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Award-winning singer, songwriter, guitar player who just last month put out a seven-song EP. She is also beginning work on a new album as well as a separate EP, both of which she talks about here. She regularly travels back and forth to Nashville and was named “One to Watch” by Nashville Songwriters Association International in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022. Earlier this month she took home the silv...

Singer, songwriter, guitar player whose newest single was just released five days ago. In April he was signed by ONErpm, which operates one of the world’s largest music distribution platforms and YouTube multi-channel networks. He has drawn praise from the New York Times, and his debut album back in 2016 opened in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Country Albums Chart and landed him on countless year-end b...

Award-winning, Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitar player, and producer who co-wrote Jason Aldean’s hit, “She’s Country,” which was the most played song on country radio across the U.S. in 2009 and held the number 1 position on the chart for two consecutive weeks and has had 181 million streams on Spotify alone. Her song “Loud” was selected as the official theme song for ACC football’s 2010...

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who has a new single coming out this Friday, August 4th to begin a single each month through and including December for a total of five singles, which will culminate in an EP. She was invited to do one of the coveted performance slots at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, in April, and has partnerships with multiple companies in that space. As a mental...

New York-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who is one of the founders of the eight-piece roots rock band, American Nomads. He has toured internationally as well as written and recorded multiple film soundtracks, plus he had a song chosen for a movie trailer and played on a French film. Early in his career he had founded another band, and, present day, American Nomads has a new single...

A two-time GRAMMY-nominated classically trained musician and composer. Also a singer, songwriter, and producer, he has had two hit songs on the Adult Contemporary charts and a hit on the Billboard Indicator Chart. He has done work for brands ranging from NBC to MTV to the History Channel, the NBA, CBS, Nike, Pepsi, the Discovery Channel, and more. He has also worked with William Shatner, John Malk...

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist with over 65 million airplays of his songs. He has gotten three GRAMMY nominations as a writer and as a musician and earned a Golden Globe nomination as well. He has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, is a two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year, and a three-time NSAI Songwriter of the Year. He was one of Billboard magazine’s top five w...

Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who is releasing a new album just two days from now. Last year she was the Artist of the Year in the annual Josie Awards, and a few months ago made her Grand Ole Opry debut, plus last month she performed at CMA Fest. In 2021 she won awards for Songwriter of the Year and Vocalist of the Year. She has a whopping twelve nominations for the 2023 Josie...

Alabama-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who just released a new single earlier this month, already his fourth new song of 2023. As a songwriter, he has had songs recorded by the likes of Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Kid Rock, Travis Tritt, Lee Ann Womack, and more. He has his own record label and last September released an album that hit number 10 on the Americana chart, plus he’ll be...

UK-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, vocal coach, mentor, YouTuber, and entertainer. A song that she performed on with a past guest from this show is currently at number six on the Billboard charts. Plus, another artist has released two other singles this year that she is on. She has been featured in FORBES and has become well known from her YouTube channel, which has 1.25 million s...

A singer, songwriter, recording artist, and producer who, in March, released a new single that already has over 134 thousand streams on Spotify alone. He has more new music coming in the form of singles that will be compiled for an album release. He is a fifth-generation musician who has shared the stage with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, Death Cab for Cutie, and many others. He per...

He has been called “a musician’s musician.” He has become known as the “Nashville Guitar Guru” for his work as a teacher and coach to professional performers, hit songwriters, and the next generation of Nashville’s rising stars. Six months ago, he released an album of twelve instrumental tracks and now he’s getting ready to release an online guitar course series. In 2019 he put out a book called,...

He is not only a musician, but he is the new President & CEO of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). Previously he served as Vice President of Music Education & Technology at Hal Leonard, and he is the immediate Past-President of the Technology Institute of Music Educators. He has taught online graduate courses at VanderCook College and served as Director of Education for PreSonus A...

A Los Angeles-based musician, filmmaker, writer, and podcaster. He was lead singer and autoharpist in a band called The Acres, which had a large following in Europe, Australia, and Latin America, and did a mix of bluegrass, hymns, and neo-folk. He still plays autoharp for guest appearances on albums, with his latest appearance being on an album by Omewenne. His film “La Lucha” was an official sele...

A singer, songwriter, guitar player who is also part of an all-female Aerosmith tribute band. She has toured Australia, Japan and beyond, and has gotten accolades from the likes of Guitar Player Magazine, American Songwriter Magazine, Guitar World, and Vintage Guitar Magazine. She is having success with both video and audio streaming to the tune of over 1.2 million video views on her YouTube chann...

A singer/songwriter who hails from Colombia, though she now lives in Miami. She was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2021 for best singer-songwriter album, which was for her debut release. She has performed in New York, Florida, California, and the Bahamas and sings in four different languages. Her YouTube videos have over a quarter of a million views, and she is getting ready to release her second...

A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who recently gave a TedX talk and has some songs coming out this summer, with hopes of doing some touring. She has over 30,000 monthly Spotify followers and one of her songs has been streamed over four million times. In addition, she has over a million views on her YouTube videos. Based in Los Angeles, she is a mental health advocate in the LGBTQ com...

A singer, songwriter, international performer from Los Angeles, who got her start busking on the streets in the LA area, but has also played festivals around the world, including South Korea, where she placed fifth in the 2022 Buskers World Cup. Her YouTube channel has amassed over 800,000 video views and she has released several albums as an unsigned independent artist, including two that were cr...

He is a storyteller who is passionate about helping artists achieve their unique creative vision. He achieves this mission as a record producer, audio engineer, educator, and the owner of The Record Shop, a recording studio and multimedia production company in Nashville. He has worked with artists ranging from John Legend and Juicy J to Big & Rich and Tim McGraw to Zakk Wylde and The Wallflowers....

Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and international touring artist who is currently in the studio recording a new album. Her catalog includes an EP that she recorded with GRAMMY Award-winning producer Dom Morley – a past guest on this show – and her top five songs on Spotify have a combined total of close to three quarters of a million streams. Meanwhile, the content on...

Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who has a new single coming out as well as a video series. She is performing regularly in Music City as well as online and has even performed at the world famous Bluebird Café in Nashville. She has had endorsement deals with Recording King Guitars and LR Baggs and was recently featured as the Artist of the Month by Steve Clayton Custom Guitar Picks...

A multi-platinum, two-time GRAMMY-nominated songwriter who will be honored next month at the 11th annual She Rocks Awards in California. She has written for and with the likes of The Pretenders, Keith Urban, Britney Spears, Brandy, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Celine Dion, Michelle Branch, Natasha Bedingfield, Bebe Rexha, and more. Her songs have appeared in hundreds of films and TV shows, including...

On-location in Las Vegas with a singer, multi-instrumentalist, tribute artist, content creator, influencer, and producer. She has been portraying Lady Gaga for 13 years, seven of which she has performed for the world-renowned tribute show, “Legends in Concert.” Most recently she has produced her own show, “Lady Winehouse,” which debuted early this year in what has been called the entertainment cap...

He just last month released a 16-song children’s album, which includes three interactive bonus tracks. He is a record producer, film and TV composer, songwriter, arranger, musical director, and bandleader who splits his time between Music City and Los Angeles. On Spotify alone he has well over 213 thousand monthly listeners and his top five tracks on there have gotten a combined total of over 41 M...

A Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, GRAMMY Award-winner, and the original drummer and co-founder of the legendary band Chicago. Critically acclaimed as an instrumentalist and a composer, Rolling Stone magazine has ranked “the father of jazz rock” as one of the top 100 drummers of all time. His storied career has also included producing, as well as working with a variety of Broadway musical and th...