ANNA VAUS is a singer/songwriter who draws from her roots. "I'm guilty-as-charged when it comes to writing songs about my hometown," Vaus says, "so many different stories and emotions come from this microcosm of where I grew up. I find a dark humor in a lot of them. All of my songs tend to be a little bit true, and a little bit twisted." But being deeply planted in her roots hasn't stopped her from finding wings in Nashville.

In 2016, Vaus was chosen by Miranda Lambert as the first recipient of the Miranda Lambert Women Creators Fund, awarding a female singer/songwriter forty-thousand dollars to attend Belmont University. She's opened for artists like Hunter Hayes, and played venues like The Bluebird Café. But no matter where she plays or who it's with, for Vaus, it's about the song.