Nashville starlet Kayley Bishop blends Bob Seger’s rock and roll, Dolly Parton’s bluegrass storytelling and Aretha Franklin’s soulful serenade into a one-of-a-kind country music cocktail. She loves merging the old with the new and finding inspiration from artists who were musical trail-blazers. Keith Urban once described her voice as a “gumbo of Celine Dion, Natalie Maines and Jewel.” The East Tennessee-native says her, “heart beats like it was made to be tethered to a song.” Having written hundreds of songs to date, Kayley continues to amaze every crowd she performs in front of with her expertly crafted lyrics and chill-inducing vocals. Performing regularly in Nashville and around the country, the seasoned performer and songstress is no stranger to the stage. From Season 15 of NBC’s The Voice, Kayley is now in the process of releasing her next original project with Grammy® Nominated producer, Eric Torres. Her past releases can be found across all digital music platforms, as well. 

Jenn Bostic is a soulful singer/songwriter with a hint of pop, blues and gospel. Her emotive songwriting and powerful vocals have been touching hearts around the world. Her hit song “Jealous of the Angels,” written for her late father,  has over 50 million collective streams on YouTube, has gone #1 on various iTunes charts by various artists in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The song was covered by the US Army Band, has been played on Sirius XMs The Pulse and other mainstream ACs reaching that format's Top 40, and the Positive Country and Southern Gospel Charts Top 10.  

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Nashville’s best-kept secret: Hannah Dasher.  When Dasher takes the stage, you see a country star who was born to entertain.  What you don’t see is what it took her to get to that stage. “In order to pay my band, I had to start cleaning houses and sell all my guitars, including the first and only one my daddy ever gave me. For years, I wrote songs and played shows on borrowed guitars,” Dasher recalls. “Eventually, I scrubbed enough toilets to buy my first Gibson.”  Aside from Hannah’s work ethic, her strong, non-conforming, swaggy lyrics set her apart from her peers early on, earning her the nickname Hannah Damn Dasher. Accompanying her big hair and her larger-than-life personality is a voice that’s even bigger. Listen closely and you’ll hear remnants of Lorrie Morgan, Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin and Alan Jackson. It all makes for a sound that’s familiar -- like your favorite 90’s country -- yet uniquely fresh.   In fact, that fresh take on the familiar further sets Dasher apart from every other country music hopeful who moves to Nashville to chase the neon dream. Her carefully crafted songs, classically country voice and presence on stage give her a leg up in a genre where fitting in just wasn’t a good fit.   And already, it’s starting to pay off. During the quarantine summer of 2020, Dasher decided to try out her comedic, country music-infused cooking series, "Stand By Your Pan" on TikTok. Within six months, her platform grew from 12,000 followers to over a million. “People appreciate that I’m authentically unfiltered Hannah, and I’m very confident in who God made me to be,” she says.  Quite the entertainer beyond the kitchen, the triple threat is now a Fender Next Artist, and the face of the new 2021 Telecaster coming this fall. “Jaren Johnston (from the band The Cadillac Three) gave me my first electric guitar a few years ago and said, ‘Now here. Learn it!’ So I did. I don’t know the notes, I just play by ear.” While Dasher’s ascent has been almost a decade in the making, someone once told her, “Reba wasn’t built in a day.” So she’s comfortable with the slow climb, because she’s surrounded herself with a Nashville family of songwriters, musicians, producers and industry allies who push her to be better. “So many people have had instrumental talks with me about getting out of my own way. It’s hard to relinquish control of your art and to navigate that, while keeping everyone around me inspired.” Her latest release The Half Record -- due out July 9 -- is the music that Dasher is very proud to be sharing with the world. “I like to leave things better than I found them. This is so much bigger than me,” she shares.  Being born and raised near Savannah, Georgia, Dasher likes to say that she’s been keeping country country since 1989. And while she did have some rock and Motown influences in the mix, the cassettes she wore out when she was growing up were Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits, Clint Black’s Killin’ Time and Alan Jackson’s A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love). Now that she’s fully immersed in the grown-up life of a country singer-songwriter, Dasher admits that from a very young age, she was not merely a fair-weather fan. She was the kind of fan who made country music her life’s mission. “I didn’t like to read books, but I’d read song lyrics and liner notes front to back. I was that nerdy kid who knew who Keith Stegall was when I was 8 years old,” she admits. “And I always wanted to be a country singer. Hell, I practiced my CMA Awards speeches in front of my bathroom mirror with a hairbrush as a little girl.” Once she’d moved to Nashville after graduating from college, Dasher balanced her work at Bass Pro Shops with her work honing her songwriting craft. It paid off just a year and a half after she arrived, when she signed a publishing deal in 2012.But it wasn’t until 2017 that she signed with Sony Music Nashville. “I knew I wanted to be a singer, but then I discovered songwriting,” Dasher recalls. “Then I thought, ‘Maybe I want both. Maybe I don’t just want to be Reba McEntire. Maybe I want to be Alan Jackson as well.’ It took five years between my publishing and record deals because I felt like I couldn’t be the kind of artist I wanted to be until the songs were in place.” “I was loading up my gun for the gun fight,” she says of the years she spent learning how to trust her pen. “I even had an early cut with Brad Paisley -- a co-write with Paisley, Chris DuBois and Brent Anderson -- called ‘Go to Bed Early.’ It was an idea I'd started working on right around the time I got fired from Bass Pro Shop.” Once Sony discovered and then signed Dasher, she says, her team was careful about the timing of her releases, because in country music, timing can be everything. “They never made me feel like I wasn’t enough,” the CMT Next Women of Country says. And now that the time is right, Dasher is all in. She was born to entertain, and now she’s devoted 32 years of hard work to perfecting her art. It shows at all her shows. Hannah Damn Dasher, indeed. 

ohan Glidden is a folk-pop Christian singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. In an era when “Christian music” usually means radio worship music, Johan’s offering is more like a lively after-church coffee chat on the back porch. He writes songs of praise (and lament), stories about friendship with God and people, and reflections on what real life looks like when you believe that everything is grace. Exploring the mysterious connection between the supernatural and the…super-natural, his songs combine incisive lyrics with catchy pop melodies, creating a chair for a listener’s soul to lean back in.  Johan performs solo in auditoriums, churches, living rooms, and anywhere there’s a microphone and an invitation to a late night after-show Waffle House excursion. A frequent collaborator with other musicians, he’s been fortunate to share the stage with many of his personal favorite songwriters, including recent tours and an appearance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville with Andrew Peterson. His concerts feature not only great songs, but also intimate hospitality, humor, and time enjoyed together as little children of God. Expect to be drawn in closer by each song — into nostalgia, humility, and hope. Expect to join him in singing an old hymn or two along with a Rich Mullins chorus you haven’t heard in a while. Expect to go home talking to God, with a new melody stuck in your head, having made a good friend. Johan has received multiple accolades, including a nod from American Songwriter, who added Double Yellow Lines to their list of “Songs That We Absolutely Love" in 2023.  His new album, Sweet Little Drop in a Bucket, is a collection of 11 folk-pop songs recorded in Nashville with producer Asher Peterson (Colony House, Fielder, Skye Peterson), and mixed by 3-time-Grammy-winner Sean Moffitt (Ben Rector, Cece Winans, Miranda Lambert). It features drums by Aaron Sterling (John Mayer, Harry Styles), beautiful strings by Hannah Sorrells Tyler (For King and Country), and studio work from many other virtuosic musicians. The album is an invitation to embrace limitation in a culture of unlimited options, to lean on friends in an era of disconnection, and to trust a loving and powerful God in a world of algorithms.

Nashville based soul singer-songwriter Jed Harrelson has found a way to fuse sounds of Soul, RnB, Blues, and Jazz.  While being influenced by artists such as Marcus King, John Mayer, and Allen Stone, Jed is able to balance artfulness becoming his own dimension. Jed started playing music because of the way that it moved people and he subtly carries that into the center of his work, leaving both a euphoric and lyrically provoking presence. While he’s independently released five songs in the last two years, he is working on a debut project to release at the end of 2022. All of his music is recorded in house with his brother Hank as the audio engineer.   Coming from Texarkana, Arkansas instilled a drive to hone in on his craft though the lack of music scene caused him to move where he could really express his artistic message which took him to Fayetteville, Arkansas.  This is where he got his band together and cut his teeth in the Northwest Arkansas music scene.  ​   By achieving and producing what feels good in his art, Jed just might help listeners do the same.

Christen Ball is digging her own lane as an alternative rock artist in Nashville, combining high-energy performances with down-to-earth storytelling. Her self-described sound, “A Sonic Time Machine to 1997,” features intricate chord structures and introspective lyrics, drawing inspiration from Alanis Morissette, Jeff Buckley, The Moody Blues, and Radiohead.  The lead single, “Easier This Way,” from Christen’s upcoming record was released August 28, 2026, accompanied by an official music video directed by award-winning film-maker, Jay Curtis Miller. Song 2, “Fighting Fire,” is out now.  Her release, “Blue,” has surpassed 6 million views on TikTok, and her single, “Invisible,” held the #1 spot on one of Amazon Music’s Alternative editorial playlists. With nine singles released and a fan-and-friend-funded record in the works, new original music continues to flow. In 2025, Christen was a featured artist at the 28th Annual Jeff Buckley Tribute in Chicago. She also sang with rising star Mae Estes on the Luke Bryan tour (including Hersheypark Stadium) and opened for legendary rock band The Babys at Franklin Theatre.  In 2026, Christen was selected to be an artist member of Nashville Basement Stage, a patron organization supporting independent artists in Nashville.*** An international performer, she has brought her music to the UK, Israel, India, Haiti, and China, and regularly performs throughout the U.S. and her hometown of Nashville, connecting with listeners who still believe that music is art.

New Orleans pianist/singer/composer/animator Chris Walters relocated to Nashville in 1989. He has worked with a variety of artists – JD Souther, Bela Fleck, The Jeff Coffin Mu’tet, The Peter Mayer Group, Alison Brown, Barbara Mandrell, Alabama. Chris was nominated in the 2020 Nashville Industry Music Awards in three categories – Best Jazz Instrumentalist, Album Of The Year (“Whisper & Howl”), and Artist Of The Year. His debut album, “Strange Fruit”, was featured on National Public Radio’s “Jazz South” program. Chris followed that with "Cool Blue Swing" (2003) and “Yay! Everybody, Yay!” (2012), recordings that include his original compositions as well as works by Alberto Ginastera and Cole Porter, and feature orchestral arrangements around his small band performances. He has released two recent albums, “Boneyard Thieves” (2018) and the Grammy nominated “Whisper & Howl” (2019). He is also an award- winning animator. Two of his animated shorts won first place at the 2005 Key West IndieFest Film Festival.

From the start, Nashville independent artist Renn’s journey into music was far from the conventional tale. Time spent torn between passion and insecurity, hobby and calling eventually lead to Heartache and a Song - Renn’s debut album. Poignant lyrics blended with raw, soulful melodies give listeners a starkly personal glimpse into his journey, in a way that connects us to our own. It’s a career that almost never was. With his admission to Nashville’s Belmont University in 2006, Renn decided to hang his hat on his guitar-playing abilities rather than his voice. “When I arrived to begin my first semester, I remember a friend of mine (who has since signed to a major label), sing Bon Jovi’s ‘Living on a Prayer.’ I knew I didn’t have half his vocal range or star power at the time, so I just stopped singing and stuck to guitar.” Despite an inability to read music, Renn’s passion and skill on the guitar earned him the respect and endorsement of his peers and instructors - many of whom are now Grammy Award-winning. His love of music and literature progressed into an exploration of songwriting at Belmont, beginning with a class taught by National Songwriters Association (NSAI) member and hit songwriter Bob Regan. “‘I’m a lover starting wars / A priest lying with whores / And my finger’s on a trigger aimed at those I’m dying for.’—These lyrics I had written as an assignment in that class… [Regan] gave me a B (laughs).” Those words would eventually be the opening line to his song “Drowning,” where Renn wrestles with faith and blind certitude, observing its unwarranted consequences.” Taking deep interest in religion, Renn began studying common religious texts in his classes, and noticed his lyrical prowess evolve through the approaches to reading that he learned. “In class, we’d use what are called exegetical methods to break down verses in various texts… I began doing that with songs, you know—looking at each individual line, and questioning everything. ‘What is being said here? Why these words as opposed to others, and how does it make me feel?’ That’s how I started looking at my own songwriting.” Though songwriting and guitar continued to progress, Renn still lacked the confidence to pursue his own music career. “I was raised to believe art was a hobby rather than a career, and I guess I didn’t want to risk being a failure.” Feeling purposed to take his religious studies a step further, Renn moved to Redding, California - selling all but one guitar - and began a ministry school. Surprised by the amount of opportunity given him to perform in musical ensembles there, the culmination of events there reignited his passion for music. After moving back to his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina, Renn began working on some original  material, this time singing again while drawing inspiration from his own life and experiences – the most significant and symbolic of which, a recent failed relationship. “I had already bought the ring with money I didn’t have at the time… Then all of a sudden, the truth surfaced about some things that were hidden, everything took a turn for the worst. The night she called to end it all, I drank half a bottle of Jack and slammed my fist down on the bed… but, I hit my guitar by accident—It was completely destroyed. I lost everything I cared about most in one night.” The irony wasn’t lost on him, and the breakup helped to develop Renn’s voice and style, morphing into something new and inspired, but oftentimes dark. He drifted toward lyrics that were both raw and honest. Understanding his music was far from what others in his life and religious community expected, Renn took a sudden change of direction. “Ultimately, I chose to go about recording the album without support from any of my friends, heading back to California and couch surfing for months to complete the project.” Heartache and a Song released in November 2015, with the first single off the album, King of California, being featured on popular Nashville station Lightning 100.1FM shortly thereafter. In July 2016, Renn released follow-up single Other Side of Rain. To date, the album’s songs are approaching 2 million Spotify streams collectively.