Nashville-based, Pennsylvania-grown country Americana artist Judy Paster breathes life back into the timeless roots music genre. She has become known for her strong spirit and distinctive style, reminiscent of popular 70s singer/songwriters, with a contemporary flair.
Paster originally gained notoriety in Billboard with her rootsy self-titled debut EP, Judy Paster, when she was referred to as an artist “truly on the rise." Shortly after, Paster moved to Nashville and found herself getting local airplay and carving out her own niche in the Nashville singer/songwriter community.
Since making the move to Music City, Paster has garnered numerous music awards including the 2021 Josie Music Award for Folk/Americana Artist of the Year, and a Canadian Covenant Award (the Canadian equivalent of America’s Dove) for co-writing the Jazz Blues Song of the Year, she is a three-time GMA (Gospel Music Association) Covenant award-nominee and has recorded with the family of Southern Gospel legends, the Gaithers.
Paster has written and shared the stage with some of Nashville’s top hit songwriters and has also written for film and TV. Her song, “Christmas Crush” (co-written with Bill DiLuigi and Corey Lee Barker) will is featured in a Lifetime TV movie called ‘The Holiday Exchange’ .
Most recently, Paster has collaborated with Synapse Publishing & Entertainment to be one of four female country artists/songwriters touring the country together, as part of a reality TV series/documentary called Women Behind the Lyrics. Filming has already begun in Nashville with a tour to follow in October 2025. Since releasing her debut EP, Paster has released four additional albums, Stronger, Rubies, Rocks & Stones, Like Stardust,and her most recent, Road To The Sun, and several singles.
