Grammy winner, and 2019 inductee into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, Marcus Hummon has enjoyed a successful career as a songwriter, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, playwright and author. His songs have been recorded in many genres-Pop, R&B, gospel - and most notably in country music, where he has written some of the genre’s most iconic songs.  Hummon has received 7 BMI Awards, and 5 BMI #1 Awards; for Rascal Flatts’ ‘Bless The Broken Road’(winner of the Grammy for Best Country Song 2005, nominated for Song Of The Year in all genres 2005, two-time NSAI Song Of The Year Award 2005 and 2007, nominated for a Dove Award for Song Of The Year 2007); The Dixie Chick’s ‘Cowboy Take Me Away’; Sara Evans’ ‘Born To Fly’ (nominated for CMA Song Of The Year 2001, won CMA Video Of The Year 2001); Tim McGraw’s ‘One Of These Days‘; Wynonna Judd’s ‘Only Love’ (nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female). Another Hummon co-written song, the Dixie Chick’s ‘Ready To Run’, was nominated for a Grammy For Country Song Of The Year, and won the Grammy for Best Country Performance By A Group Or A Duo, off the Grammy winning Country Album Of The Year, ‘Fly’ in 2000. In addition, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Performance By A Group Or Duo With Vocal for ‘Roll The Stone Away’ co-written by Hummon.  Most recently Hummon had a song on the ‘Best Americana Album’ nominated Rhiannon Gidden’s album, ‘You’re The One’. Hummon co-wrote the duet between Giddens and Jason Isbell, ‘Yet To Be’. Turning to theatre, Hummon has written, and had produced, six musicals and two operas produced regionally and Off-Broadway with the NYMF Festival. His most recent opera, ‘Favorite Son’ (produced with Nashville Opera February of 2022) was nominated for a Regional Emmy for musical composition. His most recent musical ‘American Prophet’ (Winner of the prestigious Edgerton Award 2022) about the life of Frederick Douglass premiered at Washington DC’s Arena Stage Theater, the Summer of 2022 under the direction of co-writer, Charles Randolph-Wright (co-creator and director of the musical, ‘Motown’) to sold-out audiences, and rave reviews across the board, including Charles Isherwood of the Wall Street Journal, and Peter Marks of The Washington Post, who wrote, “The other star is Hummon…who has found a ravishing musical language to match Douglass”.  Marks also included ‘American Prophet’ in his Annual Top 10 for 2022 for Theater in the Washington Post.  In addition to this ‘American Prophet’ was also nominated for 6 Helen Hayes Awards. As a recording artist and multi-instrumentalist, Marcus released a critically acclaimed country record for Columbia Records in 1995, ‘All In Good Time’. In 1998, Marcus and Scottish ‘Big Country’ front man, Stuart Adamson, released their duo album ‘Supernatural’, as ‘The Raphaels’, with Track Records out of London. He has also released several independent records.  Hummon has scored two films: ‘Lost Boy Home’ narrated by Sam Waterston, winner of Best Shorts Award for the Palm Beach International Film Festival 2013; and ‘The Last Songwriter’ (a documentary he co-produced, featuring Garth Brooks and Jason Isbell), winner of the Audience Award at the Nashville Film Festival 2017.  In literature, Hummon's children's book, ‘Anytime, Anywhere’, was published by Athenium Press, a division of Simon and Schuster, in 2009. In 2017 his book, ‘The Passion’, a book co-written with his wife Rev. Becca Stevens, was published by Church Publishing, reflecting his cantata of the same name. Marcus lives in Nashville, TN, with his wife Becca and their 3 sons...Levi, Caney and Moses. 

Jillian Cardarelli is blazing her own unique path in the music scene with her stunning vocals, captivating songwriting, and strong work ethic.  Her highly-anticipated single, “I’ll Get Over You” featuring Vince Gill, releases on 9/27.  Her recent single "Waiting on the Sunrise" aired on the popular Fox TV series Farmer Wants a Wife in March.  She recently served as the celebrity host for the Tunnel 2 Towers Never Forget Concert TV Special featuring Jelly Roll.  Cardarelli is fresh off her appearance at Elvis Week at Graceland where she performed her popular single “If I Could Talk to Elvis” featuring Larry Strickland that hit #1 Fan Voted Video on CMT 12-Pack Countdown with appearances on WSM’s Coffee, Country & Cody, Sirius XM Radio- Elvis Radio on its release.  Her songwriting skills have been recognized as 2020’s Most Powerful Songs by American Songwriter and Best New Country Song by Rolling Stone (2019).  

Jake Rose is a singer songwriter from a pumpkin farm north of Minneapolis and frontman of rock band New Medicine.  Jake has written songs for various artists like Florida Georgia Line, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Jimmie Allen, Cassadee Pope, Colt Ford and Kid Rock.  His first single "Sleeves" debuted on CMT and The Highway.  His songs have been streamed more than 300 million times.  Jake has opened shows for Tim McGraw, Billy Currington, EYB, Jon Pardi, Brad Paisley, Maren Morris and more.  He currently resides in Nashville and writes for Endurance Music Publishing.

Grant Vogel is a CCMA nominated songwriter and producer born and raised in Memphis, TN. He started singing as soon as he could talk and playing in bands, writing, and touring at a young age. He found a love for all different styles of country music growing up and moved to Nashville while attending Middle Tennessee State University. Coming out of college he made a living producing and singing demos while writing for other artists. He has since written and produced songs for artists such as David Nail, Tucker Wetmore, LANCO, Tenille Arts, Brett Young, Laine Hardy, Madeline Merlo, Levi Hummon, and Steve Moakler to name a few.  His songs have been featured in television and film including the recent blockbuster movie Twisters.