Jessi Alexander

Jessi has been doing big things since we last heard her at Nashville in Napa in 2010. Last September, she was also awarded the ASCAP Global Impact Award for The Climb – a special award for a song that has had significant impact on multiple formats during the year throughout the world. Jessi spends her busy days now writing music for Disney Publishing and singing with her band, 18 South. Jessi’s credits include songs recorded by Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McIntyre, Little Big Town, and Patty Loveless the Country Music and Billboard #1 hit for Miley Cyrus, The Climb.

Radney Foster

Radney Foster enjoys a remarkable position in the country music landscape. Mainstream country music and independent Americana tend to occupy separate orbits. Yet for the past 25 years Foster has thrived in both as a songwriter, recording artist, live performer and producer. His songs—solo, with Foster and Lloyd and recorded by other artists—have topped the country and AAA charts alike. Plenty of big names in country music—including Dixie Chicks, Dierks Bentley and Kenny Chesney—are recording Radney Foster songs. Sara Evans and Keith Urban recently scored big hits with Foster’s “Real Fine Place to Start,” “Raining on Sunday,” and "I'm In."

Brett James

Credits include not only country singers Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride and Tim Mcgraw, but pop and rock stars as well including Bon Jovi, Backstreet Boys and Daughtry. Brett has had over 10 #1 songs including Grammy away winning Jesus Take the Wheel (co-written by previous Nashville in Napa songwriter, Hilary Lindsay) which was recorded by Carrie Underwood.

Jon Randall

Since we last featured Jon in our Nashville in Napa list, he has made his way to the top as a Nashville producer, with hits from Dierks Bentley’s Up on the Ridge; an album on which he co-wrote several of the songs. Credits include ACM and CMA Song of the Year Whiskey Lullaby recorded by Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley; Break Each Other’s Hearts Again recorded by Reba McEntire and Don Henley; All This Love recorded by The Lost Trailers; Demons recorded by Kenny Chesney; and When It’s Good recorded by Lee Ann Rimes and Marc Broussara.

Chris Stapleton

Credits include Never Wanted Nothing More for Kenny Chesney, Swing for Trace Adkins, Your Man for Josh Turner, Keep On Lovin' You for Steel Magnolia and Come Back Song for Darius Rucker as well as songs recorded by Patty Loveless, Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack, James Otto, Brooks & Dunn, Alison Krauss, LeAnn Rimes, Trent Willmon, and Trisha Yearwood. Chris is a talented musician as well and has been the lead singer and guitarist of the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers; a band nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for the song "Blue Side of the Mountain."

Morgane Hayes Stapleton

Morgane entered her songwriting career with the chart topping hit Don’t Forget To Remember Me recorded by Carrie Underwood. For an artist who came to Nashville with the foremost intention of being a singer, she now focuses full time on songwriting. She speaks of her craft with great fervor. Her motivation to write - and furthermore improve as a writer - comes in many different forms, from instruments to people to the still observation of both. "Finding the people that you click the most with - that you work the best with - makes it so easy that it doesn't even feel like work. And that's always when I write the stuff I love the most."

Craig Wiseman

Credits include #1 singles The Good Stuff recorded by Kenny Chesney, Live Like You Were Dying recorded by Tim McGraw, for which he also earned a Grammy Award. Craig has written songs for Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins, Hillbilly Bone; LeeAnn Rimes, Something’s Gotta Give; for Brooks and Dunn, Summertime; and songs recorded by Toby Keith, Tracy Lawrence and Phil Vassar.