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One of the most prolific and successful artists on the contemporary urban jazz scene. Last month he released his 18th full-length album. He is touring extensively in 2026 with dates from May to October. A British artist and producer with 15 Billboard top ten hits, he has had ten Billboard number ones as an artist, producer or co-writer. His career includes having founded his own record label, worked for the BBC and a number of theatrical orchestras in London’s West End. Upon his move to America, he became a top session player after recording with everyone from Bebe & Cece Winans to Jody Watley and Carole Bayer Sager. In recent years he has released a Live in London album as well as a standards project tracked at Abbey Road. He has well over 316 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify, where his top five songs alone have a combined total of well over 44 million streams and his YouTube channel has well over 25 million video views.

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who, the day this interview is being released, is celebrating the two-year anniversary of the release of her ten-song album entitled, “Changing.” After performing in 30 countries by the age of 30, she made the east coast of the U.S. her home base, continuing to tour internationally. Her music has been featured on radio and festival stages around the world, including a number 1 song in Norway. Already this year she has become Director of the Songs That Save Foundation and founded the Myrtle Beach Songwriters Festival. She was a guest on this show back on Episodes 344 and 28.

Southern California-based vocalist, songwriter, bass player, engineer, and producer who has worked out of some of L.A.’s most renowned studios. She has worked on projects with artists ranging from Brittany Broski to Elishéva Lilla to Moral to Still Motions and more. She is also an Ampeg artist and is also part of the alt-punk / hardcore / indie-rock band Cun.trol. She has even worked for Warner Music and Atlantic Records.

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who just released a new single in mid-February and has a full album coming out on April 10th. Already in his young career he has opened for the likes of Hank Williams, Jr., Josh Turner, Lee Brice, Jamey Johnson, and Brooks & Dunn, among others. Plus, two years ago he made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Five years ago, at the age of just 17 years old he was on Season 19 of “American Idol.” He has half-a-million followers on TikTok, over 22 million combined video views on his official YouTube channel, and more than 1.8 million streams on his top five songs alone on Spotify, where he has close to 72 thousand monthly listeners.

Singer, songwriter, keyboard, and washboard player who just released a nine-song album last month and did an album release event for it in Nashville. The new album has already hit #80 on the Americana charts, plus it has been getting airplay in Europe. Based in Music City, she even already has a five-song EP in the pipeline. Her music journey has seen her go from dance rock band to DJ to Americana to what she now calls Honky Tonk Cabaret, although it is said that her new album leans bluegrass in spirit. She even has a show coming up in May in Australia. Previously, she was in a band called Catfish Seminar.

He has been referred to by Billboard Magazine as "One of Music Row's greatest veteran tunesmiths.” A multi-award-winning songwriter, he has had over 580 different songs recorded and his songs have sold in excess of 19 million records worldwide. He was a co-writer on a song that Chris Stapleton won a GRAMMY for last year for “Best Country Performance of the Year.” This past Friday he released a new album that is a gospel-bluegrass project, plus he has a GRAMMY nomination on his résumé as a producer in the Gospel Roots category. Internationally, he has written no less than nine Number 1 Country hits in Australia! He is even an eight-time Dove Award nominee in the country, bluegrass, and southern gospel categories. As an artist, he has performed worldwide and has had the honor of performing as a soloist many times on the world-famous Grand Ole Opry. Plus, he has sung as background vocalist for Linda Ronstadt on Late Night with David Letterman and NBC’s Today Show.

An award-winning composer and acclaimed jazz pianist, as well as a producer and bandleader. A voting member of the Recording Academy, she has 31 albums released in the United States as well as two in Asia. She has performed at venues of all sizes, including Carnegie Hall, The Smithsonian, and UCLA Royce Theater, among others. At the end of November, she released an album that the London Times called one of “The Best Jazz Albums of 2025.” Her albums regularly sit at the top of the Jazz Week and other radio/streaming charts, for the last two decades drawing millions of plays on streaming services and appearing regularly as an Amazon Number 1 New Jazz Release.

Pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and music director whose work has earned two GRAMMY Awards, 14 nominations, two Latin GRAMMY nods, and an Edison Award. Plus, his musical direction for the Jazz at the White House broadcast earned an Emmy nomination. He performed with Miles Davis, has collaborated with Chaka Khan, Stanley Clarke, and more, plus he has been musical director with Steely Dan, Queen Latifah, and others. In addition, he spent a decade as Lead Arranger for American Idol and The Tonight Show. He currently tours with Dianne Reeves and various European orchestras, all while preparing three releases for this year, supported by global tours.

A number 1 Billboard charting flutist, a composer, recording and touring artist, educator, and radio show host who just released a new single early last month. She was named BEATS Magazine’s “Smooth Jazz Artist of the Year” for 2024 and has performed at notable venues and events from here in the U.S. to Portugal to London and even on the Dave Koz Cruise. She is also a member of the all-female jazz supergroup Jazz in Pink. She is the radio host of a nationally syndicated, two-hour jazz program. She has more than 69 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify, where her top five songs alone have a combined total of nine-and-a-half million streams, plus, her official YouTube channel has had over 1.8 million combined video views. This interview was recorded on location in Anaheim, California, where she was performing at the NAMM Show.

Recorded on-location at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California with a Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who put out four singles last year. In 2025, she opened the NAMM She Rocks Awards and performed at PRS Guitars’ 40th Anniversary Party alongside legends like John Mayer. In 2022 she scored her first Top 40 Canadian country single, which passed one million streams, and landed on multiple “Best Songs of the Year” lists. She has performed at notable events such as Americana Fest, Key West Songwriters Festival, and Whiskey Jam, and she has approximately 26 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify, where her top five songs have a combined total of well over 1.9 million streams.

Singer, songwriter, guitar and piano player who released two singles last year and has a brand-new song coming out this Friday, February 13th. She was on season 14 of “America’s Got Talent” and won the golden buzzer, plus in 2021 she won the grand prize of the Unsigned Only Music Competition out of ten thousand entries from 120 countries. She has put up amazing numbers: two million followers on TikTok alone, more than 24 million combined video views on her official YouTube channel, and over 68 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify, where her top five songs have combined for an astounding 28 million-plus streams.

Singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who released three singles last year and is also a part of Climate Music, which she talks about in this conversation, recorded on-location in Anaheim, California, at the NAMM Show. She was a contestant on season 20 of “The Voice,” has been featured on PBS’s 30 Minute Music Hour, and was featured on NPR for their Tiny Desk Contest feature, “Top Shelf.” The videos on her official YouTube channel have a combined total of well over half-a-million views and she has more than 27 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify, where her top five songs alone have a combined total of more than a million and a half streams.

Singer, songwriter, guitar player, producer, and publisher whose songs have sold over twenty million records worldwide and garnered over sixty million digital streams, several number ones, and Billboard songs yielding gold and platinum albums. He also created more than two hundred commercials for TV and radio, and his library of recorded soundtracks includes the co-scoring of nineteen films. He has had over 250 cuts, including artists such as Tiffany, Andy Williams, Juice Newton, and The Nelsons. He has sung background vocals with Phil Collins and numerous others, and he opened with Victoria Shaw at the historic Garth Brooks Central Park concert that drew over a million fans and was broadcast live on HBO.

Mexico-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, former attorney, and a best-selling author who is the founder of an app called SongwritersdB, having written over two thousand songs himself over the years. He has lived in the major music meccas of New York and Nashville, and in 2018 he completed the construction of a pro recording studio on the premises of his own home and went on to record a number of local jazz and rock bands in his 32-channel studio.

Composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic artist recording and performing under the artist name Tone Ranger. Last month he released a full-length handcrafted fantasy film paired with his most expansive and immersive album to date. The 14-song album had come out last August and he also released two singles in 2025. Since releasing his debut in 2018, he has not only performed at Burning Man, but – beyond his solo work – has scored for film and produces across genres ranging from indie folk to RandB. For his own artist project, he has put up big streaming numbers, with approximately 24 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify, where he has over four million streams on his top five songs alone. He also talks about his studio, plus getting a couple songs licensed for a film that’s coming out this year.