This Florida native drove to Nashville with only $600.00 in his pocket in a 1980'sMustang. The self-taught guitar player lived in his car for a week until he found a place to live. His determination and passion for music drove him to do all he could to put himself in the thick of the music business. Within two years, he was working in the mailroom at the Country Music Association and then at FAME Music Publishing as the "tape copy guy."

While at Rick Hall's FAME Music, Arlis learned his songwriting craft and made many key music industry contacts. After leaving FAME, he called up one of their former writers, Steven Dale Jones, to talk about a song idea Arlis had. Jones loved it, wrote it with Arlis, and the song "We All Fall Down" landed on Diamond Rio's platinum album Completely. With his first major cut under his belt, Arlis started writing full time, getting numerous cuts on acts like Julie Roberts, Keith Anderson, Jeff Bates, Halfway To Hazard, John Michael Montgomery, Parmalee, &Kurt Nilsen.

Arlis had the honor of writing and co-producing his solo written song "Good Morning Sunrise" on Jamey Johnson's Grammy and ACM nominated album, The Guitar Song. Luke Bryan recorded "Too Damn Young" on his quadruple-platinum album Tailgates and Tanlines. Rolling Stones and American Songwriter Magazine highly received Vandoliers "Cigarettes In The Rain" and "Waiting On A Train" that he co-wrote. More recently, he co-wrote three of the original Christmas songs on Straight No Chasers' new album "Social Christmasing." In addition, Home Free recorded "Dive Bar Saints, Remember This, & When You Walk In.”

He also saw some chart success with "Won't Be Lonely Long" by Josh Thompson, reaching number 25 on the Billboard charts. Arlis owns and operates St. Augustine Songwriters Festival, Tour Manages Kenny G, and continues to release Coastal Americana/Trop Rock music as an artist/songwriter.

Kristi Allen’s expressive warm resonant voice sings out from a lifetime of love, loss, acceptance, and redemption. Her unpretentious charm invites listeners to journey with her as she spins relatable tales of life’s ups and downs. A prolific songwriter with hundreds of songs and two decades of performing in coastal bars and intimate venues, she blends upbeat country/folk rhythms with honest lyrical wit and down to earth emotion.

maggie antone is an old soul. she is virginia grown and she loves big! performing national anthems in large venues at the age of seven, she wowed crowds with her vocal power and emotion. her sophomore year of high school, she competed in and won the voice of  rva with an original song about addiction called pawn shop 12 string. shortly thereafter, she began performing at local venues to raise money for charities that were close to her heart. originally focused on musical theatre, maggie shifted her interests toward singing and songwriting.

as a y’all-ternative singer-songwriter, her powerful voice, relatable lyrics and authentic disposition, amassed a sizable online following in a short period of time. in fall 2021, sharing her talent from a dorm room floor wearing sweats and a red hoodie, antone captivated social media audiences around the world covering tyler childers’ lady may. a successful but reluctant student, antone’s inherent non-linear thinking and severe adhd drove her to drop out of college to pursue music full time, a choice, in her heart she always knew she was meant to make. overwhelmed by the out-pouring of support for her talent, it had become clear that antone was finally on a path suited for her loving and artistic heart.

post pandemic, while the world slowly appeared to be coming back to life, antone spent the next year performing as much as she could always trying to share her shows via live stream and connect with her audience as much as possible. by the fall of 2022, antone debuted her voice on streaming platforms releasing her rendition of tyler childers’ lady may. ciara bains of holler included antone on her list of new artists to watch in 2023 stating, “very few artists can cover tyler childers and do it justice.  maggie antone is one of them.” country central’s, ryan lippe wrote, “…the real takeaway is the emergence of a bold new voice in indie country in her own right.”

in december 2022, antone followed with an ep, interpretations, covering a range of artists and genres including jolene by dolly parton, spanish pipe dream by john prine, feathered indians by tyler childers, daddy lessons by beyonce, this year’s love by david gray and adam’s song by blink-182.

on june 23, 2023 antone is dropping her first original release, if only you played football as well as you play girls, self-written, self-produced and under her own independent label – love big! summer 2023 plans include travels to festival of the red in slade, kentucky and peacemaker festival in fort smith, arkansas. a virginia girl at heart, antone also continues to perform in her hometown of richmond and the surrounding areas as much as possible.

she is excited for what the future holds as she finds her place in the world of music. live performance and songwriting have always been a source of healing for maggie, but relatable connections with fans, and the company of healing together has been magical.

After moving to Music City from his native state of North Carolina, where he spent many years as a touring artist, Autry wasted no time emerging himself within the city’s talent. Since then, Autry has been a part of over a dozen #1’s, for some of the city’s biggest singer/songwriters such as Carrie Underwood, Sam Hunt, Chris Young and more. His work on the Spotify singles program has garnered over 5 billion streams and has featured Keith Urban, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett and many other artists. Further proving Nashville’s influence on other genres, Autry has worked with 1 billboard comedy album by Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots that features Brad Paisley, Garth Brooks and Carrie Underwood. After signing a publishing deal with Mucho Love Music, the songwriter has helped co-write songs for Sony artist Willie Joes and gold Legend John Daly.

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Madisun Bailey is a 20 year old singer-songwriter from Glen Burnie, MD. She taught herself how to play guitar and ukulele when she was 13 years old. When Madisun was 17 years old, she self produced and released an album and 3 singles in her bedroom on GarageBand. She's hoping to get some new music release soon! Now you can find Madisun playing in local restaurants and bars across MD, spreading her love and passion to everyone she entertains with every strum of her guitar.

Maggie Baugh’s viral single, "Think About Me" and “Drinking to the Broken Hearts” gained her entry into the Spotify Million + club. In addition to being added to multiple Spotify editorial playlists, including a #1 song in Spotifys “Fresh Finds:Country Best of 2021” end of year wrap, the Nashville music industry is showing its enthusiasm for her independent success. Her social media prowess is immense and her TIk Tok series, “Finish the Lick” that shows off her proficiency on multiple instruments, has garnered her more than 30 million views. Maggie is a well sought-after touring musician and recently toured the country with Country Accapella group Home Free as support on 3 od their Road Sweet Road 2022  and 2023 Tours, while also touring quite a bit herself as botha headlining and opening act. Maggie joined Home Free for their Nashville show at the famous Ryman Auditorium in the Spring as a special Guest. Releasing a substantial amount of music this year, Maggie is currently co-producing and recording a Debut Album which will be set to release sometime this year.

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Blondie has been a musical trailblazer for over four decades and remains an enduring global icon, continuing to inform the worlds of music, fashion, and art. From their early days as an irreverent Lower East Side punk band to their later status as international ambassadors of New York cool, Debbie Harry's persona and the band's boundary-pushing pop have shaped the look and sound of many chart-topping female artists who followed in the last five decades.

Comprised of founding members, singer-songwriter Debbie Harry, guitarist and co-writer Chris Stein, and powerhouse drummer Clem Burke along with band members bassist Glen Matlock, guitarist Tommy Kessler and keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen, Blondie's chart-topping success, fearless spirit and rare longevity have resulted in a wide array of accolades. Those achievements have included an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, a NME Godlike Genius Award in 2014, a Q Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2016, the 2017 Silver Clef Outstanding Achievement Award, and more than 45 million albums sold worldwide to date. In 2022, the Blondie Archival Box Set "Against The Odds" was nominated for a Best Historical Album Grammy Award.

The band's creative prowess is still going strong - they are currently working on their twelfth studio album and are in preparations for a new documentary film and a scripted feature in 2024. In April of this year, Blondie made a memorable appearance at the Coachella Festival and will soon take the Glastonbury Festival main stage in June. Blondie's ever-expanding legacy and enduring influence are a testament to their unique place in the history of music and popular culture.

Ronnie Bowman has earned a great deal of respect among Bluegrass, Country, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Gospel music professionals.

Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn as well as multiple Bluegrass artists have brought Ronnie’s originals to #1.

In addition to Kenny Chesney and Brooks & Dunn, Ronnie has seen continued songwriting success with songs recorded by such artists as Wynona Judd, Jake Owen, Lee Ann Womack, Dan Seals, Don Williams and many others including 3 songs recorded on Chris Stapleton’s multi-platinum selling album “Traveller.” The single “Nobody To Blame” won him the ACM award for “Song of the Year.” The album received the ACM and CMA ward for “Album of the Year” as well as a Grammy award for “Country Album of the Year.”

As an artist, Ronnie has been awarded International Bluegrass Music Award’s Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year, Gospel Performance and Recorded Event of the Year multiple times for each.

As a vocalist, Ronnie has recorded with various artists including, Alan Jackson, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Lee Ann Womack, Del McCoury, Chris Stapleton, and John Fogerty to name a few.

When Ronnie’s not on the road, he resides in Nashville, TN where he’s still writing songs and living the life.

Grammy Award-winning and multi-Platinum selling singer-songwriter, Michelle Branch released her highly anticipated new album The Trouble with Fever, on September 16, 2022 on Audio Eagle/Nonesuch Records/Warner Records.

Branch was seventeen years old when she signed to Madonna’s Maverick Records. In 2001, she released her highly acclaimed debut album, The Spirit Room, which featured the hit singles “Everywhere” (MTV Video Music Award Viewer's Choice winner), “All You Wanted” and “Goodbye to You”, and ushered in a new era of young women writing and performing their own songs. The album went on to sell three million copies worldwide, and was certified double-Platinum in the US, Platinum in Japan, Gold in Australia and Canada, and Silver in the UK, among others. Branch won a Grammy Award for her 2002 collaboration with Carlos Santana, “The Game of Love,” which peaked at No. 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100, No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and was a major international hit. Her second album, 2003’s Hotel Paper, debuted at No. 2 on the US Billboard album chart and was a top 10 hit around world. Certified Platinum in the US, and Gold in Australia, Canada and Japan, it spawned the hit single “Are You Happy Now?,” which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Rock Performance (she was also nominated for Best New Artist). In 2006, Branch found success with Jessica Harp as modern-country duo The Wreckers, whose debut Stand Still, Look Pretty was praised by critics for breaking down barriers between pop and country. The Gold-certified album spawned the hit single “Leave the Pieces,” which topped the Hot Country Songs chart for several weeks, and earned Branch her fourth Grammy nomination, as well as “My Oh My” and “Tennessee”. In 2017, Branch released her critically acclaimed fourth album, Hopeless Romantic (Verve), co-produced with her husband Patrick Carney (The Black Keys). Paste said of it, “Sprinkled with gorgeous, transparent and colorful synths, Hopeless Romantic casts Branch as a newly matured lover and songwriter and is indeed likely to succeed at satisfying diehards and welcoming in new devotees.”

Lewis’s debut self-titled EP, produced by himself and his brother Lee Brice, was released via Pump House Music on July 14th, 2017 to glowing reviews, landing at No. 11 on the US iTunes Country chart. Since then, Lewis has been named one of Rolling Stone Country’s “New Country Artists You Need to Know” and Billboard’s “Country Artists to Watch in 2018”. Tracks from the EP were featured on SiriusXM The Highway, CMT Music, and Spotify’s New Boots & Wild Country playlists, and its lead single ‘Best Ex Ever’ reached the Top 40 of MusicRow’s Country Breakout radio chart. The next chapter of Lewis’ music was unveiled with “Blessed” as the first single from his forthcoming second collection of songs and was introduced to the world by a special Thanksgiving acoustic performance premiere with his brother Lee Brice. The single was also recognized internationally when Brice received a British Country Music Award for International Song of the Year. Followed by “It’s You,” a huge streaming success, amassing more than 18 million streams since its release and placement on key playlists including Spotify’s Global Viral, Hot Country, US Viral, Breakout Country and New Boots, Apple Music’s Breaking Country, Pure Country Radio, Pandora’s New Country Radio playlists and many more. Brice’s streaming continues to flourish as his music garners nearly 33 million overall streams. With more new music on the horizon, 2022 promises to be the best year yet for Lewis Brice!

Laura Brino is a indie folk pop singer songwriter based in Annapolis, Maryland. Her music merges elements of folk, rock

and pop, often with touching lyrics and catchy refrains. She has been writing music since her teens in the late 1990s and her songs have been placed in a number of shows and movies. She has released four albums under her moniker, as well as another album under the band Lily and the Pearl, a project with her husband Sean “Dracula” Jackson. Laura has written hundreds of songs and is currently finishing up the first of two albums set to be released later this year. Her music has been described as having great pop sensibilities with quicky catch witted refrains, while telling stories in an authentic and reflective way. Laura helped found The Songbird Festival in 2022, a platform for other

women to share their stories and find resources. She has an extensive background in the arts and community work, and strives to connect with others through her music and art as a way to heal, inspire and empower.

Independent artists, The Brummies, made up of vocalists and multi-instrumentalists John Davidson and Jacob Bryant, and drummer Trevor Davis, have been playing together in various incarnations since high school, growing up together outside of Birmingham, AL. The members count the Beatles, Elton John, ELO, Blitzen Trapper and My Morning Jacket among their influences, but also have an affinity for sweeping film soundtracks. Their trademark sound evokes the psych-rock vibe of the Sixties and the soft indie-folk of the Nineties, yet possesses a timeless quality all its own.

Jillian Cardarelli is a singer/songwriter originally from a small town in Massachusetts who is forging her own path in country music with her stunning vocals, captivating songwriting and girl next door quality. Cardarelli recently released “If I Could Talk to Elvis” featuring Larry Strickland, Elvis Presley’s background vocalist of The Stamps Quartet. The single has been featured on WSM Coffee, Country & Cody, Elvis Radio on SiriusXM and is now the #1 music video in the 12-Pack Countdown onCMT Music.

In 2023, she also released successful singles “Could’ve Been Boy” and “Country Side.” She released her self-titled EP in the Spring of 2022 with the title track “What’s It Gonna Take.” Her singles "Dropped" and "If You Had a Heart" garnered support from Apple Music, Spotify and Pandora. Her inspirational single "Strong" featuring Charles Esten was named one of 2020's Most Powerful Songs by American Songwriter. "I Never Do This," was named Best New Country Songby Rolling Stone in October 2019. Rolling Stone ranked Jillian at the top of their list of 10 New Country Artists You Need to Know.

Artist, songwriter and producer Shy Carter has reached all corners of the industry with his early success. With credits that span Kane Brown's "Heaven" to Charlie Puth's "One Call Away," Carter is one of the most formidable up-and-coming talents in Nashville and beyond. He is among the writers behind Billy Currington's "It Don't Hurt Like it Used To," Sugarland's smash hit "Stuck Like Glue" and Rob Thomas' single "Someday." In addition to his feature on Tim McGraw's "Way Down," Carter has collaborated with Keith Urban on both "Never Comin' Down" and "My Wave." Named to Variety's 2018 Hitmakers list, he has also worked with Jason Derulo, Meghan Trainor, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lopez, Nelly and more. His roots in gospel, jazz, R&B and soul developed into an early career in hip-hop, but his gift for storytelling and love of organic instrumentation led to a natural transition into country music. Now, with a transcendent style perfectly suited to the times, he's ready to stand on his own as a country artist. With its earthy groove, laid-back beat and unflagging spirit, Carter's debut radio single "Good Love" is a fitting introduction to the man behind the music. Described as "a breezy, inspirational anthem with skittering high-hats and crisp piano… [that] underscores Carter's grand ambitions" (Rolling Stone), "Good Love" and his second Warner Music Nashville release "All Night" are available now. The born entertainer closed out the year visiting radio stations and media partners across the nation on his first-of-its-kind, socially distanced radio tour and has been named a 2021 Artist to Watch by Amazon Music, MusicRow magazine, Pandora, Sounds Like Nashville and more.

Catterina is an indie pop/folk singer-songwriter who makes music about love, life and all the emotions that weave in and out of a sensitive heart. Her angelic full-bodied vocals convey a mesmerizing intensity to her poetic lyrics. Catterina’s vocal ability was hard-earned, ironically, as for the first three months of her life, she was intubated after being born prematurely, with her doctors suggesting that she may not have even been able to speak, let alone sing. She certainly proved them wrong.

Gravitating towards artists that fuse a variety of genres in their music, as well as fearlessly explore a broad range of subject matter, such as Amy Winehouse, Phoebe Bridgers, Lizzy McAlpine, and Adele, the tender warmth flowing through Catterina’s music emerged once she began to settle into her own artistic identity.

Nashville recording artist and television host, Julia Cole, encourages empowering self-worth and good vibes to her growing #ColeTeam community. Julia has amassed well over 200,000,000 streams, is a CMT Next Women of Country, made her GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT, and has been featured on CMT, SIRIUS XM, CIRCLE TV, CBS, Audience Network, The CW, and more. Julia is hosting festival lifestyle series “Circle’s Ultimate Fanfest” on Circle TV as well as appearing on Circle’s 2023 “My Opry Debut” series and CMT’s 2023 “Viral to Verified” season.

Influenced by the genre-crossed locker room playlists she and her Texas volleyball teammates blasted, Julia’s musical style blends authentic country storytelling with a little Houston rhythm and attitude. Julia got her start performing the Star-Spangled Banner before her own high-school volleyball games, and was soon performing for NFL, MLB, MLS, NASCAR, and ESPN events before crowds of 75,000. She’s since toured globally in over 10 countries opening for acts like Dan + Shay, Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Kane Brown, The Chainsmokers, Dierks Bentley, Chase Rice, Lee Brice, Eli Young Band, Chris Lane, Michael Ray, Jake Owen and more. Julia brings her love for music and sports full-circle by advocating for women's athletics and empowerment and collaborating with the Boys and Girls Club and Mizuno athleticwear.

Independent country vocal powerhouse Abbey Cone is known for her emotionally resonant songwriting that connects with the next generation (and beyond) of country listeners. With an induction into CMT’s Next Women of Country Class of 2020 and named one of Pandora’s 10 Country Artists To Watch in 2022, she has already made her mark, co-writing with some of Nashville's best-known songwriters. Cone recently made her debut on main stages at Stagecoach and CMA Fest, and has toured with Tanya Tucker, Brittney Spencer, Abby Anderson, and the CMT Next Women Of Country Tour with Maddie & Tae and Sacha. This spring, she shared "If You Were A Song," her first single as an independent artist, and is expected to release more new music in 2023.

Elizabeth Cook is a Nashville-based Singer Songwriter from Wildwood, Florida. As a critically acclaimed live act and recording artist, the New York Times lauds her "a sharp and surprising country singer." A veteran SiriusXM Outlaw Country Radio DJ, hosting her own show, Apron Strings, nationwide for the last 10 years, she is also a favorite of David Letterman, a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, and a frequent guest star on Adult Swim's long-running hit cartoon series "Squidbillies" on Cartoon Network.

In the words of the Drivin' and Cryin's legendary Kevn Kinney, "Elizabeth is so far ahead and under the radar you better have a supercharger for that fastback if you're going to catch up! Enjoy the ride..."

Davis Corley is a Singer-songwriter originally from Knoxville, TN. He has penned multiple Texas #1s and over 40 independent cuts ranging from Country and Americana to Pop and Rock. After signing a worldwide publishing agreement with Sony Music Publishing and KP Entertainment in 2022, things are only looking up for one of Nashville’s most promising young talents.

Anthony David is an R&B singer-songwriter best known for his 2006 song "Words", a duet with contemporary R&B singer India.Arie.

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Danah Denice is a 26 year-old singer-songwriter and multi-media artist. With a classical background in piano and a folk background in guitar, she’s been compared to artists such as Carole King, Fiona Apple, and Joni Mitchell. Her raw and powerful performances — coupled with her pensive, confessional-style lyricism — have built her a loyal following in the greater Annapolis, Eastern Shore, and Baltimore areas.

Her first album “Unaddressed” (2019) with former band “The Dead Pens”, was played on 127 radio stations across the US — remaining on the “CDX-Nashville Americana Charts” for 16 weeks and the “College Radio Charts” for 5 — thusly landing them in Relix Magazine’s Top 30 releases for 3 consecutive months.

Her first solo EP, “Light From a Dark Room” will be released later this year (2023) — featuring a lot of local talent from across Maryland.

Tony Denikos is an award-winning singer-songwritin’, Mid-Atlantic region treasure! He can bring you to tears via humor or heartbreak and leave you yearning for more. His Tunes are a unique blend of Piedmont finger picking blues, breathtakingly beautiful ballads and upbeat rockin’ americana that’s authentic and defies categorization. He released his 5th album, “Gravity Wins”, in 2020 to critical acclaim and is working on his 6th!

The list of breakthrough innovations in Thomas Dolby's 35 year career is continuous. As an early MTV icon he blazed a trail for electronic music with his imaginative videos. The same year as his own record reached the top of the pop/dance charts, he co-wrote and produced the first ever platinum-selling rap 12” single Magic’s Wand by Whodini. His synth playing and production have graced the recordings of Foreigner, Def Lepperd, George Clinton and Joni Mitchell, earning five Grammy™ nominations. He appeared live with Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock, with David Bowie at Live Aid, and with Roger Waters at The Wall in Berlin. And his self-penned She Blinded Me With Science became a Top 5 Billboard hit, going on to become an evergreen geek anthem of the 1980s that still pops up in Grand Theft Auto, The Big Bang Theory and Breaking Bad.

Thomas has created original music for features films produced by George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Ken Russell; he has appeared with The Muppets, and on numerous TV shows from Soul Train to The Late Show.

Sought after as a consultant for tech startups and research companies, Dolby seemed to have a hand in every emerging entertainment platform, from laser disks and computer games to interactive TV, virtual reality installations and location-based entertainment. His name is on multiple US patents, and he has worked as an investment advisor for top venture capital firms. During the early Silicon Valley internet explosion, Thomas founded high tech startup Beatnik Inc and co-created the code that drove interactive audio in Java. When mobile phones began to play polyphonic ringtones, it was via his BAE technology, which Beatnik licensed to phone manufacturers to be embedded in over two billion cellular phones and devices.

Between adding music to the mix as in-house Music Director of every TED Conference from 2001-12, Thomas taught himself to be a digital filmmaker; and in 2013 he won multiple awards for his groundbreaking film The Invisible Lighthouse, which chronicles the closure of a 250 year old lighthouse visible from his coastal home in Suffolk, UK.

Since Fall 2014 Thomas has held the post Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. He has recently released his first book The Speed Of Sound (Macmillan/Flatiron.)

Singer/songwriter Daphne Eckman could make you happy, but she’d rather make you cry. Based in Annapolis, MD, she’s been touring locally and around the east coast since 2022 with her five-piece band, bringing an indie rock flavor to her acoustic folk songs. Her songwriting is honest and raw, writing about intense interpersonal experiences and finding autonomy in your early twenties. Inspirations include Phoebe Bridgers, Joni Mitchell, Pinegrove and more. She is set to release her debut record in 2023 titled “Where You Left Me”, with songs ‘Iris’, ‘Ghost”, and ‘Jackson Pollock’ being the leading singles.

PRS “Eightlock” is a band of high-level musicians who are friends and have “locked” together recording and performing a new kind of groove with its roots in Baltimore funk, DC go-go and New Orleans swing. The excitement around this “3 drummer groove” is infectious. The band’s first CD will be released in March of 2022. The line-up is three drummers, a bass player, female singer and three guitar players.

As the 22-year-old rising star unveils their debut masterpiece "Terror", Tianna is geared to create a movement fueled by honest and authentic music that will stand the test of time. With their soulful edge and a Punk attitude, the project is full of personality and self-actualization, from an artist who knows exactly who they are, while still evolving into whom they will become. It's Through their masterful wordplay, their range of vocals, and carefully selected production, that their introduction is geared to be strong and impactful.

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The Young Fables (TYF) create music with classic storytelling weaved into Americana roots music with pop sensibilities. East Tennessee (Maryville) natives, Laurel Wright and Wes Lunsford’s unique sound has resonated with audiences around the globe as live performances have become stages from which The Young Fables discuss themes and topics typically saved for the therapy couch. Strong advocates for mental health awareness, The Young Fables were honored with The Troy Gentry Compassion Award in 2021.

The couple received an invitation from multi-platinum songstress Shania Twain to take part in the CBS showcase celebration Real County. “Wes is a perfect partner for Laurel’s voice. I fell in love with these guys as a genuine, authentic talent and sound,” mused Twain, and Travis Tritt added, “Our industry needs (TYF) right now!”

2023 will see Wright and Lunsford releasing Short Stories, the band’s 4th studio effort, and their feature documentary ‘The Fable of a Song’, winner of the 2021 Nashville Film Festival Audience Choice Award. “Every album that we have released has become a sort of fixed journal entry for us and Short Stories is the next chapter.” Wright reveals. “We feel fortunate to have a space to share our music and are so grateful that our story seems to be helping others with their healing. That’s a reward unlike any other.”

Pacifico Rik Ferrell got his musical start in historic Annapolis, MD with the infamous Dead String Quartet, a staple of the city's "Crabcore" underground Punk/Alternative scene, along with The Hated and Spastic Rats. When DSQ disbanded, Rik became a founding member of Stagger Stagger Crawl, and then went on to front outlaw country fan favorite the Roadhouse Clams, performing up and down the East Coast, and producing several classic albums that continue to receive radio airplay. But his musical tastes were constantly involving. "I never met a genre I didn't like", he jokes. "Growing up, I was a huge fan of the older pre-1980 Stones, plus The Clash, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Allmans, Pretenders, but I also was listening to great groove stuff like P-Funk, Peter Tosh, and Prince, and my Cuban-born dad's vinyl like Santana, Mancini, Harry Belafonte, and John Coltrane. And then my father-in-law showed me the world of old-school country and I was floored by the great storytellers like Waylon & Wille, Tom T Hall, Johnny, Roger Miller, Marty Robbins, John Prine, Jerry Jeff... and there's a ton of great newer artists that I love, like Alabama Shakes, St Paul & the Broken Bones, the Heavy Heavy, and Sturgill Simpson. And all of that mishmash seems to surface in my writing, most of the time all on its own. Lyrically, I love Paul McCartney's phrasing, and the ability of the aforementioned troubadours, plus folks like Townes Van Zandt, to cut thru the BS to get to the meat of the point." In Spring 2017, Rik & his wife sold their Eastern Shore home and headed south to Ft Myers Beach, FL, to get away from Mid-Atlantic winters and focus on his solo career with his new band Rik Ferrell & the Borrowed Stars. "I grew up on and around the Chesapeake Bay and I'll always love it. But when I realized I could perform open air all year round, with palm trees and clear blue water as the backdrop, it was an easy sell for my Caribbean bloodline." These days, Rik does the festival and tiki bar circuit from Tampa Bay to Key West.

While he is only 17 years old, he has been playing and entertaining for more than half his life. Nate has always wanted to perform and got his first guitar at the ripe age of 7. He enrolled with a guitar teacher where he learned guitar from a book. Within a year he wanted to switch to a more hands-on learning approach. From there he found an open jam session at a local store, Victor Litz, and would go on to join a rock ensemble group program where he learned how to actually play songs. His passion for music grew and he wrote a song called “Something Big” at age 8. Nate has never had any fear of performing or large crowds and took every opportunity to perform any chance he got.. whether it was county fair, with other bands in restaurants or bars while on vacation, or simply busking in crowded areas at 11 years old.

Today Nate is 17 years old and his passion for music has only grown. He has expanded his involvement with music participation. He is well versed in vocal/harmony/guitar, bass, drums, and learning the keys. He currently plays around Maryland mostly in the Annapolis/Baltimore area and Ocean City. In addition to singing and playing multiple instruments, Nate had been getting into the production side of music. He creates his own music and collaborates with other musicians creating music for shared projects or separate artists’ projects.

Whether scrawled in a handwritten diary, committed to the pages of a book, or posted online, an authentic story will resonate. From a stark and stripped-down perspective, Elliot Greer delivers unfiltered truth with grizzled, yet warm intonation accompanied by acoustic guitar. For as much as he harks back to an old school troubadour tradition, his appeal transcends eras. As such, he asserts himself as the rare singer-songwriter who can cut through the noise on social media with tens of millions of views or pack a residency gig on a weekly basis. Growing up in Scotland, he attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York city and later landed a part in Glen Hansard’s Once in upstate New York —only for COVID to shut down the production before it got off the ground. Armed with a basic $100 microphone purchased by his girlfriend, he wrote, produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered his independent debut, Handcrafted, in the bathroom of his apartment. Simultaneously, he gigged nonstop, busking in Central Park, performing anywhere around town, and joining Ashley McBryde and John Osborne for a performance on The Tonight Show at Jimmy Fallon. In 2022, he launched a TikTok account and broke through with the single “Bleed.” A video of Elliot with an acoustic guitar singing his soul out caught fire, reeling in 8 million views on Instagram and 5 million on TikTok. Now, Greer forges a lasting connection on a series of 2023 singles for Arista Records and much more to come.

Patty Griffin is among the most consequential singer-songwriters of her generation, a quintessentially American artist whose wide-ranging canon incisively explores the intimate moments and universal emotions that bind us together.

Over the course of two decades, the 2x GRAMMY® Award winner – and 7x nominee – has crafted a remarkable body of work in progress that prompted the New York Times to hail her for “[writing] cameo-carved songs that create complete emotional portraits of specific people…[her] songs have independent lives that continue in your head when the music ends.” 2019 saw the acclaimed release of the renowned artist’s GRAMMY® Award-winning 10th studio recording, PATTY GRIFFIN, available now via her own PGM Recordings label via Thirty Tigers HERE. One of the most deeply personal recordings of Griffin’s remarkable two-decade career and first-ever eponymous LP, PATTY GRIFFIN made a top 5 debut on Billboard’s “Independent Albums” chart amidst unprecedented worldwide acclaim, and later, a prestigious GRAMMY® Award for “Best Folk Album.”

In addition to her creative career, Griffin has also devoted considerable energy and focus towards the wellbeing of the planet as well as showing compassion for the less fortunate among us via personal and public acts of charity. Having crafted a rich catalog that chronicles love and death, heartache and joy, connection and detachment, Patty Griffin continues to push her art forward, as always imbuing every effort with compassion and craft, uncanny perception, and ever increasing ingenuity.

Paul Guzzone is a performing songwriter and producer whose work ranges across pop, folk, rock and theater. He is best known as the long-time bass player and vocalist in The Bacon Brothers band (featuring actor Kevin Bacon and composer Michael Bacon). Paul has performed with them around the world and broadcasts including multiple appearances on the Tonight Show, The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The View and the BBC.

Enthralled with the music of Crowded House, Paul Simon, The Beatles and dozens of other similar musicians and bands, Dan’s songwriting continued to evolve throughout his post-college years. Those productive years resulted in a few hundred songs of longing and love, cars and girls. Soon he formed two bands, Ben’s Bones and The Dan Haas Band. For several years, Dan & the Bones held a Monday night residency show where Dan would unleash a new song or two a week for his band to perform live, for the first time, right there on the spot. Spontaneous, with results that were always surprising. Over the years, Dan has been lucky enough to work with talents like Jim Creegan (Barenaked Ladies), Joe Pisapia (Guster, kd Lang, Joe, Marc’s Brother, Ben Folds, The Silver Seas), Josh Rouse, and David Mead.

Since starting a family, Dan has continued writing and performing songs, with topics ranging from pandemic yearnings, to raising kids, sorties of fact and fiction, and of course, fantasy and his love of birds. Dan’s style falls nicely into the “Melodic Pop’ catefory, with tinges of Americana, Brill Building Pop, Rock and even Alternative. He wrties primarily on guitar with the occasional song emanating from is ukulele, bass, and mandolin. Much like his musical heroes and inspirers, he is clearly a fan of lush harmonies, rich string arrangements, & thick synths and soothing Wurlitzer & Rhodes.

Jimi is the lead singer/guitarist/songwriter for the band Jimmie’s Chicken Shack who has released 7 records in 30 years and toured the U.S. and Europe. J.C.S’s 8threcord, “2econds’, will be released later this year. J.C.S. had 2 top 10 hits in 2 different radio formats for their 2 world wide major label releases. Jimi also plays in the local bands Jarflys and Mend The Hollow. Jimi is a visual artist who works in paint and mixed media. Jimi is the owner, creative director and publisher of Upstart Annapolis Magazine, which is a high-quality quarterly arts and culture magazine named The Official Magazine of the Arts and Entertainment District of Annapolis. Up.St.Art Annapolis was given a special recognition award by Folio Ozzie and Eddie Awards: for Best Design Team of the Year is 2019. Jimi was appointed to the board of the Annapolis Arts District in the summer of 2020.

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Hailing from Pennsylvania with deep southern roots, if there's one thing about Zandi Holup that is certain -- she is different. Her edgy, deeply emotional lyrics and unique voice set her a part. She sings about he good, the bad, and the ugly. Her music is a voice for the unheard. Zandi is no frills, relatable, and raw. Her music is described as "delicate and earthy," "gritty," and "visceral." Listening to her raw but relatable storytelling style, it is no surprise that she ahs been able to grow her grassroots following seemingly overnight, amassing over 300,000 followers on TikTok with videos garnering millions of views. Her first release, "Wait for You," was streamed over a million times and featured as the number one song on Spotifys Fresh Fids All-Genre playlist as well as Fresh Finds Country. In 2022, Zandi signed to Arthouse Entertainment (Kara Dioguardi/Universal Music) and TurnTable Music (Ben Johnson) and is currently recording her much anticipated follow up record to be release in 2023.

Elisha got a very early start in music playing drums in plays and production by the age of 10. At 18 he moved to Nashville to drum tech for legendary drummer Artimus Pyle of LYNYRD SKYNYRD.

Elisha attended Belmont University for a few years while immersing himself into the early 90’s Nashville music scene, becoming a sought after multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and programmer.

Hoffman got his first production break co-producing the remix of Shania Twain’s “It’s Alright” and the show opening music for The Dixie Chicks FLY tour.

From 2006 to 2016, Elisha was a staff songwriter at MURRAH/COLTON MUSIC writing songs for artists and bands like New Medicine to Faith Hill and most recently the new country-pop female sensation RUNAWAY JUNE with their debut smash hit LIPSTICK (co-written with his wife Two-time Grammy award winning Rebecca Lynn Howard). Elisha also co-wrote the pivotal song “Give In To Me,” for the major motion picture COUNTRY STRONG. His songs can also be heard on TV shows such as The Shield and Dark Angel.

Elisha is a founding member of THE LOVING MARY BAND, Steven Tyler’s country band touring the US, Europe and Japan. In 2018, a documentary was made about Steven and the banded called “Out On A Limb.” In 2019, Elisha formed Pumphouse Records with friends country star Lee Brice and hit songwriter Rob Hatch. Additionally, he has produced the new Lee Brice and Blanco Brown “Soul” remix and is currently producing the new Rebecca Lynn Howard record.

Crossover country-pop singer, and two-time Grammy Award Winner, Rebecca Lynn Howard is best known for her hit song “Forgive”. Quickly following was a #1 hit single, “Simple Things”, where she collaborated with pianist Jim Brickman. Her songs have been recorded by singers like Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood and Runaway June to name a few. Also, a founding member of Loving Mary Band, who are currently backing up Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Rebecca is the bassist and one of three vocalists.

Claudia Hoyser is an American country music singer, songwriter and social influencer who is capturing hearts around the globe with her fingerprint voice. Her songs have been featured in international movies, national advertising campaigns and charted on the Music Row Country Breakout Charts. Garnering over 120 million video streams on Facebook alone, her wildly popular series “Hoyser Country Monday” has led to shows with Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Brantley Gilbert, Ryan Bingham, Whiskey Myers and Mitchell Tenpenny, Chris Young, Justin Moore, LOCASH, Jessie James Decker, Chase Rice and many more. Claudia’s single “Small Town Motels” just celebrated a 9-week streak at Number 1 on CMT’s 12 Pack Countdown.

She first gained recognition in 2017 when an unmixed demo of her song “No Matter What it Costs” found its way to local country radio and was added to the playlist after listener response. Being from Rochester, NY, that single string of events built Hoyser’s confidence in being accepted in country music circles.

Along with penning over 250+ songs in the last few years, Claudia launched her Coffee and Whiskey Brand “Hoyser Country!” Check it out at hoysercountry.com

With a heavy emphasis on lyric and melody Brad Hutsell lends his style to the Rock music he grew up on paired with the earnest Country lyrics the genre is known for. He’s had several songs recorded by various Nashville recording artists including Tim McGraw and has had the opportunity to play and open for some of the genre’s biggest acts like Cole Swindell, Travis Denning, Chris Lane and The Cadillac Three.

Dracula Jackson is the solo project of Sean Jackson, who has been writing, arranging and recording original pop/rock music since 1985. A true multi-instrumentalist, Jackson plays every instrument in his recorded work, and has written hundreds of songs inspired by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Coldplay, and the entire early half of the 1980s. Having played in numerous bands for 30+ years, Dracula Jackson began releasing new solo music in 2021.

Jackson has recently released 2 singles from the forthcoming album “Shadows of a Ghost” (due in 9/2023,) which combines rock, pop and cinematic score, is married to singer/songwriter Laura Brino, and plays in her live & recorded band.

July Moon is a country music trio consisting of Cassidy Daniels, Piper Bateman, and Braelyn Watt. This Nashville based group draws musical influence and inspiration from Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, The Chicks and others. July Moon first formed in 2020 and have released their first single earlier in 2023. Their live show can be described as eclectic and their bold and soulful harmonies are encaptivating. The group has been touring across the US playing everywhere form East Coast to West Coast. They have also opened up for major label artists such as Tyler Farr.

Michael K. is an award-winning songwriter and has had his original songs placed in various TV shows as well as a major motion picture. He’s known for writing sincere and satirical songs with catchy melodies and hooky lyrics. He enjoys playing locally with his band, Pretty Big Deal, as well as performing solo acoustic shows in and around the Annapolis area.

Kavoossi is an indie-rock band from Annapolis, MD, blending the melodic sensibilities of 90s rock with influences from artists like Weezer, Cake, The Strokes, and the Foo Fighters. With a knack for crafting catchy and relatable songs, Kavoossi captures the essence of indie-rock, delivering a sonic experience that resonates with listeners. Whether catching them on tour or discovering their studio recordings, prepare to be hooked by their infectious tunes.

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Small-batch home brewed guitar driven soul and blues organically sprouted in Pennsylvania, newly planted in Annapolis, MD. Kevin Koa combines instrumental focus and rhythmic articulation with conscious lyrics.

Influenced by the sonic energy of the post grunge era and contemporary country music, Rich Lafleur delivers an upbeat approach to relatable, blue collar storytelling. After leaving his hometown in Maryland to move to Nashville, TN in 2018, the songs he has written or performed have gained millions of streams worldwide.

EARL BUD LEE has written hit songs for many great artists in the country music field and is still going strong. Some of the hits he co-wrote include “Friends in Low Places” performed by David Chamberlin and “Midnight Shift” performed by Buddy Holly.

Grammy Award winning songwriter, inspirational independent recording artist, record executive, activist, producer, and humanitarian Damon Little invites you to not stress, as he releases his new chart-topping billboard and media base single “NO STRESSING” Feat. Grammy award winning, platinum selling queen of Neo Soul Angie Stone. The song addresses the stressors of our world today, as stress kills. The world has been through many traumatic experiences and since we don’t know our last day on earth, we should enjoy life and practice “NO STRESSING”.

Little is known for his previous songs such as: The emotionally billboard number one song “STAND UP”, and a host of billboard top ten songs: LET IT BE, BE ALRIGHT, I WONT BE DEFEATED, SHOES, DO RIGHT, MAKE AWAY, You CAN’T STRADDLE THE FENCE and this is just to name a few. He is also known for his concept videos to bring a visual presence to the songs he sings and hopes that the message is one of spreading unconditional love, harmony, and peace.

Little was born in Baltimore MD; and spent a portion of his childhood years in Pensacola, Florida, where he developed a resonant singing style reminiscent at times of Al Green or Philippe Wynne, former lead singer of the Spinners. Damon first studio recording was with his uncle, who just happened to be the late great Clarence Fountain of the Blind Boys of Alabama. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Little spent a portion of his childhood years in Pensacola, Florida, where he developed a resonant singing style reminiscent at times of Al Green or Philippe Wynne, former lead singer of the Spinners. In 2000, he produced a string of gospel chart hits with a strong urban R&B feel, including the title track of his debut album, "You Can't Straddle the Fence" (the album appeared in 2002 from Worldwide), "Long as I Got Shoes," and "Do Right (How You Gonna Do Right with a Do Wrong Mind)," the title tune of his second album, Do Right, which Worldwide released in 2004.

“A singer/songwriter worth watching..."

- Hal Horowitz, American Songwriter Magazine

"Lytle’s music is a breath of fresh air that transports you to that peaceful and serene place… "

- Raul Campos, KCRW 89.9FM Los Angeles

Great songwriters are often gifted with the ability to spin tales, to imagine characters and fabricate fantastic details of their lives. Alec Lytle is no such songwriter. Woven of his own loves, losses, triumphs and missteps, his songs ring honest and carry the character and mood of the redwood forest where he lives and writes. The husband and father of two lives with his family in a house he designed and built on a plot of land in the rural Northern California coastal mountains—an area with a rich history, including Ken Kesey’s acid tests and the more than 20 albums recorded by Neil Young at his iconic ranch. Here, he wrote his debut album, The End of Ours (2015) and his Last record, The Remains of Sunday (2020).

Lytle, previously an upright bassist, sideman, and harmony singer, is un-beholden to the formulas that typify singer-songwriters in folk and Americana music. His lyrics tell compelling, clear, relatable stories, always true and angularly referenced, inviting listeners to relate and apply their own meaning; his sound propels them into swirls of sensation, allowing them to tap into a vibrant, immersive experience with his music.

Alec is currently working on his third record slated for a 2024 release.

Jesse Lynn Madera is a multi-faceted singer-songwriter who weaves a blend of pop, folk, blues, Americana, and jazz influences into her piano-driven compositions. Her vocals are powerful and haunting in one instant, and light, whimsical, and sweet in the next as she moves seamlessly and effortlessly across genres. A brief listen to just a few of her songs-the accordion-driven, colorful, and catchy “¡Hola Papi!"; the melodic, optimistic, acoustic pop sounds of “Revel;” and the dramatic virtuosic “Dante”–immediately telegraphs that this is an artist who goes where her muse takes her.

“I love so many genres,” says Madera. “When I sit down at the piano to write, it’s a mixed bag. To me, music is music, and I go with how I’m feeling in that moment. The simple truth of human emotion and experience creates an endless palette. I listen to all kinds of different music and my influences are equally diverse. Inspiration is everywhere!”

Jessie Marie is an indie-soul-pop singer/songwriter based out of Annapolis, Maryland. After starting her career performing solo and with varying accompaniment, she performed with her band "Amber North" between 2016-2018 with musicians Johnnie Kearse III on bass and Jason Kearse on drums and keys. Currently, Jessie Marie performs solo, with Jason Kearse, and with other local musicians at various venues and events in the mid-Atlantic area. If you check her schedule, the musician(s) accompanying her on each performance are listed in advance. Her original music is available for download/streaming on most platforms (Amazon Music, iTunes, Spotify, etc.).

A musician, a steel pan builder, and a traveling teaching artist. Kevin performs as a singer, guitarist, and steel pan player with his group The Geckos and as a solo songwriter for the past 30 years. Based out of the Annapolis area, The Geckos have released three albums of original music blending folk, Americana and stories.....with songs about The Chesapeake, Annapolis, interesting characters, and about paintings...... and the big sky. Kevin began building steel pans while a student at Cornell University in 1989 and his company Rock creek Steel Drums has produced thousands of instruments.....shipped to over 30countries and all around the US.As a teaching artist working to expand the reach of the Trinidad’s steel pan art form, Kevin has taught in over 400 schools, community groups and at events and festivals......turning groups of up to 100 at a time into a steel band.... Over 100,000 people have learned to play steel pan with these programs and artist in Residence visits.

Coley McCabe Shepherd is a platinum-selling songwriter who hails from West Virginia. She has performed numerous times on the Grand Ole Opry. While on RCA Records her song “Grow Young With You” was featured in the Natalie Portman / Ashley Judd film, “Where The Heart Is,” Her writing credits include the top 5 SheDaisy hit “Lucky 4 U.” She also starred in the feature film “Alabama Love Story.” Coley and her husband Thom Shepherd currently live in San Antonio TX.

Matt McConville is a long-time Annapolis singer/songwriter, having performed throughout the Annapolis/Baltimore/Washington region for the last 30 years. Matt is also the founder of AMFM---Annapolis Musicians Fund (for) Musicians---a financial relief nonprofit organization for area, professional musicians. The Annapolis Christmas Shows at the Ram's Head On Stage and a foundation of AMFM's fundraising has been produced by Matt since 1998....as well as many other fundraising musical events throughout the past 30 years. Besides being a professional musician, Matt has also written 2 novels---working on his third---and has been a professional chef.

In James McMurtry’s new effort, The Horses and the Hounds, the acclaimed songwriter backs personal narratives with effortless elegance (“Canola Fields”) and endless energy (“If It Don’t Bleed”). This first collection in seven years, due August 20 on New West Records, spotlights a seasoned tunesmith in peak form as he turns toward reflection (“Vaquero”) and revelation ( closer “Blackberry Winter”). Familiar foundations guide the journey. “There’s a definite Los Angeles vibe to this record,” McMurtry says. “The ghost of Warren Zevon seems to be stomping around among the guitar tracks. Don’t know how he got in there. He never signed on for work for hire.”

The Horses and the Hounds is a reunion of sorts. McMurtry recorded the new album with legendary producer Ross Hogarth (John Fogerty, Van Halen, Keb’ Mo’) at Jackson Browne’s Groovemaster’s in Santa Monica, California, a world class studio that has housed such legends as Bob Dylan (2012’s Tempest) and David Crosby (2016’s Lighthouse) as well as Browne himself for I’m Alive (1993) and New Found Glory, Coming Home (2006). McMurtry and Hogarth first worked together 30 years ago, when Hogarth was a recording engineer in the employ of John Mellencamp at Mellencamp’s own Belmont Studios near Bloomington, Indiana. Hogarth recorded McMurtry’s first two albums, Too Long in the Wasteland and Candyland, for Columbia Records and later mixed McMurtry’s first self-produced album, Saint Mary of the Woods, for Sugar Hill Records. Another veteran of those three releases, guitarist David Grissom (Joe Ely, John Mellencamp, Dixie Chicks), returns with some of his finest work.

Accordingly, the new collection marks another upward trajectory: The Horses and the Hounds will be McMurtry’s debut album on genre-defining Americana record label New West Records (Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Lucinda Williams, John Hiatt, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Buddy Miller, dozens more).

“I first became aware of James McMurtry’s formidable songwriting prowess while working at Bug Music Publishing in the ’90s,” says New West president John Allen. “He’s a true talent. All of us at New West are excited at the prospect of championing the next phase of James’ already successful and respected career.” McMurtry perfectly fits a label housing “artists who perform real music for real people.” After all, No Depression says of the literate songwriter’s most recent collection, Complicated Game: “Lyrically, the album is wise and adventurous, with McMurtry — who’s not prone to autobiographical tales — credibly inhabiting characters from all walks of life.” “[McMurtry] fuses wry, literate observations about the world with the snarl of barroom rock,” National Public Radio says. “The result is at times sardonic, subversive and funny, but often vulnerable and always poignant.”

His lauded storytelling — check out songs such as “Operation Never Mind” and “Ft. Walton Wake-Up Call” on The Horse and the Hounds— consistently has turned heads for decades now. “James writes like he’s lived a lifetime,” said John Mellencamp back in 1989, when Too Long in the Wasteland hit the Billboard 200. “James McMurtry is one of my very few favorite songwriters on Earth and these days he’s working at the top of his game,” says Americana all-star Jason Isbell. “He has that rare gift of being able to make a listener laugh out loud at one line and choke up at the next. I don’t think anybody writes better lyrics.” McMurtry’s albums Just Us Kids (2008) and Childish Things (2005) back the claim, each scoring endless critical praise. The former earned McMurtry his highest Billboard 200 chart position in two decades (since eclipsed by Complicated Game) and notched Americana Music Award nominations. Childish Things spent six full weeks topping the Americana Music Radio chart in 2005 and 2006, and won the Americana Music Association’s Album of the Year, with “We Can’t Make It Here” named the organization’s Song of the Year.

Other accolades include a 1996 Grammy nomination for Long Form Music Video for Where’d You Hide the Body and an American Indie Award for Best Americana Album for It Had to Happen (1997).

McMurtry tours year-round and consistently throws down unparalleled powerhouse performances, reflected in the release of two live discs: the universally lauded Live in Aught-Three on Compadre Records, and 2009’s Live in Europe, which captured the McMurtry band’s first European tour and extraordinary live set. Along with seasoned band members Ronnie Johnson, Daren Hess, and Tim Holt, Live in Europe features special guests Ian McLagan (Faces) and Jon Dee Graham (True Believers, Skunks). (Video of the performance is available on the included DVD.)

“Lyrically gritty, musically gutsy, go tell ‘em all…we need James McMurtry bringin’ us more.” —Andrew Farrris, INXS

“James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation” —Stephen King

Kristen McNamara (KMAC), Singer-songwriter Multi-Creative Artist started performing and painting at age 11 and went on to work with, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Old Dominion, Wynonna Judd, Lonestar, Diamond Rio, Cher, Big N’ Rich, Montgomery Gentry, Rickey Minor, The NFL, MLB & more. Performing in venues like The Blue Bird Café, to multiple television shows, her journey from California to Nashville then to New York she found her now home, Key West (a tiny island just 90 miles from Cuba) through The Key West Songwriters Festival.

She began her music-television career with Arsenio Hall on Star Search in 2003. Then, was a top finalist on Nashville Star with Chris Young, followed by being a top finalist on American Idol with Adam Lambert. Her song “We All Bleed” was featured on Syfy and she continues to write music to pitch for tv/film. Falling in love with Key West, an acoustic version of her popular song “Duval Street” will be released with many other acoustic recordings of her songs later this year. Keeping things interesting, she has unique plans to accept the invitation to record music at NASA, set to release in 2023. This summer Kristen opened for Queen’s Adam Lambert and performed at The Key West Songwriter’s Festival, The New Smyrna Beach Songwriter’s Festival along with multiple shows exclusively at Halo above The Saint Hotel in Key West, FL.

Recently, she discovered a love for filmmaking, creating music & art in weekly YouTube videos where you can follower her journey “Once Upon An Island.” You can also find her exercising her multi-creative personality on TikTok @kmacofficial.

Her debut album, 2013’s Rebellious Soul [Atlantic Records], flipped the script for R&B and enjoyed staggering success in the process. Arriving at #1 on Billboard’s “Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums” chart and #2 on the Top 200, it made history as it became the highest Top 200 entry for a female R&B singer’s debut since 2001. She also solidified her place amongst music’s elite, garnering a Soul Train Award for “Best New Artist” and an NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding New Artist.”

Alongside shooting the second season of her highly rated VH1 docuseries, “K.Michelle: My Life,” her sophomore album

Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart debuted at #2 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Chart and #6 on the Billboard 200, making it

the top debut of 2014 for an R&B artist. Billboard named the album one of 2014’s Best R&B records, while Complex

proclaimed, “K. Michelle is leaps and bounds ahead of many of her peers.” The Associated Press, Billboard, and Rolling

Stone have all named Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart as one of the best R&B albums of 2014.

Originally from New Jersey, singer/songwriter Jeff Middleton moved to Nashville over twenty years ago to build a career in the music business. He was a member of the critically acclaimed Warner Music recording artist Dirt Drifters and has performed across the country and internationally with Chely Wright and Josh Thompson. In addition to spending time on the road and stage, Jeff has been a staff songwriter for Liz Rose Music, Universal Publishing, BMG and Stage Three Music. Over the past two decades, Jeff’s songs have been recorded by numerous artists including Jason Aldean, Lee Brice, Morgan Wallen, Jordan Davis and Trace Adkins. He was nominated for CMA Song of the Year for “Drowns the Whiskey”, a multi-week #1 on country radio for Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert. The song was recently certified by the RIAA as a platinum selling single.

You may have seen acoustic artist Angie Miller performing her original music at clubs, coffeehouses, festivals and colleges throughout the mid-Atlantic region where she has carved out her reputation as a performer and songwriter who knows “how to capture an artist,” as Washington Post’s Maria Villafana says. Echoing the styles of Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, and Patty Griffin, Angie's lyric-driven songs tell a story. Her Americana musical style draws from folk, country, rock, and jazz influences, “stirring up a spicy gumbo of songs,” says Annapolis publication Bay Weekly. Most recently, Angie has joined forces with songwriter Tony Denikos in a project that explores family stories from a collection of memoirs from Angie’s father, Mike Miller. Angie hosts a songwriter showcase in Annapolis – “Second Monday at 49 West” – and loves celebrating the wealth of talent this area has to offer.

American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Grayson Moon brings a refreshing new experience to the Indie-Soul music scene, blending soulful vocals over contemporary guitar and electronic instruments.

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Dan Navarro’s long and eclectic resume includes “songwriter,” “recording artist,” “singer”, “voice actor”, “road warrior” and “arts advocate” in its extensive range of credits.

His former acoustic duo, Lowen & Navarro, released 13 albums from 1990-2008, enjoyed widespread Triple A radio airplay and performed 1500 shows before Eric Lowen’s retirement in 2008 and passing from ALS in 2012. Dan set out solo in 2006.

Dan's new album, "Horizon Line", released in 2022, reunited Dan with Grammy® winning producer Jim Scott, who helmed six L&N albums. The album features performances from Chris Stills, Steve Postell (David Crosby, The Immediate Family), Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams), Brian Whelan (Dwight Yoakum), Jimmy Paxson (Lindsay Buckingham), Mai Leisz (David Crosby, Jackson Browne), Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), Taras Prodaniuk & Michael Jerome (The Richard Thompson Trio), Phil Parlapiano (John Prine), Peter Adams,  Aubrey Richmond (Shooter Jennings), Carlos Murguia, Leyla Hoyle and Derek Nakamoto. The album twice charted Top Ten at NACC Folk, and reviews have been the finest of Dan's career.

In July 2021, he released a duo album with James Lee Stanley, "All Wood and Led", with acoustic "Laurel Canyon" re-imaginations of Led Zeppelin tunes which saw extensive radio action at Americana stations nationwide.

As a songwriter, Dan has written or co-written heartfelt songs for Pat Benatar (the Grammy® nominated “We Belong”), The Bangles, Japanese girl group Wink (the #1 hit “One Night in Heaven”), Dutch superstar Marco Borsato (the Top Ten “Je Hoeft Niet Naar Huis Vannacht”), Dave Edmunds, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, and Austin outlaw country legend Rusty Weir.

His songs have appeared in the films Deadpool 2, Pitch Perfect 2 and Talladega Nights, TV series This Is Us, Mare of Easttown, Halt and Catch Fire, American Idol, The Voice, American Dad and The Office and national commercials for Corona Beer, Sargento Cheese, Pepsi, Sheraton Hotels, Chase Bank and the United Way.

As a bilingual singer and voice actor, he sang in Oscar® winners Encanto (including the #1 hit "We Don't Talk About Bruno"), Coco and Happy Feet, the 2022 hit Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, the new Latin-themed Father of the Bride, plus Sing 2, The Addams Family, Dora and the City of Lost Gold, The Lorax, and two Ice Age films; TV series The Simpsons, Prison Break, Close Enough and American Dad; voiced characters in Pirates of the Caribbean 5, The Book Of Life, The Playmobil Movie, We Bare Bears, Invincible, The Boys: Diabolical, Pantheon, Ultra City Smiths and over 400 episodes of Family Guy and American Dad; dubbed English voices on foreign TV series Team Chocolate, Love Is Blind: Brazil, La Ultima, 4Ever and Machos Alfa; sung on albums by Luis Miguel, Andrea Bocelli, Jose Feliciano and Neil Young; voiced video games Red Dead Redemption II, Fallout 4 and Uncharted 4, and performed vocals and voice-overs in literally hundreds of commercials for Toyota, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Honda and more.

During the 2020 Covid pandemic lockdown, Dan launched his "Songs From the CoronaZone" live stream series, running almost daily for much of the run of over 250 2-hour+ live streams in 13 months, on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Twitch and Periscope. He then taught live stream techniques in workshops for SAG-AFTRA and Folk Alliance's "FAR-West" region (earning FAR-West's 2021 Humanitarian Award in the process), as well as online songwriting classes dubbed "Songwriting and the Creative Muse".

In his “spare” time, Dan serves on the Board of SAG-AFTRA, the actor-performer-broadcaster’s union; is a Trustee on the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Fund; serves on a committee of the Mechanical Licensing Collective and is a past president of Folk Alliance International. He has been a vocal activist in Washington DC for intellectual property rights for over 20 years, having testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee, the Copyright Royalty Board, and in May 2023, before the House Judiciary Subcommitte on IP regarding AI and copyright.

Dan Navarro’s music probes life at its most resonant. In his rich baritone, he sings songs of heart and insight, steeped in experience, soulful tales from a long road well-traveled.

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A show-stopping vocalist and sharp songwriter, Nick Norman brings humor, heart, southern storytelling, and soulful swagger to the country genre. It's a sound that began taking shape in his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, where Nick grew up listening to a soundtrack of home-state heroes — including Edwin McCain and Hootie & the Blowfish — and icons like Stevie Wonder and The Band. He soaked it all up, mixing the rootsy sounds of the FM dial with the awe-inspiring power of the gospel singers he'd hear every Sunday morning at the local church.

A lifelong friend and collaborator of country star Lee Brice, Nick began recording songs as a teenager, working inside a makeshift studio that he constructed with Lee in the pump house of a local church camp. He later moved south to Key West, where he established himself as one of the area's strongest draws. Even so, it was his newest album that brought him back to Nashville, where Nick recorded a batch of raw, rootsy songs — including several tracks co-written with his childhood friend, Lee — in Zac Brown's Southern Ground Studio. Produced by Lee Brice, Rob Hatch, and Elisha Hoffman, Nick Norman isn't just Nick's strongest effort to date; it's also the first release on Pump House Records.

Chris Sweetnur is a Memphis-based singer/songwriter. Chris is a veteran, father and husband and his songs draw influence from Americana, rock, country and alternative pop. Appealing to the listener’s ear with timeless melodies and structure and hooking the listener’s heart with lyrical emotional depth, Chris’ catalog aims to celebrate the “beautiful struggle” of life.

The One Eighties is a name that suits Autumn Brand and Daniel Cook down to the core. After garnering high praise with their former band New Reveille from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and CMT, they were just starting to make waves in the music world. But like many a common tale, their record label closed down, the pandemic hit, and the band went their separate ways. At that point, the chronically indecisive pair pulled a “one-eighty” and changed the course of their musical lives, energized by the challenge of setting out on their own as a duo. Their debut album “Minefields” ventures into new musical territory, combining traditional roots instrumentation with soaring 80’s synths, “space-country” steel guitars, and layered strings reminiscent of early film-noir. Look for new tour dates to be announced for the fall of 2023.

Jacob Panic is a banjo artist and singer-songwriter from Maryland. He is a proudmember of the Gold Tone Artist Roster, andplays an ML-1 baritone banjo. Jacob’snew album, “Songs for Healing”, aims to capture the beautiful warm sound of thebaritone banjo, and songs that can put you in touch with nature and yourself. Whilestill utilizing the traditional 3 finger banjo playing of Earl Scruggs, Jacob offers anew approach to a traditional instrument.

Abe Partridge is a heralded musician, singer/songwriter, visual artist, and podcaster based in Mobile, Alabama. His 2018 debut, Cotton Fields and Blood For Days earned him rave reviews, with Tony Paris saying in The Bitter Southerner: "He plays guitar the same way he writes lyrics, bashing the strings with abandon until they are just about to come loose, then beautifully picking the notes until every last word falls into place. More to the point, Partridge writes to make you sit up and think. He wants to jar your reality. Sometimes, his lyrics are sly and subtle. Sometimes they come at you with a roar and thunder, as if the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were approaching, and the heavens were opening up to herald a warning."

Since the release of his debut, Partridge has toured relentlessly, including several tours of the Netherlands and the U.K. developing a reputation for moving, passionate, and sometimes comedic, performances at prestigious songwriter festivals such as 30 A Songwriters Festival, Frank Brown Songwriters Festival, and Americanafest.He is a regular at the Bluebird Café in Nashville and Eddie’s Attic in Decatur. He has performed on the syndicated radio programs, Mountain Stage and Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. He has shared the stage with Morgan Wade, Paul Thorn, Steve Poltz, Dan Bern, Jerry Joseph, Glen Phillips(Toad The Wet Sprocket), Tommy Stinson, Shawn Mullins, John Fullbright, and more.

After a fire destroyed his home in 2009, Lenny Pey moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music. He gained fame when he recorded a video that went viral on YouTube and led to his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2010.

In 2011, Pey wrote “All of My Tomorrows” with Colt Ford, which topped the charts and Lenny received a Billboard #1 Award.

Pey’s debut music was recorded under a stage name and produced by Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw. Pey toured with McGraw during the Two Lanes of Freedom Tour.

Pey is presently endorsed by Laney Amplification and capturing his style and sound for his debut album.

Alexander Peters is a Maryland based songwriter with a conviction towards his craft. His relentless desire to resurrect the sounds of the past has taken his music down a long dirt road with a folk story at every turn. His lyrics resonate with the pursuit of the American dream and the blood sweat and tears of an honest man’s work. Bedded in the roots of Americana rhythm Alexander Peters has sprouted new life into the genre. With his live performances and two full length records he has established himself as a songwriter to be reckoned with in the Maryland region.

When music is given the benefit of instinct, imagination and inspiration, the results are guaranteed to be good. So it ought to come as no surprise that the critically-acclaimed Annapolis Maryland-based trio, appropriately dubbed Pressing Strings, has infused those elements within their musical mantra the beginning. The band —Jordan Sokel (Guitar/Vocals), Nick Welker (Bass, Vocals), and Justin Kruger (Drums, Vocals) can trace its origins to Sokel’s initial fascination with some iconic influences, among them, the usual suspects — Dylan, Marley, Simon, Withers, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin, etc., as well as some more under the radar artists like Taj Mahal, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Nick Drake.

“This band has had a lot of different parts and personalities over the years and if you listen closely, you can hear that in the music,” Sokel reflects. “It’s never been static; the chemistry and creativity has morphed and evolved and it’s still doing so now. However it has changed, one thing has stayed constant. Music has moved and motivated me ever since the first time I realized I could write songs and share them with an audience. That’s been my motivation ever since I was 20 years old and had my first opportunity to perform in front of a live audience. And after I learned how to record and shape songs in the studio, that was it, I was hooked.

Hailing from Maryland's Eastern Shore, Gage Rhodes blends the variety of musical styles he was raised on to write songs about the good and bad (but mostly, the weird) parts of growing up and growing older. Gage Rhodes is a thoughtful custodian of traditional American songs, as well as a careful crafter of original songs about the good, bad, and strange parts of life.

Recently honored with the designation "Artist to Watch" by The Listening Room Cafe, and "Rising Talent" by the prestigious Bluebird Cafe during their 40h Birthday Celebration, Jacob Rice has made quite the splash since moving to Nashville in 2020.

While Rooted in the country genre, Jacob Rice blends pop and R&B sounds with a unique for of lyrical expression. Taking musical inspiration from the likes of Train, Old Dominion, Bruno Mars, and Billy Currington, Jacob uses bouncy melodies and skillfully crafted hooks that will make any music lover bop and sing along.

Check out his debut EP "Whatever Floats Your Boat" on all streaming platforms.

Cat Ridgeway is a skilled singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Orlando, FL known for her soulful vocals, high energy, and magnetic stage presence. Her 2020 release, ‘Nice to Meet You,’ marked her debut as a fully independent artist to commercial radio and brought her and her band on tour. The record jumped up 59 spots to #66 on the Americana charts, and her leading single “Giving You Up” tied for the #5 most-added Americana single nationally. While these numbers may seem humble, they are quite impressive for an independent artist pitching to commercial radio for the very first time.

Cat has played many notable stages (30A Songwriters Festival, Okeechobee Music and Arts Fest, and House of Blues Orlando), sharing bills with acts such as Arcade Fire, Leon Bridges, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, the Indigo Girls, and Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane/Starship). She most recently opened for Mac McAnally of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band (who’s written hits for Kenny Chesney, Alabama, and many others) and was met with great reception from him and his whole team. Additionally, indie rock duo Tegan and Sara personally selected Cat as the winner of their worldwide cover contest after being impressed by her prowess across 5 different instruments. Furthermore, Cat has been voted one of Orlando’s Best Singer/Songwriters, and her band has been named one of the city’s Best Rock Acts and Best Soul Acts by local music lovers.

LeAnn Rimes is an international multi-platinum selling acclaimed singer and ASCAP award-winning songwriter. She has sold more than 48 million units globally, won 2 Grammy® Awards; 12 Billboard Music Awards; 2 World Music Awards; 3 Academy of Country Music Awards; 2 Country Music Association Awards and one Dove Award. At 14, Rimes won "Best New Artist" making her the youngest solo artist to take home a Grammy® Award, and at 15, she became the first country artist to win "Artist of the Year" at the Billboard Music Awards.

In 2022, LeAnn was presented with the prestigious ASCAP Golden Note Award, which is an award presented to genre-spanning songwriters, composers and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones.

Out of the 63 singles she has released throughout her expansive career, LeAnn's ballad "How Do I Live" holds the record as Billboard's Hot 100 all-time #1 hit by a female artist and currently ranks #6 on Billboard's "Greatest of All Time: Hot 100 Songs" list. 15 of her multi-genre singles are top-10 hits, including "Can't Fight the Moonlight," which went #1 in 11 countries.

The last couple of years have been quite a resurgence for LeAnn. In 2022, the world-renowned singer had a big year including the release of her 19th album god's work (EverLe Records via Thirty Tigers/ The Orchard). The album, which features a roster of accomplished artists including Ziggy Marley, Mickey Guyton, Aloe Blacc, Ben Harper, and more, was listed as #9 on Variety's "The Best Albums of 2022." They said: "You won't find a richer collection of melodic writing on any album released this year, with the twists and turns that maybe only someone capable of all that virtuosic vocalizing could think to take a set of songs into."

She performed songs from the project on national shows including LIVE With Kelly and Ryan and TODAY. In April of the same year, LeAnn headlined an episode of the iconic music series CMT Crossroads entitled LeAnn Rimes & Friends alongside Mickey Guyton, Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, and Brandy Clark, who helped commemorate Rimes' career and recognize the path she blazed forward for women in all genres.

LeAnn also served as the inspiration judge on the discovery+ competition series, Meet Your Makers Showdown, alongside Chrissy Metz and Mark Montano in November 2021 and won season four of FOX's The Masked Singer, with Entertainment Weekly stating that she delivered .".. the most beautiful performance in the history of The Masked Singer."

In honor of the 2019 Record Store Day, the Grammy-winning superstar unveiled her first-ever LIVE recording as an exclusive vinyl release titled Rimes: Live at Gruene Hall where Rimes celebrated music of all genres. And during the 2018 holiday season she starred and served as an Executive Producer in Hallmark's It's Christmas, Eve, which earned the highest TV original movie debut to-date for the channel premiering to over 4.3 million viewers. Earlier that year, Rimes revealed a new EP for her fans titled Re-Imagined that featured five new versions of some of her record-breaking hits, including an epic duet with the music icon Stevie Nicks. In 2017, LeAnn released Remnants, which debuted at # 4 on Billboard's Independent Album Chart, peaked at #3 on iTunes ® overall charts in its first week, garnered two #1 Billboard Dance hits with "Long Live Love" and "LovE is LovE is LovE," and one Top 5 hit with "Love Line." Additionally, for her Remnants UK Tour, she joined Elton John at the historic Hyde Park in London.

Passionate about using her voice to help heal the world, LeAnn was honored with the Ally of Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign for her over 20 years of support of equal rights, the 2019 HOPE Award for Depression Advocacy, and 2009 ACM Humanitarian Award, among other recognitions. She continues to channel her voice in new ways, releasing CHANT: The Human & The Holy (EverLe Records / Thirty Tigers) in 2020, which spent 5 weeks at #1 on iTunes New Age Chart, as well as her iHeartRadio mental health and wholeness podcast, Wholly Human, that brings her lifestyle blog, Soul of EverLe, to life. Wholly Human, which currently has three seasons, previously reached #2 on iTunes Health & Fitness Chart, placed in the Top 35 overall for podcasts worldwide and was named as one of the 15 best mental health podcasts that educate and empower listeners by Good Housekeeping.

Annapolis’s elder statesmen of the blues. Drawing from the likes of Capt. Beefheart and Bob Dylan. Dean pulls from his immediate community to paint a vivid picture of life in southern Maryland.

Justin Schools is a singer/songwriter from South Georgia. His music as a modern feel with a 90s country touch of banjo and distorted rocking guitars. Justin has played many different venues ranging from church to playing in front of 10,000 people in the Macon, GA Colosseum to playing in a circuit of college bars. He was awarded "Best Male Country Artist" at the Memphis based Hot Buttered Soul Awards before continuing his journey in Nashville where he has garnered the attention of the songwriting community.

Local Annapolis singer-songwriter, Jennifer Schimpf is an energetic force to be reckoned with. The release of her EP “Static in the Attic” in the early winter of 2022 was accompanied by a sold-out release show. She has since been performing regularly around the Annapolis area and continues to write and promote new music. Songwriting came naturally and early, with her first full piano composition “The Storm”, being written and performed publicly at the age of 13. From emotionally power piano ballads to light and energetic guitar songs, Jennifer’s sound is dynamic yet consistent. With a bluesy-indie flair, her music is written and designed for direct connectivity with her audience. Empathetic, charming, and honest, she strives to share her inner world with those around her. Thriving in both a solo or full band performance, she will force you to feel things you have never felt before and encourage you to learn and grow from the life lessons she has to share.

Doug Segree is based in Annapolis, Maryland and has been actively performing for over 25 years, playing in venues of all sizes, festivals, concerts, corporate and private events throughout the country. He is equally comfortable playing solo acoustic shows or fronting a band of any size. His music is a blend of acoustic, rock, and pop influences, with a focus on heartfelt lyrics and catchy melodies. Doug has written and recorded 10 albums of original music, spanning rock, pop and children's music. He plans to release an EP in the fall 2023. He also writes and performs in the kids band, SQRRL! Doug’s music has appeared on major network television and film. "Wonder Drug" appeared on Netflix's All American, "Come Again" on ABC's Cougartown, "It's AboutTime" on TNT's Rizzoli and Isles, and various songs on Cinemax (various films) and WB'sFelicity, among others. Doug also has written a number of jingles for area businesses and commercials. He is also known for his philanthropic contributions and donates his time and services to important causes. He launched a project called SQRRL! Across America, which aims to bring music to children who are disadvantaged by illness and disability. He donates his time and services to important causes like such as Annapolis Musicians FundingMusicians (AMFM), Celebrate Hope Foundation, Friends Foundation, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Make A Wish Foundation, Breast Cancer Foundation, and the SPCA. His music was used as the soundtrack for "Hope Through Motion," a documentary produced byDHG Creative for the Kennedy Krieger Institute Spine Center.

Robynn Shayne is an Austin, Tx based singer songwriter/ Country recording artist who has been sharing her sweeter than sweet ear candy with the World for the past 10 years. Robynn has played shows in Las Vegas with Gary Sinise for Salute to The Troops, travels to Ireland and The UK to play for her fans across the pond, has continued to be an official MusicFest artist in Steamboat Springs, and plays the Bluebird Café in Nashville every year.

Robynn is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, Americana Music Association, and Austin Texas Musicians. She is also sponsored by The National Beer of Texas, Lone Star Beer!

When she is home in Austin, TX you can catch her shows at the world famous Saxon Pub!

Her sophomore album "Rebel Child" was released at the end of 2015 and was dedicated to her brother Shane who was the musician in the family but left us way too soon.

Robynn’s 3rd studio album, “Coffee Days and Whiskey Nights” was nominated for “Country Album of The Year” by The Texas Country Music Association in 2018.

When Robynn is not singing and writing new music she is flying the friendly skies as a flight attendant. Robynn is well known for her famous viral video where she sang “Royals” by Lorde on a plane. Lorde gave Robynn praise for her rendition via Twitter!

Robynn's 4th studio album, Let’s Get This Show On The Road takes you deep into the heart and soul of Robynn Shayne. You feel her pain and her happiness as you are taken on a roller coaster ride of emotions from start to finish.

Robynn won Country Underdog’s fan voted 2020 Female Artist of The Year and was officially nominated by Texas Regional Radio for New Female Vocalist of The Year!

Thom Shepherd is originally from St. Louis, MO, is the writer of two number one country songs, “Riding with Private Malone” and “Redneck Yacht Club,” three Texas Music number ones, “Beer Season,” “My Texas,” and “The Night Is Young,” and has had over 100 songs recorded by other artists and two songs on Grammy nominated albums. He and his wife Coley created the Lone Star Luau Music Festival, happening Feb 2-5, 2023 at Margaritaville Resort in Montgomery, TX

A truly singular creative force, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Amanda Shires has made an extraordinary career out of restlessly pursuing her deepest instincts and passions. Since getting her start playing fiddle with the legendary Texas Playboys at the young age of 15, the West Texas native has brought her nuanced songwriting and boundless originality to a series of critically acclaimed solo albums, collaborated with the likes of John Prine and Justin Townes Earle, and earned the 2017 Emerging Artist of the Year prize from the Americana Music Association (AMA). Also a member of Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit, Amanda is the founder of The Highwomen - a supergroup she performs in alongside Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Brandi Carlile. Shires approaches every undertaking with equal parts precision of craft and unbridled humanity.

Mark Shiiba is a singer-songwriter out of San Diego, California, but originally from a small college town outside of Philadelphia. You wouldn't guess it, but before diving into the music scene, he spent six years as a Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy after graduating from the Naval Academy. But life had more in store for him as his passion for songwriting grew while sailing the seas. Now, having recently bid farewell to his naval career, Mark is collaborating with Daniel Rodriguez, previously of Elephant Revival, on his highly anticipated debut full-length album, "Bones."