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SEPT. 18TH 2021 \\ GUERNSEY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
\\ OLD WASHINGTON, OHIO

Meet The Artists

Hometown: Senecaville, OH
RYAN ROBINETTE
Southeastern Ohio grown and Nashville based country singer/songwriter, Ryan Robinette, has now accumulated over 50 million streams in just over 4 years since the release of his first album. Ryan's debut music video spent 3 weeks in VEVO's Top 10 in Country alongside Kane Brown, Brett Young and Dustin Lynch. Ryan has had three Top 10 iTunes Albums & three Top 25 iTunes Albums. He's written songs for several other artists as well, making a name for himself as a writer in Nashville while steadily growing his social media following to now over 350,000 followers & continuing live shows.
Notable performances include: Boots & Hearts Music Festival (Toronto, Canada), Country Night Lights (Athens, Ohio), Boise Music Festival (Boise, Idaho), Country Concert (Fort Loramie, Ohio), CountryFlo Music Festival (Lake Wales, Florida), Big Sting Music Festival (Flagstaff, Arizona), Country Booze Cruise (California, Texas, & Mexico) Also played festivals/shared the stage with artists like Chris Lane, Craig Campbell, Colt Ford, Love & Theft, Logan Mize, Dylan Schneider, Tyler Rich, Randy Houser, Jake Owen, Andy Grammer, Nelly, Daughtry, Parmalee, A Thousand Horses and more.

Hometown: Claysville, OH
ADAM CALVERT
Adam grew up in a small town in Southeastern Ohio. At the age of twelve, he moved to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee where he made his start as an entertainer. Calvert graduated from the prestigious School for the Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati, Ohio as a Vocal and Piano Major. This resulted in him being featured on the hit MTV show "Taking The Stage" (Season 2), which was nominated for a 'Teen Choice' award. To accompany his stellar vocal talent, Adam also plays several instruments including the guitar, piano and the violin.
Adam went on to start writing and recording his own music. His last 3 singles “Where People Don’t Go”, “Comes in Waves” and “Silver Silverado” were all written with Ryan Robinette as well. Adam and Ryan used 2020 to grow their music and friendship into something special. After all, they’re just a couple kids from Ohio. Calvert has had the opportunity to open for several major recording artists such as Parmalee, Canaan Smith, Phil Vassar, Martina McBride, Marty Haggard, James Otto, B.J.Thomas and Marty Stuart, as well as being the headliner for many other events.

Hometown: Columbus, OH
PJ NORTH
With a talent for music and love for speed, artist and race car driver PJ North has merged the two worlds, developing himself as a sort of double-threat in the country and drag racing markets. A Columbus, Ohio native, North began his music career at age 8 and his racing career at age 10, splitting every moment after between an 1/8th-mile track and a stage. His diversity in his experiences have shaped North into the artist he is today, offering a classic country narrative infused with the rhythmic and lyrical aspects of pop, hip-hop, and pop punk- all set to the hum of a guitar.
North recently released a brand new single “Kinda My Thing” featuring up and coming star Dawson Edwards to follow his February 2021 EP “Victory Laps”, featuring popular singles “Turn It Up Some” and “Beers We Haven’t Drank”. The project features co-writes with talents like Chris Ruediger, Dawson Edwards, and Frank Legeay, and once again marries North’s love of Pop punk, hip-hop, and pop with classic country.
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Hometown: Coshocton, OH
CASEE ALLEN
Despite growing up in the small country town of Coshocton, Ohio, Allen carries an eclectic variety of musical influences from Def Leppard, Garth Brooks, Justin Timberlake, Goo Goo Dolls to Neal McCoy. Still, he truly has his family’s musical history to thank for his uniquely edgy, country infused sound, as many were musical.
After opening for Kip Moore, the chart-topping Country rocker gave Allen the advice, “Quit everything you’re doing, move to Nashville and write your ass off,” and Allen did exactly that. The very next day the hopeful singer-songwriter packed his things to seek out Music City for himself and within weeks was calling Nashville “home.” Only a day after arriving in Music City, Allen had already scored his very first full-time gig on Broadway, performing 6-7 nights a week.
Since starting his musical journey, the tenacious newcomer has performed alongside chart-topping acts such as Jake Owen, Kip Moore, Brad Paisley, Chris Jansonand Parmalee, and had a full-circle moment when given the opportunity to play alongside childhood hero, Neal McCoy.

Hometown: Portsmouth, OH
RICK FERRELL
Rick Ferrell is one of Nashville’s most gifted and eclectic artist. His sound is timeless, with elements of country, rock, and a persistent honesty that defies any description except pure American music. At the end of 2009, Ricks song "Something Like That" a.k.a. "The BBQ Stain Song” recorded by Tim McGraw would emerge as the most played radio song of the decade in any genre of music!
Rick is also a BMI award winning songwriter. His songs have been recorded by artist such as Earl Thomas Conley, Eddie Raven, Tanya Tucker, Montgomery Gentry, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Julianne Hough, Jason Michael Carol, The Swon Brothers, And many more! He’s also had songs featured on Budweiser commercials, The Outdoor Channel, A&E Network, Good Morning America, Ellen Degeneres and more.
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Hometown: Cincinnati/Reading, OH
TANA MATZ
Tana is currently based in Nashville, TN but originally from Cincinnati/Reading, OH. By age 15 she had taught herself guitar and could play piano by ear. It wasn’t until 17 that she had began publicly singing, starting with her parents and quickly fell in love with performing. She has released two EPs and multiple singles/collabs. Her debut EP "Just Fly" was supported and played by several online and Ohio radio stations.
Following, Tana went to work writing in Nashville for her sophomore EP "In Time" that released at #11 on the iTunes Country Chart. The EP included two tracks co-written with Ryan Robinette including “Lipstick Looks so Good on You” and “Love Me Like a Love Song”. She’s shared the stage with acts like Kellie Pickler, Kip Moore, Cole Swindell, Brett Eldredge, John Rich, Dustin Lynch, Cannan Smith, Russell Dickerson, Tyler Farr, Joe Nichols and more.

Hometown: Columbus/Senecaville, OH
KEITH ROBINETTE SR.
Keith was born in Columbus, OH where he grew up using music as an escape. It didn't take long for people to start appreciating his gift as a vocalist and songwriter. He started performing at weddings, bars, and anywhere else at the age of 15. He's played with several bands and as a solo act for many years.
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Keith moved out to Senecaville, OH to try to provide his 3 sons a better life. Ryan really started honing in on his passion for music due to the constant exposure and love for music Keith showed him at a young age. Keith covers everything from almost every genre/decade of music. He also recently put out his first acoustic EP titled "Caribbean Recipe" which can be found below. Co-produced by his son Ryan during the 2020 pandemic. Those acoustic songs in just a year have that acoustic EP has reached over 100k unique listeners and over 260k streams.

Hometown: Zanesville, OH
LEVI JAMESON
Levi was born and raised in rural southeastern Ohio, Sonora, near Zanesville. He grew up hunting, fishing, and playing music that he learned from his grandfather.
He started playing guitar at the age of 12. He then started singing and writing songs about 5 years later.
His great grandparents enjoyed playing and writing music as well. He is continuing to grow as a writer and loves introducing new people to his music. He’s recorded one single as of now, and it's available on all digital stream platforms linked below. He’s currently working towards writing and recording his first full length album.

Hometown: New Concord/Cincinnati, OH
TWICE IS NICE
Twice is nice is a two piece band consisting of drummer, vocalist, and guitarist Grant Woodard who grew up in New Concord OH, and vocalist, keyboard player, and guitarist Chris Jaymes from Cincinnati, OH. They consistently are playing out, as a cover band, where their sets include anywhere from Tom Petty to T-Pain.
They also have spent time writing original music and honing in on their own unique, original sound. The band Twice is nice has had thousands of views on Facebook already in less than 2 years since the bands creation. They have played multiple sold out shows at local Cincinnati breweries and various other venues in the Cincinnati area.
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#FunFact: Grant once played drums for Ryan Robinette in their college band "The Gravel Road Gang".
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Hometown: Dayton/New Concord, OH
TJ DAVIS
TJ Davis was born in Atlanta, Georgia and moved to Dayton when he was 15. After finishing High School at Miamisburg he committed to go to Muskingum University in New Concord where he plays soccer and runs track for the Fighting muskies.
New to the music industry TJ has only been performing for almost a year but has loved music his whole life. A few of his music Idols include Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen and Brooks and Dunn. He has found that this is where his passion is and he is looking to become an influential artist in the Country music industry.
TJ has written 3 singles so far that he is working on recording and releasing soon! This summer he has traveled with Adam Calvert to West Virginia, Illinois, and Various places in Ohio opening up shows and building a fan base for his career in music

Hometown: Zanesville, OH
ALEK MACK
Alek was born in Zanesville, OH. He spent most of his child hood on the banks of the Muskingum Rv. As a self taught musician, he started playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 17. Alek got his start by playing for small bars and crowds while he traveled with the oilfield.
He quit driving Semi-trucks last spring to start leading worship for Immanuel Downtown (Zanesville, OH) & play live music with his band “The Olde Souls” to provide for his family. Alek has a large catalog of original music and is looking to record in the near future. “My uncle don always told me if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. Music is where I find essence”.

Hometown: Brownsville, TX
NESTOR ANDRESS
Nestor will be the festival MC/Announcer and will be performing a few songs as well. Sure to bring the party with his outgoing and fun personality!
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A Texas boy, went from carrying law books and catching footballs in college at Texas Tech to sharing stages with the biggest Texas country acts.
Leading up to the moment of performing with George Strait’s band persuading him to saddle up and ride to the land of Nashville. In less than 3 years of living there, he reached the top of the Music Row Charts with "Drunk at a Bar". He not only writes his songs, but writes the scripts to his music videos. This nominee for various awards has traveled all over the states performing to the biggest and smallest intimate crowds with some of Country music's greats like Tracy Lawrence, Jon Pardi, Craig Campbell, Cody Johnson and more.
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He's a boot stompin', beer drinkin', hell raisin', song writin', bully fightin', love makin', south Texan son of a gun and still, the best is yet to come.
Please feel free to contact below for any questions or through social media. If you would like to be a sponsor, volunteer or help in any other way please reach out as well.