Songwriters 2025

Clint Daniels was born August 24, 1974 in Panama City, Florida, but raised in the Panama City suburb of Lynn Haven. Daniels first gained an interest in music as a child singing with his family in church. Inspired by bluegrass music, Daniels taught himself to play guitar at age 12. After graduating high school, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee in pursuit of a career in country music. In 2000, he signed with Acuff Rose Music Publishing. He is currently a writer for Sony/ATV Publishing.

Daniels has co-written songs for dozen of country artists including the hit “Brokenheartsville” by Joe Nichols, “Ready For The End Of The World” by George Strait and “Roll With Me” by Montgomery Gentry, as well as Brooks & Dunn’s 2008 “God Must Be Busy” and Easton Corbin’s single, “I Can’t Love You Back“ and Eric Church’s “Some Of It”.

Mike Doussan New Orleans-based songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the BTD Foundation, is a true embodiment of the phrase ‘Music for the Mind.’ Picking up the guitar at only 8 years old, Mike broke into the New Orleans music scene in 2004, first as sideman in such acts as Mike Hood and the Frenchmen St. Delegation, and Eric Lindell, and then as a bandleader of his own accord. With his first album recorded just before Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mike’s hometown, Mike is no stranger to express authentic human emotion in a way that allows others to find emotional reprieve – with music. After losing his brother, Brett, to suicide in 2014, Mike, his family, and their friends wasted little time in building an entity for mental health advocacy through music and outreach, encouraging all to take comfort in the benefits of using music to manage and improve mental health issues. With his most recent album, “Yesterday’s Troubles” (2019) offering even more lyric and melodic expression of life’s ups, downs, and all the beauty along the way.

Erin Enderlin sings like the heir to Patsy or Tammy, then writes like William Faulkner decided to pick up country music. She remains a go-to writer for contemporary stars, roots music heavy weights, and legends. Over 50 of her songs have been recorded by artists including Lee Ann Womack, Willie Nelson, Reba, Muscadine Bloodline, Luke Bryan and more.  “I’ve been so fortunate to have my songs connect with so many artists I admire, from 20 years ago with Alan Jackson, to today with The War & Treaty,” Enderlin says. “There’s something really vulnerable and extraordinary about having your work interpreted by such powerful storytellers.”

Enderlin has long-since proven she’s a gut-punching performer. She’s toured with Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood, Sunny Sweeney, Jamey Johnson, and more. Enderlin’s own shows are mesmerizing, well-suited to discerning listening rooms and bigger––rowdier––stages alike. She loves playing live, not just because of the connection it offers, but because of each performance’s singularity that can’t ever be replicated again.

Will Hutchens is a songwriter from Stuart, VA. Growing up in a musical family, he was taught piano by his grandmother at an early age. He then learned bass guitar to play in his church praise and worship band. He began playing acoustic guitar and songwriting at 16. While attending NC State University, he kept writing and played singer/songwriter nights. Upon graduation from college, Will embarked on a career in business, but his passion for songwriting continued to grow. “I’ve known since I was 16 that I had to write songs. Regardless of what I was doing to make a living, I had to write songs,” said Hutchens. Blending his traditional roots with contemporary country tones, he hopes to bring a fresh sound to Music Row.

Will has penned multiple #1 Bluegrass songs, and his song, “Heyday”, recorded by Lonesome River Band was nominated for Song of The Year by The International Bluegrass Music Association in 2023. Written with his father, Barry Hutchens, the song has helped catapult his career. “It is truly a blessing to have this song recorded by Lonesome River Band and heard around the country. It’s a song of nostalgia, hopefully of pride, for small town folks all over,” Hutchens commented. “It’s also given me some credibility to get in the room with more great writers,” he noted. Will commutes to Nashville regularly from his home in Southern Pines, NC, where he lives with his wife (Laura) and two kids (James & Maggie).

Barry Hutchens is a singer/songwriter from Stuart, VA. He began playing music at six years old and grew up playing bluegrass, country, and gospel music. When he was a teenager, he toured with various bluegrass bands playing festivals alongside legendary performers such as Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Rick Skaggs, Keith Whitley, Mac Wiseman, and others.
Barry and his brothers, Bill and Bryan, were a country music trio (The Hutchens) on Altantic Records in the mid 1990’s and recorded the top 40 song, “Knock, Knock”. As a performer, Barry has shared the stage with artists such as Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Toby Keith, Shenandoah, Marty Stuart, and Lonestar, to name a few.
As a writer, Barry has had songs recorded by Shenandoah, Carly Pearce, Marty Raybon, Sony Isaacs, The Lonesome River Band, John Bowman, and others. He has penned songs that have reached #1 on the Bluegrass, Bluegrass Gospel, and Christian Country charts. In 2023 he received a Song of The Year nomination by the International Bluegrass Music Association for the Lonesome River Band’s hit song, “Heyday”, that he co-wrote with his son, Will.

Caitlin Mae, a Nashville based, multiple award winning, singer/songwriter, has thrilled audiences on a global scale throughout her career thus far. From arenas, to festival stages, headline tours, and sharing the stage with country megastar, Carrie Underwood, Caitlin Mae has certainly made a name for herself. Now being able to call Nashville, TN, home, Caitlin Mae has travelled far and wide this past year, both Nationally, and Internationally, judging award shows, playing sold out shows, donating her time, performing, and speaking, to schools, K through 8, being interviewed live on radio, and reaching #1 upon the release of new music, which led to her hitting the road shortly after.

As of 2023, Caitlin Mae became a CMA member, and in 2024, appeared at CMA Fest for the second time, where she played a string of shows, was interviewed by a multitude of media outlets, and could be found meeting and greeting with fans, inside the Music City Convention Centre. Having amassed over 100k followers across social media, and streaming platforms since the global pandemic hit, Caitlin Mae is proud to watch her army of Dreamers (fans named after her first single release, “The Dream”) grow in numbers. This brings us to present day, where Caitlin Mae just released two back to back singles,seeing success in the radio, and streaming, world. Set to release new music every 8 weeks in 2025, Caitlin Mae is busy in the studio, when she is not on the road, playing shows.

Singer and songwriter Mike Kinnebrew’s musical journey was sparked as a cathartic outlet for his emotions, but after realizing how exhilarating it was to see his creations resonate with live audiences, the rest, as they say, was history. Building on influences from Tom Petty and Jackson Browne to the Indigo Girls and James Taylor, Mike’s soulful, indie-inflected take on folk and Americana paired with hard-hitting and relatable lyrics stands apart from the scenes’ status quo, and has earned him a diverse global fanbase that’s grown consistently year after year. After spending most of 2024 in the studio, Mike is preparing for a big year ahead, with a slew of releases and live appearances across the US and the UK coming in 2025.