A Nashvillian for over two decades, Phil Madeira has made an impact in several genres of music. From his many appearances with Buddy Miller, to his prolific songwriting, Phil is here to stay.

As a master of several instruments including Hammond organ, guitar, keyboard, harmonica, lap steel and accordion, Phil has performed and recorded with hundreds of artists, notably Emmylou Harris, Al Green, Elvis Costello, Patty Griffin, Mavis Staples and Solomon Burke.

He has produced records for Americana artists like Brooks Williams and Greg Trooper, as well as several Christian Music artists including guitarist Phil Keaggy and the late Rich Mullins.

As a songwriter with Warner Chappell Music, Phil's songs have been recorded by Alison Krauss, Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, and Amy Grant. These songs include "Maybe" and "If I Was Jesus," and "Do Something Now," for which Madeira received a Humanitarian Award from ASCAP. He’s also had recordings by Bruce Hornsby, Ricky Skaggs and Keb’ Mo.

A regular member of Buddy Miller's touring and recording band, Phil was recently invited to join Emmylou Harris' band for her 2008 World Tour.

He lives on the outskirts of Nashville with his teenage daughters Kate and Maddy, budding musicians in their own right.

Freddie Stevenson

Growing up in a windy corner of Scotland, Freddie figured out that playing guitar was a lot more interesting than medieval history or geography.

In his early years, Freddie began to develop a unique sound weaving intricate layers of electric, acoustic and twelve-string guitars on top his undulating lyrics and melodies, recording a small acoustic EP. He gigged across the UK and played a number of extremely well-received shows in Los Angeles and New York, where the crowd counted Lucinda Williams, Spooner Oldham and Tommy Stinson amongst their number.

Soon it was time to add American drumming legend Brady Blade to the mix along with John Perry. The trio went to record debut album Body On The Line in Stockholm, Sweden and back at home in London before moving to New York to master the record with Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound.

The resulting sound has been compared to as diverse a roll call as Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, and Billy Bragg. The musical arrangement is crammed with glorious layers of guitars topped with the most acute and intriguingly poetic lyrics of a generation.

Freddie’s songs and lyrics have received ecstatic early reviews in Uncut and were named album of the week in the Daily Record. The band sold out a headlining show at Kings College, London, in June 2006.

In early 2007, Freddie, along with Brady Blade, headed to over to Nashville to record. Here he partnered with Chris Donohue on bass and Phil Madeira on keyboards. His new recordings feature appearances from a wide array of musicians including Hank Williams’ granddaughter Holly to Ray Charles’ horn section.

Billy Yates

Billy’s first cut as a songwriter was the George Jones' smash, "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" but that initial success was the culmination of years of hard work.

Born in Doniphan, Missouri, Yates was raised on a small farm. Both of Yates' parents came from musical families and he got an early initiation into performing live during a regular Sunday morning broadcast on KDFN-AM in Doniphan.

Country was all Billy ever knew, whether it was the country-gospel music or just the reality of his upbringing. Yates began singing harmonies while digging into his parents’ record collection. After his high school graduation, he performed regularly at several music theaters.

He arrived in Nashville in 1987 and eventually landed his first writer's deal with Hori Pro Entertainment Group. Out of the first few songs Billy penned came the 1993 CMA Vocal Event of the Year, "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" along with the title cut of that same album, "Walls Can Fall."

Plenty has happened since then, including four more songs recorded by George Jones, including the Grammy-nominated hit "Choices," along with other cuts by George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans, Gary Allan, Joe Nichols, John Michael Montgomery, Jeff Bates, Chris Young, Tracy Lawrence, Ricky Van Shelton, David Allan Coe and others. He also found a lucrative sideline writing and singing jingles for firms including Chevy Trucks, Ford Trucks, Kellogg's, Slick 50, Heinz 57, and Pepsi Cola.

Having had the experience of traveling all over the country performing at various venues, including more than twenty appearances on the world-famous Grand Ole Opry, Yates is now taking his music across the water where he will perform at nearly 50 festivals and events in Europe this year.