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• Jack McKeon - A Nashville-based singer-songwriter with an honest, plainspoken vocal, an eclectic-roots sound and a knack for bringing crystalline characters to life, Jack McKeon is a different sort of musician. A student of the greats drawn to the timeless, rather than the trendy, he hails from Chatham, New York (a few hours north of New York City and a world removed from the Americana and bluegrass scene he now inhabits), and harbors a deep love for the written word. First inspired by literary music icons from Hank Williams and Guy Clark to Tom T. Hall and John Hartford, McKeon arrived in Nashville in 2021 and has since established a reputation for his own message-drive lyricism – a value which shows up in its full sonic serenity on his 2024 album debut, Talking to Strangers. Full of understated depth, the 10-song set of self-penned and co-written tunes was engineered by 4X Grammy-winner Sean Sullivan (Molly Tuttle, Sturgill Simpson), and pulls its imaginative stories of a changing world from a lifetime of patient observation – both in his academic former life and current travels as a performing singer-songwriter (and guitar-wielding poet).
• Vinnie Paolizzi - A Nashvillian by way of Philadelphia, Vinnie Paolizzi has spent the better part of the last decade in the songwriting trenches, making a name for himself as a rising singer-songwriter to watch. His abilities as a live performer have led him to various roles from playing guitar for rising star Brittney Spencer to playing his original music in the round with songwriting legend Dean Dillon. In May 2023, Paolizzi declared his arrival as an artist and released “Proud of What I Did Today,” a grooving anthem with Everyman themes that was featured on multiple editorial playlists including Apple Music’s “Southern Craft'', “New In Country” , “New In Americana” and on AAA radio. Set to be released in November 2023, Paolizzi’s self titled full length record promises to be a project showcasing a pocket of the Nashville community that has blazed its own trail in a time when Music Row seems to have forgotten its past.