After forty years of marriage, Buddy and Julie Miller have learned to welcome a song however it arrives, questioning only where the song is taking them rather than where it originated. There’s no process, no assembly-line procedure, just an openness to those bursts of inspiration and those hours of refinement, which means their fourth album together, In the Throes, sounds lively and diverse, eccentric and slightly askew: a deeply soulful collision of mournful gospel, dusty country, cosmic blues, ecstatic R&B, and anything else that crosses their minds.  Take “I Been Around,” a wild and otherworldly stomp that arrived in Julie’s brain one night. “I was asleep upstairs, and Buddy was downstairs in the studio,” she recalls. “I got up, walked downstairs, and sang a few notes for him to play on guitar. I sang the whole song in one take, then went back to bed.” She promptly forgot all about it. Buddy tinkered with it a little more that night, then he too forgot about it. “It almost got thrown away,” he says. “I only found it by accident, when I was erasing some old sessions. If it'd been erased, it would have been like it never even existed.” He loved what he found, which he describes as a “spontaneous mess,” like a signal from another world. Julie was less impressed. “I didn’t have any memory of it, and at first I wasn’t about to let it get out! But we played it for some friends and they all liked it. So I just gritted my teeth and let it go.”

Adam Wright is a twice Grammy nominated songwriter, singer, producer, and musician.  His rooted, literary style, has earned him a stellar reputation among some of Nashville's most well respected artists, producers, and writers.  His songs have been recorded and performed by artists such as Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack, John Legend, Brandy Clark (with Randy Newman), Robert Earl Keen, Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, Aubrie Sellers, Lonesome River Band, Brent Cobb, Solomon Burke and others.  Adam has toured alongside Alan Jackson, Loretta Lynn, Robert Earl Keen, Lee Ann Womack, Patty Griffin, Raul Malo, Aubrie Sellers and more.  His studio work is featured most heavily on albums by Lee Ann Womack (The Lonely, The Lonesome and the Gone), Aubrie Sellers (New City Blues, Far From Home), The Wrights and his own releases.  “All The Trouble”, recorded by Lee Ann Womack and written by Adam, Womack and Waylon Payne, was nominated for Best American Roots Song at the 61st Grammy Awards as well as Americana Song of the Year for the Americana Awards.  ​The song "So You Don't Have To Love​ Me Anymore", written by Wright and Jay Knowles, was recorded by Alan Jackson and nominated for “Country Song of the Year” at the 55th annual Grammy Awards.  Adam also co-produced Jackson's critically acclaimed 'The Bluegrass Album'.  The song "Thunder and Lightning", recorded by Lonesome River Band, was nominated for “Song of the Year” at the 2016 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards.  "The Girl Who Invented The Wheel", written with his wife Shannon, was recorded by Balsam Range and nominated for IBMA Song of the Year in 2019.  Adam's work with his wife Shannon as The Wrights is still highly regarded for its songwriting, harmonies and production.  Adam's own full length solo album 'Dust' was released in June of 2018.  The deep, dark 11 song narrative was co-produced with Wright’s long time friend and collaborator Park Chisolm.  Dust is full of characters in mostly dire situations and is delivered, vocally and musically, with the subtlety that comes from master craftsmanship.  Adam points out that one of the lessons he learned from writing with legendary songwriter Guy Clark was that “once you know how, you have to figure out why.”  ‘Dust’ is Wright’s answer to why. In 2019, Adam simultaneously released two separate EPs; ‘Big Ideas from a Small Window Overlooking Legendary RCA Studio B (or Rodeo)’ and ‘Queen of the Meadow’. He followed with ‘I Win’, a mostly lighthearted self-recorded quarantine album that Associated Press’s Steven Wine called “a witty antidote to 2020”. His newest release, an 18 song, shadowy behemoth of characters and stories recorded in October of 2022 was produced by Frank Liddell and is scheduled to be released this year.

At any given time, you’re likely to find Jim Lauderdale making music, whether he’s laying down a new track in the studio or working through a spontaneous melody at his home in Nashville. And if he’s not actively crafting new music, he’s certainly thinking about it. “It's a constant challenge to try to keep making better and better records, write better and better songs. I still always feel like I'm a developing artist,” he says. This may be a surprising sentiment from a man who’s won two Grammys, released 34 full-length albums, and taken home the Americana Music Association’s coveted Wagonmaster Award. But forthcoming album Game Changer is convincing evidence that the North Carolina native is only continuing to hone his craft. Operating under his own label, Sky Crunch Records, for the first time since 2016, Lauderdale recorded Game Changer at the renowned Blackbird Studios in Nashville, co-producing the release with Jay Weaver and pulling from songs he’d written over the last several years. “There's a mixture on this record of uplifting songs and, at the same time, songs of heartbreak and despair—because that's part of life as well,” he says. “In the country song world especially, that's always been part of it. That’s real life.” Lauderdale would know: He’s been a vital part of the country music ecosystem since 1991, when he released his debut album and began penning songs for an impressively long roster of country music greats. “When I was a teenager wanting to be a bluegrass banjo player, I never would have imagined that I would get to work with people like Ralph Stanley, Robert Hunter, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and John Oates ,” he muses. “Getting to work with them inspires me greatly to this day, and I know it always will.” ,” he muses. “Getting to work with them inspires me greatly to this day, and I know it always will.” From rollicking guitar riffs on “That Kind of Life (That Kind of Day)” to the slow, sweet harmonies of “I’ll Keep My Heart Open For You,” Game Changer shows off Lauderdale’s ingenuity as a singer, songwriter, and producer—while reestablishing him as one of Americana’s most steadfast champions. "Country music is constantly evolving, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for steel guitar and a Telecaster," he says. "I have done my job on this record if people who love classic country feel like they can put it on, or have it in their collection, and it would fit right in." Respecting the past doesn’t mean he’s not breaking new ground. “We’re All We’ve Got,” a co-write with Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris, offers a timely message about healing torn relationships at home and across the world. And “Friends Again,” a grinning number about rekindling a friendship, is fresh and forward-looking. At every turn, Lauderdale’s collaborative spirit and genuine love for the creative process reveal themselves in thoughtful, well-crafted songs sure to stand the test of time. "When everything works right, it's just magical to be able to hear them back," he says. "You feel, at least for those three-and-a-half minutes, like life makes sense.”

The McCrary Sisters perform gospel music that combines traditional and modern elements and draws on their love of Americana, blues, rock, and R&B. Their unbridled love of singing and desire to promote hope, love, and healing are at the heart of all of their work and performances (and dancing). Ann, Regina, Alfreda, and Deborah, daughters of the late Rev. Samuel McCrary, a founding member of the renowned gospel group The Fairfield Four, grew up in Nashville amidst music, artists, community, and faith. The daughters were brought up in harmony, singing in their father's church and at home. The sisters shared in their family legacy during their formative years by performing alongside performers like Bob Dylan, Elvis, Isaac Hayes, and Stevie Wonder. They also had many individual and collective successes. The McCrary Sisters, which they formally established in 2011, have since collaborated on songs or performed live with a number of well-known musicians, including Delbert McClinton, Black Keys, Martina McBride, Eric Church, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Jonny Lang, Robert Randolph, The Winans, Donnie McClurkin, Rosanne Cash, Carrie Underwood, Hank Williams Jr., Dr. John, Widespread Panic, Sheryl Crow, Maren Morris, Gregg Allman and many more.