They say Nashville is a 10-year town, and that is proving to be true for country artist and songwriter Justin Adams. Justin moved to Music City shortly after graduating from college in 2010. This summer – just shy of that 10-year mark -- he is playing major festivals and opening shows for country stars Chris Lane, Chase Bryant, and LoCash. Justin first became interested in music at the age of 12 when he discovered a beat up old acoustic guitar in his uncle’s garage.  “It wasn

When Marcia Ramirez was a senior in high school, she watched pop superstar Christopher Cross sweep the Grammy Awards (1980) with his hit single, Sailing. She could have never predicted that years later, she would be touring the world with Cross as one of his background vocalists. Marcia says she sometimes gets tears in her eyes performing. “I can’t believe I’m actually standing on stage singing Sailing with Christopher Cross.” She has been touring with Cross for nearly seven

Justin Biltonen was just 14 years old when the Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down skyrocketed to international fame with their first single Kryptonite.  Nowadays, Justin tours all over the world with the legendary band as its bass player, and is also releasing his original music and performing at songwriter rounds in Nashville. After playing thousands of shows for huge crowds, Justin says playing solo for a small audience at a writers round can be nerve-wracking. “Just being

“If you spend every single day doing what you love, you’re never going to ‘work’ a day in your life.” That was the advice Autumn Marie got from her mom - a successful doctor with what Autumn describes as a “hippie” perspective. While growing up in Michigan, Autumn got involved in musical theater and played in several bands. When it was time to apply for college, she had the GPA to get into Ivy League schools, where most of her fellow prep school friends were headed. She is gr