It is a rare creative soul who can work at the highest artistic levels in two distinct disciplines. Ray Stephenson has just this kind of soul.   Wildly literate, utterly artistic, impossibly ambitious, absolutely a slave to his art, the South Georgian is completely committed to the truth. He is a world class  songwriter, recording artist, an intensely captivating live singer, guitar player, record producer & virtuoso painter. Add in the ability to express the uniquely personal in a universal way, and you have a true artist.  Ray Stephenson does exactly that in his paintings, his songwriting & his performances.    As a musician, Ray Stephenson is a Grammy Award winning, Platinum selling singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN. His successes include winning CCMA Songwriter of the Year in 2013, writing the title track of Kenny Chesney’s album Hemingway’s Whiskey, and writing the Blake Shelton/Miranda Lambert duo and album title track, Red River Blue. Both reached #1 on the Billboard Album Charts and were certified Platinum. Some of the most revered and iconic legends in Country Music have recorded his music, including Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Merle Haggard. He’s been a part of 4 Grammy nominated projects and 1 Grammy winning project (Guy Clark’s final recording, My Favorite Picture Of You, which brought home the Grammy “Best Folk Album” in 2015). ​ As a painter, Ray's paintings are hanging in the homes of collectors like Willie Nelson and Oprah Winfrey.  In 2012, Ray became the Official Painter of the Monsters of Rock Tour. He’s been featured at the Bluebird Cafe, Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville Airport, the Country Music Hall of Fame ,Gaylord Hotels, Aloft Hotel, 3rd and Lyndsley, CMT and Two Old Hippies. He's had feature articles in Nashville Arts & Southwest Georgia Living magazines.   His paintings explore his love of color, texture, music & nature. Ray’s artistic influences are found in the paintings of Odd Nerdrum, Gustav Klimpt, Rembrandt and Andrew Wyeth. His fine art is highly sought after by art collectors & is a part of several prestigious private collections. He has exhibited his work in Nashville, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Atlanta, & the US Virgin islands. 

Raised with a long list of morals in the town of Sumter, South Carolina, Brice was a ‘good little kid’ who loved to hunt, fish and sing gospel in the halls of the church he and his family attended. He also loved Linda Ronstadt, just like his mama who always had her music in the cassette player. “As a kid, I could sing as high as she could. (Ronstadt)” Laughs Brice at the mere memory of his younger days, days which were spent initially dreaming of becoming a chiropractor. But soon, Brice found himself on a different path which led him to Nashville, Music City USA. Soon Brice was playing in a band called, L.B. and Oak Leaf and bartending at 12th & Porter in Nashville. “I learned 25 cover songs,” Brice remembers of those rather sweet days. “Twenty-five songs could get me through a three-hour set. (Laughs.) I don't think I've ever learned any other cover songs since then.” Instead of the “Broadway scene” Brice cut his teeth in making trips to Key West, FL where he could play his original music and people would stop and listen. There he learned how to read and work a crowd while honing his craft as a performer.  Brice started making substantial waves in the industry with 2010’s “Ordinary Girl.” He competed on CMT’s Can You Duet? snagging a top ten spot after beating thousands of his fellow music-makers. He took the lead role in brother, Lee Brice’s “I Drive Your Truck” music video and took home a British CMA Award for “International Song of the Year” for his heartfelt song “Blessed.” With more outstanding original tracks such as, “It’s You (I’ve Been Looking for)” “Summertime Vibes,” Messin with my mind" and  “Call Me Yours,” Brice has surpassed over Fifty Million streams across the digital platforms.  He has received accolades from the likes of Rolling Stone and Billboard and has shared the stage with acts like Luke Bryan, Dierks Bently, Hank Williams Jr. Gary Allan and Lee Brice just to name a few. Today, Brice finds himself  with a fresh publishing deal with Double Down/PIA and a highly anticipated ten-track album that will deliver his fans his most impressive music yet.  “Sometimes, you have to take some different routes to get where you were always meant to go,” Brice explains. “But if it’s your passion, I think you can find the sun on the other side of the rain.” Indeed, it’s his life’s trip that is chronicled on Brice’s new album, which documents late nights of hard work and just what the love of a good woman can do. “She made it hard for me to write a sad song,” Brice says quietly of his wife, Denelle.   But make no mistake – Brice is nowhere close to tying a shiny bow on life just yet.  “I can still write songs about broken hearts and  promises…because I've been there. But I've also got a lot of life experiences to share, both good and bad.”  With Lewis Brice, the glass is always half full. As in his song inspired by Matthew McConaughey’s quote, “Let me tell you this, the older you do get, the more rules they’re gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin man, L.I.V.IN.