Summer Bluebird Cafe Concert Series 2025 – SOLD OUT

Adam James
Adam James was raised on a farm in central Illinois. As a child of 90s country radio, he always dreamed of making music in Music City. Now, Adam currently writes for Universal Music Publishing Group and his songs have been recorded by Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Dierks Bentley, Zac Brown Band, Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch, Nate Smith, and many more. He has four songs on Johnson’s new album “Leather”, which won CMA Album Of The Year, and recently achieved his first #1 hit with Chesney’s “Knowing You”, which was also nominated for ACM Song Of The Year.

Rocky Block
Born and raised in Music City, Rocky Block grew up steeped in the sounds of Nashville. The son of legendary radio host and alt-country promoter Billy Block—an early advocate for the independent roots movement that became known as Americana—Rocky inherited not only a deep love for music, but also a rare ability to spot what resonates beyond the mainstream.
Bringing his own unique artistic voice to the craft, Block has quickly become one of the most exciting emerging songwriters in Nashville. His work connects across genres, earning him a reputation for both versatility and authenticity.
In 2024, Block was named AIMP Nashville’s Rising Songwriter of the Year, recognized as a Variety Hitmaker, and received his first CMA Triple Play Award for writing three #1 country radio hits in a single year:
· “Man Made A Bar” – Morgan Wallen feat. Eric Church
· “Cowgirls” – Morgan Wallen feat. Ernest
· “Pour Me A Drink” – Post Malone feat. Blake Shelton
He also co-wrote four songs on Teddy Swims’ latest album, including the fan favorite “Bad Dreams.”
Block’s writing credits include a wide range of artists across country, hip-hop, and pop, with songs recorded by Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Thomas Rhett, Young Thug, Lauren Alaina & Lainey Wilson, Cole Swindell, Nelly & Kane Brown, Jordan Davis, Jake Owen, and many others. He also celebrated a #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Chart with Lil Durk & Morgan Wallen’s genre-blending hit, “Broadway Girls.”
Whether in a writing room or behind the scenes, Rocky Block continues to shape the sound of today’s music—one hit at a time.

Allison Veltz Cruz
Born in Alabama into a musical family, Allison Veltz Cruz grew up moving around frequently. Music ultimately led her to Music City in 2011, where she quickly notched her first #1 platinum song “Mr. Taxi” recorded by K-pop group, Girls’ Generation. Since then, she’s topped the Billboard Country charts with Matt Stell’s double platinum, two-week #1 “Prayed For You” and Tenille Arts’ platinum hit “Somebody Like That,” which made country music history as the first country #1 to be written, performed and produced by all females. She also scored Jason Aldean’s hit single “Let Your Boys Be Country”.
 
Allison has also had songs recorded by Lady A, Dierks Bentley, Nate Smith, Josh Ross, Michael Ray, Drew Baldridge, Carly Pearce, George Birge, Maddie & Tae, and many more. Allison’s impressive catalog has earned her national recognition, including the 2020 AIMP (Association of Independent Music Publishers) Rising Songwriter of the Year Award. Most recently, she signed with Universal Music Publishing Group for an exclusive global publishing deal.

August 15th & 16th
Charles Esten
Eric Paslay
Kelly Archer

Charles Esten
A longtime storyteller as an artist-songwriter and actor, Charles Esten is popularly known for his roles as “Ward Cameron” on Netflix’s Outer Banks and “Deacon Claybourne” in ABC/CMT’s NASHVILLE. A global entertainer, Esten delivered what Billboard called his signature “loose, rough-cut country,” independent debut album, Love Ain’t Pretty, to much acclaim one year ago. Grammy.com hailed, “the album is the purest representation of his artistry possible.” Surpassing 26 MILLION streams to date, he’s a 2018 Guinness World Records title holder for the “Most consecutive weeks to release an original digital single by a music act” after releasing 54 original songs once a week for 54 straight weeks. He’s made over 180 appearances at Nashville’s iconic Grand Ole Opry and performed multiple headline tours in the U.S., Germany, Amsterdam, the U.K., Denmark, and Norway. In addition, Esten serves as the National Honorary Spokesperson for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s annual Light The Night Walk, and is a board member and volunteer for Musicians On Call.

August 22nd & 23rd
Josh Osborne
Natalie Hemby
Barry Dean

Josh Osborne
After years of honing his craft, Grammy, ACM, and CMA award winning songwriter Josh Osborne has become one of the go-to songwriters on the Nashville music scene. After scoring his first #1 song in 2012 with Kenny Chesney’s “Come Over”, Osborne has been on quite an amazing roll, scoring a total of 30 #1 songs so far, in addition to winning 43 ASCAP awards for most performed songs as well as three ASCAP Song of the Year awards for his hits “Leave The Night On”, “Body Like A Back Road” and “One Man Band”. In 2014 Osborne was awarded the coveted Grammy award for Best Country Song for “Merry Go ‘Round” recorded by Kacey Musgraves, and won his second Grammy award for Best Country Song in 2025 for “The Architect”, also recorded by Musgraves. He has been nominated 4 more times for Best Country Song at the Grammy awards. Also in 2014 Josh was honored by having his name added to the prestigious Country Music Highway which runs through the state of Kentucky and near his hometown of Virgie. Josh is the 2021 ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year, 2019 NSAI Songwriter Of The Year, 2016, 2021 and 2022 Music Row Magazine Songwriter of the Year, an 8-time nominee for ACM Songwriter Of The Year, 2 time
ACM Song of the Year winner for his songs “One Man Band” and “Next Thing You Know”, a multiple CMA award nominee and multiple CMA Triple Play Award Winner.

Natalie Hemby
Since signing her first publishing deal at 19, Nashville’s Natalie Hemby has become one of most successful and sought after songwriters in music, with countless hit songs recorded by artists such as Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, Lady Gaga, Yola, Dierks Bentley, Rag’n’Bone Man, Lady A, Kelly Clarkson, Little Big Town, Ed Sheeran, and Labrinth, to name a few.
 
Hemby has accumulated eight No. 1 Billboard singles during her career. Hemby’s cuts include “White Liar”, Automatic”, and “Bluebird” by Miranda Lambert, “Pontoon” and “Tornado ” by Little Big Town, “Downtown” by Lady A, “You Look Like I Need a Drink” by Justin Moore, and “Heartache Medication” by Jon Pardi. 
 
On January 13, 2017, Hemby released her first studio album, “Puxico”, named after the Missouri town where her grandfather lived, via the label GetWrucke Productions which she runs with her husband, music producer Mike Wrucke. On October 8, 2021, she released her second album, Pins and Needles, also produced by Mike Wrucke.
 
Hemby became a member of the group known as The Highwomen, along with Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires. They released their critically acclaimed self-titled album in 2019. As a result, Hemby earned a Country Song of the Year GRAMMY, following her first GRAMMY, win for Best Song Written for Visual Media for Lady Gaga’s “I’ll Never Love Again,” from A Star Is Born, among five career nominations. 
 
Hemby won an ACM Award for her song “Automatic” by Miranda Lambert, and has also been recognized by the CMA, CMT and NSAI Awards for her prodigious and versatile contributions to songwriting.

August 29th & 30th
Leslie Satcher
Deric Ruttan
Danny Myrick