Summer Bluebird Cafe Concert Series 2025 – SOLD OUT

June 20 & 21

Billy Montana
In 1989, shortly after his recording contract with Warner Bros. Records expired, Billy Montana moved to Nashville from Upstate New York. He made songwriting his primary focus from that time forward, and as a songwriter, Billy’s written five #1 singles for country music recording artists Garth Brooks(“More Than a Memory”), Lee Brice (“Hard to Love” and “Memory I Don’t Mess With”, Sara Evans (“Suds in the Bucket”, and Jo Dee Messina (“Bring on the Rain”). The Garth Brooks single “More Than a Memory” is the only song in country music history to debut at #1. Montana also scored a top 5 with Jon Pardi’s “Night Shift.” Other artists who have recorded Billy’s songs include Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Martina McBride, Jason Aldean, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, Kenny Rogers, Sister Hazel and many more.

Randy Montana
Nashville native, singer-songwriter Randy Montana has been described as a standout among his “I’m more country than you peers.” His songs are pure, honest, & gritty but still manage to be from the heart. His style clings to the rough edges of country’s musical highway with clear hints of his childhood musical influences intertwined throughout.
Randy has penned songs recorded by Jon Pardi, Luke Combs, Justin Moore, Riley Green, Jimmie Allen, Drake White, David Nail, Cody Johnson, Luke Bryan, & George Strait, and wrote “What If I Was Willing” which was featured on the hit TV show NASHVILLE. In 2020, Randy was named Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year at the MusicRow Awards.
He currently writes for Warner Chappell Music and lives with his wife, Montgomery, and their three kids in Nashville, TN.

Erik Dylan
A frequent collaborator to Luke Combs and Riley Green, Dylan contributed to Combs’ record-breaking album What You See Is What You Get , Growing Up & Getting Old and penned “Remember Him That Way” on Combs’ current album, Fathers & Sons. Erik co-wrote 25 Riley Green releases, including singles “There Was This Girl” , “If It Wasn’t For Trucks” & “Damn Good Day to Leave”. The Kansas native has songs recorded by Parker McCollum, Brantley Gilbert, Elvie Shane, Ashland Craft, Warren Zeiders, Eric Paslay, Kip Moore, Trisha Yearwood, Dustin Lynch, Justin Moore, Eli Young Band, Gavin Adcock, Josh Abbott Band, Zach Brown Band, Brent Cobb, Cody Johnson and more.
Erik is currently on tour with Riley Green on his Damn Country Music 2025 tour.
Instagram: @theflatlandboy

June 27 & 28

JT Harding
JT Harding is a hit songwriter whose songs have been streamed over 1 billion times. J.T. was born in Nashville and raised in Detroit rock city. He has written number one songs for Blake Shelton, Jake Owen, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, and the worldwide hit song “Smile” with Uncle Kracker. J.T. is a published author his wild memoir “Party Like A Rockstar” is a best seller on Amazon. It is available everywhere books are sold.

Ryan Larkins
Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Ryan Larkins caught the music city bug as a pre-teen, starting his songwriting journey at 12-years-old. He began to forge his distinctive baritone sound singing and playing guitar weekly at his home church. Those early performances eventually got him noticed by the Nashville music industry community and soon led to a publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing. Ryan’s sonic roots in traditional country music coupled with his love for gospel, pop and even R&B has crafted an original, incomparable sound sought after by some of the most talented names in the industry. He’s since written with musical legends like Tony Lane, Tom Douglas, Lee Miller, Craig Wiseman, Tim Nichols, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip and Country Music Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson. Bill earned his first Grammy nomination for “Someday It’ll All Make Sense,” a duet with Dolly Parton, that Larkins co-wrote. A gifted songwriter, Ryan has also landed cuts by award-winning artists like Tim McGraw and Cody Johnson, landing his first #1 song with “The Painter,” which also earned him his debut ACM nomination for Song of the Year and CMA nomination for Song of the Year. After launching his first Nashville Country release, Meet Ryan Larkins, on Jay DeMarcus’ Red Street Records, Ryan has garnered fans around the country opening for acts like Willie Nelson, Ian Munsick and Priscilla Block as the direct support on her 2024 headlining Hey Jack Tour. In 2025, he hit the road with the legendary Clint Black.

Makayla Lynn
Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as a “New Artist You Need To Know”, Canadian born Makayla Lynn is a fresh face in Nashville making a name for herself on both sides of the border.
Spending time at #1 on CMT’s 12-Pack Countdown, two-time East Coast Music Award-winner in Canada and sharing her music through an unforgettable live show, Lynn’s growth as a songwriter through her teens has allowed her artistry to find its place in the world of Country/Americana
storytellers much like her influences.
A prolific songwriter whose lyrical depth runs deep beyond her years, Lynn can be found writing with the impressive likes of Trisha Yearwood, Lori McKenna, Luke Laird, Brandy Clark, Jay Knowles, Gordie Sampson, Marcus Hummon, Leslie Satcher, Matraca Berg, Ashley Monroe, Ronnie Bowman, Carter Faith, Jillian Jaqueline and many more.
As both a songwriter and an artist, Lynn is trailblazing a fierce path for herself in Nashville. Gifted with the ability to storytell deeply and profoundly paired with vocals that never seem to miss a note, Lynn is an artist/writer who is here to stay.

July 11 & 12

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.

Barry Dean
Barry Dean is a Grammy-nominated Songwriter. He wrote Little Big Town’s first number one hit, “Pontoon.” His other hits include “Day Drinking” (Little Big Town), “Heartache Medication” (John Pardi), “Think a Little Less” (Michael Ray), and the Grammy-nominated “Diamond Rings and Old Barstools” (Tim McGraw). He won his first BMII Pop Award for “Girls Chase Boys” (Ingrid Michaelson) and has had cuts by Alison Krauss, Luke Combs, Blake Shelton, George Strait, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett, Brothers Osborne, Meatloaf, Jason Aldean and Kenny Chesney. 
 
Dean served as a Producer for the critically acclaimed “Lorraine” album for long-time collaborator Lori McKenna and the Travis Meadows indy album, “Killing Uncle Buzzy.” 
 
Dean is a Leadership Music Alum, he has served on the NSAI board, and as a Recording Academy, Nashville Chapter Governor. 
 
Dean is the co-founder and CEO of LUCI, a platform for as a service, physical AI.  LUCI has been awarded 26 patents and won a Fast Company World Changing Ideas award, a Popular Science Best of What’s New Award, a CES Innovation Award, and was one of Time Magazine’s Best Inventions.

August 29th & 30th
Leslie Satcher
Though Leslie is primarily known as a country singer and songwriter, her talents cross all genres. She has written or co-written songs that have been recorded by everyone from Willie Nelson to Jason Aldean; Vince Gill to Sheila E.; George Strait to Sheryl Crow; Martina McBride to Keb’Mo; Blake Shelton to Bonnie Raitt and many, many more. She has received multiple BMI “Million-Air” awards recognizing a song’s one millionth airplay and her incomparable vocals contribute to an astounding number of Grammy, CMA & ACM award winning projects. Leslie was nominated to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2023 and was inducted with the class of 2025 into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame. Aside from writing hit songs for some of music’s most iconic artists; Leslie is in high demand as a performer known for her angelic voice, funny stories, the unique playing style and sound of her guitar; but mostly, her uncanny ability to connect with audiences of any size or demographic. Her typical year will include more than 150 songwriting sessions and 65 live performances all over the U.S., U.K. and Canada.

Deric Ruttan
Deric Ruttan is a Grammy-nominated, Nashville-based singer/songwriter and a Canadian country music artist.  The writer of multiple #1 country songs, Deric was raised just outside Bracebridge, Ontario, on land where his great grandfather made moonshine in the 1930’s.  It was the perfect backdrop for the singer/songwriter, who grew up listening to everything from CCR to Gordon Lightfoot to Johnny Cash.  After touring with several country bar bands, Deric moved to Nashville, where his unique outlook and delivery attracted the attention and praise of songwriters Don Schlitz, Steve Earle, and Steve Bogard.  Deric has had over 70 songs recorded by other artists, including cuts by Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore and David Nail to name a few.  Bentley’s chart-toppers “What Was I Thinkin’”, (Billboard #1), and “Lot Of Leavin’ Left To Do” (Radio & Records #2) are Ruttan co-writes, as are the Eric Church hits,  “Guys Like Me” and “Hell On The Heart” (Mediabase #8).  Since signing with THiS Music/Warner Chappell, Deric’s songwriting star has continued to rise.  In November 2013, he celebrated a multi-week #1 song when “Mine Would Be You”, recorded by country superstar and The Voice judge Blake Shelton, was a three-week number one (Billboard) for the artist.  “Mine Would Be You” was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Song, and an ACM Award for Song Of The Year.  In June 2016 Deric celebrated his second Blake Shelton #1 hit with the introspective “Came Here To Forget”.  In July 2016, MCA Nashville’s David Nail took the Ruttan summer anthem “Night’s On Fire” to #10 on the Mediabase chart, and in April of 2017 Deric celebrated his 4th #1 country single when Jason Aldean took his song “Any Ol’ Barstool” to the top of both the Billboard and Mediabase country charts.  An ASCAP (8x), SOCAN (10x), CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association) (2x), and CMAO (Country Music Association Of Ontario) (5x) award winner, Deric has headlined 4 of his own coast-to-coast tours in Canada, where he has had 11 Top 10 singles as an artist, and 2 #1 videos on CMT.  He is currently in the studio recording music for a new EP, to be released on his own independent label, Black T Records.  He lives just outside Nashville, TN with his wife Margaret.

Danny Myrick
Muddy water Mississippi preacher’s kid Danny Myrick grew up playing, singing and writing for his family gospel band in south Mississippi and had his first #1 gospel song at the age of 17. Upon moving to Nashville, Danny had 7 #1 hits in the gospel world before founding 90’s country rock band Western Flyer, with whom he had several top 40 hits. He has gone on to have cuts on a diversity of artists from country icons Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney, to Joe Cocker, Maddie & Tae and Eddie Vedder, selling over 20 million records combined. Danny’s songs have compiled over a BILLION streams. 
Danny has celebrated numerous hits, such as Craig Morgan’s “International Harvester, Tim McGraw’s “Truck Yeah”, LoCash’s “I Love This Life” and 2009’s most played country smash, “She’s Country”.  Danny produced #1 gospel album Company’s Comin’ by Actor/Comedian/Social Influencer Leslie Jordan featuring Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, Eddie Vedder, Brandi Carlile, TJ Osborne and more. 
Danny wrote and produced recent single “A Hundred” on rising star Reyna Roberts, who appears on Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter album, and co-wrote “One More Sunset” from Kenny Chesney’s latest release, Born!  
Danny will be inducted into the Mississippi Songwriters Hall Of Fame September 18, 2025. 
Danny has celebrated numerous hits, such as Craig Morgan’s “International Harvester, Tim McGraw’s “Truck Yeah”, LoCash’s “I Love This Life” and 2009’s most played country smash, “She’s Country”.  Danny produced #1 gospel album Company’s Comin’ by Actor/Comedian/Social Influencer Leslie Jordan featuring Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, Eddie Vedder, Brandi Carlile, TJ Osborne and more. 
Danny wrote and produced recent single “A Hundred” on rising star Reyna Roberts, who appears on Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter album, and co-wrote “One More Sunset” from Kenny Chesney’s latest release, Born!  
Danny will be inducted into the Mississippi Songwriters Hall Of Fame.