Brian Ritchey is a Nashville based singer/songwriter. He has released three solo albums to critical acclaim. The Brian Ritchey EP is an alt-country record drawing comparisons to acts such as Gram Parsons, Neil Young, Ryan Adams, The Jayhawks, Nick Drake, Tom Petty and more. His sophomore effort, If I Were a Painter, is a melting pot of garage rock, alt-country and classic singer/songwriter genres. The Tennessean proclaimed that “BRIAN RITCHEY’S GARAGE ROCK IS REAL!” while also drawing comparisons to indie rock darlings WILCO. No Way Out of this House, released in November of 2010, is a concept album that found Brian eager to abandon his alt-country roots, if only for one album. The album, filled with muddy guitars, lush string arrangements and dramatic vocals, drew heavily from singer/songwriter influences such as Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. The new album led to some complimentary reviews by music critics. Gianfranco Callieri wrote that “No Way Out Of This House shows both (Robert) Altman’s narrative smartness along with (Bob) Rafelson’s fragmented melancholy. It’s similar to a musical rendition of the themes Paul Thomas Anderson (one of the preeminent voices of New Hollywood) dealt with in Magnolia.” He also released a side project called Korean Is Asian on March 5th, 2011 that landed the band a spot on the critically acclaimed Daytrotter Sessions. Brian also received the title track placement on a Rolling Stones tribute album released on May 17th, 2011 by indie label Reimagine Music. Paint It Black: An Alt-Country Tribute to the Rolling Stones found Brian performing alongside alt-country icons Cowboy Junkies, Blue Mountain and more. 2014 found Brian signing with indie record label Barrelmaker Records where he began writing for his 5th official release titled Bordeaux. He finished recording the album in August and is set for an early 2015 release.

For Brian Wright (www.brianwrightsongs.com), life as a traveling troubadour began in Waco, Texas near the highway and the trains.  That is where his father took a job that required a great deal of travel, making the family VW van Wright’s first crib. Consequently Wright feels most at home when on the road, and this movement has helped shaped Wright’s sense of bare-boned lyrics and achingly beautiful songs that seem both distant and intimate at the same time.  After spending his early twenties on the Austin/Waco/Dallas bar circuit, playing everything from punk to covers, Wright flipped a coin to decide his future home, either New York City or Los Angeles.  Going West won the day, where he resided in Los Angeles for close to 10 years, and was the front man and lyricist for his band Brian Wright and the Waco Tragedies, a band that has gathered a devoted fan base across the country.  With Wright’s 2010 release of House on Fire (Sugar Hill Records), Brian declared a new chapter in his life as a musician and producer.  His two previous albums, Bluebird and Dog Ears were recorded with a live band in the studio, both in the span of three days.  These were done in an attempt to capture the true essence of the band’s energy.  House on Fire (co-produced with Mike Vizcarra) approached the recording process from a different angle.  That album was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream of Brian’s to play every instrument on the record. The result was an album that truly reflects the man behind the voice. In September 2013, Brian released his latest album Rattle Their Chains (Sugar Hill Records), recorded in Los Angeles, which came with a vision: “I was picturing this band playing these songs- my friends- and I could hear what was going to happen: a band in a room, guys who really love each other and are really tight”. Wright and his buddies nailed it.  He sought the spontaneity of a live show, a roots-rock hoot to smolder and sting, and he got it.  But the resulting album also reflects something more: a shadow-grapples-light intensity where regret and hope square off like already-bruised boxers staggering through another round.   Wright also experienced luminous changes through the sessions for Rattle Their Chains. He moved his family from Los Angeles to Nashville, the decision made even as the record took shape.  “It definitely informed the music,” he says.  “I was thinking a lot about where I was from; I was thinking about Los Angeles. I came through as a naïve kid and I learned a lot about being an artist. I lost love, I found love, and then I started a family- and I also made a lot of mistakes.” Besides Bob Dylan and the Band, Wright also found himself drawn to “the storytelling of Texas songwriters. I find myself really into Townes Van Zandt; he had so many beautiful songs. Woody Guthrie, Willie Nelson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Guy Clark and Kris Kristofferson all lived there; there's something in the water in Texas that yields a poetic, left of center style of writing that seems unique to so many artists from there. It’s where all these great stories come from. But I'm also influenced by great rock and roll: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Kinks and other bands like that."

Born out of frontman Griffin Dean's affinity for layering old doo-wop records and hip-hop beats, Stoop Kids grew into a genre-bending 5-piece band with elements of Trap, Funk, Metal, Surf, and RnB. Combining infectious vocals, groovy bass lines and bari sax, they have crafted a unique sound that is both familiar and fresh. 
 After attending college together at Loyola University New Orleans, the band embarked on multiple national tours and amassed over 20 million streams. They later relocated to Nashville where they continue to tour and release music.  
 Stoop Kids’ latest release, “Cicadas” with Emily Chambers marks the beginning of a string of singles set to be released over the course of the year culminating in their fifth full length album.