Maia Sharp returns with Mercy Rising, her boldest, most confessional offering to date.  After living in the Los Angeles metro area for most of her life, Maia moved to Nashville at the beginning of 2019, partly to be in an unapologetically songwriter centric town and partly as a personal life reboot.   She reflects, “In the last 2 years, just about everything that could have changed has changed and it feels now like those long walks outside of all of my comfort zones were heading toward this album.”   Maia has always managed to play all sides of the songwriting field.  She has had her songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, The Chicks, Trisha Yearwood, Keb’ Mo’, Cher, Edwin McCain, Terri Clark, David Wilcox, Art Garfunkel, Lizz Wright, Paul Carrack, Lisa Loeb and more. She produced Edwin McCain's album Mercy Bound (429 Records) and two songs for Art Garfunkel's retrospective double album The Singer (Sony).  And through it all, Maia has continued to record her own albums.  She has eight solo releases (on Ark 21, Concord, KOCH, eOne, Blix Street and Crooked Crown respectively), a collaborative project with Art Garfunkel and Buddy Mondlock Everything Waits to be Noticed (EMI Manhattan) and a duo project called Roscoe & Etta with writing/production partner Anna Schulze.  Each release has led to extensive touring throughout the US and UK and appearances on Mountain Stage, Acoustic Cafe, World Cafe, NPR's "All Things Considered," CBS Early Morning and the Today Show to name a few. Maia is also an adjunct professor at NYU for the Summer Songwriter Workshop and she has been writing for Songwriting with Soldiers since 2017 where active duty service members, veterans and/or their family members are paired with professional songwriters to share their experience and turn it into a song.  Her new album, Mercy Rising, is out now to critical acclaim and features co-writes and guest appearances by Mindy Smith, Gabe Dixon, Noah Guthrie and P.J. Pacifico.

Grammy Award winner Don Henry's songs have been recorded by legends like: Ray Charles, Patti Page and Conway Twitty By country crooners like: Gene Watson, John Conlee and B.J. Thomas By young hit makers of today like: Blake Shelton, Lonestar and Miranda Lambert …. .....and the list goes on. And he’s shared the stage with performers as diverse as Joey Ramone to Keith Urban. The wit and wisdom of Don's songs are widely renowned whether it's campfire favorites, the hilarious "B.F.D." and biker lullaby "Harley", to the wonderfully poignant tribute to Martin Luther King "Beautiful Fool", and of course his Grammy Award winning country classic "Where've You Been". In addition to a Grammy, Kathy Mattea's version of "Where've You Been" won Don (and co-writer Jon Vezner) song of the year honors from ACM (Academy of Country Music), CMA (Country Music Association) and NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International). "Where've You Been" was the first song in country music history to be awarded all four honors in the same year!

Kyshona is a writer/artist ignited by untold stories, and the capacity of storytelling songs to thread connection in communities.  With the background of a licensed music therapist, the curiosity of a writer, the patience of a friend, the vision of a social entrepreneur, the resolve of an activist, and the voice of a singer, Kyshona is unrelenting in her pursuit for the healing power of song.  Through her non-profit organization Your Song, she lends voice and music to those who feel they have been silenced or forgotten.  She facilitates writing sessions with groups and individuals who feel left out or marginalized, here in Nashville and across the US, in hopes of reconnecting those who are divided with their communities.  This show gathers and features songwriters and artists who are supporters, allies, team members and participants of Your Song, and is a benefit for the organization. YourSong.com

Jason White has been writing and performing classic American songs for more than forty years. From his early days as the leader of the heartland rock ‘n’ roll band the Janglers, to his musical journey through six solo albums, the old-school craftsmanship of the songwriting remains a true constant. His credits as a writer include covers by Tim McGraw (“Red Ragtop”), Carrie Underwood (“Choctaw County Affair”), Old Crow Medicine Show, Brit Taylor, Kyshona Armstrong, and many others. His own recordings blend elements of all the great American musical forms - blues, country, jazz, folk, rock ‘n’ roll, even hip-hop - to create a sound the Atlanta Journal-Constitution called “...as clever as Elvis Costello, as populist as Springsteen, and as catchy as Squeeze.” During a twenty-five year stint in Nashville, Jason White has become one of Music City’s most beloved “outlaw” songwriters. Jason White has received Music Row’s Song of the Year Award (“Red Ragtop”), a BMI Award and a BMI Million-Air Award