Tim Montana
Whether he's performing onstage with ZZ Top in front of a crowd of thousands,kicking it with his friend Dave Grohl at a Foo Fighters gig or racing ATVs with extreme-sports star Travis Pastrana,Tim Montana has a knack for always being in the right place at the right time. But don't chalk it up to luck. Rather, it's Montana's innate talent, unrelenting hustle and magnetic charisma that have made the country-rock singer-songwriter a dude that everyone—from the famous to the blue-collar—wants to be around.
KYLE COOK
For two decades, Kyle Cook spent the bulk of his musical life as the lead guitarist of matchbox twenty. He co-wrote some of the songs and invented many of the instrumental riffs that have become distinguishing parts in such radio staples as “Real World,” “Unwell” and “Bent.” With Wolves, his solo debut, Cook invests so much of himself in the project that a discerning listener can get a good idea of who the guitar player really is. He’s a studied musician with an all-American Midwestern background, a guy who has a penchant for classic rock with just enough classical training to make him dangerous, and an adult whose experiences with the cycle of love and loss are extraordinarily familiar.
Renee Blair
Missouri - raised country singer Renee Blair is quickly emerging on the country music scene. Growing up she split her time between living in the city of St. Louis and on her father's farm in mid-Missouri, where he was raising Watusi cattle. Her songwriting and melodies reflect the wide variety of music that shaped her upbringing; everything from The Dixie Chicks to Nelly to Justin Timberlake.
Renee is currently based in Nashville, TN where she has been working and writing songs since the age of 15. As one of CMT's Next Women of Country Class 2020, Blair first started songwriting with GRAMMY Award winning producer/songwriter, Shane McAnally and CMA Winner, Jordan Schmidt. Renee recently co-wrote #1 Country Hit “wait in the truck” by HARDY & Lainey Wilson and was nominated for her first ACM in 2023. She also released the first single from her new album Holy Cowboy which is expected to release in 2024.
JADEN HAMILTON
A native of Prairieville, Louisiana, singer-songwriter Jaden Hamilton grew up surrounded by the same sugarcane fields and tread-marked dirt roads heard in his lyrics. They were the backdrops to his earliest TikTok clips, which have garnered the entertainer nearly 330,000 followers and 3 million likes on the platform since he first posted a few months after his high school graduation. Today, his massive digital audience continues to grow, earning him more devoted fans with every new song and viral post.
Long before his success online, the self-taught musician was raised on a homestyle mix of hard rock and classic country. With a guitar-loving father and six siblings, he was exposed to an eclectic mix of artists, from Daughtry to Jason Aldean.
RIVERS AND RUST
It’s cool, crisp and spacious – easy to digest, but full of emotional complexity. There’s something very middle-American about Rivers And Rust, but don’t get too caught up in defining it.
A side project of Matchbox Twenty guitarist Kyle Cook, the versatile, adaptable collective is a heated mix of roots rock, soul and Americana, an understated cauldron that plays off the push and pull between male and female voices. It’s a flexible set-up, a small sort of freelance structure that allows musical partners to move in and out of the ensemble as Cook finds new voices that extend his creative reach.
“I’m looking at it as having a cast of different vocalists along the way that will contribute their talents and skills to it, but still make Rivers and Rust an identifiable sound,” Cook says. “DJ’s do that a lot. They’re always kind of viewed as an artist – here’s the new Zedd single, and it’s Taylor Swift singing. Here’s the next Zedd single, and it’s Demi Lovato singing. Maybe it’s even Bonnie Raitt.”