Rosanne Cash is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and author who has released 15 albums. She wrote the best-selling memoir Composed, became the first female composer to receive the MacDowell Medal, and was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Shawn Colvin is a folk-pop artist born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Emerging in the late 1980s new folk movement, she won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album for her debut record and achieved mainstream success with her 1997 single Sunny Came Home.
Pioneering progressive bluegrass mandolinist and fiddler Sam Bush founded the New Grass Revival and played with Strength in Numbers and Emmylou Harris. A three-time national fiddle contest winner, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
Founded in 2014 by husband and wife Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, American music duo The War And Treaty released the acclaimed major label debut album Lover’s Game. Known for their lionhearted sound, they earned GRAMMY nominations for Best New Artist and Best American Roots Song for Blank Page, and collaborated with Zach Bryan on Hey Driver.
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Merging blues, folk, country, and rock, she is best known for her critically acclaimed 1998 album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.
Born in Staten Island, New York, Joan Baez is a legendary folk singer and activist known for her clear soprano voice and influential interpretive recordings. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Emmylou Harris is a renowned singer who blends country, folk, and rock. Emerging in the 1970s following mentorship from Gram Parsons, she achieved major success with albums like Pieces of the Sky, Luxury Liner, and the hit 1987 collaboration Trio with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Steve Earle released his chart-topping debut album Guitar Town in 1986. A Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and Grand Ole Opry member, he earned consecutive Grammy Awards for albums including The Revolution Starts Now and Townes, and his hit Copperhead Road became an official Tennessee state song.
Montreal-born, Nashville-based Allison Russell is a Grammy- and Juno-winning singer, songwriter, and multi-band founder who debuted solo with Outside Child. She is a member of Joni Mitchell’s Joni Jam band and made her Broadway debut in Hadestown.
Born in Leominster, England, virtuoso guitarist Albert Lee became a top rockabilly and country musician and an in-demand session player in London, Nashville, and Los Angeles. He played with bands like Heads, Hands & Feet and backed artists including Eric Clapton, the Everly Brothers, and Emmylou Harris, releasing solo albums such as Home and Speechless.
Patty Griffin is a folk singer-songwriter born in Old Town, Maine. Known for her evocative melodies and storytelling, she debuted with 1996s Living with Ghosts. Her acclaimed catalog includes Children Running Through and the Grammy-winning Downtown Church.
Fairborn, Ohio native Buddy Miller is an Americana icon, celebrated guitarist, singer, songwriter, and Grammy-winning producer. Known for his country-soul style, he has collaborated with Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant, and wife Julie Miller. His extensive discography includes "Universal United House of Prayer" and a solo album released in 2026. He has earned numerous Americana Music Awards.
Born in Burbank, California, Bonnie Raitt is a blues/rock/R&B singer-guitarist known for soulful vocals and bottleneck guitar. Her 1989 breakthrough Nick of Time won Grammys including Album of the Year; hits include "Something to Talk About" and "I Can't Make You Love Me."
Margo Price is a Nashville-based country artist who broke through with her debut solo album, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter. Her music draws on classic country, with truth-telling songs written from “the intellect and the gut.”
Houston, Texas-born country singer/songwriter tied to the ’80s new traditionalist movement. Former Emmylou Harris & the Hot Band member, he scored five No. 1 singles from 1988’s Diamonds & Dirt and wrote hits for Crystal Gayle and Bob Seger.
