"Originally from Boyd County, KY, Chaney has since relocated to Lexington and is sure to be the next big thing coming out of Kentucky. At only 21 years old, Chaney's catalog may be small, but he already boasts an absolute masterpiece of an album in which he proves wise beyond his years.

Mercy, his debut album released in 2021, is a 12-song showcase of Eastern Kentucky, blue collar anthems highlighted by Chaney's deft lyricism and storytelling. An unknown musician prior to the album's release, Chaney has since experienced a meteoric rise in popularity and has quickly amassed a growing and dedicated fan base, already thirsty for new music."

-Whiskey Riff

Waylon Wyatt is a 17-year-old Folk/Country artist born and raised in Hackett, Arkansas. Inspired by red-dirt contemporaries Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan, Waylon began writing songs at fifteen, workshopping them after long summer days spent working with his father on construction jobs. Waylon recently released his debut three singles, "Everything Under The Sun," "Arkansas Diamond," and "Back To Then" on the heels of over 1M views on TikTok — now having received over 5M combined streams cross- platform. He is in the process of recording his debut EP.

As a teenager in Tucker County, Jason Good had to get to Chicago. He was a blues lover who played guitar, and Chicago is where Mississippi Delta blues met the electric guitar and fell in love. His parents weren’t just going to pay for him to live there and go to concerts, so he got a scholarship to attend Roosevelt University in the fall of 1997—a strategic choice just 10 minutes’ walk from blues great Buddy Guy’s club Legends.

Good arrived in Chicago eager to soak up the Delta soul. After many nights serving food just to be in the realm of Blues music every night, Good had garnered a bit of a VIP status in the blues world. He ended his time in Chicago by playing on stage with Burgin at Smoke Daddy’s BBQ on the West Side. After his short stint in Chicago, Good made it back to West Virginia and settled down in Morgantown.

The Jason Good Blues Band was born and the band finally released their album, six years in the making, in June 2021. “Blues You Can Use,” showcases the JGBB members who played together for six years— with two tracks featuring Burgin, now a solid member of the Chicago blues establishment, on guitar as a special guest. Burgin’s harmonica player, Martin Lang, appears on a couple tracks, too. Their music is the soulful blues we all can use.

“Rebecca Wudarski, of Hambleton, WV, and Alex Wudarski, of Weirton, WV, a sibling duet originally from Wheeling, WV, grew up playing music together. They are both multi-instrumentalist who specialize in guitar. Rooted in folk music, they have a fun musical connection which they traverse and improv across through genres.”

Nat a local Tucker County musician, and a Bridgeport, WV, native, had a passion for music rooted in family sing alongs, CMT music videos, and an old Yamaha 12-String.

He writes simple, authentic, and emotional country songs and performs his solo acoustic show all over the Allegheny Mountains and the East Coast.

Nat’s songs have been performed by an array of Top 40 Country artists and have been a part of national multi-media advertising campaigns. His song “Home to Me,” climbed into the iTunes country charts and a week late in the top 10—alongside all the artists he once hoped would record his music.