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Trent Willmon is an American country music artist. Active since 1998 as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Willmon was signed to Columbia Records in 2004.

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While The Cadillac Black might be a brand new band – a little over a year old as of this writing – native Nashvillians Jaren Johnston, Neil Mason and Kelby Ray have been friends and musical co-conspirators for as long as anyone can remember. They've weathered their wild teenage years and even wilder tours, weathered major label letdowns and major league triumphs, conquered Music Row – Johnston co-wrote Keith Urban's #1 single “You Gonna Fly” – and crashed on the couches of strangers in far flung cities. These boys have seen more ups and downs than a Smoky Mountain tour guide.

Jaren Johnston - Guitar & Lead Vocals
Kelby Ray - Dobro, Acoustic, Lap Steel & Vocals
Neil Mason - Drums, Percussion & Vocals

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Stoney LaRue (born Stoney Larue Phillips in 1977) is a Texas Country/Red Dirt artist. Born in Taft, Texas, LaRue was raised in Southeastern Oklahoma and began playing country music at a young age.

LaRue moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma and began to play in the various bars around the college town, as well as his brother, Bo Phillips and sister, Hallie Bertrand. He befriended Jason Boland and Cody Canada and the three moved into the infamous "Yellow House" where they would have late night jam sessions and entertain other various musicians around the town, like Mike McClure and Brandon Jenkins.

In 2002, LaRue led The Organic Boogie Band and released Downtown, recorded in private sessions at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa. LaRue's 2005 follow-up, The Red Dirt Album, reached the Billboard sales charts in its debut week. The next year, Stoney released his first live record Live at Billy Bob's Texas.

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If you ask Ryan Beaver why he titled his new record Constant, he will smile and reply with a response that leaves no question about what matters most to this 27-year-old Austin, Texas based singer/songwriter. "Our lives are always changing and evolving," says Beaver, "but some things remain constant. My faith, family, friends, and passion for music never change and they make me who I am." Constant, Beaver’s sophomore record, displays ten tracks, all of which have been written since the release of his debut album, Under The Neons. In that time Beaver has toured the Southwest, released three radio singles, collaborated with many known songwriters, and has been able to connect with thousands of fans. He has started a journey to take his music as far as he can, a journey in which he sees no limits. Playing his songs for anyone willing to listen and catching the attention of those who truly appreciate the craft of songwriting are a significant part of that journey. When asked his expectations for Constant, he laughs and says,“I just hope I can make enough money to pay for this project and maybe have enough for the next one.” Music is a sacred and powerful thing in Beaver’s eyes. This is reflected by the melodies and lyrics he has constructed, giving one a glimpse into his inner most thoughts and feelings. With a passion that is constant and a guitar in hand, Ryan Beaver’s journey looks to be a promising one.

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Three years of touring successfully can have an effect on one’s confidence, as does the benefit of just having a little more time to mature. Baird, now 25, wrote and recorded Blue Eyed Angels when he was only 21, at the end of his senior year at Fort Worth's Texas Christian University. Baird stayed in Texas after graduation (relocating to Austin) and began carving out his own niche. But even as Blue Eyed Angels found traction on regional radio on the strength of his steady touring and solid singles like Could Have Been My Baby and Fade Away, Baird formulated his own style, cut with guitars both jangly and crunchy and crisscrossed by rivers of pedal steel and tasteful organ, that quickly set him apart from rest of the Texas crowd.

Since then, Baird has drawn favorable comparisons to artists from the wider Americana landscape like Ryan Adams, Chris Knight, John Mellencamp, and Tom Petty.

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Im a small town girl from a big ass state living the life out a suitcase dream - writing songs & singing them to anyone who'll listen. People believe in Kristen Kelly. Candid and down to earth, with a room-filling smile and a voice that echoes the heart of what she sings, Kristen laughs as she describes her music as “a little more grease than polish.” And that grease is an exciting mix, distilled from her country, blues, and classic rock influences into a passionate, playful, often sexy, and always heartfelt reflection of real life as she knows it.

“I have a hard time singing or writing about something I can’t relate to,” she says, and that philosophy is front and center on her Arista Nashville debut album, co-produced by nine-time CMA Award-winning producer Tony Brown and two-time GRAMMY®-winning songwriter Paul Overstreet.

“Paul got the ball rolling,” Kristen says. A chance meeting at a 2010 benefit concert impressed Overstreet enough to invite her to write with him, sparking a chain of events that ultimately led to her record deal. But Kristen was far from an “overnight” discovery.

Born in Waco, Texas, Kristen Kelly grew up in the country, living on 10 acres in small-town Lorena, Texas. “You blink, you miss it,” she smiles. She credits her outdoorsy, adventurous spirit in adult life to those days of “simple country living.”

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Kimberly has been touring and releasing singles throughout Texas for the past seven years. She just recently made a move to Music City given an opportunity to sing harmony on the road with her sister Kristen Kelly (Sony/Arista). They finished a run with Brad Paisley, as Kristen was one of the opening acts on his “Virtual Reality World Tour.”

While in Nashville, Kimberly has been writing and working with a list of legendary Nashville artists/ songwriters that includes: Radney Foster, Wynn Varble/Marty Dodson, Dale Dodson, Will Rambeaux, Dave Gibson, Gary Nicholson, Mark Stephen Jones and more. She has also written with Nashville/TX greats Sonny Throckmorton and Billy Joe Shaver.

Kimberly’s primary instrument is the mandolin, and her influences include: Lee Ann Womack, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, as well as rockers like Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty—and even Americana acts like Kim Richey and Hayes Carll.

She released two albums in Texas, was a regional finalist on the popular USA Network television show “Nashville Star,” has performed at the Grand Ole’ Opry with Billy Joe Shaver, played former President Bush’s return party to Texas at Texas State Technical College, and was featured in her own PBS Channel ”Texas Music Café” special.

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With his new collection of no-bull, straight from the heart songs with subjects ranging from being broke (“Living is Killing Me”), to being broke and in love (“Everything is Broken but My Heart”) to his well-worn experience in dive bars (“Spinning Wheels”), Brian Keane is winning over audiences everywhere — despite being honest enough to ruffle some feathers. Combine that with a sharp wit on -stage, a lyrical gift beyond his years, a badass band, and the courage to say exactly how he feels to anyone, anywhere and you have Brian Keane: a true artist about to make some huge waves.

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Bleu Edmondson began writing his own songs at the age of 19, got his first guitar on his 21st birthday, formed a band by the time he was 22 and hasnt looked back since. Ever since writing to the legendary Lloyd Maines, asking for a shot to do a record with the highly respected producer, Bleu has been making records ever since, influenced by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Robert Earl keen, Lyle Lovett, and The Rolling Stones.

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