With more than 2.6 million albums sold and over 2.8 billion total streams, plus a legion of passionate fans at his high-energy concerts across the globe. With new releases “Fireside,” “Go Down Singin’” and “Haw River” previewing his forthcoming independent albumGo Down Singin’ (Sept. 20) as the follow-up to critically acclaimed album I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell, Rice’s sound continues to evolve to reflect the realities of his life; from emotional reckoning to an admiration of the American West.

CORY ASBURY

Cory Asbury is a fearless songwriter and performer with a life long habit ofbreaking molds and busting boxes.“It’s philosophy’ve always had,” Asbury explained. “I’ve always been the guy who is going to push boundaries and going to hopefully break boxes.One of my favorite words is iconoclast,the dude,or the gal,who breaks the mold. It’s always been part of who I am.”With his latest record,Pioneer, the Grammy-nominee is unpacking crates of raw emotion he’s witnessed firsthand on his impressive, rambling journey to Music City.“You see humanity at its best and worst. You see people at their most broken and you see people at the top of the mountain,” Asbury offered.“The thing that resonates with me as a songwriter is the plight, the experience of being human–it’s such a fragile, vulnerable,sort of broken thing.

GRITTY FLYRIGHT & THE MUSIC FAMILY

Wesley Ryan Liston, known professionally as Gritty Flyright, is an American singer-songwriter and storyteller. With shows ranging from the acoustic listening room experience to a full band performance with “The Music Family” you can hear echoes of classic and outlaw country, touches of soul and blues, and the true essence of what it is to be a working class American artist. The eighth generation South Carolina native takes inspiration from his upbringing in the hills of Woodruff down to the coast of Charleston, where he currently resides. Gritty’s songs beautifully reflect his own southern experience while also speaking to many of the issues that affect us all, such as love and loss, issues of sobriety, or the polarization of our society. Unpretentious and honest himself, Gritty Flyright’s debut album, “Tales Of The Famously Unknown” delivers 10 tracks that are exactly that. Unpretentious and honest. True to himself, true to his home, and true in his music. The Country/Americana Artist can be found traveling the Southeast with an EP set to release Summer of 2024.