Evocative artist-writer Zandi Holup is a wildflower: unique, free as the wind, and blossoming in Music City. Born in Pennsylvania, she drifted from city to city until she found her home in Nashville six years ago. Cut from the same cloth as legendary folk singer-songwriters like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Joni Mitchell, Holup’s raw brand of original folk country flourishes through unfiltered storytelling reminiscent of Dolly Parton and emphasized by her emotive vocals. A grassroots following placed her on the map as snippets of demos and unreleased songs resonated across social media in increasing numbers. Her first release, “Wait for You,” sat at No. 1 on the all-genre Spotify Fresh Finds playlist, amassing over a million streams with no promotion outside of her TikTok following. She has opened for the likes of 49 Winchester, Steve Earle, Amanda Shires, Ann Wilson of Heart, and more. Named a 2023 Artist to Watch by The Nashville Briefing, Holup signed a publishing deal with…

Capitol Nashville “songwriter/producer/full-throttle vocalist” (HITS) Caylee Hammack has carved a place for herself in country music, acclaimed as an artist who “bleeds creativity, fire and determination so completely that she’s a beacon in an industry of thousands” (The Tennessean). Now laying the groundwork for her next creative chapter, the rising star is rooted in fostering her most authentic sound, working alongside Brother Osborne’s John Osborne, together paying homage to the stories and characters that shaped her into the person she is today. Hammack released her debut record IF IT WASN’T FOR YOU with writer and producer credits for the entire project, earning high praise from critics, with Billboard declaring “Hammack deserves to be a star.” Tapping Chris Stapleton for a guest vocal on a new version of her deeply personal song “Small Town Hypocrite,” co-written and co-produced by Hammack, she garnered even more acclaim, with NPR and Esquire singling out…

Alex is a Texas born soul singer/songwriter & guitarist. Alex spent much of his childhood learning to sing, play, & write from his grandfather who was a country singer/songwriter himself. Coming from Texas he was strongly influenced by classic country, soul, blues and R&B. Alex cut his teeth in Los Angeles writing songs for artists like Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen, Chris Rene, and more, but is now pursuing an artist career of his own in Nashville,TN.

Only 20 years old and already attracting attention from esteemed media outlets like Rolling Stone, Billboard, American Songwriter and more, exciting newcomer Avery Anna “further displays promise and prowess” (GRAMMY Awards) on her celebrated debut album, Breakup Over Breakfast, available everywhere now. The album features 17 tracks all written or co-written by the “towering, soul-baring tunesmith” (Billboard) and showcases her ability to harness raw emotion and infuse it into a nuanced lyricism well beyond her years. Produced by David Fanning, Breakup Over Breakfast contains stories ranging from romance to rage, penned with a sacred honesty and sung with a soulful heart. The “brave debut album” (Entertainment Focus) follows her 2022 debut EP, Mood Swings, that earned her Artist To Watch nods from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, YouTube, MusicRow and CMT. The seven-song introduction features her viral, Platinum-certified hit, “Narcissist,” that she performed…

It’s place and perspective that drive 22-year-old musician NoahRinker’s sound. It propels his lyricism and informs his entire point of view. Growing up in the mountains of California, he found song wherever he could. He picked up the guitar at 14, learning to play it like a lap steel because he assumed the fretboard might work the same way a keyboard did. At 16, he wrote his first song. But it was “leaving for sessions with other collaborators that made me realize that home was the thing that made me who I was all along.”

Nineteen-year old Bayker Blankenship from Livingston, Tennessee has had one heck of a few months, going from playing his first home town gigs to signing his first record deal and going viral with his first hit “Maxed Out” in a short amount of time. “Maxed Out” is hitting new peaks at such an incredible speed- to name a few, it reached #2 on the Spotify Viral charts, #43 on Apple Country, and has over 100k creates on TikTok. Bayker has garnered over 40M+ streams in just a few months. “Maxed Out” highlights Bayker as one of Country’s rising stars, with fans falling for his bright personality and warm heart along the way. Bayker’s debut EP “Younger Years” released in July 2024, hitting over 4M+ streams the first week and making it obvious he is far from a one-hit wonder.