stand out. Everyone wanted me to be this alternative rock princess who played banjo on the side, but that wasn’t the point! But I rode that song for three years.”  

It was fast. It was crazy. It was drugs and men and whatever else. She got married, got divorced, got through it. As important, she recorded “Different for Girls” with roots/country force Dierks Bentley, which won the CMA’s Vocal Event of The Year.  

“I didn’t know who he was,” she admits. “But my brother was like, ‘Are you KIDDING? He’s so fucking cool! You have to do this.’ So, I did... and Dierks changed my life. He and (manager) Mary Hilliard Harrington opened up so many doors, taught me so much about how to do this.”  

Indeed, the Bentley/Harrington vortex proved an on-ramp to country viability. On Come Get Your Wife, Bentley returns for the relationship resuscitating “Worth A Shot,” while her high octane whirling and thumping throwdown “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” with Miranda Lambert has already scored a 2021 ACM Award and CMA Vocal Event nomination and set streaming records.  

For all the “hell yeah” and crazy stories in the songs, Come Get Your Wife is as much King steeping in the reality of her life and how she got here. Teaming with 2-time BMI Songwriter of the Year Ross Copperman, the pair worked in two-day blasts to create an album that was bright and aggressive, smart and porous. They enlisted some of Nashville’s best roots players – Fred Eltringham and Nir Z on drums, Kenny Greenberg, Ilya Toshinskiy and Rob McNelley on electric, 2-time CMA Musician of the Year Jenee Fleanor on fiddle and mandolin, Linda Ronstadt veteran Dan Dugmore on steel – and tagged leaned into tracking live musicians.  

It lends the dreamy gratitude of “Lucky,” the cowgirl power-strumming self-assessment “Bonafide” and the steamy Etta James-evoking blues soul “Love Go By” an earthiness that’s non-negotiable. There’s the slow boil, electric guitar note-bending irony of “Before You Met Me,” that features John Osborne on guitar, where the wool pulled over the suitor’s eyes is delivered with a wink about the girl she used to be.  

King’s made some friends along the way. On the brassy powder keg reckoning “Tulsa,” Osborne’s scalding guitars are joined by Ashley McBryde’s vocals, while industry favorite Charley Worsham provides acoustic guitar and backing vocals on the over it dismissal “Crawling Mood.”  

“It was a dark time during the pandemic,” King says of the transition. “A preacher said, ‘God has a very big plan for you. People want to know both sides of your story.’”  

“I’d done drugs and face tattoos, but I was being reminded that there is something bigger and greater than all of that... I’m a very specific tool for God: proof you don’t have to fit into a mold, go to church or anything else to be deserving of His love. I could see when I made a conscious decision to clear out the negative in my life, it would bring the positive into my world. The whole giving my hopes and dreams and faults to something bigger than me? ‘Try Jesus’ came at a time I was trying to give my life over to something greater – and you can feel it.”  

With that came freedom. Freedom to feel, to go deep into the country instruments and bluegrass harmonies. It also let her experiment, create unlikely cocktails like the whirling dance track threaded with fiddle that is “Blacked Out.”  

“Disco is my fucking life,” she confesses. “Disco is pain and heartbreak to an upbeat tempo. You can dance your pain away. I was listening to so much disco, trying to find a bridge between it and country music. I told Martin Johnson, who I co-wrote “Blacked Out” with, that I wanted a song that could reach across the aisle from Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou? In the verses to a full-on disco slam on the choruses.”  

That kind of vision isn’t visionary as much as it is being real. Real about who she is. Real about where she comes from. For King, who came by banjo honest and isn’t afraid to tell the truth about where she comes from, it’s pretty simple.  

“It’s that hard shit people in the nowhere know and deal with that I wrote about. It’s a connection between me and all of those people. Where I come from the babies are dirty and barefoot; we all know who Jessico White and Whites of West Virginia are.  

“So, I wanted to show people, people who’re like me, who may’ve been lost or turned away, you’re not alone. We see you.”

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Clint Black

Clint Black

Clint Black

Country icon Clint Black, one of the truest traditionalists in music over the last three decades, will celebrate the 35th anniversary of his debut album, Killin’ Time, on tour in 2024. For the first time ever, he’ll play the groundbreaking record live start to finish followed by more of his legendary hits.

A true triple threat singer/guitarist/songwriter, Black has sold more than twenty million records, written and recorded twenty-two #1 singles, and has been awarded nearly two-dozen gold and platinum awards, a GRAMMY, and numerous CMA, ACM and American Music Awards. He’s a member of the Grand Ole Opry and has been honored with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Nashville Walk of Fame. His musical style encompasses traditional country, honky-tonk and Western swing. From the beginning, Black’s biggest influences were Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and especially Merle Haggard, to whom his smooth baritone voice was initially compared.

One-fourth of country music’s storied Class of 1989, Clint Black's meteoric rise began with Killin’ Time, which produced five consecutive number one singles on the Billboard Hot Country charts. His break-out success put Black on a fast track to super-stardom. Eventually, Black’s wide-spread appeal and his own creative curiosity lead him into the world of acting where he earned roles in dozens of TV shows and feature films including Maverick, Anger Management, The Larry Sanders Show, and many others. The fifth season of his own talk show, Talking in Circles, is currently airing on Circle TV and was awarded “Best Talk Show” in Cynopsis Media’s Best of the Best and Rising Star Awards. This year Clint received the Poet’s Award at the ACM Honors, an award given to the most remarkable and enduring talents in country music songwriting.

Now, Black revisits the album that started it all, Killin’ Time, with a special world tour that kicks off with two sold-out dates at the renowned Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN, and continues through 2024.

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Gabby Barrett

Gabby Barrett

Gabby Barrett

Warner Music Nashville’s MULTI-PLATINUM star Gabby Barrett continues to prove herself to be an unstoppable force in Country music. Surpassing 2.8 BILLION global career streams, the powerhouse vocalist premieres her forthcoming sophomore album, Chapter & Verse (due out 2/2/24), with new releases “Glory Days,” “Cowboy Back,” and “Growin’ Up Raising You.” PLATINUM “Pick Me Up” off the Deluxe version of her top-streaming PLATINUM album, Goldmine, followed mega breakout 7X PLATINUM #1 “I Hope”; 4-week Hot AC #1 crossover “I Hope (feat. Charlie Puth)”; and 3X PLATINUM three-week #1 “The Good Ones.” Ruling the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for a record-breaking 27 weeks, “I Hope” was the first debut single by a solo female artist to top the Country radio charts since 2017 and made her the youngest artist with a #1 debut at Country radio in over two decades. Tallying major accolades like Billboard Women in Music 2022’s Rising Star Award, 2021 CMT Artists of the Year, and the iHeartRadio Titanium Award, plus nods from ACM, AMA, Billboard, CMA, CMT, and iHeartRadio. A dynamic entertainer, Barrett has also co-hosted the ACM Awards and CMA Country Christmas.

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Charles Wesley Godwin

Charles Wesley Godwin

Charles Wesley Godwin

For a while there, Charles Wesley Godwin was in something of a funk. A typically prolific writer, and one who over his first two critically-acclaimed albums had proven himself to be a reflective and soulful songwriter and singer — a storyteller in the vein of his heroes like Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Bruce Springsteen— Godwin found himself in a state of stasis last year. To hear him tell it, he was frozen in place — unable to find the words to what he hoped would become his new songs and under a level of pressure he’d never previously experienced.

And yet, what would ultimately inspire the man was right in front of him all along: family.

“I had to get back to the basics,” says the introspective, self-aware artist of what finally set him and his new songs free. “I decided I was going to write about my life and my family. It’s where my heart was guiding me: to be super personal and dig right into the weeds of my life.” The resulting LP, Family Ties —Godwin’s forthcoming third album, set for release on September 22 via Big Loud Records — is a truly stunning achievement, and the culmination of years of hard work to arrive at this point.

Demo’ed on a Tascam 4-track (thanks to his love for Springsteen’s seminal Nebraska) and then recorded with his bandmate and longtime producer, Al Torrence, at one of his dream studios, Echo Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina, Family Ties is a portrait of home, of relationships, of lessons learned and lived. Perhaps most excitingly, the 19-track release showcases a tunesmith at the peak of his powers — melding melody with memories, workmanship with wisdom.

“All it was was just a matter of time and continued grinding,” Godwin says without hesitation of what he believes has now allowed him to meet this moment — ready to unveil his most intensely personal and accomplished material yet, all while continually playing to some of the biggest crowds of his career.

The songs that comprise Family Ties are themselves portals into Godwin’s life — tuneful tales of the native West Virginian’s friends, family and foundation. Yes, Family Ties is an intensely intimate affair — images set to tune, so many of them specifically created for his own family members. There’s the unflinching “Miner Imperfections,” penned for his father; the mournful and contemplative “The Flood” for his mother; the beatific “Gabriel” for his son (“I guess what I am saying/is I am here to stick with you/if I could I’d never utter a single word that isn’t true”); the mournful yet hopeful “Dance in Rain” for his daughter; and the love letter that is the slow-rolling “Willing and Able” for his wife.

“It feels like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be,” Godwin declares of the fortunate place he and his musical journey have taken him. There’s confidence behind this statement, to be sure, but Godwin can readily admit it was hardly a given he’d ever make it here. Having not taken up the guitar until roughly age 20, and only performing for others when his friends encouraged him one night to do so while studying abroad in Estonia, building his career has been a steady — albeit highly fruitful — climb. He started gigging intensely in the mid-2010s and independently released his stunning debut album, Seneca, in 2019. Like so many musicians however, the pandemic would put a wrinkle in his plans: Godwin explains how he was unable to properly tour behind Seneca and, in turn, couldn’t build up the momentum and fanbase he’d hoped for.

Thankfully, hard work and dedication rarely go unnoticed: when musicians were able to return to the stage, Godwin and his longtime band, the Allegheny High, hit the road behind his second album, 2021’s How The Mighty Fall, and pounded the pavement in a major way. They rarely took breaks from the road, performing every night “as if we were at Madison Square Garden” even when the crowds weren’t always massive. It helped that he had the support of his bandmates: Godwin’s affection for Allegheny High is palpable. “They’re my ride-or-dies,” he says of the Allegheny High. “They believed in me enough to go out on the road with me even when I couldn’t afford to pay a band. Other people aren’t willing to do that.”

“To me, the live show has been the great equalizer,” Godwin continues. “After COVID, we went out there and just played our asses off everywhere all the time, every week. The tour never stopped. And we just built it ear by ear. We were just making this thing grow organically by putting on such a good show with so much heart. Eventually, I got momentum back on my side and just kept on going.”

This trend — building up his fanbase in a grassroots manner and letting the music and live show speak for itself —continues to this day: whether he’s headlining his own rowdy, raucous gigs, or opening for close friend and musical comrade, Zach Bryan, Godwin says his live performances have never been more rewarding. Or lively, for that matter. Perhaps it’s because, as he proudly says, the brand of music he traffics in — namely story songs with a head full of heart and history — seems to be having a true moment. “My shows will range from like 18-year-olds to 80-year-olds,” Godwin notes with a smile of his diverse, highly-enthusiastic and ever-growing fanbase. “That’s a pretty unique thing.”

As for how his life has changed in recent times? Godwin says if anything it’s just become ever even more fulfilling. “There’s a lot more people at my shows and they’re a lot more excited than ever before,” he says with a sense of satisfaction. “I don’t feel like a fish out of water anymore. I had fun when it was just 100 people back in 2021. Now that it’s 10 or 20 times that, it’s just even better.”

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Paul Cauthen

Paul Cauthen

Paul Cauthen

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LOCASH

LOCASH

LOCASH

Named “country music's iconic feel-good duo” by PEOPLE, Wheelhouse Records/BMG’s LOCASH – Preston Brust and Chris Lucas – is “hitting homers and serving up first-class songs,” as hailed by American Songwriter. With their loud-and-proud anthem “Three Favorite Colors” as their current release, they delivered back-to-back high-profile collaborations with “Let It Slide” (Leslie Jordan, Blanco Brown, LOCASH) and “Beach Boys” (feat. The Beach Boys’ Mike Love and Bruce Johnston). LOCASH’s wild-and-free WOODS & WATER – EP (2021) marked the follow up to BROTHERS (2019), featuring GOLD #1 “One Big Country Song.” Known for PLATINUM breakout “I Love This Life” and their first #1 with GOLD “I Know Somebody,” they’ve earned eight charting singles, two successful albums, and over 815 MILLION global on-demand streams since 2015. Respected entertainers with prominent recognition, they hold a history of nods from the genre’s biggest awards shows including a Vocal Duo of the Year nomination at The 56th Annual CMA Awards. Last launching their extended headlining WOODS & WATER TOUR 2022, LOCASH recently supported Kane Brown’s DRUNK OR DREAMING TOUR.

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Shane Smith & The Saints

Shane Smith & The Saints

Shane Smith & The Saints

'It ain't black or white, babe; it's all the greys between,' Shane Smith sings in 'The Greys Between,' the first single from Norther. On the surface, it's a cinematic love song about a relationship's twists and turns, punctuated by slide guitar, Appalachian fiddle, and sharp storytelling. Take a deeper listen to Shane Smith and the Saints' fourth studio album, though, and those words also sound like the motto of a band that's spent the past decade blurring the lines between genres. Norther is anything but monochromatic. Written and recorded during breaks in the band's touring schedule, the album captures Shane Smith and the Saints at their most colorful, offering up a hard-hitting version of American roots music that's influenced by country, folk, and roadhouse rock & roll. It's a sound that's been shaped by the road, where the Saints spent the past decade on tour, building a cult audience with each gig. Those years of raw, redemptive performances are now paying off — not only with headlining concerts at bucket-list venues like Red Rocks Amphitheater (which the group sold out in 36 hours) and the Ryman Auditorium, but also with an appearance on the hit TV show Yellowstone, where the Saints premiered Norther's final track, 'Fire in the Ocean,' with an onscreen performance. 'If you spend 10 years playing dive bars and small clubs almost every single night, and you go to the merch booth after every show and hang out with the fans until the staff literally kicks you out, you get to turn those fans into friends,' says Smith, who grew up in Terrell, Texas, before launching his band in Austin. 'That's how we built this thing. We've done as many as 240 shows in a single year. We've worked so hard to get there, and that hard work has created a beautiful, meaningful audience.' Beautiful, indeed. Named after the northern winds that blow across Texas during the winter, Norther begins with the haunting 'Book of Joe.' Bennett Brown's fiddle gives the song plenty of orchestral atmosphere, Dustin Schaefer's electric guitar adds anthemic punch, and Zach Stover's percussion — which builds toward a pummeling finish, locking in with Chase Satterwhite's bass along the way — rolls like thunder. At the center of that sound is Smith's voice: a husky baritone that's been textured by countless gigs in smoky bars and loud dance halls. It's a gorgeously raw instrument, caught halfway between tender and tough, and it's there — somewhere in the middle — that the Saints shine their brightest. 'When you're in a band like ours, everyone gets their turn to play their music in the van,' Smith explains. 'Bennett grew up listening to Appalachian and Celtic-inspired folk and bluegrass music, and you can hear that in the way he plays fiddle. Dustin grew up loving classic rock. When I met my wife, she introduced me to music like Arcade Fire, Alberta Cross, and First Aid Kit — bands that I'd categorize as cinematic folk or cinematic indie-rock — and that had a massive impact on my writing, too. Everybody in this band has their own influences, and we've spent years together, letting our sound evolve into something really unique.' That sound began evolving onstage. Thanks to early albums like 2013's Coast and 2015's Geronimo, Shane Smith and the Saints became a popular act in Austin, regularly cutting their teeth with marathon gigs at venues like The Stage On Sixth. 'We'd do four-hour sets, sometimes back-to-back, meaning we'd be onstage for eight hours,' Smith remembers. 'It taught us to grow tighter as a band, experiment with our sound, and find our identity.' Released in 2019, Hail Mary introduced the band's current lineup, as well as a heavier sound that separated the Saints from other Texas acts. It wasn't rock & roll. It wasn't country, either. It was everything that connected those genres, glued together by the camaraderie of a road-tested band that built its audience the old-school way: by hitting the stage and winning over the crowd, song after song, night after night. Norther builds upon that singular sound while also highlighting the bandmates' road-warrior chops. 'We'd be on the road doing shows, and there would be a 48-hour gap where we'd fly into Dallas and try to record everything we possibly could, then fly right back to wherever the bus was,' says Smith, who tapped producer Beau Bedford to helm the album. 'It was like that for the entirety of the recording process.' The result is an album that's filled with all the electricity and eclecticism of the Saints' live show. For the band's country-loving fans, there's '1000 Wild Horses,' which barrels forward at a rootsy gallop. For rock fans, there's 'Fire in the Sky,' which makes room for fiery fretwork and a massive chorus. For those looking to slow dance, there's 'All the Way,' a threadbare piano ballad captured live in the studio, imperfections and all. 'Norther has little bit of everything,' Smith says proudly. 'It's not a one-sided album. It's got every single element of what makes up our sound right now.' For an independent band like Shane Smith and the Saints, the work is never done. 'It's like you can't help but feel like you've paid your dues to get to a certain spot, but once you get there, you realize you're just starting to touch the surface of the bigger picture,' Smith admits. 'At the end of the day, it still feels like we're getting discovered. But maybe that's what it's all about.' Norther is the soundtrack to that discovery. It's the sound of a band pushing its limits, broadening its reach, and expanding its audience.

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Hailey Whitters

Hailey Whitters

Hailey Whitters

This year, Hailey Whitters’ career skyrocketed as she kicked off 2023 with her late night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, soon followed by performances on The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Today Show. In May, Whitters took home the Academy of Country Music Award for New Female Artist of the Year and performed her hit single “Everything She Ain’t” during the broadcast. The breakthrough single appeared on her 2022 studio album Raised, which, like her 2020 album The Dream, appeared on over 15 year-end best-of lists, and was named Rolling Stone’s #1 country album of the year. “Everything She Ain’t” marked her first ever top 20 single at country radio, which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart earlier this year and has been played more than 175 million times on TikTok, inspiring multiple trends on the platform. Following a headline tour and tours with Shania Twain and Dierks Bentley, Whitters in the midst of a festival-packed summer season before touring with Eric Church and Luke Bryan later this year. This summer, Whitters followed her critically-acclaimed album Raised with a brand new-six song EP I’m In Love. Where The Dream focused on Whitters’ experience in Nashville and Raised looked back on her life in the heartland, I’m In Love finds her tapping into her ‘90s country influences while exploring relationships, heartbreak and finding love.

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Colbie Caillat

Colbie Caillat

Colbie Caillat

The finger picking, the warm voice, the bright melodies. Colbie Caillat’s been a friend people can come home to since bursting onto the music scene with Coco in 2007. Millions of albums and singles sold, over 15 billion streams, two Grammys won, a #1 Billboard Top 200 Albums debut for her sophomore album Breakthrough, buoyant hits like “Realize,” “Bubbly” and “Lucky,” the #1 duet with Jason Mraz, albums Gypsy Heart, All of You, the stripped back Malibu Sessions, as well as Gone West, her roots/country group, made her a voice of joy and finding one’s place in the world.  

And then… Sometimes the real world upends one’s plans. What you think is forever, you realize might not be. But somehow, like everything else in the good-hearted, honey-voiced songwriter’s charmed life, even the upsets seem to provide lessons and new ways of accessing hope and grace.  

“My core self, I think, it’s where I’m from, the family I was raised with, the music,” explains the fresh-faced songwriter of her deepest self. “Fleetwood Mac, acoustic rock, all those good songs. It’s pure sunshine.”  

“As positive and optimistic as I am, I have hard days and feel hopeless. When you go through things, you feel it. When you’re happy, embrace it. When it’s bad, know it’s temporary.”  

Smiling as she says this, there’s not one speck of stoic to her words. Having seen the end of her recent engagement, as well as coming into her own subsequent romantic entanglements, Caillat refused to surrender her belief that life’s good.  

“My previous partner taught me the importance of the famous quote ‘This too shall pass.’ He told me, ‘When you’re happy, enjoy it completely – because it may not last. When you’re sad, know it won’t last either and that should give you some relief.’ And he’s right.”  

“What I have gathered through my experience with love is that there is no shame in it. To love with your entire being knowing it could end is still worth the possible hurt because it helps us gain so much for our personal growth. Whether it’s wisdom, gratitude, or empathy, love can guide us to a more peaceful place within ourselves. And you’re helping someone else grow at the same time.”  

Along The Way, Caillat’s solo country debut, embodies that positivity in heartbreak’s wake. Though her move to Nashville was done as one-half of a romantic partnership - a personal and professional adventure to the southern city for this west coast girl - she thrived in all of life’s changes. In her musical journey and experimentation with new sounds, Caillat vividly captured a moment in her life through song.    

The California-raised, Nashville-based girl delivered songs with gratitude for having known this love, learned so many lessons and the joys shared along the way. “The love that you shared shouldn’t be wasted: you help each other grow and become a wiser and more evolved person. We needed to be together to become who we are today, even if we didn’t end up together.”  

If Joni Mitchell’s quintessential Blue is the deep dive into the caverns of grief following a break-up, Along The Way is a bright, shiny compass Caillat offers to guide people through the tough times and raw feelings that accompany any dissolution. Lover, leaver, left, the woman who’s sung at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert wants to sow compassion for all parties involved.  

“Sometimes you need a change, – and although you know it’s necessary, it comes with guilt and sometimes pain. Life makes sure you experience all sides to every emotion. I left someone, then someone left me. Both feel awful, like you’re abandoning someone, and someone is abandoning you. But in reality, neither are the case...”  

Where many people would sink into karmic defaults or dark emotions, Caillat reached for her guitar. Some of these songs even tumbled out in the same tunings as “Bubbly”, lush and buoyant. The shimmering mid-tempo “Wide Open” embraces love on its terms, while knowing forever isn’t a given. She filets the reality of hanging in there with someone who’s good, but the forever’s gone on the fiddle’n’Telecaster-shaped “Pretend.” And she surrenders to wanting what’s gone on the rippling piano lament with “Blue.”  

To say the ultimate free spirit has grown up may be over-reaching. While she exploded as the biggest artist on MySpace with her Topanga Canyon songs, she was a wise innocent. While building on her groundbreaking career, Caillat naturally transitioned into Gone West, breezy melody group whose myriad influences landed somewhere between Laurel Canyon, Texas roadhouses, Appalachia’s harmony, and the plains of the Midwest.​ Now she’s a grown woman in full possession of her wonder - which means she can understand and still live with the unknowing, the falter and figuring it out. Living and working in Music City now for over six years, she has discovered a fresh songwriter inside herself who is ready to share her new perspectives.  

The slithering “Buying Time” is the inertia of maintaining what’s ultimately over, professing “the letting go gets harder babe, the longer that we wait...,” while the organ clouds that rise up and the gospel chorus on the affirming confession “Worth It” realizes how powerful what didn’t work was. As she marvels, “There’s the going back and forth of holding onto the good parts, where you ask, ‘If this isn’t bad, why would we end it?’ But there’s also that idea that if it’s going to fall apart, why force it to hold together? And that’s what ‘Buying Time’ is, something that borrows some of that ‘Slow Dancing in a Burning Room’ feeling.”

“Then ‘Worth It,’ when AJ and I added those harmonies, it just opened up and it took on this feeling. It was so optimistic and loving, which is exactly what I wanted it to express. There’s that line: ‘it wasn’t just me I did it for...’ because I wanted my ex to be with his best person, too.”  

7X chart-topping songwriter AJ Pruis (“AJ”) and Hall-of-Fame, GRAMMY-winning songwriter Liz Rose were frequent collaborators of Caillat for this new project. The trio dug deep to tell Caillat’s story through her current musical lens – nearly a decade of living, writing, and performing in Nashville. She organically gravitated to a country record though fans may not notice a big difference as her songwriting has always lent itself to the genre.   

Magnanimous to a fault, Caillat puts her songs where her truth is. “For Someone,” with its sinewy guitar twists and Hammond B-3 parts, addresses the way people make their former partners better for the next person their ex falls for.  

“One of my friends was over a year and a half ago, and we in the jacuzzi talking about the guys we’d put in all this effort with, and now they’re with someone else. They were kind of a better version for someone else, and we hoped someone was doing that with someone else for us.”  

Pass it on. The momentum of creating love and helping someone grow. Recognizing how far people can come, knowing that we don’t always see the ultimate ending is an acceptance that you can’t see in the moment. “Two Birds” expresses that love isn’t about possessing another, but letting them be, even as “Still Gonna Miss You” owns that for all that’s wrong, it doesn’t negate what you loved. Even the campfire folk picking of “I’ll Be Here,” originally recorded as “Never Gonna Let You Down” on Gypsy Heart, suggests what love can be.


“I wrote that years ago about the ones you love being a safe space. I have been lucky enough to find that safe space with my family, friends, and those who I've loved for a period of time. Love doesn’t stop. You want people to know they’re never alone, and you’ll be there for them when they need you.”  

When she speaks, it sounds so easy. In a world that rises up and crashes down, Caillat almost makes heartbreak seem easily weathered. She allows, “I actually think this is ultimately a sad record. My parents actually asked, ‘Honey, do you think you want to write some happier songs?’ But these songs are all important perspectives of the ebbs and flows of relationships. I’m only just recently at a place where I feel ready to release them, to help heal people going through the same experiences that I did. That’s what I love about music and songwriting, it connects us and helps us realize we aren’t alone in what we go through in life.”   

“Be grateful for good days and remind yourself to be grateful for the other days when you learn things. Happiness is a choice; sometimes we need to stop ourselves from running with those dark thoughts.”  

She pauses, measuring the margins and the growth she’s experienced. Recognizing expressing the truth gives people permission to feel their own feelings, her self-awareness shines through.  

“Sometimes when I listen to my old songs, I feel so young, that inexperienced happy-go-lucky person, this person the world met. But when I’m in that fresh dating mode, I realize she’s still there.”  

“When you meet someone with a teeny spark or a huge spark, it’s starting all over again. That’s the truth: I’m absolutely excited for love and the hope that comes with it. I’ve loved a couple times, had a bunch of sparks, I’ve broken hearts and my hearts been broken too. Now I’m trying to live in a headspace where I’m OK with what is, what is meant for me, not forcing anything, and it’s a pretty sweet space to live.”

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Larry Fleet

Larry Fleet

Larry Fleet

Tennessee-born troubadour Larry Fleet grew up on a stack of records spanning Merle Haggard, Otis Redding, Willie Nelson, and Marvin Gaye. A thoughtful songwriter with a knack for a one-liner, an ear for a sturdy hook, and a powerhouse voice that strikes like a match, Fleet was working blue-collar jobs to make ends meet before a chance encounter with Jake Owen led to an opening slot on the road and a recording contract with Big Loud Records. Six years later, the devout family man is turning heads among fans and critics alike with albums full of soon-to-be-classics; 2021’s tribute to the music that raised him, Stack of Records, and his aptly titled 2019 debut, Workin’ Hard. Saving Country Music puts it simply: “If you’re looking for the future of traditional country music, then look no further than…Larry Fleet.” A road-tested live show standout, Fleet wrapped 2022 with his first-ever headline One For The Road Tour, following up crowd-winning opening slots in front of Darius Rucker, Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Jon Pardi, and many more. He just extended his current headlining run, Larry Fleet Live, and will open tours for Pardi and Parker McCollum throughout the spring and summer.

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Conner Smith

Conner Smith

Conner Smith

Just 23 years old and already a seasoned veteran of Nashville’s elite songwriting community, Conner Smith has emerged as one of Country’s most hotly-anticipated new artists – one knows the past can still inspire the present, and good things come to those who wait.

An uncommon talent mixing prime-of-life passion with old-soul perspective, the young singer-songwriter has spent 15 years matching a honeyed vocal to propulsive hints of bluegrass and the warmth of ‘90s Country, an instant-classic sound infused with riveting modern appeal. Moving Country forward while remembering its all-natural roots, his long-anticipated full-length debut SMOKY MOUNTAINS, arriving January 26, 2024 via The Valory Music Co., is meant to stand the test of time – and just like a mountain, took a while coming to fruition. But according to Smith, it was worth the effort.

“It very much took 23 years to make these 12 songs,” the rising star says. “I felt like I found my own lane I was able to drive down, and I’m really proud of what it has become. There’s not a wasted second on the record – every song matters. And I think it really shows all the different things that make me ‘me’ – as a songwriter, a vocalist and as a performer.”

The follow up to his current Top 20-and-climbing hit “Creek Will Rise,” Smith’s deeply personal album debut is one of classic style and contemporary spirit, and a reflection of the artist himself. Rare among his peers, he counts himself as a Nashville native – a real-deal rising star raised in the shadow of Music Row, who penned his first song before he could tie his shoes.

Surrounded by colorful characters and world class songwriters, hit tunesmiths like Craig Wiseman, Tim Collins and Tom Douglas were Smith’s musical barometer, and after a fateful night at the Grand Ole Opry, a six-year-old Smith set out to tell stories in their image – down to Earth and relatable, but intelligent, too.

Smith went on to sign as a BMI songwriter at 9 and inked his first publishing deal at 16. Eventually he caught the attention of a neighbor – who happened to be GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/songwriter Zach Crowell (Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, Jelly Roll) – and together the pair began honing Smith’s unique style: Rooted in the simple-yet-sophisticated writing he was drawn to as a kid … but with the energy driving Country’s cutting edge.

2021 brought Smith a Top 40 breakout in “Learn From It,” with the viral hit “I Hate Alabama” and GOLD-certified “Take It Slow” close behind, capturing his creative spirit – and helping move him into the foothills of his SMOKY MOUNTAINS destination. Hailed as an Artist to Watch by Spotify, Amazon Music, the Grand Ole Opry and more, he hit the road with Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell and more, and began headlining his own eclectic shows as well. Then in 2023, “Creek Will Rise” hit like a flash flood – all fiddle and forward momentum – becoming the “trigger” for things to come. The track set the tone for what SMOKY MOUNTAINS became, as Smith found his modern-traditional mark.

“With respect to true-hearted bluegrass fans, that sound really inspired me in this season of my artistry,” he explains. “I’ve been trying to discover what I wanted to say for the last five years since I signed a record deal, and now that I’m able to present that with this album. It might surprise some people on where it landed.”

Awash in fiddle and banjo, with rolling rhythms and acoustic guitars forming its bedrock, SMOKY MOUNTAINS rises to towering emotional peaks and drops deep into valleys of heartache, all with a Country-roots sound as everlasting as the Appalachians. Of 12 songs, all but one was co-written by Smith himself, working alongside hitmakers like Chase McGill, Thomas Rhett, Mark Trussell, Parker Welling and more. And with Crowell producing, tectonic plates of right-now energy and timeless atmosphere collide, each one pushing against the other to lift them both sky high.

Meanwhile, heartfelt lyrics find a natural habitat within Smith’s easy vocal – crisp and satisfying as an untouched mountain spring, yet laid back and featuring a delicate rasp. To him, the album represents years of creative patience (and persistence), and “Smoky Mountains” is its pulse. True to life and beginning with the serene sounds of nature, it’s a title track invoking the front-porch jam sessions of days gone by – and the tension at Smith’s core. Old versus new. Comforting but charismatic. The call of adventure, and a longing for home.

“There’s an image in my head that’s so inspiring,” he says. “You got your family and your best friends, drinking some whiskey on a front porch, picking a banjo. And then as I was writing it, it really became a sense of longing, because this whole year has been about being gone an infinite amount, traveling and chasing the dream.”

Others like “Heatin’ Up” stand as a stone-cold Country “barn burner” – a soon-to-be live favorite with a reverb-drenched mix of twang and thump – and “Roulette on the Heart” (featuring Hailey Whitters) takes a chance on Smith’s natural flair for romance. Co-written by Smith with Jessi Alexander, Chase McGill and Mark Trussell, the tune features a weary Dobro and woozy sway, as Smith sings of love that comes at a risk – but is ultimately worth the gamble. Written about the dangerous games Smith and his now-fiancé once played, he knew it needed a specific kind of femininity, and sought out Whitters’ self-assured Iowa-drawl as his first choice.

“I wanted to keep the magic of that song intact. And I love where it landed,” he explains.

Elsewhere, tracks like “Baby, I” ignite the night with the energy of a deep-hollow dancehall. “Boots In the Bleachers” paints a small-town heaven in technicolor twang. And while “Trouble” gets up to some flirtatious fun, “Regret In the Morning” quietly shows a boy becoming a man, and “God Moments” finishes the set off with an easy-going expression of spiritual marvel.

But even as established favs like “Take It Slow” and “I Hate Alabama” show Smith’s creative beginnings, “Meanwhile in Carolina” reveals a different kind of genesis – one expertly-laid lyrical breadcrumb at a time. A calm-and-collected ballad with a gorgeous, contented soul, the tune feels like leafing through a sonic photo album, a masterpiece of song craft connecting the dots of two hearts destined for each other, who just don’t know it yet. A true labor of love co-written with Blake Pendergrass, it tells the story behind Smith and his fiancé coming together – a song even his heroes would have been proud to write.

“You always imagine that person, you always think about 'em, wonder where they are, wonder what they're doing,” he says. “I was so proud of that song after we wrote it, because I knew it was one that mattered – it was song that meant something.”

It’s the type of song that takes 15 years to write, and when it finally comes out it feels like it has always been around – just like the Smoky Mountains. But you can’t rush nature, and you can’t argue with the results.

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Sam Barber

Sam Barber

Sam Barber

Sam Barber was raised on a farm in a small town in Southeast Missouri surrounded by a supportive family and an abundance of friends. Most of his childhood was devoted to athletics where he learned many lessons such as the importance of a team, practice, discipline, respect and hard work. Music has not always been his passion and as a child, he never participated in music class or music performances. Sam's music journey has been completely unplanned and his success continues to astound him. When he was 16, Sam picked up his great grandfather's Gibson, out of tune with 5 strings and fell in love with the art of playing. He soon learned that he also had the God-given talent to sing along. Sam's vision is to continue to grow and become stronger as a vocalist and songwriter. He wants to deliver songs that people feel in their soul. Above all, he wants to stay true to his faith, the man he truly is, and the type of music he wants to make without boundaries or conforming. Since releasing Drowning in March Sam's social reach has soared past half a million followers and garnered over 1.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify. Sam has hit the Global viral charts and reached #1 in UK, Aus, Ire and more.

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Hunter Hayes

Hunter Hayes

Hunter Hayes

Multi-instrumentalist and platinum-selling artist Hunter Hayes is an embodiment of the type of musician that embraces change and strives to rewrite the rules. After debuting on the scene with a platinum-certified album, Hayes has charted his own path, moving from his country roots into the genre-bending world that he was destined for. On his album, Red Sky, the singer-songwriter is executing at the highest level of his musical career: crafting memorable melodies and instantly catchy hooks albeit with a top-notch musician’s discerning ear. His music is both a reflection of his influences, and a product of his prodigious multi-instrumental talents, reflected by the fact that he plays every instrument on his records. The Louisiana native has garnered over 2 billion on-demand global streams since the release of his debut album, along with six gold and platinum-certified singles. In addition to his legendary headlining shows, Hayes has also toured with superstars like Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and has headlined sold-out shows across the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. With over 50 award nominations and wins, including five GRAMMY© nominations, Hayes is just getting started.

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Deana Carter

Deana Carter

Deana Carter

Drenched in sun-kissed natural beauty both inside and out, Nashville native, Deana Carter, didn’t take a seemingly easy route to stardom, but instead chose to defy the conventional expectations of the typical Nashville artist blueprint and make her own mark. And she did, undeniably taking the industry and fans by storm with her wildly successful multi-platinum international debut “Did I Shave My Legs For This?” more two decades ago. Anchored by the dreamy super hit ” Strawberry Wine”, Carter showcased her own blend of country and retro- rock sprinkled with the folksy singer/songwriter qualities that have garnered Deana Carter well- deserved respect and wild acclaim.

With EIGHT albums under her belt, Carter explores many subjects commonly shared over a quaint dinner, afternoon coffee or a sunny day hike with a good friend. Her last release of Southern Way of Life was her first dive as Label CEO on her own Little Nugget Records, distributed by Sony/Red. These songs weave through the sometimes rocky terrain of adulthood, including loss of love, relationships on many different levels, trials, tribulations and simply put – life. As always, Instinctively autobiographical, the subject matter mimics the interesting ride of Carter’s own life – so far.

The daughter of famed studio guitarist and producer Fred Carter, Jr., Deana grew up exposed to the wide variety of musicians her father worked with, including Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Simon & Garfunkel, Muddy Waters, Dolly Parton, and many more. Their strong influence would eventually seep into Deana’s own country-pop style, which reflects qualities that can also be heard in similar artists now, such as Miranda Lambert and reflective of artists like Sheryl Crow.

Developing her songwriting skills by trial and error at writer’s nights throughout Nashville, Carter eventually signed a writing deal with Polygram and soon after a record deal with Capitol Records. One of her demo tapes happened to fall into the hands of none other than Willie Nelson, who remembered Deana as a child. Impressed with how she’d grown as a songwriter, Nelson asked Deana to perform along with John Mellencamp, Kris Kristofferson and Neil Young as the only female solo artist to appear at Farm Aid VII in 1994.

Her debut album, “Did I Shave My Legs For This?” boasts six songs co-written and with the album co-produced by Carter, was released to strong reviews in late summer 1996. By the end of the year, the record had climbed to the top of both the country and pop charts, quickly achieving multi-platinum status, with 3 number one singles in a row. A “first” for the genre, Deana’s celebrated debut album held this distinction and many ground breaking achievements for more than 5 years and has become one of Country Music’s most treasured classics of the 90’s.

“Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” followed in late 1998 and in 2001 Carter realized her dream of performing with her dad on an intimate holiday album, aptly titled “Father Christmas.” Making a strong move towards adult pop Carter released “I’m Just a Girl” on Arista Records in 2003, the same year Capitol Records released a Greatest Hits compilation. Follow-ups “The Story of My Life” in 2005 and “The Chain” in 2007 were both released on Vanguard Records. In an effort to pay homage to her musical roots and preserve her legendary father’s label Nugget Records, that famously presented some of the best in country music some 40 years ago, Carter opened her own label, Little Nugget Records, on which her latest album “Southern Way of Life” was released.

Carter now divides her time between Los Angeles, Florida and Nashville, writing and produc for both the pop/rock and country markets when not on the road touring or making movies.

Her superstar success continues to be evident as the chart topper “You & Tequila”, co-written with Matraca Berg and recorded by Kenny Chesney, was nominated as CMA’s “Song of the Year”, as well as two Grammy nods, notable the coveted “Song of the Year” , and, also, received a nomination as ACM’s “Song of the Year”. You and Tequila received a coveted ‘Songs I Wished I’d Written’ by the NSAI in Nashville, something Deana treasures, coming from her hometown music community.

Carter also co-wrote and produced an album for recording artist Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound, while putting the finishing touches on her own “Southern Way of Life.”

She has recently held a Governor’s seat on the Grammy Board for the Recording Academy and served on the Producer’s & Engineer’s Wing, The Membership Committee, & held an active voice for Artists & Creators with Advocacy in Washington, D. C. & throughout the last year for Pandemic Relief.

Singer, songwriter, producer – Deana Carter continues to defy conventions, making waves as she makes great music, tours, & makes movies.

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Chayce Beckham

Chayce Beckham

Chayce Beckham

Some people learn things the hard way.

And a fortunate few, turn those hard-won lessons into songs.

That’s Chayce Beckham, a 26-year-old, reckless blue-collar troubadour who survived his own missteps long enough to be embraced by the entire country on American Idol.

People see themselves in Beckham. He is an authentic voice for a working-class generation. With honest, slice-of-life storytelling and a voice that cuts through like a chain saw, Beckham’s music serves as a reminder that it’s the simple things in life that matter most and not material things.

A year ago, he was living at home after losing everything, driving a forklift, and writing songs because music was a refuge. After winning the 19th season of “American Idol” in 2021, he is now consistently creating new music and writing new songs with some of the best tunesmiths in Nashville and just released his BBR Music Group debut EP Doin’ It Right.

With his backstory, the EP title seems slightly ironic, but it actually foresees where the triple-threat performer, vocalist, and songwriter is headed: The direction is emphatically up.

Making American Idol history, Beckham was the first contestant to ever win the competition show by performing an original song – his self-penned track “23.” A semi-autobiographical account of his struggles with alcohol and the lows it can take on a person, the track quickly shot to the top of both the iTunes Country and All Genre charts and numerous viral charts, racking up more than 122 million on-demand streams and growing. Beckham co-wrote four out of the six tracks on his debut, which was produced by Ross Copperman (Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban), along with Lindsay Rimes on the track “Doin’ It Right,” featuring traditional and muscular instrumentation with banjo, mandolin, and steel guitar throughout.

The first taste of new music from the EP is the smooth southern comfort cut “Tell Me Twice.” The title was inspired by Beckham’s mom, who had encouraged him for years to try out for American Idol. It was something they said to each other, and it made him think about all the things in life that you should just do and not think twice about.

Other cuts include the untethered “Where The River Goes” about chucking responsibility to go where the world can’t find you. An avid fisher himself, the song is a subtle nod to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Fishin’ In The Dark.”

“That was the inspiration,” Beckham said. “It’s got a summertime, cornhole, going to the beach vibe. I listen to those playlists. I know the words to every song. I love honky tonk music, Hank Jr., George Jones, and Vern Gosdin. I lose my mind for that stuff, and it is a key component in all my music.” With references to Joshua trees and tumble weeds, “Doin’ It Right” reflects life in the small desert towns – Apple Valley, Victorville, Hesperia – in the high desert of California where Beckham grew up with this sister and then single mom. The title track shares the secret of living life right, from “firefly sunsets” to falling in love with a blue-eyed girl. “I’ll Take The Bar” looks at avoidance after a break-up with a couple at odds dividing their town, their friends, and their future paths: “You take off and I’ll take the bar.”

While “Talk To Me” is lush and sultry, “Love To Burn” is an energetic, upbeat love song about the rush and intoxication of falling in love and feeling untouchable.

“I love telling stories about life, where we come from, the whole thing, the good times and the bad times, especially the bad times,” Beckham quipped.

He hesitates to interpret his songs for anyone. “They should take the lyrics and apply them freely to any given situation and get out of them what fits into their life,” he said. “The message and lyrics may be completely different for them than it was for me. And that is for them to figure out.”

Katy Perry said he sounds “like the hearts of America.” But Beckham doesn’t think of himself as a great singer; he prefers telling a great story. “I’m not good at anything else,” he claimed.

He started playing guitar at three. And like many of the life-altering events in his life, it started with a fall.

Split custody meant weekdays at his maternal grandparents’ 10-acre farm and weekends in LA with his dad and Latina grandmother from Durango, Mexico. She had a car but refused to drive. On one of their daily walks around Southgate LA, the pre-schooler tripped and hit the pavement. They were in front of a music store and to distract him from his bloody knees she took him inside.

Beckham has a clear memory of the clerk telling him, “I’ve got a guitar for you. Your grandma’s going to buy one of the nicest guitars for you, but you have to be good.”

From the start, Beckham was obsessed. Someone taught him a few chords. By first grade he had taken a couple guitar lessons. But Beckham learned more by mimicking records he heard on Country radio than following rigid instruction. He listened to bluegrass, and ‘80s and ‘90s Country George Jones and Clint Black, Don William and Brad Paisley. Later he found Van Halen and AC/DC.

After high school, he started a band and he started singing, “not because I thought I was good, but because no one else wanted to.” Building a fanbase, his band started organizing multi-band festivals in the backyard of their rented house in the foothills of Glendora for up to 300 people.

Known as the Sinking Sailors, the music was more Nine Mile than Music City. Beckham would close his eyes and sing at the top of his voice just to be heard over the din.

Doors’ front man Jim Morrison was his idol and Beckham was living a fast lifestyle that eventually came crashing down. A potentially fatal car wreck changed everything. Witnesses left him in the crushed vehicle because they assumed he was already dead. He lost everything and moved home broke and humbled.

“Sometimes it’s good to fall, because it gives you something to get back up from,” said Beckham.”

Emotionally bruised, Beckham found comfort in Country music. “Country music healed my wounds and put its arms around me,” he said with genuine candor. “Sometimes you have to lose yourself a little to find yourself. I went back to my roots.”

When he finally took his mother’s advice and agreed to try out for American Idol, he didn’t have money for a decent guitar, but his family and friends came through with $1,700 in donations, enough to buy the Takamine guitar he played on the show.

Giving memorable, powerhouse performances night after night of songs such as Chris Stapleton’s “You Should Probably Leave” and Zac Brown Band’s “Colder Weather,” Beckham knew Country music was his future. He also now has an endorsement deal with that guitar maker.

“This is the right time in my life,” Beckham said. “I know I can handle success and I know I can handle what life is going to throw at me. There is no way I could have handled this stuff before. I’ve stopped questioning the chain of events that got me here. Now, I just let it happen.”

It’s been an incredible journey and far from over. Having just wrapped Jimmie Allen’s tour, Beckham is headlining his own shows before hitting the road with superstar Luke Combs this fall. And, following the critically acclaimed success of his debut EP Doin It Right that soared to No. 1 on iTunes All Genre and Country charts, Beckham just released his newest smash “Keeping Me Up All Night.” Co-written by Beckham with Cary Barlowe, Geoff Warburton and Andy Albert, the heart-wrenching but relatable track dials in on the restlessness felt and the lingering memories that haunt you during the aftermath of a break-up.

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David Nail

David Nail

David Nail

Hailing from Kennett, Missouri, David Nail is well-respected up and down Music Row. Some might even call him a “tour de force” as his songs pull no punches in evoking the demons with which he has wrestled through much of his life. The GRAMMY-nominated multi-platinum singer/songwriter’s early releases, I’m About To Come Alive, The Sound Of A Million Dreams, I’m A Fire and Fighter, ignited his reputation as an innovator and creative risk-taker. David Nail & The Well Ravens was Nail’s next project that project liberated him and propelled him into his next adventure, his debut solo independent EP Oh, Mother, a reflective piece of work. Of the title track, Rolling Stone noted that “the song creeps in like a sunrise — quiet, restrained cello and keys are the only underpinning for Nail’s powerful vocals at first. But then it slowly builds to something more massive and majestic.” That release was followed by Bootheel 2020 and Bootheel 2021, projects dedicated to the singer/songwriter’s hometown in the “bootheel” of Missouri. Nail plans on releasing more music, leaving behind any self- imposed restrictions. In Nail’s own words, “My philosophy has always been, I just hope to have a good enough year that I can have a next year while staying as true to myself as I possibly can.”

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George Birge

George Birge

George Birge

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Travis Denning

Travis Denning

Travis Denning

A native of Warner Robins, Georgia, singer/songwriter and Mercury Nashville recording artist Travis Denning first made waves with the release of his Top 40 debut single “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs,” which has also been certified Gold by the RIAA. He celebrated his first No.1 and Platinum certified single with the “shadowy” (Rolling Stone) “After A Few,” from Denning’s debut EP Beer’s Better Cold, which debuted in the Top 20 of Billboard's Country Albums chart. Last summer Denning released the EP, Might As Well Be Me. Crafted for the stage with all of Denning's hard-charging energy and mischief-making signatures intact, the collection also captures an artist maturing. The track “Buy A Girl A Drink,” a candlelit confession that features Denning’s tender lyricism, marked the most first-week streams of Denning’s songs to date. His current song, “Strawberry Wine And A Cheap Six Pack,” is Denning’s second highest debut and has already amassed over 3.5M Global streams. Denning’s songwriting extends to other artists – he has co-written for Morgan Wallen, Michael Ray, Chase Rice, Jason Aldean and Justin Moore. Denning has previously headlined his own “Heartbeat Of A Small Town Tour,” toured with Brother’s Osborne, Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch, Alan Jackson, Riley Green, Dierks Bentley and Jake Owen and he is currently out on the road headlining and playing festivals throughout the summer. With over 760 million streams worldwide, Denning has been spotlighted for his head-turning sound and is making his mark withing the industry, being previously selected as one of CRS New Faces, an Opry NextStage recipient and a CMA KixStart Artist. Denning is in the studio recording his next project.

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Carter Faith

Carter Faith

Carter Faith

Carter Faith has quickly made a name for herself in Music City. Whiskey Jam founder Ward Guenther has claimed that Faith is the “future of the next 10 years of Nashville” and Billboard named her “Rookie of the Month.” In addition to these accolades, Spotify included her on their annual “Hot Country Artist To Watch” list while also including her in their Fresh Finds program – marking the up-and-comer as the first country artist to ever be a part of this prestigious program.

Originally from Davidson, North Carolina, Faith taught herself guitar and piano, and soon after began crafting lyrics as a way to make sense of the world around her. Faith has performed at numerous venues, including closing out a sold-out show at the legendary Ryman Auditorium as well as the historic Grand Ole Opry stage in Nashville. She’s toured nationwide alongside artists like Cole Swindell, Carly Pearce, Old Dominion, Chris Young, Kip Moore, Little Big Town and has upcoming dates scheduled with Maren Morris and Willie Nelson.

The songstress recently signed with Universal Music Publishing Group and over the last two years, she’s garnered over sixty million streams with her releases “Wild,” “Already Crazy,” “Greener Pasture,” “Cowboys & Dreamers,” “Joyride,” “Easy Pill,” as well as her debut EP Let Love Be Love. Faith is currently working on her debut album that is expected to be released in 2023.

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Kylie Morgan

Kylie Morgan

Kylie Morgan

Kylie Morgan has quickly proven herself to be a relatable storyteller and an engaging live performer. The Oklahoma native is known for baring her soul in her confessional lyrics and leaving her heart on the stage. At 14, she began touring full-time and hasn’t slowed down, checking off bucket-list appearances including her Grand Ole Opry debut and a successful first-ever headlining tour. She performed at Nissan Stadium for CMA Fest, has taken the stage at major festivals, and is currently on the road with Old Dominion for her first arena trek on the band’s No Bad Vibes Tour. The CMT Music Awards-nominated “If He Wanted To He Would” hit country radio’s Top 40 and helped set the stage for Kylie’s new album Making It Up As I Go (available 10/13). The EMI Records Nashville recording artist wrote or co-wrote each of the project’s 12 tracks – authentic, reflective, and empowering. Resonating with fans, Kylie’s music has amassed nearly 400 million streams. Kylie aims for listeners to see themselves within the songs on Making It Up As I Go. In turn, she hopes they can find the words they may not know how to say through her music.

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RVSHVD

RVSHVD

RVSHVD

From Willacoochee, Georgia (population 1200) hails twenty six year-old singer / songwriter RVSHVD (pronounced RA-SHAD). Ten years ago, he heard 'Sweet Thing' by Keith Urban and he was a changed man. Then he found Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, George Strait, Alan Jackson, and Brooks & Dunn; all who he credits as ultimate musical influences as he fully embraced that country music was his calling. With the help of his signature vocal tone and a bare bones home studio, RVSHVD hit the jackpot on his country version of Roddy Ricch’s 'Ballin.' The song went viral on Spotify, TikTok, Apple and YouTube amassing over 25M streams and uplifting his catalog of songs to over 125M streams. A preview of his most recent single, 'Shoebox Money' struck a national conversation racking up 15M plays, 1M likes, and 450K+ shares on Instagram Reels alone, a testament to his unique position in the country music lexicon. RVSVHD adds, 'I can be myself in country music, talking about the real things I do and feel without trying to be a persona you need to be successful in hip-hop or other genres.' RVSHVD has played major festivals; including Nissan Stadium during CMA Fest and made his Grand Ole Opry debut on September 23, 2023. RVSHVD is signed to The Penthouse South / Sumerian Records label, Empire Publishing and CAA for touring.

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Hannah Ellis

Hannah Ellis

Hannah Ellis

Curb Records recording artist and country music singer/songwriter Hannah Ellis’ journey – and world – is one all can feel at home in. The Campbellsville, Kentucky-native’s voice - a mix of favorite flannel, sparkling pink wine and welcome - is the friend we always wanted. Whether pouring from a car radio or your phone, the act named to Rolling Stone Country’s 'Artist To Watch' list reminds you big leaps often come as a series of small steps when no one is looking. Having paid for her University of Kentucky degree with her full-ride scholarship, she – with the full support of her family – started chasing her dreams. Like so many, that meant a self-financed EP, and moving to Nashville to begin the endless rounds of writers nights, meetings, making friends, and trying to find your way. Hannah paid her dues, kept her focus and kept moving towards something she was sure she felt and knew was right. The fresh-faced songwriter, who has nearly 40 million career streams, has since written songs recorded by artists, and been featured as a vocalist on songs, spanning multiple genres, including: Russell Dickerson, Carly Pearce, FOR KING + COUNTRY, Emily Weisband, Cassadee Pope, Filmore, and Sidewalk Prophets. The magnetic artist, who has appeared on the Grand Ole Opry multiple times since making her debut, has toured with Carly Pearce, Gavin DeGraw, Dwight Yoakam, Devin Dawson, and many others, and has toured as part of the CMT 'Next Women of Country' Tour. Ellis was invited back by her college alma mater to be featured in a national television advertising campaign about pursuing and achieving your dreams. Hannah is one of the 'CMT LISTEN UP' artists to watch for 2023. Hannah's latest single, 'Wine Country,' is available now on all streaming platforms!

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Tanner Adell

Tanner Adell

Tanner Adell

Columbia Records Tanner Adell is here to unapologetically pave her own lane of Country music. Brought up between the coast of Manhattan Beach, California and the rustic charm of Star Valley, Wyoming, the songstress lived a free-spirited childhood in the country, complete with cowboy boots and rodeos. Weaving the tales of her upbringing through her musical storytelling, Tanner’s lyricism keeps their roots in Country while infusing an addictive blend of pop vocals and hip-hop beats. Tanner spills out energetic tunes and honest ballads that draw upon her personal narrative as a biracial woman embracing the truest version of herself. Hear Tanner reclaim the power back for the girls with her debut mixtape, Buckle Bunny, a first for the Country genre. The rising star promises to keep reimagining music with unbridled innovation while making her mark on Music City and beyond.

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Logan Crosby

Logan Crosby

Logan Crosby

Singer/Songwriter Logan Crosby is a proud Georgia native and credits his early musical start to singing at his grandmother’s Baptist church. Having grown up in a musical family in rural America, Crosby always gravitated towards country music. Logan first gained notoriety when a string of successful videos on TikTok, as well as other social media outlets, garnered the attention of thousands of followers. In July 2022, Logan appeared on the highly acclaimed ABC hit television series “Claim To Fame” where he came in second place while becoming a central beloved character of the series. Logan has released multiple singles, continues to tour with some of country music’s hottest acts, and just released his debut EP 23 Days In LA in July 2023.

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LECADE

LECADE

LECADE

Splitting his upbringing between Winfield, Louisiana and Hattiesburg, Misissippi, 21-year-old Cade Brinkley, better known as LECADE grew up watching his dad play in dives and legendary honky tonks (like Tootsies) across the south with his band. Falling in love with music at such an early age, LECADE began consuming music of all kinds before converting from an avid listener to a creator himself. In high school he began creating music in his bedroom by buying beats from YouTube creators and writing lyrics over them—which caught the attention of Nashville and TikTok alike. Now, the Country artist is determined to be the next to defy genres, successfully marrying Pop-Country with just enough Hip-Hop style. Averaging more than 2.4 million monthly listeners, he is growing his streams and has accumulated more than 100 million streams to date. With his unique, yet somehow familiar vibe, made for mainstream and outlaw Country fans alike, LECADE has produced his most recent 'Next Town Over,” his popular single 'When I’m Gone” and songs from his debut Country album, Chasing Ghosts. Now signed to Big Machine Records, managed by Scott Frazier/Chris Nilsson with 10th St Entertainment and booked by Alex Luebbert, Kevin Meads, Aaron Tannenbaum and Joey Lee with WME, LECADE is currently in the studio working on new music.

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Madeline Merlo

Madeline Merlo

Madeline Merlo

As an artist, Vancouver-native Madeline Merlo personifies her coastal upbringing - and nothing states that case stronger than the laid back, seemingly effortless feel to her sound. With fresh, fun and, occasionally, quirky melodies, and an unmatched depth in both vocals and lyrical storytelling, her music bridges the perfect pop-country gap. “I want people to have fun when they listen to my music… But I also want to be able to say something at the same time.” Madeline has already seen an impressive career, releasing a series of successful singles to Canadian country radio -  including debut “Sinking Like A Stone,” “War Paint,” “Whatcha Wanna Do About It,” “Neon Love,” “Dear Me,” and her most recent country radio Top 15 hit, “Kiss Kiss.” On April 13, 2020, Merlo appeared on hit NBC show Songland, where her song “Champagne Night” was chosen by 7-time GRAMMY® Award-winning group Lady A. The trio released the “summertime anthem” (Country Now) digitally the next day, making it the singer-songwriter’s first cut. “Champagne Night” has since topped the US country radio charts, making it Lady A’s 11th number one. Social media platform TikTok helped Merlo’s current single “It Didn’t” reach Rolling Stone’s Breakthrough 25 chart last month. The song is available on all platforms now.

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