You're Invited To: Raleigh Keegan & Friends Writer's Round

The Nash News is excited to host a Raleigh Keegan & Friends Writer's Round that coincides with the release of his new EP A Tale of 7 Cities on Thursday, June 23rd from 7-10 p.m. at Assembly Food Hall in downtown Nashville.

Get to know the artists and their music!

Raleigh Keegan

Breakout country artist Raleigh Keegan, was born in the Ohio State Penitentiary as his mother was incarcerated due to drug charges. He was then adopted a few days later into a large loving family in Ohio. His songwriting often pulls from his unconventional upbringing and he has spent his career as an independent artist growing his fan base, with nearly 150K social media followers and more than 200K monthly listeners across platforms. Raleigh Keegan will be releasing his third official EP June 24.

Mark Narmore

Alabama native Mark Narmore, has more than 80 songs recorded by major artists including 11 songs cowritten and recorded by Josh Turner. His songwriting is also featured on Raleigh Keegan’s upcoming EP A Tale of 7 Cities. Narmore has over 30 years of experience as a songwriter and was recognized for his contributions to the music industry with bronze star in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame's Walk of Stars.

Alex Dooley

Virginia native, Alex Dooley has become a Music City staple in the songwriting community. His versatility, and carefully crafted lyrics, have earned him immense respect among his co-writers, who include Earl Bud Lee (Garth Brooks), Rob Snyder (Luke Combs), Brian Carper (Walker McGuire), Josh Johnson (Kane Brown) and Jordan Walker (Luke Combs) just to name a few.

James Robert Webb

Recipient of the 2022 Country Breakout Awards’ (Music Row Magazine) Independent Artist of the Year, James Robert Webb, is an Oklahoma native. His roots are intertwined in his music which has been featured in American Songwriter Magazine, Country Music People Magazine, and Taste of Country. Webb has played alongside musical greats like Marshall Tucker Band, jRay Stevens and Montgomery Gentry.

Daniel Leathersich

Daniel Leathersich is a songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee, where he has written songs recorded by artists in Country, Americana, Folk, and Hip-Hop genres. He has received awards from the Bluebird Cafe's Golden Pick Contest, the Pitchlist Podcast songwriting contest, and Song Door. Leathersich was a founding member of the improvisational songwriting collective "Creatures in the Woods" and fronted rock bands in the Philadelphia area music scene. He came to Nashville, connecting the dots to songwriting, after a decade of writing stories, novels, poems, and journal essays - only to realize that music was always on. Leathersich’s songwriting is also featured on Raleigh Keegan’s EP A Tale of 7 Cities

Nicole Miller

Nicole Miller is a 24 year old pop-country artist from West Des Moines, Iowa. She moved to Nashville in 2016 to attend Belmont University, where she studied for a year before pursuing music full time. After a few years of writing non-stop, she released her debut EP “Lonely on the Weekend” with Christian Hale in 2020, and has been selected to ASCAP’s GPS Class of 2021 as well as one of NSAI’s Fresh Finds of the year.

Ryan Brisotti

Born and raised in Glen Cove, New York, Ryan Brisotti has co-written with artists and writers both in and outside of Tennessee. He has had songs featured in CMT News, as well as on a multitude of major Spotify playlists. Ryan is a two time winner of the Nashville Songwriters Associations Anthem Chapter Challenge and was also a top 10 finalist in the 2020 NSAI Song Contest presented by CMT.

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