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NHTE 579 JES Mar 19, 2025

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Award-winning singer, songwriter, DJ, producer, and label owner who has had two Billboard #1 singles. She has received three GRAMMY nominations and has collected awards from the prestigious International Dance Music Awards, the International Songwriting Competition, and topped Billboard’s “Most Played Dance Songs of the Decade” chart (2000-2010). Her tours have touched the shores of six continents with landmark shows at international events such as the Beijing Summer Olympics. Last month she released a track that features a collab with Jerome Isma-Ae and on Spotify alone she not only has approximately 487 thousand monthly listeners, but more than 48.6 million streams on her top five songs alone. Plus, her official YouTube channel has a combined almost 4.5 million video views.

NHTE 578 Christie Lenee Mar 12, 2025

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An award-winning singer, songwriter, fingerstyle guitar player. In 2017 she earned International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship honors and since then has been on stages with the likes of Melissa Etheridge, Christopher Cross, and numerous other notable names in music. She has been featured in Guitar Player magazine, Acoustic Guitar magazine, and among Guitar World magazine’s “Best Acoustic Guitarists in the World Right Now” in 2021. She is also a two-time finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition and was featured in the GRAMMY Museum’s virtual program streaming from Los Angeles. Her official YouTube channel has an amazing 1.7 million combined video views. This interview was recorded on-location at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, where she was chosen to perform.

NHTE 577 Lola Kristine Mar 05, 2025

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Southern California-based singer, songwriter, and piano player who had a big year with releases in 2024, putting out an album last May, five singles, a Christmas song, and was featured on songs released by two other artists. She has worked with GRAMMY-award winning producers and artists, and one of the songs from her album last year was placed on an episode of Children Ruin Everything on the CW network. Additionally, she had a song selected as a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, plus, she has gained recognition from legendary rockers such as Mick Fleetwood and Steven Tyler. In 2022, a live video of her performing went viral on TikTok, hitting 4.5M views and boosting her online presence.

NHTE 576 Ashtyn Barbaree Feb 26, 2025

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Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who released a new album this past October. Her live performances have been featured on National Public Radio, TEDx, and Zillow, and she has toured extensively throughout Europe. She was nominated for 2024 Acoustic Act of the Year and 2023 Americana Artist of the Year at the Arkansas Country Music Awards. She has also made her mark on regional TV and radio platforms. She is going back across the pond next month to do shows in London, the Netherlands, and Ireland. This interview was recorded live, on-location last month at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, where she was performing.

NHTE 575 Fox and Bones Feb 19, 2025

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A folk duo that put out a ten-song album that was released last May and has a new single coming out next month. They have been reviewed by Parade Magazine and performed on international stages in addition to having earned first place at the 2023 Tucson Folk Festival songwriting contest and second place in the International Acoustic Music Awards, among other accolades. Amidst their rigorous tour schedule, the duo founded Portland’s Folk Festival. Their top five songs on Spotify have gotten more than 1.3 million streams on that platform alone. This interview was recorded live on-location in Anaheim, California, where they were performing at the NAMM Show.

NHTE 574 Jann Klose Feb 12, 2025

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An award-winning pop singer-songwriter, who has released seven albums and two EPs. Singles from his most recent album Surrender (2023) have accumulated over five million streams across all platforms and charted on Top 40 radio in both the U.S. and South Africa. He has new singles that will probably come out this spring. He has performed as an actor and singer in touring companies of Broadway musicals as well as in made-for-TV movies, voice overs and commercials. He has opened for and collaborated with a wide range of artists including Pat Benatar, John Oates, Rosanne Cash, Les Paul, and many more. This interview was recorded live, on-location in Anaheim, California, at the NAMM Show.

NHTE 573 Brian Grilli Feb 05, 2025

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On-location interview with a singer, songwriter, guitar player who just released a new album last month, on January 10th. At the end of October, he released a video for one of the songs that would end up on the album and it already has well over 41 thousand views on YouTube. He has an amazing story of getting out to southern California to perform at LAST year’s NAMM Show and in addition to performing at this year’s, he has shows coming up in late February on back-to-back nights in Georgia. He was on this show five years ago this month and has added two daughters to the mix since then, in addition to – on the music side – ventured into research and development with Vallhalla Amplification.

NHTE 572 Austin Hull Jan 29, 2025

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Orlando-based producer, songwriter, mix engineer, and musical artist, who also runs a wildly successful YouTube channel called Make Pop Music, which has almost 220 thousand subscribers and a combined total of over 14.6 million video views. In addition to working with some of the top audio companies, he has worked with hundreds of artists spanning 39 countries and a variety of genres. He has written more than a thousand songs and has more than 36 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify, where his top five songs alone have gotten a combined total of close to 5.5 million streams. A new single is being planned for late February or early March release.

NHTE 571 Philip Bowen Jan 22, 2025

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Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who last year released four singles, was featured on six others, and is recording “a bunch of new stuff” this month. In 2023 he finished as a semi-finalist on season 18 of “America’s Got Talent” AND, that same year, beat out thousands of competitors to win TikTok’s Greatest Talent. Based in Detroit, he has performed at notable venues and events ranging from NPR’s Mountain Stage to being an Americanafest Spotlight Artist to the famed Bluebird Café in Nashville AND Whiskey Jam, among others. His top five songs on Spotify alone have been streamed close to 5.9 million times, he has one million followers on TikTok, and his official YouTube channel has a combined total of 4.5 million video views.

NHTE 570 John PayCheck Jan 15, 2025

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A country singer-songwriter who released an album on November 1st and has four new music videos in the pipeline. He is a CMA member and was invited to perform last May at the Grand Ole Opry. His first single from his debut album had charted on Music Row and he has shared the stage with Confederate Railroad, Jamey Johnson, and other notable headliners. Born in Nashville but now living in Virginia, he is the son of a country music legend and began his musical journey as a roadie, learning the business while traveling with his father. In addition to music, he is also passionate about his country and still serves as a Reserve Army Officer in Europe.

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