Braxton Keith calls San Antonio home, but the 20 something songwriter hasn't spent much time there in recent years.
He leaves town nearly every weekend, driving his band — and his own tour bus — toward the next show. "That bus is actually the only vehicle I own," he says. "I drive it everywhere I go."
Zac Brown Band is a multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning, Southern rock group led by front man, Zac Brown. Throughout their career spanning more than a decade, Zac Brown Band has had six consecutive albums reach the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and five consecutive albums debut at #1 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart.
3x GRAMMY-winning duo Dan + Shay continue to etch a permanent mark on country music – and beyond – with the release of the duos highly anticipated fifth studio album, Bigger Houses, co-produced by the band’s Dan Smyers and Scott Hendricks, which released worldwide September 15, 2023, via Warner Music Nashville.
William Beckmann is drawn to things that have stories to tell: historic buildings, old guitars, the vintage typewriter on which he writes all of his lyrics. And if you call the Texas singer-songwriter an “old soul,” the 28-year-old will take it as a compliment. Beckmann — a thrilling vocalist who sings in both English and Spanish — has been recording and performing a type of vibrant, modern-day country music that also pays tribute to what came before.
Neo-Traditional Country music trio, The Castellows, are bringing a literal meaning to the phrase, “family tradition.” The band comprised of sisters Ellie (lead guitar), Powell (banjo) and Lily (vocals), hail from small rural Georgetown, Georgia, but now call Nashville home. The Castellows’ sound is traditional, yet modern. Authentic, yet harnessed. The common thread among the trio, other than their DNA, is their masterful three-part harmonies which blend together to create one singular, almost angelic, voice.
Called “a towering, soul-baring tunesmith" by Billboard, magnetic newcomer Avery Anna is sharing her “punk country” (Rolling Stone) sound with the release of her debut album, Breakup Over Breakfast, via Warner Music Nashville. Avery wrote or co-wrote every song on the ambitious 17-track studio debut that showcases her ability to tap into and harness raw emotion, infusing it into a nuanced lyricism well beyond her 20 years that she couples with a dynamic, piano-forward sound.
Warner Music Nashville singer / songwriter Patrick Murphy was born with a musical state of mind. The Perham, Minnesota native began honing his piano skills at the age of three, going on to play in front of his first audiences at the local church. The chapel turned into restaurants as Murphy added singing to his craft, developing a style influenced by the likes of Billy Joel, Elton John, Journey and more. Now, two decades after first sitting down at the piano bench, the 26-year-old has discovered his own sound.