Ben formed the New Effect in 2017 after years playing and touring as a guitarist on the jam band circuit. You’ll appreciate his songwriting and the band’s outstanding musicianship.

Ben Sparaco and the New Effect

This English born songwriter and recording artist makes a particularly deep brand of pop music, and Lucie has fans across the US and Europe to show for it. Recorded at Yamaha in Franklin, TN.

Lucie Silvas

Jillian Cardarelli has been performing since she was 4 years old. The All-American singer-songwriter took the top spot in Rolling Stone’s top 10 list of New Country Artists You Need to Know in 2018, and has gone on to tour alongside Lonestar, Jake Owen, Jana Kramer and Easton Corbin. With such an encouraging career so far, we were desperate to hear who inspired this Massachusetts native to shoot for the stars!

Jillian Cardarelli

Steve has lived a wild life that’s taken him from Southern California to Nashville, and along the way he’s written hit songs and entertained thousands with a song and storytelling style that’s half manic and half genius.

Steve Poltz

Indiana born singer-songwriter Canaan Smith moved to Nashville to pursue his country music career in 2009. Breaking out in 2014 with the hit single, ‘Love You Like That’, Smith has gone on to be the flagship artist signed under Florida Georgia Line’s new label, Round Here Records. With a quintessential country twang, Smith’s newest single, ‘Colder Than You’ was released in June this year. Join him here for his ‘My Music’ playlist!

Canaan Smith

Lauren is a great singer who came out of the vibrant indie country live scene in and around Atlanta. She and husband Jason retired their beloved band Whiskey Gentry and put her out front like a mod Loretta.

Lauren Morrow

Jill got established as half of a beloved modern folk duo from Knoxville, TN before launching her acclaimed solo career. She offers songs from the candid and vulnerable album ‘Thirties.’

Jill Andrews

Maya stands out among singer songwriters for her clarity of tone and her carefully crafted song poems. She became known through her band The Stray Birds then went solo releasing two fine albums in two years.

Maya de Vitry

Just 20 years young, this Florida native has proven savvy and poised beyond her years as she’s found her footing in Nashville’s elite songwriting and performing circles with a bright, affirming brand of pop country.

Bailey Callahan

Country Rock soul searcher, and self confessed, “lone wolf”, Kip Moore’s sound is fueled by a vitality garnered from his travels all over the globe. Moore’s fourth studio album, ‘Wild World’ was released in May. Enjoy hearing a little more about Kip’s journey right here.

Kip Moore

After early success with the world-renowned hit, “Delta Dawn”(1972), Texas-born Tanya has gone on to become a Country veteran with a career spanning almost five decades. The momentum continues to build for Tanya after her 2019 Album ‘While I’m Livin’’ received two Grammy Awards (Best Country Album/Best Country Song). Such a rich career makes for a wonderful My Music session at Real Music TV, and we were delighted to have her!

Tanya Tucker

Founding member of the Grammy award-winning group The Steeldrivers, Tammy is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. From classical/bluegrass roots she has made music her entire life’s work. Through a colorful tapestry of inspiration and storytelling, enjoy her My Music right here.

Tammy Rogers

Michael and Tanya Trotter met as solo artists and fell in love well before they joined forces as a duo. They quickly became the toast of Americana music for their blend of vocal power and on-stage love. From the Yamaha studio.

The War and Treaty

This blues/rock four-piece from Natchez, Mississippi claims influences spanning Wilson Pickett, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Soundgarden. They’ve come a long way since forming in 2017 but they’ll never leave the South. Live from Yamaha studios.

Bishop Gunn

As a Detroit native making her sound and big personality known in Nashville, she’s as likely to channel Bob Seger or Marvin Gaye as Keith Urban or Miranda Lambert. She proudly calls her sound “urban country.”

Paulina Jayne

Seth has a silky voice and ideal southern groove. He’s based his career out of Austin, Nashville and New Orleans, and his music could well be described as a blend of all three places.

Seth Walker

Canadian New Yorker Colin Linden was a nerdy little kid who loved and embraced the blues so hard he hung out with Howlin Wolf. Over the years he’s been a celebrated guitarist, songwriter, producer, band member and collaborator with the greats of roots music.

Colin Linden

From wholesome Nebraska roots, country singer-songwriter Lucas Hoge exudes a real warmth and authenticity. Whether it’s singing for American troops, writing TV soundtracks or performing alongside George Jones, Rascal Flatts, Rodney Atkins, Craig Morgan and many more, music is clearly the right path for Hoge. We were very happy to have him here at RMTV, sharing some of his favorites with us!

Lucas Hoge

Kelsey is in the vanguard of a new wave of hard core traditional country music emerging out of heartland Kentucky. Her true-life lyrics and blue voice were noticed - and signed to a record deal - by the late great John Prine.

Kelsey Waldon

Phil is an established side musician who has worked with legends such as Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, Keb Mo, Garth Brooks, John Scofield and Taj Mahal. His deep and thoughtful piano-driven music calls to mind Randy Newman, Dr. John and Mose Allison.

Phil Madeira

Charles, “Chip” Esten is an actor, singer and improviser. The Pittsburgh-born polymath is best known for his role as Deacon Claybourne on ABC/CMT’s ‘Nashville’ (2012-2018), which has since allowed him to focus on his own song-writing career. The shadow of Deacon aside, we were very fortunate to have him with us for a My Music session, where we learned rather more about his own story.

Charles Esten

Lissa Lauria & Isaac Fox hail from New York and Boston respectively. They have deep experience in the music business from writing and performing worldwide to music for film. Together, they offer a novel take on Americana rock.

Fox & Lauria

Hard work and raw energy has propelled Samantha from clubs in her hometown of Kansas City, MO to headlining slots across North America. She’s a major new voice in blues rock and a killer guitarist who landed on the prestigious Rounder Records.

Samantha Fish

Beth Nielsen Chapman started out in 1976 with the rock and pop group “Harmony” and has forged an expansive career, not only as a singer song-writer of her own material, but as a songwriter for numerous artists, including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Bette Midler. What makes Chapman so special is her ability to write songs that reach into the place within us where vulnerability meets strength. With a career so rich in song-writing, we felt very privileged to hear about some of her favorite tracks of all time.

Beth Nielsen Chapman

This multi-faceted rock, blues, pop, country star has no one in any doubt that she is very special. Named Female Artist of the Year by the Association of Country Music in Alberta in 2015, Lindsay’s debut album ‘The Project’ reaching Billboard’s no.1 in the first week of its release in 2017. Canadian-born Lindsay Ell shares with us some of the artists that inspired her own creative spirit.

Lindsay Ell

After two decades of work in fashion, the Nashville native has carved out a career as a successful TV host and correspondent for the E! Network, ABC Family, TV Guide Network and CMT, to name only a few. Alecia has justifiably earned her reputation as a knowledgeable, sincere and spirited personality. Real Music TV has turned the tables on Davis, as we hear about some of her stories and musical favorites.

Alecia Davis

Parker Forbes and Cole Shugart played around the Nashville underground DIY scene before joining forces as The Criticals in 2018. Their sexy echoes of the early Kinks and Rolling Stones have made them local rock and roll heroes and a band rising on the national scene.

The Criticals

Behind the blues persona of Whitey Johnson is the legendary songwriter Gary Nicholson, whose songs for artists like Delbert McClinton and Garth Brooks have spanned country, blues and soul.

Whitey Johnson Band

When this East Nashville songwriter emerged, he was making plaintive alt-country. Over several albums and a side project, Thad indulged in beats and digital sounds to make a fascinating, sophisticated hybrid all his own. Jimmy Fallon and the rest of the showbiz media discovered his talents in early 2021.

Thad Cockrell

From Southern California to East Nashville, the married duo of Zack and Caitlin have evolved a pulse-quickening sound that’s like folk music on steroids. Hard to believe it’s just two musicians, live from Ocean Way.

Smooth Hound Smith

Country music singer-songwriter Moakler relocated to Nashville from Pittsburgh just over a decade ago and has since released 5 studio albums and co-written with the likes of Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen and Ben Rector. Billboard describes him as “a soulful mix of Seger and Springsteen with a music city flair”, and we were keen to know more.

Steve Moakler

Rob was a bluegrass band veteran and mega-award winner when he teamed up with younger hotshot Trey. Their dobro/guitar duo is one of the most important and astounding acts in acoustic music, from blues to bluegrass.

Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

A star of British Americana, she’s pulled down two AMA UK award nominations. Recording in Nashville is familiar terrain though, having made her debut album here in 2012.

Danni Nicholls

Many of the big country music magazines and DJs have been naming this Texas native a rising star and an artist to watch. While she can’t be on the road fulfilling that promise right now, here’s the live show she’d be giving on stage, just for us.

Abby Anderson

Sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell launched as a youthful bluegrass duo, but their passion for full-bodied, Southern-tinged rock and roll led to a rebrand, a bracing electric blues sound, plus exquisite songwriting full of humor and humanity.

Larkin Poe

Leah joins the long lineage of distinctive country music stylists from rural Kentucky. Her voice brings the old south to mind, but her songs and style are cutting edge. Live from Ocean Way Studios.

Leah Blevins

Discovered in 2011, Paslay is a singer song-writer of his own material and has collaborated with the likes of Rascal Flatts, Amy Grant and Sheryl Crow. Eric is a classic country diamond, with an easy, soulful sound inspired by his own Texas roots and more. Here he is with a playlist of some of his greatest inspirations.

Eric Paslay

His uncle is B.B. King, but Phillip didn’t make a straight line for the blues. Instead he absorbed many influences coming of age in Chicago and now he calls his sound Dive Bar Soul.

Phillip-Michael Scales

Tony has had a monumental career as one of the most successful producers of Country music and Americana. From his beginnings as a pianist for the Stamps Quartet, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Presley and more, and with multiple awards to his name, Tony’s career has spanned more than 40 years and work with many musical household names. It was an honor to have him with us, sharing some of his extraordinary stories.

Tony Brown

Maggie Rose brings style and substance to her punchy country pop. The Maryland native has played Bonnaroo, CMA Fest, the Grand Ole Opry (50 times!) and now for us from Ocean Way Studios.

Maggie Rose

Legend Dan Tyminski is a bluegrass composer, singer and multi instrumentalist, with 14 Grammys to his name. Not only has he been a member of Alison Krauss’s Union Station since 1994, Tyminski has released 3 solo albums and collaborated with the likes of Martina McBride, Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton. With so many strings to his bow, we were very pleased to have him with us to share some stories and influences!

Dan Tyminski

Raised in the wholesome environment of a Vermont farm, Fuller stumbled as a young guy into a deadly path of addiction. Much of his unflinching and truth-telling music was inspired by his comeback through faith and focus on songwriting.

Ben Fuller

Ashleigh is a folk music lifer from Colorado who plays bass, banjo and guitar and who’s contributed songs to the bluegrass recording community and the Nashville music scene where she lives.

Ashleigh Caudill

Lindsay has been making soulful, poignant music for the last decade. An undeniable powerhouse, Lou’s remarkable gifts as a singer, songwriter, musician and performer demand the listener’s attention. Her singing floats over the masterful playing and deep groove of her band with both a fierce intensity and a tender intimacy.

Lindsay Lou

Jake, one of the first artists ever to go viral on YouTube, has reinvented the ukulele for the 21st century. There’s not a genre he can’t handle and he leaves audiences breathless. Here he’s live from The Tracking Room in Nashville.

Jake Shimabukuro

South Carolina’s Marcus King grew up with a working musician dad and became a prodigy guitarist and singer. Even so, he’s led a resurgence of blues-based Southern rock and virtuoso guitar playing that exceeded expectations.

Marcus King

Tommy Harden is a veteran Music Row studio musician in Nashville. He and wife Lorrie have written numerous songs for country stars. Now a passionate duo, their fans include Garth Brooks. Live from the famous Ocean Way Studios.

Lost Hollow

Mary’s personal and heartfelt sound falls in the tradition of Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith, which is to say a modern woman who updates country music’s core emotions with sensitive observation.

Mary Bragg

Radio Canada flagged this native of British Columbia as one of the country’s top artists on the rise. Now Raquel’s in Nashville, killing it with her voice, her songs and her guitar chops. From the treehouse studio.

Raquel Cole

The recording studio is a space like no other. Lifelong relationships are formed there. The walls have witnessed a creative process which will impact the lives of generations. You can sense that legacy. Our ‘Live With’ series takes you there. To see and hear music being made. To be in the moment when the artist meets their métier.

Striking Matches

Musician and author, Joe Bonsall has led the country/gospel group, The Oak Ridge Boys since 1973. Country Music Hall of Fame members, Bonsall, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban have sold 41 million records to date, and won multiple awards. Who were Bonsall’s inspirations? Find out here.

Joe Bonsall

Jess makes atmospheric Americana for rainy days and twilight hours. It's an ethereal sound with organic roots, anchored by a long-time love of country music, a storyteller's nuanced delivery, and a folksinger's finesse. A sound that blurs the lines between genres, creating its own blend of twang and texture along the way.

Jess Jocoy

For about ten years, Nashville’s Lilly Hiatt played locally and tried various approaches as she distinguished herself from her famous songwriting father John. But when she found it on 2017’s Trinity Lane, she broke out as a beloved Americana rocker.

Lilly Hiatt

The pride of tiny Byrdstown, TN earned a big bluegrass record deal while still in high school. Four albums and thousands of miles later, she’s one of acoustic music’s most awarded instrumentalists and admired songwriters and singers.

Sierra Hull

Don’t let her name or her youth fool you. Emi has played the Grand Ole Opry with an explosive country voice that reminds folks of Dolly herself, and she tackles difficult subjects with wisdom and insight beyond her years. She’s already a veteran at age 16.

Emi Sunshine

Ruthie came from rural New York but her heart lives in a musical place out west, where the sea and the desert define the landscape. Her Americana is especially bright and melodic.

Ruthie Collins

“Old soul” William Michael Morgan burst onto the Music City scene at 19 with his debut single, “I Met a Girl...” reaching No.1 on Mediabase, preceding an album that garnered a Billboard Top 5. A few years on and this young star continues to captivate with his nostalgic country romance.

The Valentine with William Michael Morgan

The Valentine with The Criticals

Mike’s a Tennessee native who had a blazing career in rock and roll as a young guy, only to remake and recover for a new phase that’s been steeped in roots gospel, funky soul and exceptional songwriting.

Mike Farris

Logan was a local country and bluegrass singer until a friend got his demo to super producer T Bone Burnett. With him, Logan made a big debut album with shades of Roy Orbison and Marty Robbins. Live from The Tracking Room.

Logan Ledger

From bluegrass beginnings, Jim became one of his generation’s most respected songwriters and alt-country performers. He’s also a beloved personality, host of the Americana Awards, a SiriusXM radio show and more. Live from Ocean Way.

Jim Lauderdale

The Valentine with Raquel Cole

A Miami native of Cuban descent, he declared his passion for fusing traditions with the single and mixtape “Banjos And Bongos.” His aim is to “fill a niche that country music hasn’t seen yet.”

Sammy Arriaga

Jesse is a Canadian-born Nashvillian whose country music is mainstream enough to open a tour for Keith Urban but independent-minded and totally his own. Jesse performs from Ocean Way Studio in Nashville.

Jesse Labelle

Music City veteran Kendell Marvel had so much success as a songwriter, he had to put his artist career on hold for years. Now this honky tonk rocker is playing songs off his Dan Auerbach produced album Solid Gold Sounds.

Kendell Marvel

Stephen has been the front man of an acclaimed Nashville rock band, a professional microbiologist and a songwriter whose had his work recorded by Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins and others. And he’s just getting started.

Stephen Wilson Jr.

Singer-songwriter Shorr’s debut single “Fight Like a Girl” propelled her into the limelight in 2016, and she continues to say it like it is, with a gritty, honest, steampunk sound, accompanied by feather-lite vocals.  Her debut album, Open Book, was first released in 2019 to deserved critical acclaim.

3rd & Lindsley with Kalie Shorr

Blane earned his stripes as a singer in his native Arkansas before coming to Nashville where he’s performed and written with the elite of country music. His own breakout was the beloved wedding song “Promise To Love Her.”

Blane Howard

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