Songwriters

360 Degrees

360 Degrees is a singer-songwriter duo from Tennessee made up of Barry Coggins and Kevin Douglas. Formed in 2014 to play beach venues, the pair blends country, folk, and Americana, drawing comparisons to Willie Nelson, The Eagles, and Joni Mitchell. Their releases include the album Pink Flamingos.

Aaron Scherz

Aaron Scherz is a Texas-born, Nashville-based songwriter and producer who wrote and produced the certified-platinum, Billboard #1 country single "Girl In A Country Song" for Maddie & Tae. He has additional cuts with artists including Keith Urban, Jimmie Allen, Reba McEntire, Tyler Farr, and Tracy Lawrence, and was named Texas Country Music Association Songwriter of the Year for 2018-2019. In recent years he has moved into trop-rock, sharing the stage with Radio Margaritaville favorite John Frinzi and performing at the Meeting of the Minds in Key West.

Adrienne Z

Adrienne Z is an indie pop and Americana singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist originally from Massachusetts who settled in the Florida Keys in 2001. Compared vocally to Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, and Stevie Nicks, she has written over 200 songs and released seven albums, leading both The Adrienne Z Band and the project Jade Storm. She has landed music placements in ads for Samsung, Deloitte, and Old Navy/Disney, and runs her own Conch Town Sound recording studio.

AJ Swearingen

AJ Swearingen is a singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, whose fingerstyle playing and soulful baritone draw on James Taylor, Paul Simon, and Lindsey Buckingham. He has shared the stage with artists including Tom Rush, who recorded Swearingen's composition "You're Not Here With Me." In 2012 he formed the duo Swearingen & Kelli with Jayne Kelli, known for recreating the music of Simon & Garfunkel and other 1970s songwriters.

Alan Rhody

Alan Rhody is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player originally from Kentucky, whose career spans nearly five decades. He has written hit songs for artists including The Oak Ridge Boys, Lorrie Morgan, and Ricky Van Shelton, with over 100 covers of his original material and ten solo albums to his credit. His music has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

Ali Taylor

Ali Taylor is a country music singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Alice Wallace

Alice Wallace is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter known for deeply personal, confessional songwriting and a powerful vocal delivery. She spent over a decade in the Southern California music scene before relocating to Nashville. Her 2024 album "Here I Am" was her first Nashville-recorded project, cut in two days with live session musicians and marking a return to introspective material after earlier concept-driven records.

Andrew Dean

Andrew Dean is a country music singer-songwriter with roughly 25 years in the music industry, who began performing in rock bands before moving to country, drawing inspiration from Travis Tritt, George Jones, and Johnny Cash. He writes uplifting, life-story-driven songs and runs his own record label, NITE*SKY, while mentoring independent artists.

Arlis Albritton

Arlis Albritton is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter whose coastal, tropical-flavored music includes the albums Coastal Conditions (2021) and songs such as "Drinking In Spanish" and "Something To Drink About." As a hit songwriter he has had cuts recorded by artists including Luke Bryan ("Too Damn Young" on Tailgates and Tanlines), Josh Thompson, John Michael Montgomery, and Jamey Johnson.

Aubrey Wollett

Aubrey Wollett is a Florida-native, Nashville-based singer-songwriter who blends a smooth, soulful country sound with a refreshing beach vibe. She has opened for country artists including Tanya Tucker, Billy Currington, and Scotty McCreery. Her accolades include multiple ISSA music video awards and the Trop Rock Music Association (TRMA) Female Artist of the Year.

B-Man & mi-Shell (B-Man & the Mizzbeehavens)

From the tropical shores of Key West, Florida, B-Man & mi-Shell bring audiences an unmistakable blend of Nautical Americana, Trop Rock, Coastal Country, and feel-good island vibes. Known for their warm harmonies, engaging personalities, and laid-back coastal sound, the duo has become a recognizable part of the Florida Keys music scene. Blending original music with crowd-favorite classics, B-Man & mi-Shell create performances that feel like a sunset on the water…relaxing, uplifting, and full of positive energy. Their music captures the spirit of island living, celebrating boating, beach life, friendship, love, tropical adventures, and the carefree lifestyle of the coast. Whether performing live at waterfront venues, festivals, private events, breweries, or community celebrations, the duo delivers an authentic Key West experience that connects with locals and visitors alike. Their shows combine storytelling, audience interaction, acoustic musicianship, and a fun-loving energy that keeps audiences engaged from the first song to the final encore. In addition to performing live music, B-Man & mi-Shell are also the hosts of Coastal Confessions, a weekly radio show airing Friday night on Tiki Man Radio. The show features music, interviews, coastal culture, and entertaining conversations that celebrate the beach lifestyle and the people who live it. Their original music releases, including songs such as Sail Away, Key West Bound, Livin’ Here in Key West, Drinkin’ Down in Mexico Sandbar Surfin’ and the recent release with Singer/Songwriter Tiffani Green, Beachin’ Boatin’ Fishin’ Floatin’, continue to showcase their signature tropical storytelling style and growing presence within the Trop Rock, Coastal, and Nautical Americana communities. B-Man & mi-Shell are more than musicians — they are ambassadors of the island lifestyle, bringing sunshine, salt air, and timeless tunes wherever they perform.

Bahama Mama and The Painkillers

Bahama Mama and the Painkillers are a Connecticut-based original beach band whose sound draws on Sublime, Jimmy Buffett, 311, and Jack Johnson, blending surf and trop-rock influences. Their aim is to make listeners feel like their toes are in the sand with a drink in their hand, even in Connecticut. Released singles include "Tequila".

The Bamboozlers

The Bamboozlers are a trop-rock band founded in 2004 and based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, blending Americana, rock, reggae, and roots-rock. They have become one of the Midwest's preeminent trop-rock acts, performing at events including Meeting of the Minds and Music on the Bay. Their album "The Other Side of the Island" was released in 2018.

Barefoot Man

The Barefoot Man, born George Nowak in Munich and raised in North Carolina, is a calypso, reggae, and soca entertainer and songwriter who has performed in the Cayman Islands since 1971, earning his nickname for playing without shoes. He has composed roughly 2,000 songs and recorded about 500, and wrote "Money, Money, Money" for the 1993 film The Firm. His honors include the Cayman Islands National Heritage Award and the Stingray Tourism Award.

Barefoot Reggie Starrett

Barefoot Reggie Starrett is a beach and island-themed singer-songwriter working in the trop-rock vein, with releases spanning roughly 2016 to 2022.

Bari Leigh

Bari Leigh is a singer-songwriter who blends country and Americana influences, describing her sound as "sugar and grit." Based in Maryland with time spent in Nashville and California, she released the album "Honey & Gravel" in 2017, drawing on personal resilience and authentic storytelling.

Becky Denton

Becky Denton is a country and tropical-Americana artist who records in Nashville, often collaborating with her husband Will Denton, a touring and session drummer who co-produces her work. Her 2019 album "Fire & Grace" won Best Country Album at the 2020 Independent Music Awards, and her single "Take Me Back to Tybee" reached #1 on the Weekly Trop 40 Chart in July 2019. She charts on Australia's Country Tracks Top 40 and receives airplay across tropical/coastal-Americana radio internationally.

Beth Travers

Beth Travers is a Southwest Florida-based trop-rock and reggae performer celebrating coastal living, known for her smooth, sultry voice and songwriting. She also plays bass in the Jack Mosley Band and is a Trop Rock Music Association academy member. Her releases include "Late Bloomer" (2019) and "Sail Away with Me, Songs to Summer By" (2024).

Bill Cockrell

Bill Cockrell is a Florida-based trop-rock multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, banjo, flute, keyboards, and steel drums, performing as Bill Cockrell & the Aquaholics. His music provides a backdrop to the Florida and tropical lifestyle, with releases including "Dog's Life" (2015), "Aquaholic," and the 2016 singles "Toasted Coconut Rum" and "Wave After Wave."

Billy Buchanan

Billy Buchanan, billed as "The Ambassador of Rock 'n Soul," is an award-winning singer-songwriter with over two decades in music whose sound blends rock and soul. He performs both as a solo artist and leading Billy Buchanan & his Rock 'n Soul Revue, built around the motto that "people just wanna dance."

The Boat Drunks

The Boat Drunks are a trop-rock band out of Champaign, Illinois — beachy, island-country originals like “Tropical Standard Time” and “This Ain’t Duval Street,” fronted by Mike Miller.

Bob Durand

Bob Durand is an Americana and trop-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist whose musical roots are planted in New Orleans, where he grew up as a drummer marching in Mardi Gras parades. After decades as a drummer and vocalist, he became a singer-songwriter and guitarist in the 2000s and relocated to Gulf Shores, Alabama, blending his New Orleans heritage with coastal beach influences. His albums include 'Living in the Real L.A.' (2016) and 'Nola (Songs from New Orleans to Lower Alabama)' (2026), with songs such as 'Modern Day Pirate' and 'Sermons from a Dive Bar.' He is a member of the Trop Rock Music Association.

Bob Karwin

Bob Karwin is a trop-rock singer-songwriter who began his career in 1990 playing the Irish pubs and college bars of Boston before moving to San Diego in 1993. Known for blending humor with thoughtful songwriting in his lively one-man shows, he has been named Temecula Valley Acoustic Artist of the Year and Trop Rock Music Association Entertainer of the Year. His albums include 'Have Sun, Will Travel' (2009), 'Sand Dollar Millionaire' (2010), and 'Life on Lotus Street' (2013), featuring songs like 'Working on My Tan.'

Bob Schiele

Bob Schiele is a trop-rock and beach-themed singer-songwriter who performs throughout Florida. His albums include 'Chillax' (2013), 'Mystic Water' (2017), and 'Permanent Vacation' (2020), with popular songs such as 'Key West State of Mind,' 'Paradise Is You,' and 'Pickleball State of Mind.'

Boomer Blake

Boomer Blake is a coastal trop-rock singer-songwriter whose music carries a tropical, beach-inspired sound. His albums include 'Road to Cayo Hueso' (2017), 'Down by the Coastline' (2019), 'Watching the River Go By' (2020), and 'Polka Dot Umbrella' (2021), with popular tracks such as 'Road to Cayo Hueso' and 'Down by the Coastline.'

Brad Brock

Brad Brock is a soulful singer-songwriter and one-man-band entertainer who plays guitar, drums, bass, and harmonica while singing in harmony. Based in Florida's Treasure Coast, his style has been compared to Cat Stevens, John Mayer, and Jack Johnson. His albums include 'Welcome To Hollywood' (2009), 'Songs About You (and Every Other Girl)' (2014), and 'Once Upon a Bottle of Rum' (2018), and he is a member of ASCAP.

Brenda Burch

Brenda Burch is an award-winning country singer-songwriter and keynote speaker from Utah whose music centers on following your passions and spreading happiness. She has earned three #1 hits and nine songs in the top ten on country music charts throughout her career. Her albums and singles include: The Rush (2007 album), Brenda Burch (2010 album), Crushin' (2014 single), Nowhere Else (2014 single), and Big Wide World (2022 single), with hit songs such as "Sparks Will Fly," "No Better Time," and "Big Wide World."

Brenda Cay

Brenda Cay is a country and folk singer-songwriter based in Nashville with more than a dozen licensing deals and over 7 million streams. Her work has been featured on Apple Hot Tracks (Country) and the Academy of Country Music's New Music Friday playlist, with coverage from Broadway World, Cowgirl Magazine, and Guitar Girl Magazine. Her songs include 'Fragile Like A Bomb' and 'I Fish,' which earned an Honorable Mention in the American Songwriter lyric competition, and recent albums 'Salt and Sugar' and 'Nothing Left But The Burn.'

Brent Burns

Brent Burns is a trop-rock singer-songwriter often called the poet laureate of the beach. Born in Oklahoma and raised in Arizona, he settled in Gulf Shores, Alabama, in 1972 and was named Official Music Ambassador of the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau in 2006. His signature song 'I've Got a Beach in My Backyard' (2009) won Trop Rock Music awards for CD and Song of the Year, and his albums include 'My Jukebox at the Beach' (2019), 'Somewhere South of Here' (2021), and 'Lot of Beaches to Go' (2022).

Brian Caudill

Brian Caudill is a singer-songwriter based in the Tampa Bay / Clearwater, Florida area, where he has played thousands of gigs at beach bars such as Frenchy's Rockaway. His music draws on a diverse mix of styles built up over the years, showcased on his debut CD "Pocketful of Change." He also performs with the Brian Caudill Trio, blending smooth vocals with strong bass and percussion.

Brian Darnell

I’ve been writing country/americana music when I’m not running my tree service business here in Greenville SC. My songs are my reflections during this season of life as a husband, dad, friend and business owner. I hope you are able to feel the struggle as well as the hope and joy I am living in and can find some camaraderie with me along the way!

Brian Iannucci

Brian Iannucci is a singer-songwriter from Saint Johns, Florida, with an eclectic musical background. He blends aspects of country, pop and blues to produce a unique sound.

Brian Neale

Brian Neale is a trop-rock and island singer-songwriter who has performed across the US, Canada, and internationally for nearly three decades. Professionally trained in music and voice, he began as a solo artist performing his own songs alongside material by Jimmy Buffett and The Eagles, and in 2003 formed the band Northern Harbour. His best-known songs include "Boats" and "Living in the Islands."

Brian Roberts

Brian Roberts is a singer-songwriter based in the Florida Keys, performing original island-flavored music across the local live circuit.

Brigitte DeMeyer

Brigitte DeMeyer is an Americana singer-songwriter whose sound draws on roots rock and classic pop songcraft, with influences ranging from Patty Griffin and Carole King to the Allman Brothers. She began her career in San Diego bands in the mid-1980s and released her debut solo album in 2000, later collaborating with Will Kimbrough on a duet album.

Brittany Kingery

Brittany Kingery is a trop-rock singer-songwriter originally from McCleary, Washington, who left a government job in the Pacific Northwest to pursue music in Bucerias, near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. After her 2013 debut "Edge of the Ocean," she became a rising star in Puerto Vallarta's music scene and released the acclaimed album "Dream in Blue," featuring the song "Tequila Talking." She swept the Key West Tropic Rock Awards, winning Best Female Vocalist, Best Song, and a Horizon Award.

Bryton Stoll

Bryton Stoll is a Kansas-based singer-songwriter who performs as "The Landlocked Sailor," blending acoustic and tropical/trop-rock influences. His music draws on memories of campfire sing-alongs and the beach lifestyle, channeling an island vibe from the American Midwest.

Caitlin Rushing

Caitlin Rushing is a Florida-born, Orlando-based singer-songwriter whose work spans singer-songwriter, country, folk, rock, and Americana. Her song "Hold On You" placed second in the International Songwriting Competition. Other notable songs include "Mexico," "Over You Yet," and "Unsteady," known for their emotionally raw, vulnerable writing.

CalypsoNuts

The CalypsoNuts are a reggae, trop-rock, and island party band based in Navarre, Florida, on the Emerald Coast, known for incorporating steel drums. They cover a wide range of pop, rock, reggae, soca, acoustic, and electric material. Past engagements include Disney Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean, and the annual National Parrot Head convention in Key West. Albums include "Colors" (2013), "Down to the Wire" (2013), and "Orange" (2010).

Capt Josh

Capt Josh is an Orlando, Florida-based Jimmy Buffett tribute artist and USCG-licensed captain who performs over 100 Buffett songs along with material from "Friends of Buffett" such as Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, and James Taylor. A regular at Parrothead club events, beach parties, and private functions, he typically performs on guitar, sometimes joined by a banjo accompanist.

Carrie Welling

Carrie Welling is an Americana-pop singer-songwriter with a bold, sultry voice often compared to Sheryl Crow's grit, Tom Petty's songwriting, and Stevie Nicks' heart. Her music blends Americana and pop with honest, empowered lyrics and a reputation for raw vulnerability. Her latest album, "Crack in the Chaos" (2024), explores finding joy amid turmoil, and she tours actively with a devoted fan base she calls the "Wellos".

Cary Aria

Cary Aria is a trop-rock/island singer-songwriter who now records and performs under the name KERRICK. The artist's catalog reflects an island and beach-music sensibility.

Casey Turner

Casey Turner is an international island and reggae-influenced performer with roots across Hawaii, Florida, and California. He builds his island reggae sound live on stage using ukulele, guitar, and a loop station, creating laid-back, good-vibe music.

Charley Woods

Charley Woods is an indie Americana singer-songwriter known for powerful, smooth vocals and an honest, relatable writing style. Her sound has been compared to artists such as Chris Stapleton, Shania Twain, Kacey Musgraves, Brandi Carlile, and Jason Isbell.

Charlie Imes

Charlie Imes is a San Diego-based singer-songwriter who plays laid-back, jazzy beach-folk-rock with tropical influences. Born in San Antonio and raised in Los Angeles, he developed his sound on Southern California beaches before becoming a fixture in the trop-rock and Parrothead communities. His debut album "On an Island" (2008) was nominated for a San Diego Music Award, and later releases include "Summer's Here" (2014) and "Gypsy Soul." He often performs nationally and with his backing band, the Hodad Surf Club.

Charlie Ranucci

Charlie Ranucci is a singer-songwriter from Brick, New Jersey, working in a pop/top-40 style and registered as an ASCAP writer and publisher. His recent releases include the 2025 albums "Forever" and "My Love," with tracks such as "Goodnight Eileen" and "I Love You."

Chris Bellamy

Chris Bellamy is a performing singer-songwriter, recording producer, and guitarist based in the southeastern United States, performing 150-plus dates a year across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolinas. He records on Silver Buckle Records and has released eight albums comprising roughly 90 self-written songs.

Chris Sacks

Chris Sacks is a Maryland-based coastal and Caribbean-influenced singer-songwriter who has been a full-time musician for over a decade, averaging around 100 shows a year across the United States. He grew up on Maryland beaches, and his albums include "Nowhere" and "Life, Love & High Tides."

Christina Christian

Christina Christian is a singer-songwriter associated with the Mobile, Alabama music scene. She maintains an active Spotify presence with regional playlist features alongside her social channels.

Christopher Dale

Christopher Dale is an Americana/pop/rock singer-songwriter from San Diego, California, who emerged from the celebrated singer-songwriter venue Java Joe's, the same room that helped launch Jewel and Jason Mraz. Known for his vocal range and live performances, he has earned 11 San Diego Music Award nominations along with film and TV placements, and serves as an ambassador for the cleft-repair charity Smile Train.

Clair Reilly-Roe

Clair Reilly-Roe is a British-Trinidadian-Canadian singer-songwriter who moved to New York City to study music performance before relocating to California. She recorded her album "Vinyl" in a tipi in Laurel Canyon.

Claire Wright

Claire Wright is a Northern California-born singer-songwriter whose music blends country storytelling with reggae-influenced, sunshine-and-carefree sonics. She honed her songwriting during years in Nashville and cites influences such as Jack Johnson and The Dirty Heads.

Clark Hill

Clark Hill is a country singer-songwriter who stepped back from touring to raise his two children as a single father before returning to music with renewed creative focus. After losing his father and through the pandemic shutdown, he found fresh inspiration and wrote prolifically, leaning into storytelling. He has shared stages with artists such as Chris Young and Cody Johnson.

Coconut Radio

Coconut Radio is an acoustic trop-rock duo formed in 2007 by Steve Reeths and Sue Kittredge, who had played for years in the Upper Midwest with the jam band Square One. Based around the beach music scene of South Walton County, Florida, their sound blends trop rock, Americana, bluegrass, and blues. They released a self-titled EP in 2009.

Coley McCabe

Coley McCabe is a country singer and platinum-selling songwriter best known for the single "I Am a Woman." A former RCA recording artist, she has performed on the Grand Ole Opry stage six times, had a song recorded by Loretta Lynn, placed songs in feature films, and co-starred in the romantic comedy Alabama Love Story. She currently tours alongside her husband as the duo Thom & Coley.

The Como Brothers

Songwriters • Performers • Recording Artists Elevating Songwriting in Every Note The Como Brothers are songwriters who prioritize their craft above all. Matt and Andrew create original music defined by compelling storytelling, sophisticated melodic structures, rich harmonies, and emotional authenticity. Drawing subconscious inspiration from icons like The Beatles, their songs feature memorable hooks, dynamic arrangements, and lyrics that linger—qualities that set them apart as a duo committed to timeless songcraft in a trend-driven industry. Whether delivering high-energy pop-rock anthems, introspective blues-infused ballads, or lighter country-tinged reflections, every track reflects their deep passion for songwriting and performance.

Conch Fritters

The Conch Fritters are a tropical ensemble based in Jacksonville, Florida, performing trop-rock across the country from their spiritual home of Key West. Built around steel pans, guitar, and ukulele, their sound blends island music with reggae and calypso influences.

Cory Young

Cory Young is a Florida Keys-based singer-songwriter who blends Island Americana with the rhythmic pulse of reggae and the influence of his Hawaiian upbringing. Nicknamed the "Working Man's Buffett," his music reflects a journey from Nashville to the Keys, drawing on time spent in Hawaii, the West Coast, and Las Vegas. He raises his family aboard a sailboat while writing and performing.

Craig Moritz

Craig Moritz is a modern country artist whose "lake-country" sound blends lake-life energy, feel-good anthems, and summer escapism centered on boating and beach culture. His singles "Fun To Drink With" and "Breakfast At Tiffany's" have each surpassed 330,000 Spotify streams.

Crash - Scott Braasch

Crash is a Singer Songwriter of Trop Rock, Coastal Americana, & Coastal Country music and he is a Cover artist of all music. When he is not playing in a 2 hour radius of Central PA, he can be found traveling & playing events, house parties, Trop Rock festivals and songwriter rounds across the country.

Dan DeMay

Dan DeMay is a country songwriter from Fayetteville, North Carolina, who moved to Nashville in 1988 and signed his first publishing deal with EMI in 2001. His songs have been recorded by artists including Tracy Byrd ("Crazy Everytime"), Martina McBride ("Everybody Does"), Tracy Lawrence ("You Can't Hide Redneck"), Daryl Worley ("If Something Should Happen"), John Michael Montgomery, and Joey & Rory. He runs his own publishing company, Atlantic Bridge Music.

Dani Hoy

Dani Hoy is a singer-songwriter born in Baltimore and now based in Key West, Florida, where a 2010 visit inspired her to pursue songwriting. Dani has released four original music recordings since 2012 filled with songs about beach life, her travels, love and humor. She performs weekly in Key West and collaborates with Chris Rehm as the duo The Shanty Hounds.

Danny Rosado

Danny Rosado is a trop-rock singer-songwriter blending Americana, folk, and rock who is active in the Parrothead/Jimmy Buffett-inspired island music community. His best-known song is "I Wanna Be a Coral Reefer," and his catalog of independent releases spans roughly 2017 to 2023.

Danny Taddei

Danny Taddei is a trop-rock and coastal singer-songwriter who crafts "sometimes casual and often upbeat, coastal music" informed by his life as a commercial pilot and ship captain. A multi-instrumentalist who began piano at age two and worked as a session musician, he records independently in his own 48-channel studio. His albums include A Change Will Do You Good (2014) and On a Summer's Day (2016).

Darin Talbot

Darin Talbot is a folk-rock singer-songwriter dubbed "Lake Tahoe's Troubadour," whose music celebrates snowboarding and mountain culture much as Jimmy Buffett and Jack Johnson celebrate their own lifestyles. Based around Lake Tahoe, he made his debut in 1999 and has released multiple albums built around themes of Tahoe, fun, and snow.

Dave Lapio

Dave Lapio is a steel drum (steel pan) musician who blends jazz, classical, calypso, soca, and Caribbean styles. A Connecticut native who relocated to Florida in 1991 to pursue music full-time, he studied under Ellie Mannette, the father of the modern steel drum, and has performed with Andy Narell, Robert Greenidge, and Ken "Professor" Philmore. His albums include Steel In The Groove (1996), Cover This! (1998), and David Lapio-Uncovered!

Dave McKenney

Dave McKenney is an independent trop-rock and island singer-songwriter whose laid-back, beach-themed material draws on the Jimmy Buffett tradition. His releases include the albums Back in Time (2016) and Debts of Gratitude (2019), with popular tracks such as "Son of the Beach," "Bottles of Wine," and "Fly to Mexico."

Dennis McCaughey

Dennis McCaughey is a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based trop-rock singer-songwriter who fronts the band Tropical Soul, mixing acoustic beach and Jimmy Buffett-style covers with island-flavored originals. Performing 200+ shows a year, he is a longtime fixture of the National Parrothead Convention in Key West and has shared stages with members of Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. His signature song "Bikinis Guitars and Tiki Bars" appeared on the 2004 album No Plans At All.

Derek Helm

Derek Helm is a South Florida native from Jupiter, Florida, who has played in bands and as a solo musician around the state since 2014. His laid-back, beach-inspired sound blends influences reminiscent of John Mayer and Jimmy Buffett, shaped by his performances at tropical Florida resorts.

Don Middlebrook

Don Middlebrook is a Trop Rock, Americana, country, and rock 'n' roll singer-songwriter originally from East Lansing, Michigan. He blends original Florida swamp rock with authentic country sensibilities, performing across a circuit that stretches from Michigan to Key West and beyond.

Donavon Lee Carpenter

Donavon Lee Carpenter is a country music artist from rural East Fort Worth, Texas, citing influences such as Don Williams, Randy Travis, George Strait, and Garth Brooks. He turned to music full-time after a song he wrote was adopted as a corporate anthem, leading to Nashville recording sessions and two albums, Side A and Side B. His music video for "Stompin' Ground" was filmed at South 40 Farm in Franklin, Tennessee.

Donny Brewer

Donny Brewer is a Texas-based Trop Rock singer-songwriter who describes himself as "just a Texas boy living on the road." Known for his Trop Rock and drinking songs, he is noted for connecting personally with fans and weaving their stories into his music.

Doug Allen

Doug Allen is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter performing new country music backed by pedal steel guitar, with a vocal style compared to Zac Brown and John Denver. Originally from Connecticut, he plays roughly 150 shows a year and has opened for artists including Gregg Allman, Will Hoge, and Thomas Rhett. He has recorded two studio albums in Nashville, and his songs have been featured in films by Universal Pictures and Lions Gate.

Drop Dead Dangerous

Drop Dead Dangerous is a Southern rock and country band fronted by Kitty Steadman (lead vocals, guitar) alongside percussionist Melanie Howe, known as "The Djembabe," who joined forces in autumn 2015. The band tours extensively across the continental U.S. and the Caribbean, playing night clubs, festivals, and beach bars. Their releases include the live album "Drop Dead Live" (2016) and the studio album "Roadside Attraction" (2018).

Dusty Barber

Dustin "Dusty" Barber is a guitarist originally from Fort Worth, Texas, who relocated to Jacksonville, Florida. His playing spans tropical, jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, and rock styles. He toured the world for nearly two decades as guitarist with Reverend Al Green and his Enterprise Orchestra, performing at venues including Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Vienna Opera House, and co-leads the jazz/classical duo Synchronicity.

Edina Balint

Edina Balint is a Romanian-Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter who draws on folk storytelling and chamber pop. She began studying piano at age eight, later taught herself guitar, and wrote her first song by twelve. Her piano-driven, atmospheric music explores themes of love, self-growth, and nature; she debuted in 2018 and signed with Rexius Records in 2024.

Emily Randle

Emily Randle is a Key West trop-rock singer-songwriter and concert violinist. A retired Army sergeant major, she has toured with Peter Mayer of the Coral Reefer Band and performs as Roger Bartlett & Emily Randle.

Eric Erdman

Eric Erdman is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Mobile Bay area of Alabama, known for intelligent songwriting that ranges from soulful rhythm and blues to jazzy funk and smooth country. A University of South Alabama graduate, he fronted the funk-rock band The Ugli Stick and later joined the writing staff at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals. His influences include James Taylor, Jim Croce, Mac McAnally, and David Wilcox, and he also produces projects for other artists and tours as a sideman guitarist.

Eric Ramsey

Eric Ramsey is an Americana singer-songwriter from the Phoenix, Arizona area, known for soaring vocals and organic arrangements that range from delicate fingerpicking to bluesy slide guitar. He was the 2022 International Blues Challenge Solo/Duo Champion and in 2024 was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame. He writes about the human condition - sometimes funny, sometimes sad, always thought provoking.

Eric Stone

Eric Stone is a Texas-born troubadour and Caribbean crooner whose tropical, island-flavored music draws on characters and stories he has met traveling the world. After learning guitar as a child and playing rock in high school, an airline job brought him to Florida and later Hawaii, where he picked up the ukulele and his sound turned tropical before he moved to Nashville to write seriously. A longtime favorite among sailors and cruisers, his albums include Long Boards & Short Stories (2005), home to the fan favorite "Somewhere South of Somewhere."

Erica Sunshine Lee

Erica Sunshine Lee is a Nashville-based country singer-songwriter, producer, and children's author originally from a small town in northeast Georgia. A prolific touring artist, she is known for tropical-leaning songs such as "I'm a Pirate," "Mojitos," and "Key West Blue." Her albums include Buried Treasure (2017), Bulletproof (2020), and Same Ship Different Day (2022).

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Flip Flop Republic

Flip Flop Republic is a rock and reggae band with a southern style hailing from the Gulf Coast of Florida, with members rooted in Miami, Mississippi, and St. Maarten. Their tropical, beachy sound spans albums including Sunrise (2023) and Long Way to Mexico (2025). Popular tracks include "Two to Tango," "Sunrise," and "By the Sea."

FREEBO

Freebo is a folk, rock, and blues singer-songwriter and bassist with more than 40 years of recording and touring experience. He is widely known for his longtime collaboration with Bonnie Raitt and has worked with artists including CSN, Maria Muldaur, John Mayall, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, and Neil Young. His albums include If Not Now When (2015) and It's a Big Old Goofy World (2022).

Gary Seiler

Gary Seiler is a San Diego, California singer-songwriter who plays what he calls country beach music, a relaxed brand of trop rock. He learned his craft in smoky barrooms beginning in the late 1970s after first hearing "Margaritaville" on a jukebox, and over more than three decades of songwriting he has released several albums, including 2010's "Toes in the Sand" with the song "Flip-Flops Required."

Gary Vance

I've been composing songs for most of my long life. I write blues, folk, pop, rock and some country. I have an album on the major platforms...Gary Vance Reflections. I've gotten some international radio play with my track Who Is To Blame?

Gerd Rube

Gerd Rube is one of Key West, Florida's popular rock singers, an international recording artist known for catchy original island tunes like the "Florida Keys Song." For more than 25 years he has been a favorite of Key West locals and visiting fans, with a repertoire of over 800 songs spanning classic rock, country, Motown and reggae. He has recorded in Nashville with members of Garth Brooks' band and Gloria Estefan's Miami Sound Machine, releasing 21 CDs, and tours the U.S. East Coast and Europe each summer.

Glen Hornblast

Glen Hornblast is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter and longtime fixture of the city's folk scene, whose music blends folk, country, blues and jazz. His sweet, mellow delivery has drawn comparisons to James Taylor and Jack Johnson, with songs that tell stories of real people and places. His album "Once In A Blue Moon" collects his best songwriting from over three decades and earned strong reviews and international radio play.

Granville Automatic

Granville Automatic is an Americana and country-rock duo of songwriters Vanessa Olivarez and Elizabeth Elkins, named after a 19th-century typewriter. Known for historically rooted songwriting, they have had songs recorded by notable country artists and placed in television and streaming productions. Their fifth album, "Tiny Televisions" (2020), was released alongside their first book and was recognized by No Depression.

Greezy Joe

Greezy Joe is a coastal country and trop rock singer-songwriter who began writing while serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during a 2001–2002 deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Citing Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark and Pat Dailey as influences, he released his debut album "Sail On" in 2003 and has since put out music including the album "Blue Water" (2022) and the single "Tropical First World Problems."

Greg Dillard

Greg Dillard is a singer-songwriter from Oxford, Mississippi whose music is described as "Country With An Island Vibe," placing him in the trop rock genre. With over 25 years of performing experience, he alternates between acoustic guitar and ukulele and has played venues from San Antonio, Texas to Key West, Florida. His solo albums "Trapped in Paradise Again" (2013) and "A Better Life" (2016) earned nominations from the Trop Rock Music Association, the Artists Music Guild and the Mississippi Music Foundation.

Gunther Martin

Gunther Martin is a tropical rock (trop rock) singer-songwriter and an active member of the Trop Rock Music Association. His releases include the 2013 album "Live a Little," featuring songs such as "A Lot to Drink About."

Hannah Bethel

Hannah Bethel is a Wisconsin-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter who blends Americana, country, folk, rock, and pop, drawing on influences like Tom Petty, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, and Willie Nelson. Known for her vivid storytelling, she has released multiple albums and won Best Female Vocalist at the 2022 Appalachian Arts & Entertainment Awards.

Heather Hayes

Heather Hayes is a singer-songwriter who grew up in the small East Texas town of Lindale, about 80 miles east of Dallas. She began singing and performing from the age of four.

Heather Vidal

Heather Vidal is a singer-songwriter whose music spans folk, rock, and blues, rooted in her background as a classical vocal major and jazz choir member. Based in the mid-Atlantic, she tours extensively across the region as well as Ireland, Colorado, and Key West, and performs frequent house concerts. Her latest album, "Back Home," includes the co-written songs "Dented Man," "Madrid," and "Lady Blue."

High South

High South is an American duo composed of Kevin Campos and Jamey Garner, performing in the Americana and tropical/island-influenced singer-songwriter vein. The group has built a following on Spotify with several thousand monthly listeners.

Homemade Wine

Homemade Wine is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based band that blends beachy trop rock with country, a touch of Southern rock, and a jam-band sensibility. The six-piece group plays frequent coastal festivals and gigs, and their album "Music for the Salty Soul" leans into tropical sounds.

Hope Cassity

Hope Cassity is an Americana singer-songwriter (and motivational speaker and painter) who honed her craft in Nashville, Tennessee, working with writers including Grammy winner Jerry Salley and Jim McBride. She was named NCMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 2015, and her song "Sweet Southern Sun" — featuring Grammy-winning fiddler Glen Duncan — placed in the Top 25 of the Nashville Music City Songwriter competition.

Howard Livingston

Howard Livingston is a trop-rock singer-songwriter who, after catching a serious case of "Keys Fever," moved to Summerland Key (Mile Marker 24, 24 miles from Key West) and formed Howard Livingston & The Mile Marker 24 Band. A native of eastern Kentucky who started on guitar at age five, he has won ten Trop Rock Music Association awards, including Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, and Band of the Year. He is known for feel-good island anthems like "I'm Living on an Island" and "Blame It on the Margaritas," and has been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and The Travel Channel.

Hugo Duarte

Hugo Duarte (1955–2014) was a trop-rock singer-songwriter born in Greenville, South Carolina, of Cuban, Chinese, and Scots-Irish ancestry. He blended country, bluegrass, Southern rock, blues, R&B, and island music into an eclectic style, and was a regular on the Key West music scene as a solo performer and with The Full Sail Band. He played famed venues including Sloppy Joe's, the Hog's Breath Saloon, and the Pier House, and released albums such as "Don't Be Fooled By the Hat" and "Live in Key West." His songs include "Another Day In Paradise" and "Key West Heart."

Isabella Stefania

Isabella Stefania is a singer-songwriter and independent recording artist working out of Chicago, Nashville, and Southern Florida, where she performs regularly across the Treasure Coast region. She describes her blend of trop-rock and country as "Island Country," with songs about beach life, summer, and modern relationships that air on traditional and internet radio across the USA, the Caribbean, and the tropics. Her releases include "Work Now, Beach Later," "Keys to the Sea Ray," and "Sugar in My Salt Life."

Island Castaways Band

The Island Castaways Band is a New England trop-rock group based in southern Worcester County, Massachusetts. Originally formed in 2008 as a Jimmy Buffett tribute band, they evolved into one of the region's most popular party bands, mixing their own originals with covers of Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown, and Howard Livingston. Built around guitar, keyboards, bass, and drums, they have performed at Fenway Park and Parrot Head events throughout New England, the East Coast, and Key West, and released the album "Lost N Loving It."

Jack Fossett

Jack Fossett is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Southern Maine who takes an Americana approach to rock and blues guitar, citing influences such as Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, and David Gilmour. He performs throughout New England both solo and with a backing band, drawing on a large catalog of original compositions. In 2013 he was named one of the top 10 undiscovered blues guitarists in Guitar Center's Blues Masters competition, and a Maine-themed original of his was featured on a 2019 charity album benefiting Volunteer Maine/AmeriCorps.

Jack Mosley

Jack Mosley, originally from Panama City, Florida, is widely regarded as one of the country's best trop-rock songwriters and entertainers. A natural storyteller influenced by Dan Fogelberg, Harry Chapin, and Jimmy Buffett, he honed his craft over nine years in Nashville before returning to Florida and immersing himself in the trop-rock scene, releasing six CDs including the 2010 EP "Headin' South." He has performed across the U.S. and the Caribbean, opening for acts like Johnny Cash, Tanya Tucker, and Bad Company, and co-produces the annual TropRocks the Smokies event in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Jacob Engelking

Jacob Engelking is a solo musician and singer/songwriter in SW Florida. He plays a variety of covers from 50’s to today. He has a unique style featuring a loop station adding beats and layers of acoustic and electric guitars along with voice harmonies giving a dynamic sound.

Jake and the Half Conched Band

Jake and the Half Conched Band is a trop-rock group fronted by Jake Thomas and based in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Thomas fell in love with the coast as a teen on first seeing the Gulf of Mexico, eventually landing in Orange Beach, Alabama, and his music celebrates the coastal lifestyle. The band blends trop-rock and country, with songs such as "Life On the Gulf" and "ParrotBay" and the album "Salt in My Veins."

The James Carratt Project

The James Carratt Project is the musical venture of James Carratt Jr., a musician based in the South Beloit, Illinois area. The project blends country, rock, blues, and jazz, using a wide range of instrumentation from saxophone to guitar and multiple drummers. Carratt produced his first album, 'The James Carratt Project Volume One,' in 2017 featuring 47 musicians, followed by 'Volume Two.'

James Slater

James T. Slater is a two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter of British-Bolivian and American descent. Born in Durham, North Carolina and raised in the Panama Canal Zone, he became a celebrated Nashville songwriter whose compositions have been recorded by Willie Nelson, Tim McGraw, Enrique Iglesias and many others. His Grammy-nominated songs include "The High Cost of Living" and Martina McBride's "In My Daughter's Eyes."

Jamie Trent

Jamie Trent is a singer-songwriter who aims to write and sing thought-provoking songs. Whether a happy song or a sad one, he says his goal is to leave the listener wanting more.

Jason Acy

Jason Acy is a singer-songwriter born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, where he was immersed in a rich musical culture before relocating to Nashville. His vacation-inspired, trop-rock compositions blend influences from Jimmy Buffett and Steve Wariner into a distinctive sound.

Jason Caraway

Jason Caraway is an Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter working in country, trop rock and Caribbean country. A member of the Trop Rock Music Association, he has performed throughout Nashville, across Texas, and down through the Virgin Islands and parts of South America, charting songs in the top ten of the Trop Rock charts.

Jayne Kelli

Jayne Kelli is a Michigan-born singer-songwriter based in Nashville. No Depression has described her as "a vocal chameleon… able to adjust her sound a hundred ways to suit the song."

Jeff Dayton

Jeff Dayton is an American musician, guitarist, singer, producer and songwriter, best known for serving as bandleader and musical director for Glen Campbell for 15 years, as well as touring with Kenny Chesney and Lee Greenwood. Based in Nashville, he has embraced a tropical, island-influenced sound, releasing the recent trop-rock albums "Tropical Troubadour" (2022) and "Welcome to Ocean Country (2024)." His beach music reaches back many years to his first trop-rock single "Shipwrecks, Pirates & Gold" and #1 singles "Calling the Ocean" and "Islands, Guitars & You." Look for more releases in late 2026. Jeff's music has led him perform shows in Antigua, St. Croix, Aruba, Turks & Caicos, Key West and Hawaii, as well as upcoming bookings on Anguilla, Sint Maarten and Bali. Awards: Summer Song of the Year (American Songwriter Magazine) "Chillo" First Place Winner, Gold Division (American Songwriter Magazine) "Circling The Moon" Two Na Hoku Hanohano Awards (with Hawai'ian group "A'ea'e") Group of the Year, Hawai'ian EP of the Year (includes "When The Ocean Sleeps") #1 Songs - Trop Rock radio stations: When the Ocean Sleeps Shipwrecks, Pirates & Gold Islands, Guitars & You #1 Songs - Texas Independent Radio: Stoned (Case Hardin) Are You With Me (Case Hardin)

Jeff Pike

Jeff Pike is an Atlanta-based acoustic/adult-contemporary singer-songwriter who has made his living as a musician since 1984. He has performed and recorded with artists including Jimmy Buffett, the Zac Brown Band and the Beach Boys, and is a founding trop-rock recording artist known for his Jimmy Buffett tribute show. His album "Right Where I Am" was a pandemic-era collaboration with award-winning musician Gino Vannelli.

Jenn Bostic

Jenn Bostic is a soulful singer-songwriter whose music blends pop, blues, and gospel with emotive songwriting and powerful vocals. Her signature track "Jealous of the Angels," written in memory of her late father, has earned over 50 million streams and charted on iTunes in the UK and Ireland. She has performed at venues including the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, Lincoln Center, and Royal Albert Hall.

Jennifer Argenti

Jennifer Argenti is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter who has been featured in concert by Willie Nelson and has toured internationally. She has opened for acts including Little Feat, The Motels, Berlin, and Travis Tritt, and collaborated with members of Dishwalla, Incubus, and Iration. Her releases include the albums Sun Moon Lake, Charlie Meets Slayer, Endless Summertime, and Sliding Doors.

Jerry Diaz

Jerry Diaz is a Texas Gulf Coast songwriter who fronts the band Hanna's Reef, playing a blend of country and Gulf Coast trop-rock influenced by Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, the Beach Boys, and Kenny Chesney. A native of the Texas Gulf Coast, he is known for songs like "On a Beach in Mexico," "Beer in the Cooler," and "Come Down to Paradise." His albums include Rum Drinks & Sandy Beaches, On a Beach in Mexico, Home on the Gulf Coast, and Reef Madness.

Jesse Rice

Jesse Rice is an award-winning country and tropical-rock songwriter and performer best known for co-writing Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise," the first country song to earn an RIAA Diamond certification and the holder of a record 24-week run atop Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. His songwriting credits span Florida Georgia Line, Nelly, Chase Rice, and Ashley McBryde, including "A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega." As a performer he is the creator, artist and primary songwriter of the multi-volume Pirate Sessions series, with The Pirate Sessions III reaching #5 on the iTunes Country Albums chart, and The Pirate Sessions IV and The Pirate Sessions V both reaching #1 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter Albums chart.

Jesse Terry

Jesse Terry is an award-winning Americana singer-songwriter whose music blends rhythmic rock and roll with literate songwriting. A grand-prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, he plays roughly 150 shows a year at venues and festivals including Bonnaroo and AmericanaFest. His albums include Arcadia (2024), When We Wander (2021), and Peace, with songs such as "Let the Blue Skies Go to Your Head" and "Strangers In Our Town."

Jessie Ritter

Jessie Ritter is a country singer-songwriter based between Nashville, Tennessee and Northwest Florida, playing a heartfelt brand of country centered on themes of adventure and home. She won Cumulus Radio's Nash Next competition in 2018 and signed with Big Machine. Her releases include the debut album Coffee Every Morning (2018), Little Town in America (2022), and the EP Living the Dream (2023), with her single "Home" reaching #1 on The Country Network's Top 20 Countdown.

Jillian Steele

Jillian Steele is a country/Americana artist and songwriter originally from New York and now based in Nashville, Tennessee. She began her career in commercials before relocating to study music at Belmont University, where she deepened her focus on songwriting. Her releases include the albums Dead to You (2021), You Can Have Him (2022), and Cry for Cowboys (2023), with "You Can Have Him" among her most-streamed tracks.

Jim Asbell & The Tropiholics

Jim Asbell & The Tropiholics are an Atlanta-based trop-rock band performing original songs alongside covers of beach and tropical artists like Jimmy Buffett, Zac Brown, Kenny Chesney, and James Taylor. The group typically features Jim Asbell on guitar and vocals and can scale from a trio to a full band. They have headlined for Parrothead clubs across the U.S. as well as on St. Maarten and St. Thomas, and released the album Time on the Water (2018) with songs such as "Seven Mile Bridge" and "Great Minds Drink Alike."

Jim Hoehn

Jim Hoehn is a singer-songwriter and career journalist/author based in Brookfield, Wisconsin, known for trop-rock and Americana storytelling rooted in the Key West "sunburn circuit." A longtime sportswriter, he turned to performing songwriting and has released albums including Royalty Check Hotel (2009) and Deadline Penitentiary (2004), with cuts earning airplay on Americana, folk, and alt-country shows in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. His notable songs include "Palm Tree Kind of Day" and "Bone Island Mambo."

Jim Morris

Jim Morris was a trop-rock singer-songwriter from Georgia who, after 15 years as a corporate HR executive, left the business world in 1996 to write and perform songs about sailing, fishing, and island life. His debut album "Laid Back and Key Wasted" (1996) launched a Gulf and Western catalog that included later records such as "Working Hard To Do Nothing" (2010) and "Melodrama" (2013). He fronted the Big Bamboo Band and ran his own label, Fish Head Music, until his death in 2016.

Jimi Pappas

Jimi Pappas is a singer-songwriter and solo acoustic performer whose original tunes blend Americana with pop, infused with a love of tropical places and the influence of the early-1970s singer-songwriter movement. Based out of Florida, he plays solo acoustic shows throughout the state — including Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Cafe at Universal Orlando — as well as festivals and Parrothead events nationwide. He has released several albums including Hello Mr. Sunshine (2011), This Trip (2009), Acoustic Waves (2016), and I Like to Dream (2013); his song "Watermelons" and the album Hello, Mr. Sunshine topped the trop-rock listener polls at Beachfront Radio.

Jimmy And The Parrots

Jimmy and the Parrots are one of the most-requested Jimmy Buffett tribute and trop-rock bands in the country, fronted by lead singer/guitarist Jimmy Maraventano and based out of New Jersey. For over 17 years they have performed Buffett classics, rock 'n' roll, and original songs across the U.S. and Caribbean, including many years as a featured act at the Meeting of the Minds Parrot Head convention in Key West. Their original CDs include "Better Than New" and "Back to the Bayou," and their three-CD "Island Jam" set has sold over 100,000 copies. They were named the Trop Rock Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in both 2012 and 2014.

Jimmy Parrish

Jimmy Parrish is a native Floridian and Jacksonville-based trop-rock singer-songwriter known for an island-style, acoustic-rock sound influenced by Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, and Zac Brown. He has performed solo and with his band, Jimmy Parrish & The Waves (originally the Ocean Waves Band, formed in 2000), for over thirty years. The group has won the Trop Rock Music Association Horizon Award and once opened for Kenny Chesney after winning the 2008 Next Big Star contest.

Joe Downing

Joe Downing is a Tropical Rock recording artist and songwriter based in St. Augustine, Florida, who blends a salt-life sound, a YOLO vibe, and sun-drenched storytelling with a country soul. His two full-length albums, Songs From The Gulf (2020) and The Bright Side (2022), both earned Album of the Year nominations from the Trop Rock Music Association. Touring as a solo artist across 12 states since 2017, he formed The Joe Downing Band in 2021 for full-band performances at major regional festivals and events.

John Allan Miller

John Allan Miller is a trop-rock and island-style singer-songwriter active in the jam-band-flavored corner of the genre. He records and releases original music on streaming platforms with a small but dedicated following.

John Baldwin

Every album tells a different story and showcases a different musical style with John Baldwin: blues rock, jazz, trop-rock, country & praise music. John's peace anthem "All one people" was just nominated for Social Impact Song of the Year (folk/americana) for the Josie Music Awards. Other songs are frequently on top 20 lists for Trop-rock and Country internet radio stations. Praise songs are on AIM Christian TV and on CCLI. John's instrumental music has been used on TV shows on NBC, MTV, VH1, CMT and most notably on "American Idol." John performs 200 shows a year on the East Coast, performing summer residencies at home in Outer Banks NC. John is a Worship Leader. He is finishing his first Christian album. He recently made an inspirational short film, bible study, docu series and book. He also recently hosted a weekly radio show interviewing praise music singer-songwriters.

John Cotton

John Cotton is a composer, producer, and songwriter based on a small farm in rural Virginia, where he plays bass and guitar and writes in a peaceful country setting. He records his compositions with studio musicians in Nashville and performs locally at restaurants, lounges, bars, festivals, and house concerts. His songs include "Front Porch Blues," co-written with Kim Corliss, reflecting a blues-tinged Americana sensibility.

John Frinzi

John Frinzi is a singer-songwriter from Lakeland, Florida who blends folk, pop, and country into a sunny, laid-back beach vibe. An early demo caught the ear of pedal steel guitarist Doyle Grisham of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, leading to his debut album Into The Dawn; he has since released Shoreline and the EP Blue Sky View. His tracks stay in regular rotation on SiriusXM's Radio Margaritaville, and he has performed at festivals including the Key West Songwriters Festival.

John McDonald

Award-winning singer songwriter John McDonald is living the salt life on the East Coast of Florida, blending reggae, rock, calypso and Afro-Cuban island rhythms into his distinct brand of feel-good music. John’s albums Islandology, Everything’s Jake: A Jake Sullivan Album, I Find Hope and Beach More Worry Less generated multiple TRMA Award Nominations in 2021, 2022,, 2023, 2024 and 2025 for Album, Single, Song, Songwriter, Entertainer, Horizon and Music Video. He was awarded the Single of the Year Award for the title track of Islandology. Brevard Live Magazine proclaims “John McDonald has the gift…a premier songwriter.” John performs throughout the Gulf Coast region and tours seasonally, thriving on the intimacy of house concerts, private gatherings and festivals. John McDonald & the Mango Men have appeared in concert with The Beach Boys, America, Hall & Oates, Smokey Robinson, Orleans and Don McLean.

John Patti

John Patti is a steel pan artist based in Sarasota, Florida who performs Caribbean, island, trop rock, Caribbean jazz, and reggae music. Known for bringing the steel pan to the forefront of his shows, he reworks rock, jazz, blues, country, funk, and even classical songs with a tropical twist. He has shared stages with steel drum masters Robert Greenidge, Ray Holman, and Andy Narell, guitar legend Les Paul, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Doyle Grisham.

Johnny Russler

Johnny Russler & The Beach Bum Band is a trop-rock group blending Trop Rock, Reggae, Surf, and Calypso, performing both original music and covers of artists like Jimmy Buffett and Bob Marley. The band has played venues across the United States and served as pre-show entertainment and backup band for Buffett concerts. They emphasize that they are not a Jimmy Buffett tribute act, instead drawing on warm-weather, island themes that appeal to Parrothead audiences.

Jonathan Beedle

Jonathan Beedle is a singer-songwriter who released an independent album of all-original material, A Long Day Gone, in 2005 (popular tracks include "Dixie's Land"). He also performs as one-half of The Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel, a tribute to the music of Simon & Garfunkel performed with full symphony orchestra, and has written and produced music for corporate clients.

Jonathan Birchfield

Jonathan Birchfield is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the foothills of North Carolina (Catawba County) whose sound blends Americana, country, and roots rock, with hints of Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Zac Brown, and James Taylor. He released his first album, All Points in Between, in 1997, followed by Enjoy the Ride in 2016. His song "Shootout Saturday Night" gained national attention when it was featured on ESPN's coverage of NASCAR Saturday-night races.

Jordan Danielsen

Jordan Danielsen is a singer-songwriter born in Denver, Colorado and raised in the Iowa heartland along the Mississippi River. A solo performer at heart, he plays acoustic guitar, harmonica, and percussion across wineries, casinos, pubs, festivals, and open mics throughout the Midwest. His song "Running Wild (The Bix Song)" (2023), recorded at Plaid Dog Studios near Boston, honors the annual Bix 7 race in Davenport, Iowa.

Jordan T

Jordan T is a Hawaii-based reggae artist with a large international following. He was formerly lead guitarist and vocalist of the Maui band Maoli and toured the world as lead guitarist/vocalist with New Zealand reggae band Katchafire. His independent debut album, Bridges with the Vibes, was crowdfunded, and notable singles include "Sunset Tonight," "Closer to You," and "Find Ya Riddim" (featuring Jemere Morgan). He has played major festivals including Riddu Riddu (Norway), SummerJam (Germany), and California Roots, sharing stages with Jimmy Cliff and Damian Marley.

Joseph Cannavo

Joseph Cannavo is a singer-songwriter whose most popular recordings are the 2016 singles "This Love" and "Fly."

Justin Colvard

Justin Colvard is an independent singer-songwriter from Pensacola, Florida, who loves to write and record his own music.

Justin Touchette

Justin Touchette is a Midwest-born singer-songwriter and military veteran who served 12 years in the Army and Air Force before a medical retirement in 2011. After losing his right foot to amputation in 2016 and struggling with PTSD, he turned to music in 2018, writing more than 50 original songs that reflect his personal journey. He now performs across Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and beyond.

Kasey Williams

Kasey Williams is a folk-pop singer-songwriter and international touring artist from Johnson City, Tennessee, who has also lived in New York City and toured across the U.S. and Europe. Her self-titled debut arrived in 2014, her song "Out of Breath" was voted Top Ten on Women of Substance Radio, and her songwriting earned a spot at the prestigious 30A Songwriters Festival. Her most recent album, "Solid Ground," was released in September 2023.

Kate Mills

Kate Mills is a singer-songwriter who draws on 1970s Laurel Canyon influences alongside modern pop, pairing orchestral arrangements with contemporary production. With a background in social work, she writes emotionally resonant, storytelling-driven songs influenced by artists like Dan Fogelberg, Karen Carpenter, Grace Potter and Brandi Carlile. She has been a semi-finalist in both the UK and International Songwriting Competitions and has performed at venues including the Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles and the Cutting Room in New York City.

Katrina Burgoyne

Katrina Burgoyne is an Australian country singer-songwriter based in Nashville, having relocated to the U.S. after years on the cover-gig circuit. A four-time CMAA Golden Guitar nominee, she writes unapologetically about women's experiences in country music. She broke through in 2026 when her track "Back Up" went viral, reaching 3.8 million views on TikTok.

Keith Sykes

Keith Sykes (born October 24, 1948, in Memphis) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer who first surfaced in 1969 with a self-titled LP on Vanguard. He spent time in Key West and Jimmy Buffett's touring Coral Reefer Band, and co-wrote Buffett classics including "Volcano" and "Coast of Marseilles." More than 100 of his songs have been recorded by artists such as John Prine, Rosanne Cash, The Judds, and George Thorogood, making him a foundational figure in the trop-rock and Americana songwriting world.

Kelly McGuire

Kelly McGuire is a Missouri native who relocated to Clear Lake, Texas and established himself as a trop-rock singer-songwriter. He began by writing commercial jingles before developing his own material, releasing his debut album Redfish Island in 2000, which led to a performance for President George W. Bush. He has toured nationally and continued recording over the years as part of the island/trop-rock music scene.

Kirstie Kraus

Kirstie Kraus is an independent country artist based in Florida who was raised in Wisconsin, and she began performing and writing songs before the age of 11. She has toured internationally and opened for major country stars including Thomas Rhett, Kip Moore, Brandy Clark, Walker Hayes, and Brothers Osborne. Known for her collaborative duets, her music has been featured on BBC Breakfast and Spotify playlists.

Kitty Steadman

Kitty Steadman is a singer-songwriter working in the coastal country and Americana scene, known for powerhouse vocals and vivid storytelling. She first gained recognition as the frontwoman and primary songwriter for the Southern rock and roots band Drop Dead Dangerous before pursuing a more personal solo direction. Her releases include the Nashville-recorded EP "Free To Roam" (2015) and "Truck Driver's Daughter," with a forthcoming Key West-recorded project titled "The Orchid."

Kole Dunn

Kole Dunn is a California coastal singer-songwriter whose breezy melodies and lyrics evoke sounds reminiscent of the Eagles, Chris Isaak, and The Beach Boys, all with a signature style of his own. Together with his band The Rising Tide, he revives a California rock-and-roll experience rooted in the sunshine of the coast.

Kristen Foreman

Kristen Foreman is a country singer-songwriter often described as an 'old soul' for her traditional sound, with a voice compared to Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Alison Krauss and Lee Ann Womack. A graduate of Louisiana State University, she launched her Nashville career in 2017 and released her debut album, Feather Tattoo.

Kristine Jackson

Kristine Jackson is a Cleveland-based roots, blues, and Americana singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has performed roots-based music for more than two decades. A versatile player on guitar, ukulele, and voice, she earned a trumpet performance degree from the University of Akron before turning to songwriting. She was named Cleveland Scene Magazine's Singer-Songwriter of 2024, has shared the stage with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, and Mavis Staples, and reached the semifinals as a solo artist at the 2019 International Blues Competition in Memphis.

Krystal King

Krystal King is a rising country artist from Hickory, North Carolina, now based in Nashville, blending traditional country with folk, blues, soul and rock influences. A former Music Therapy student, she pairs emotionally rich vocals with vivid songwriting and has released a string of singles while working toward her debut album, Pretty Poison.

Latitude

Latitude is a trop-rock duo made up of Tom and Michelle Becker, former Nashville songwriters who left their careers for the Carolina coast and now reside in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. They have won multiple National Trop Rock Music Awards, including Duo of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year, and have released several albums on the independent Anchorline Music label, including "Island Attitude." They have performed in 36 states, Europe, and the Caribbean, and have appeared at the Jimmy Buffett National Convention multiple times.

Lauren Mascitti

Lauren Mascitti is a country singer-songwriter from Louisville, Ohio, now based in Nashville, who first reached a national audience during her run on American Idol in 2020. Known for her heartfelt songwriting and collaborations with country legends, her debut album God Made a Woman earned critical acclaim and landed on The New York Times and Saving Country Music best-albums-of-2020 lists.

Lefty Lucy

Lefty Lucy is a versatile cover-and-original band founded by longtime friends Lucy Malia (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar, harmonica) and Nick DiBlasio (vocals, guitar), performing as a duo, trio, or full five-piece. Originating in the Philadelphia area, they have held residencies in Las Vegas, Bermuda, St. Thomas and Colorado and opened for artists such as Kenny Chesney. Now based on Florida's Gulf Coast, they embrace Jimmy Buffett's island lifestyle and perform a tribute show under the name 'Gypsies in Paradise,' with releases including the single 'Palm Tree Life.'

Les Kerr

Les Kerr is a Nashville-based songwriter and recording artist who grew up in Mississippi and fronts Les Kerr and the Bayou Band. He blends blues, New Orleans music, Zydeco, rock and bluegrass into a sound he calls 'Hillbilly Blues Caribbean Rock & Roll,' has released a dozen albums including Child of Highway Ninety, and has headlined Mardi Gras celebrations at Nashville's Bluebird Café since 1992. Goldmine magazine called him 'the heir apparent to the late Jimmy Buffett.'

Liz Bechtle

My name is Liz Bechtle and I’m a trop rock and beach country singer/songwriter from Jacksonville FL! Inspired by growing up on the water and the music of Jimmy Buffet, Kenny Chesney, and George Straight, I write songs made for sandbars, boat days, and good times with friends. The goal of my music is to make people smile and remind them that they can take a little slice of paradise with them wherever they go! ⚓️🍺🏝️

Lora Kelley

Lora Kelley is an intimate, authentic singer-songwriter based in Charlottesville, Virginia, who relocated from Texas. Her acoustic, folk-leaning music explores the 'gentle magic of middle-life' — motherhood, womanhood and domesticity — drawing on generational family stories. Working with producer Steve Greenwell, her releases include the album Domystique and singles such as 'Waking Dream' and 'Both Hands.'

Madison Morris

Madison Morris is a Florida-based guitarist and singer-songwriter whose Americana sound blends country, R&B/hip-hop, and Texas blues with storytelling-driven lyrics. He has earned three Grammy submissions between 2023 and 2025 and performs over 200 live shows annually. He is a member of BMI and the Americana Music Association.

Malin Hässlemark

Malin Hässlemark is a singer-songwriter from Jämtland, Sweden, with her heart deeply rooted in americana and country. After several years as the lead singer of the acclaimed band Fluru, she launched her solo career in the spring of 2024 with the EP Wildfire, produced by Ola Gustafsson (First Aid Kit, Melissa Horn, Lars Winnerbäck).

The Mango Men

The Mango Men are a trop-rock band established in 1995 in the Greater Philadelphia region, drawing influence from Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, and Bruce Springsteen. Their original songs reflect a love of summer music with rock, country, Jersey Shore, and Key West roots. Notable tracks include 'Just Another Drunken Tourist (In Key West)' and the album 'Everyday's A Saturday' (2009).

Maoli

Maoli is the performing name of Glenn Awong, an award-winning singer from upcountry Maui, Hawaii whose "Country Reggae" sound fuses reggae, country, R&B, soul, and acoustic rock. With nine independent albums and over half a billion global streams, he has charted more than 21 No. 1 regional island-reggae hits across a roughly 15-year career. Notable releases include the album With Love (No. 2 on Billboard's Reggae Albums chart, 2018) and his widely viewed cover of Brett Young's "In Case You Didn't Know."

Mark Mireles

Mark Mireles is a singer-songwriter with a small Spotify catalog spanning two albums released in 2006 and 2019.

Mark Mulligan

Trop-Rock singer-songwriter Mark Mulligan lives in Mexico, performing not only there but all over the U.S! In addition to recording 14 albums, he ALSO hosts a radio show called "Boats, Bars, Beaches and Jesus" and has written a book called "The Three Miracles", from which all proceeds go to charity.

Mark Northey

Mark Northey was a singer-songwriter and comedic entertainer based in Matlacha, Southwest Florida, known for Jimmy Buffett covers and original beach/boat music. Billed as the first traveling Buffett "Apostle," he performed for some 30 years, shared a stage with Jimmy Buffett in 1983, and played Margaritaville venues in Key West and New Orleans. His discography includes Son of the Beach, Phlocking Live, Wine and Women in Thongs, Dog and Pony Show, and Over the Edge. He passed away in December 2013.

Marty Nickel

Marty Nickel is a singer songwriter residing in Richmond, Va. With honorable mention In Performing Songwriter magazine for his songwriting ability his music is an eclectic mix of Coastal Americana music and folk/rock. With influences from Jimmy Buffett to Zac Brown Band he has been playing and performing originals for over twenty years up and down the East Coast.

Matt Lande

Matt Lande is a critically acclaimed pop-rock singer-songwriter, producer, and mix engineer whose influences include Thirty Seconds to Mars, Muse, Savage Garden, AFI, and The Killers.

Matt Wahl

Matt Wahl is a singer-songwriter and recording artist with a catalog of seven studio albums released between 1999 and 2013. His repertoire leans toward warm, easygoing acoustic pop and standards-style material, with popular tracks including "I Want to Grow Old With You" and "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)."

Matthew Frederick

Matthew Frederick is a singer-songwriter who describes his style as melodic "misery folk." He performs solo and is also a member of the bands Climbing Trees, Hazel & Grey, and Mahogany Fire Surround. His debut solo studio album, "Fragments," was released via Staylittle Music.

Melanie Howe

Melanie Howe is a classically trained multi-percussionist and vocalist whose work spans R&B, country, tropical rock, bluegrass, pop, and electronica. She built her first live performing band in 2004 and began touring nationally in 2011, working as a freelance percussionist (conguero, drum set, and hand drums) and backup vocalist. She is co-leader of the band Drop Dead Dangerous.

Melissa Phillips

Melissa Phillips is a Northern California-based singer-songwriter known for compelling vocals, intimate performances, and candid song craft. Her music spans acoustic, folk, americana, and folk-pop. Her releases include "Fits & Starts" (2012), "Both Ways" (2018), and the holiday single "O'Hare Lights" (2019).

Micah Brown

Micah Brown is an independent singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and backup vocalist in the alternative reggae-rock band Iration. Over more than 15 years he has written and released music as a member of Iration, as a solo artist, and as a featured artist and producer.

Micah Gardner

Micah Gardner is a Florida Keys-based tropical-rock storytelling musician known as the "Barstool Sailor." An Islamorada-based performer with a history degree from the University of Miami, he has spent over two decades writing original island-life music and playing house concert tours, tiki bars, and festivals. He is also the author of a cartoon coloring book, "The Adventures of Humphrey the Manatee."

Michael Weiss

Michael J Weiss is a trop-rock and blues singer-songwriter based in Sarasota, Florida. A self-proclaimed Parrothead, his beach-themed music blends tropical rock with blues; his debut album "Paradise for Me" arrived in 2008, followed by "Live in Your Living Room" with tracks such as "Paradise Found." He has released several albums between 2008 and 2017.

Mick Fury

Mick Fury is a Syracuse, New York native and Nashville-based singer-songwriter, producer, and composer known for intimate storytelling and a big personality. He has shared the stage with acts ranging from Stone Temple Pilots and Vertical Horizon to the Brothers Osborne, and scored the theatrical film "Panama" starring Mel Gibson and Cole Hauser. His album "1981-1996" (2023) is a 10-song collection framed as a Millennial rallying cry.

Midnight Kahuna

Midnight Kahuna is a South Florida band of self-described musical vagabonds who blend rock, island, reggae, country, jazz, and world music. Their live shows aim to transport audiences to a tropical paradise with both a sonic and a visual experience.

Mike Aiken

Mike Aiken is an Americana, roots, and country singer-songwriter who performs alongside his wife and life partner Amy; both are sea captains whose extensive bluewater sailing adventures inform their songwriting. He has earned Grammy recognition, charted albums in Europe, and in 2005 founded the Aiken & Friends Music Fest to support music education.

Mike Hirst

Mike Hirst is a singer-songwriter whose music explores themes of imperfect love, weathered faith, and a flickering hope of grace. He describes his songs as a glimpse into the heart of an everyday, imperfect believer.

Mike Kinnebrew

Mike Kinnebrew is a singer, songwriter, and recording artist born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and currently based in Macon, Georgia. His music is laced with familiarity and comfort, and he is known for the personal connection he builds with audiences through relatable, heartfelt storytelling.

Mike McEnery

Mike McEnery is a trop-rock singer-songwriter and the frontman of The Jumbo Shrimp Band, a Midwest-based group that has played a mix of original tunes and Jimmy Buffett favorites since 2012 in a style they call "Gumbo Rock and Caribbean Soul." His debut album, Where the Current Takes Me (2018), produced several Trop Rock radio charting tracks including "Castaways," "Tropical Empire," and "Red Right Returning," followed by the 2020 single "Buried Treasure."

Mike Miller

Mike Miller is a trop-rock and island-music singer-songwriter who co-founded The Boat Drunks in Champaign, Illinois, in 2001. The band, which has won the Trop Rock Music Association's Band of the Year award nine times, performs his originals such as "Beer, Buffett and Baseball," "Together We Fly," and "A Pirate on the Caribbean." Miller spent five years (2008–2013) living aboard a sailboat, an experience that shaped much of his songwriting.

Mike Nash

Mike Nash is a Nashville-born singer-songwriter and the frontman of trop-rock band Southern Drawl Band. He describes the sound as “rockin’ country with a twist of lime and a splash of saltwater, distilled in the backwoods of Tennessee.”

Mo & Mary Mac

Mo & Mary Mac are an acoustic singer-songwriter duo who joined forces in April 2022 after meeting at a local music festival. Mo Safren is a pianist and singer from Culpeper, Virginia, trained at Shenandoah Conservatory, while Mary Mac brings words and a voice described as able to quiet a room.

Monallo

Monallo is a coastal folk band that blends heartfelt songwriting, feel-good grooves, and a laid-back beach vibe into an unmistakable sound. Powered by the trio of singer-songwriter and frontman James Drakes (Monallo), drummer/percussionist Alan Jax Bowers, and bassist/guitarist Pete “Pirate Pete” Robertson, the band creates performances that are both uplifting and genuine. Drakes has been writing and performing as Monallo since 2018, getting his start in the Pittsburgh, PA music scene. After years of touring the east coast he finally made his way down to Florida and teamed up with Bowers and Robertson in 2024. Bowers brings decades of global touring and recording experience, having performed with members of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Travis Tritt. Robertson, originally from Sydney, Australia, adds over 30 years of session and touring work, including collaborations with artists from AC/DC to Aerosmith. Together, their chemistry provides the backbone for Monallo’s warm melodies and vivid storytelling. Monallo released their debut album, By the Sea in 2020. In 2022 Monallo teamed up with acclaimed songwriter, filmmaker and producer Matt Costa to create and release the second EP In the Clouds, recorded at Bluebird Studios in Laguna, CA. In 2024, Monallo released their third EP Songs from the Sand, a coastal-inspired collection that earned them the TRMA Horizon Award for up-and-coming artist of the year. In February 2025, the band expanded its reach with the single Moonlight, a collaboration with Grammy-nominated artist G. Love.​ Their latest album "moon//machine" was released in 2026. From intimate tiki bars to larger festival stages, Monallo continues to grow a dedicated following with their laid-back yet powerful coastal folk sound. With new music, seasoned collaborators, and a clear creative vision, Monallo is carving out their place as one of today’s most exciting rising voices in coastal-inspired music.

Monique McCall

Monique McCall is a singer-songwriter who launched her recording career performing a six-month exclusive run for Costa Cruise Lines in Italy. Known for her expansive vocal range and dynamic stage presence, she has collaborated with Grammy-winning producers and released country and multilingual projects. A former Ms. Connecticut, she was signed by Bacardi as a featured recording artist.

Moors And McCumber

Moors & McCumber are a vocal-harmony duo fifteen years in the making, blending folk rock and Americana. Their sound weaves together rock, pop, blues, folk, and world music elements, anchored by strong harmonies, distinctive instrumentation, and evocative songwriting that has built a genuine community of fans.

Mot & Krid

Mot & Krid is an indie artist, songwriter, remixer, and producer whose music has been released and playlisted on Armada Music, Spotify, SiriusXM/BPM, and KissFM/UK. Chart successes include a #1 on Beatport and a #5 on the UK Music Week Charts, with remix work for major labels such as Capitol Records and collaborations with Grammy-winning producers.

Nero Simon

Nero Simon is an Atlanta-based singer-songwriter blending coastal Americana, folk, and laid-back rock into songs built for open roads and ocean air. As the frontman of Nero Simon and the Sunsetters, he’s released three albums of original music and earned Trop Rock Music Award nominations along the way. Solo, Nero strips the songs down to where they started — a voice, a guitar, and a good story.

Nicholas George

Nicholas George is a singer-songwriter based in Philadelphia, PA. Born and raised in the Cayman Islands — and the son of famed entertainer The Barefoot Man — his musical roots run through classic country, calypso, and reggae. His debut album “About Time” is a gumbo of country, alternative, trop rock, pop, and EDM.

Papa Satch

Papa Satch is a Long Island, New York-based band creating heartfelt, story-driven music that blends folk, rock, and Americana. Anchored by founder Bob Sachnoff, the ensemble includes multi-instrumentalists Steve Ronsen and John Zych alongside vocalists Jerry Cobin, Joe Michael, and Surya Gaur. The group earned a Golden Viking Award for Best Acoustic Rock Artist.

Paul Mezanotte

Paul Mezzanotte is a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and solo performer based in Southwest Florida, where he maintains a busy performance schedule. Originally from Baltimore, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition from Berklee College of Music and served as a military musician, performing across the U.S. and the Pacific. His Florida-inspired songs include 'Back in Time,' written about Cabbage Key.

Paul Overstreet

Paul Overstreet is one of the most prolific and award-winning songwriters in country music history, having penned hits for Randy Travis, Blake Shelton, Tanya Tucker, Kenny Chesney and many others. As a recording artist he charted numerous singles of his own, and his songs have also reached international audiences, including a #1 pop hit with Ronan Keating and Boyzone. His compositions have been featured on television programs such as 'The Voice' and 'America's Got Talent.'

Paul Roush

Paul Roush is a contemporary country and trop-rock singer/songwriter and a member of the Trop Rock Music Association. His songs blend country with rock, pop and folk influences, and his catalog includes tunes such as 'I Wanna Be Howie,' 'I Want to Sail' and 'Someday I'll Get Out of These Bars.' His recent album is titled 'That Could Be A Song.'

Percy Abell

Percy Abell is a singer-songwriter working in trop-rock, country and contemporary Christian styles, closely associated with North Carolina's Outer Banks. Raised on a dairy farm in Virginia, he picked up guitar in middle school and his music celebrates Outer Banks life. He scored a #1 song on the Trop Rock Chart with 'Moon Over Manteo,' and other popular tunes include 'Flip-Floppin' the OBX' and 'Parrothead Lawn Party.'

Pup Morse

Pup Morse, who performs as 'The Scuba Cowboy,' is a trop-rock, country and self-styled 'Scubaribbean' singer-songwriter based in Peyton, Colorado. His sound blends americana, country, reggae, rock and rockabilly into story-driven songs about diving and island life. His albums include 'Drunken Tales & Pirate Sails,' 'Sandy Toes & Salty Kisses' and 'I Just Wanna' Dive.'

Ralph Curtis

Ralph Curtis is a coastal-country singer-songwriter based in Southwest Florida, writing songs where country storytelling meets beach-bar life. He debuted in 2020 with the single 'I Was Him & He Was Me' and released his first EP, 'Sandbar Sideways,' six months later. He performs across Southwest Florida both solo and as a duo with pianist Hunter McDaniel.

Ramajay Intercoastal

Ramajay Intercoastal was a trop-rock collaboration between Trinidad-and-Tobago-born steel pannist Quincy Yeates and Nashville guitarist/singer songwriter 'Tall' Paul Bobal, with percussionist Michael Robertson, bassist Klee Liles and drummer Alonzo Lewis rounding out the sound. Formed in 2009, the longtime friends blend Caribbean steel-pan, rock, and island styles. Their album 'Jamboulé' (2016), featuring renowned steel pannist Andy Narrell and Coral Reefer Nadirah Shakoor, drew Grammy recognition.

Ray Boone

Ray Boone is a native Floridian singer-songwriter, born in Miami and raised in the Homestead/Redland area of South Florida. After nearly 25 years as an award-winning outdoor-TV writer and producer, he moved to Nashville in 2007, began songwriting, and signed with BMI. His music mixes country, Americana, and tropical rock; songs 'Mile Zero' and 'Islamorada Rendezvous' reached the top ten on RadioA1A's Trop 40. His albums include 'Island Songs' and 'I Wanna Live Like That.'

Reina Collins

Reina Collins is a singer-songwriter based in Saint Petersburg, Florida, who bills herself as the 'Songstress of the Tropics.' Her music sits in the rock, roots-rock, and jam space with a tropical/island flavor, and she is featured among the artists on Songwriters Island Radio.

Rhydemic

Ronald Balantang Delfin (born July 17, 2002), known professionally as Rhydemic, is an independent Filipino rapper, singer-songwriter, and music producer from Davao City, Philippines. Raised in the Marilog District, Delfin developed his passion for music at a young age, writing songs by kerosene lamp light and performing with the local hip-hop collective 3 Ace Rappers MNTA. Over the course of his career, he established himself as a solo artist and founded Rhydemic Music Productions, releasing notable projects such as Pinagmulan and Shadow of Loneliness that center on themes of resilience, personal struggle, and identity. In addition to collaborating with regional entities like Bukidnon Rhyme Productions, Delfin expanded his independent reach in 2025 by launching his own dedicated mobile application to distribute music directly to his audience.

Rich McGuire

Rich McGuire is a trop-rock singer-songwriter who brings his beach-bum style to bars, crab shacks, and Parrot Head house parties across Florida and beyond. After moving to the beach in 2012, he has lived and played in ports of call from Key West and Captiva to Miami, Memphis, New Orleans, and Nashville. His discography includes 'Mid-Life Vices' (2012), 'Footsteps in the Sand' (2013), 'My Own Private Island' (2016), 'Maybe Tomorrow' (2022), and 'Our Favorite Bar' (2025).

Rick Steffen

Rick Steffen is a nationally recognized trop-rock and Caribbean-style singer-songwriter and producer based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with roots in the Florida Keys. Across nearly four decades he has blended island, blues, country, and pop sounds, performing solo, as a duo, or with his band Offshore4. His catalog spans six CDs (including 'Another Island') and is featured on SiriusXM's Radio Margaritaville and trop-rock stations worldwide.

Ries Brothers

The Ries Brothers are a duo from St. Petersburg, Florida, blending rock, blues, jam, and reggae into a soulful, sophisticated sound. Charlie Ries handles vocals, drums, and keyboard bass while Kevin Jordan Ries plays guitar, ukulele, and melodica. Starting on the Florida bar circuit as teenagers, they have shared stages with O.A.R., G. Love & Special Sauce, and Stick Figure and played festivals including Okeechobee and Cali Roots. In 2024 they signed to SKP, the label founded by Nick Hexum of 311.

Rob Hill

Rob Hill is widely regarded as one of the top songwriters in tropical rock, crafting beach-bound songs that have become staples on major trop-rock radio stations. The Trop Rock Music Association named his song 'Tequila Talking' Song of the Year in 2015, and 'High Side of Low Tide' earned a nomination in 2025. His album 'Love & Salt Water' (Spring 2026) is his first release in nine years and features singles co-written with award-winning songwriters.

Rob Hill

Beach-flavored Americana, singer-songwriter acoustic.

Rob Mehl

Rob Mehl is a trop-rock singer-songwriter from Oceanside, California who spent his youth between Southern California and Hawaii, where he learned to surf and play music. He describes his sound as "beach-flavored acoustic folk songs — chill music with a hint of island-jazz," and was nominated three consecutive years for Trop Rock Music Awards, winning 2011 Song of the Year for "Waiting For Jimmy." He has released eight albums over a career of touring worldwide.

Robin Tricker

Robin Tricker is a trop-rock and Americana singer-songwriter and ukulele player whose style blends rock, country, and pop. A former professional dancer featured in national TV commercials, she has been heard on the BBC and has earned five nominations for Best Female Vocalist of the Year at the Trop Rock Music Awards (TRMAs).

Roger Bartlett

Roger Bartlett, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, is the original guitarist of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band — nicknamed "Coral Reefer #001" as Buffett's first road band member, added in Austin, Texas in 1973. In the early days the act was just Jimmy and Roger on two acoustic guitars and vocals, touring on the strength of "Come Monday." He is also the singer and writer of "Fool for a Blonde" from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and his recent albums include "Sunset."

Roger Jokela

Roger Jokela is a Wisconsin native who blends country, tropical rock, and western swing, drawing on songwriters such as John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Todd Snider, Bob Wills, Lyle Lovett, and Jimmy Buffett. After time in Nashville he relocated to the Florida Keys. His releases include the album "Meeting of the Mayans!!!" and the song "Flip Flop Feeling."

Rudy Cox

Rudy Cox is a singer/songwriter/musician based in Cape Coral, Florida who performs country, trop-rock, and rock both solo and with his band "Jumpin' Fences." His engaging live shows charm audiences into becoming part of the performance, and his music includes the song "Livin' on an Island." He is a member of the Trop Rock Music Association.

Ryan Balthrop

Ryan Balthrop is a singer-songwriter and visual artist raised and based in Mobile, Alabama, whose music draws on his southern Gulf Coast upbringing and years living and performing in the Virgin Islands. He has shared stages with acts including Dr. John, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Wet Willie, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Robert Cray, and has been voted Best Solo Musician and Best Vocalist in Mobile's Lagniappe readers poll. His albums include "Leap of Faith" and "Fall Together."

Ryan Biter

Ryan Biter is a singer-songwriter raised in and currently residing in Flagstaff, Arizona at 7,000 feet, whose music echoes the expansive soul of the Southwest. His sound is equal parts rural Americana, college-town hipster, mountain bluegrass, and new-age funk, delivered with a commanding yet intimate style and percussive guitar work.

Sam Rainwater

Sam Rainwater is a trop-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who describes his beachy, Mexican-tinged style as "MexiTropAholic." A Trop Rock Music Association nominee and award winner, he writes and performs originals such as "Tiki Bar In My Backyard," "Cheaper Than Ice," and "Sea Weed." His albums include Vacation Location, Dressing For Life, Can You Not Hear Me Now (2013), Cheaper Than Ice (2016) and Have Fun Faster.

Sammy Arriaga

Sammy Arriaga is a first-generation Cuban-American artist working at the intersection of country and Latin music. Born in Hialeah, Florida, he taught himself guitar via YouTube, competed on American Idol in 2011, and then moved to Nashville to pursue a "Country Latino" sound. His 2021 debut album Boots x Beats pairs classic country flavor with programmed beats, and his catalog includes bilingual singles such as "Left My Heart In Texas" and "Moves Like Mexico."

Scott Bryan

Retired from the Navy in 2009. Moved to Southwest Florida to play music. Met some amazing people that have changed my life.

Scott Kirby

Scott Kirby is a Key West-based singer-songwriter and finger-style acoustic guitarist who calls himself a direct descendant of the 1970s singer-songwriter movement. Originally from Penacook, New Hampshire, he moved to Key West in 1988 and built a career performing trop-rock and folk, encouraged early on by Shel Silverstein and Peter Mayer. A Trop Rock Music Association academy member, he co-founded Key West's Smokin' Tuna Saloon, longtime home of the Key West Songwriters' Festival, and his best-known songs include "Lucky Enough."

Scott Sean White

Scott Sean White is an Americana singer-songwriter rooted in country and folk music. He splits his time between Poetry, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee, touring extensively and writing songs shaped by real life, faith, and hard-earned perspective. He has written several songs for country superstar Cody Johnson, and others, plus he has three of his own albums. His latest - "Days Are Long," landed on June 12, and continues his honest, acoustic-driven storytelling.

Sean McCarthy Band

The Sean McCarthy Band is built around Nashville recording artist and singer-songwriter Sean McCarthy, who was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts and is a native of Fernandina Beach, Florida. McCarthy describes his sound as 'Coastal Country' — a blend of country, trop-rock, and Americana. He holds several national songwriting credits.

Shane Martin

Shane Martin is a Midwest country-rock performer who plays over 200 shows a year, with a style sitting on the edge of country, pop, and rock. He reached the Top 5 in the 2012 Texaco Country Showdown at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and has shared stages with artists including Ronnie Dunn, Lee Brice, and Granger Smith, playing festivals such as WEfest and Countryfest.

Sheri Miller

Sheri Miller is a New York-based artist-songwriter who has released critically praised records and collaborated with notable musicians including Will Lee and Steve Cropper. She has performed ahead of major artists such as Lady Gaga and Norah Jones, and was previously a member of the Sony Music-signed group The Delilahs. Critics have praised her as a gifted musician and artful songwriter.

SJ

SJ is a singer-songwriter whose hook-driven music blends folk-alternative and acoustic-rock arrangements with hints of Americana. Making music since 2009, he has earned over two dozen independent music awards and nominations, including being named a Discovery of the Year by SiriusXM's The Coffeehouse in 2011. He released the EP 'Nikki' in December 2018, and his work has been licensed for television and film.

Soca Jukebox

Soca Jukebox is a five-piece, high-energy trop-rock band based in Kansas City, Missouri, blending rock, reggae, calypso, and soca. The group features shimmering steel pans, Latin percussion, a tight rhythm section, and incendiary guitar work, drawing on five decades of repertoire reimagined in fresh arrangements. With more than 15 years of performing, they tour nationally to festivals, college campuses, casinos, clubs, and corporate and private events.

Sofia Talvik

Sofia Talvik is a Swedish folk and Americana singer-songwriter whose music blends Nordic roots with sparkle and melancholy, drawing comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins. She has released six full-length albums and tours regularly across Europe and the USA. Her album 'Big Sky Country' was inspired by an extensive 16-month, 37-state RV tour of the United States.

Southern Drawl Band

Southern Drawl Band, fronted by Nashville-born songwriter Mike Nash, formed in 2012 out of Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee, and is part of the trop-rock community. Nash describes the sound as 'rockin' country with a twist of lime and splash of saltwater distilled in the backwoods of Tennessee.' Their debut album 'Against the Grain' won Trop Rock Album of the Year and spawned the #1 Song of the Year 'Another Day In Paradise' in 2012, and the band was voted Trop Rock Music Association Band of the Year in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

St. Somewhere

St. Somewhere was originally formed by Matt Hall, Tod Sheley & Quincy Yeates. eventually adding bassist Tony Ingram, drummer Randy Steele, "Tall" Paul Bobal and Michael “Crawdaddy” Crawley they blasted onto the Trop Rock scene in 1998 at Meeting of the Minds in Key West.

Steve Kareta

Steve Kareta is a singer-songwriter with over 30 years in the music business, best known for leading 'Changes In Latitudes,' a nationally acclaimed Jimmy Buffett tribute show he has fronted for well over a decade. He has released five CDs, and his original song 'Boat Around The World' was featured in the film 'Indiana James and the Lost Shaker of Salt.' He performs as a solo artist, in a duo, and with a full band, publishing his music through Latitude Adjustment Music (ASCAP).

Steve Tolliver

Steve Tolliver is a trop-rock singer-songwriter based in St. Petersburg, Florida, whose years of cruising and flying his plane 'Caribbean One' around the islands inform his tropical, island-themed music. He was named the 2014 TRMA Songwriter of the Year. His albums include 'Back to the Islands' (2011), 'Top Down Kind of a Day' (2012), and 'Christmas in the Islands' (2012), with popular songs such as 'Captain Morgan & Me,' 'Captain Tony's,' and 'Key West is the Best.'

Steven Dale Jones

Steven Dale Jones is an Alabama-based singer-songwriter well known in the music industry, holding nine ASCAP awards, a GRAMMY nomination, and a GMA Dove Award. His releases include 'The Choosing' (2024), the EP 'Music & Lyrics' (2018), and '10 Favorites' (2010), alongside more recent work such as 'Gulf Coast Callin'' and 'She Danced.' Popular tracks include 'I Know How the River Feels,' 'How Did You Find Me Here,' and '727 East Magnolia Avenue.'

Steven Youngblood

Steven Youngblood is a Northwest Florida native who plays trop rock blended with classic rock, jazz, and beach music influences. He scored a #1 hit on the West Coast with his title track 'Guitars & Fishing Poles' in 2012 (New Music Weekly / Spin Tracking Systems) and is featured in Chapter 54 of the 'Trop Rock Stories Book.' Having been in music his whole life, he founded the Tropic Sands Band, which now includes his wife Sandra on steel drums and Kent Adams on drums and harmonica. Steven lives the life and always has since the born one foot in the water, He plays his music & fishes everyday. yes everyday most of the time off his dock, where he grew up as a child.He has some old feral cats that enjoy fishing with him also at his dock and they also help in the studio. life is good !

Stoney Banks

Stoney Banks is a Nashville-based, genre-bending artist who blends country, reggae, and hip-hop influences and is regarded as one of the city's emerging talents. He has written and performed with acts including Dirty Heads and Big Smo. His releases include the albums 'Sunburnt and Baked' (2020) and 'Vacay + Sinkin'' (2022) and the EPs 'Silver Sonic' (2024) and 'Sunset Sesh' (2024), with popular tracks 'Silver Sonic,' 'Sinkin',' and 'Fiya Fiya.'

Stuart McNair Band

Stuart McNair is a Mobile, Alabama singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who plays Americana and roots music drawing on folk, bluegrass, Cajun, and alt-country traditions, often with Earth-friendly themes. Described as 'one of the South's musical treasures,' his albums include 'These Things Take Time' (2015), 'You Need to Be Danced With' (2016), and a trio of 2020 releases ('Laughter,' 'Gypsy Man,' 'Esplanade'). Popular tracks include 'Amanda,' 'Blackberry Wine,' and 'Alabama.'

Summerlyn Powers

Summerlyn Powers is a singer-songwriter from Fairhope, Alabama who began her career in 2012 at age 11 and is a graduate of Belmont University. Her style blends the Southern rock she grew up on with the folk singer-songwriters of the 1970s. Her releases include the EP 'Summerlyn' (2018), 'Curious' (2021), and 'Let's Roll!' (2023), and her songwriting credits include collaborations with Chloe Collins and Michelle Raybourn.

Sunny Jim White

I'm James "Sunny Jim" White, a tropical singer-songwriter born in San Antonio, raised in California, and based for over a decade in the Cayman Islands. My music blends Caribbean, Californian, and Texan story telling song influences with guitar, vocals, and steel drums, conjuring sea breezes and palm trees, sailboats and sandy beaches. I have released more than eleven CDs of studio and live original song recordings, appeared in several Parrothead documentary films, had a small role in the independent film "Chasing the Sun", and had a song and performance credit in the Paramount Pictures film "The Firm". I have performed from Toledo to Tahiti, from Liverpool's famed Cavern Club to the iconic Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. I was the first non Coral Reefer to perform live on Radio Margaritaville, and the first live performance on RM from outside the US. I was fortunate to host the "Six String Music Songwriter Festival" in New Orleans, LA for 15 years, as well as host the "Music On The Bay" Event in Tampa Fla since its inception. I have over 17 TropRock Music Wave awards for song of the year, CD of the year, performer of the year, and a Lifetime Achievement award. But most of all, I love the people and places music has taken me, and the wonderful family of friends I've found along the way.

Suzan'ah Free

Suzan'ah Free is a Florida-based tropical-rock artist whose sets range from island pop and Latin jazz to standards and rockin' top 40, with blues influences. Self-taught on ukulele, guitar, and piano, she began composing before age 10 and later studied music composition in college. Her albums include her debut 'Forever Yours,' 'Ride'm of the Islands' (2014), and 'Sweet Tropical Dreams' (2016), with songs such as 'Down at the Luau,' 'Mojito Mambo,' and 'Space Coast.'

Svavar Knutur

Svavar Knútur is an Icelandic singer-songwriter known for melancholic, folk-driven acoustic songs and a warm, storytelling stage presence. Singing in both Icelandic and English, he has built a devoted following touring extensively across Europe and North America. His work spans albums such as "Amma" and "Brother," blending Nordic folk with intimate balladry.

Swearingen & Kelli

Swearingen & Kelli are a Nashville-based indie-Americana/folk duo — AJ Swearingen and Jayne Kelli — who first crossed paths at a Florida songwriters club. Lush harmonies and story-driven originals.

Tall Paul

Tall Paul (Paul Bobal) is a Nashville-based trop-rock singer-songwriter and Jimmy Buffett acolyte. A fixture of the Trop Rock and Parrot Head scene since the late '90s, he plays nearly 200 dates a year — as a solo act and as a duo with his wife Kristie. He was also a member of the seminal Trop Rock Band St. Somewhere and a founding member of the band Ramajay Intercoastal.

Tall Paul & Kristie

With roots in Cleveland, OH, Virginia Beach, VA & Boone, NC, Tall Paul found himself in Nashville, TN, a city which is known for Country music but actually is a really good home base for musicians of any stripe, particularly American roots music like Jazz, Blues, Rock and country's cousin, Bluegrass. Kristie's roots are in Nashville itself, so it's no surprise that she'd be at home making music which is as eclectic as her city. The duo's live shows have become something of legend across the southeast. They've shared stages of various sizes and are equally at home in honky tonks and bars as they are on festival stages. But for as great as their touring live show has been, the roots of these 2 songwriters happened when the pandemic shut 2020 down and forced Tall Paul & Kristie to reinvent themselves with weekly Facebook live shows. Shows which have grown their fan base as they showcased their talents worldwide

Thom & Coley

Thom & Coley are a four-time Trop Rock Music Association Duo of the Year, blending country with beach influences. The platinum-selling husband-and-wife duo of Thom Shepherd (originally from St. Louis) and Coley McCabe (from West Virginia) met at Nashville publishing companies in 2011 and relocated to Austin, Texas to tour full-time. In 2024, they returned to Nashville. Between them they hold eleven TRMA awards, and they founded the two-time TRMA Event of the Year 'Lone Star Luau', now in it's 9th year. The couple currently live in Nashville where Thom writes for 8 Track Entertainment.

Thom Shepherd

Thom Shepherd is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who has earned multiple #1 country songs as a writer, including 'Redneck Yacht Club,' 'Riding with Private Malone,' and 'My Texas.' Originally from St. Louis, he attended George Mason University before moving to Tennessee to pursue songwriting. He is also a prominent figure in the trop-rock scene, performing as half of the duo Thom & Coley.

Tiffany Hulse

Tiffany Hulse is a trop-rock singer-songwriter inspired by Jimmy Buffett from age nine. She released her debut album, 'Sad Day in Paradise,' at twelve, recorded on a bedroom 8-track. She has written and co-written over 150 songs and released fifteen albums to date, ranging from homemade recordings to professional studio productions.

Tiki Thom Starkey

Tiki Thom (Tiki Thom Starkey) is a trop-rock entertainer and songwriter who has performed across the country from Key West to Waikiki. A favorite at Parrothead festivals, tiki bars, and corporate events, he is known for a blend of original hits, classic bar favorites, and downeast humor. His original songs include 'My Little Tiki Bar,' 'Bikinis-n-Martinis,' and 'Freaky Tiki Party,' and he won the Golden SAC 'Lifetime Under Achievement' Award for his contributions to the genre.

Tim Campbell

Strikingly handsome with a strong background in acting and interpretive dance

Tim Charron

Tim Charron is a country-rock singer-songwriter who blends Nashville country with a tropical island vibe, describing his sound as "Country Rock with a Twist of Lime." He has shared stages with artists including Dustin Lynch, Willie Nelson, and Chris Young, performing at festivals and amphitheaters. His releases include the albums Chasing the Sun (2013) and Shake Rattle and Roll (2018), with songs such as "A Beach Ain't One" and "Island Life."

Tim Flannery

Tim Flannery is a Kentucky-born, California-based Americana and folk singer-songwriter, and a former San Diego Padres player and coach. Over a long career he has released more than a dozen albums of countrified Americana originals, often performing with his band the Lunatic Fringe across bluegrass, country, and rock styles. His albums include Last of the Old Dogs (2017), The Light (2019), and Waiting on a Miracle (2022), and he founded the Love Harder Project in 2014.

Tim Williams

Tim Williams is a Philadelphia-based artist who, with his band, built a reputation playing over 300 live shows a year after forming in 2009. They earned an early break in 2012 opening for Of Monsters and Men, and have shared stages with the Goo Goo Dolls, Weezer, Gin Blossoms, and Everclear. Recent releases include the albums When You Were Young (2022) and a Counting Crows tribute, August and 30 Years After (2023).

Timothy Craig

Timothy Craig is a singer-songwriter who splits his time between Los Angeles, Nashville, and Fort Myers, Florida, and is a member of The Recording Academy. He has released six albums spanning from Rip, Roll & Ride! (1996) through 360 (2015). In 2009 he wrote and released the Florida Gators fight song "Not Done Yet," co-written with Billy Falcon, which was featured in the Gainesville Sun and performed on television.

TJ Brown

TJ Brown is a Kentucky-born, Florida-raised singer-songwriter who describes his sound as "old soul/modern folk" with reggae influences. He is a self-released artist with more than 20 years of music, and his tracks include "Natural State of Mind," "Down to the River," and "Moon Moves (the Water)." Recent albums include There Comes a Time (2024), Rag Doll (2024), and Trailer Made (2025).

Todd Barrow

Todd Barrow is a Texas country artist who revamps classic country with a modern twist, mentored early in his career by Texas Music Hall of Famer Sonny Burgess. He has earned recognition including an Akademia Award for Best Country Album and a PRSA Award of Excellence. His songs include "Girl Like You," "Country's Just Cooler," and "Guadalupe River," and his albums include American Made (2024) and Ain't Lookin Back Now (2025).

Todd Donnelly

Todd Donnelly is a singer-songwriter who plays steel pans and percussion, performing a tropical mix of reggae, calypso, Jimmy Buffett-style, and pop music. He founded the band Mr. Myers in 1981 after studying in the steel band program at Northern Illinois University, and has been performing for over 35 years across the Midwest and beyond. His solo work includes the children's calypso collection Warm Weather Music, Healing Steel Drums Volume 1, and the album Tropical Existence (2017).

Todd Trusty

Todd Trusty is a trop-rock and island-music singer-songwriter who performs in solo, duo, and trio configurations. His beach-themed catalog includes songs such as "Lost in the Keys," "Life with a Grain of Salt," and "Bikinis and Beer." His albums include Paradise (2016), Souvenirs (2018), and A Little Time in the Sand (2021).

Todd Wallace

We are a father and son songwriting duo creating music that blends country, Americana, and island-inspired sounds. With sharp storytelling, memorable melodies, and a touch of humor, Beaver Feet makes songs that speak to the soul.

Toni Clare

Toni Clare is a country singer-songwriter from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains who began singing in church around age 10 and performed with a bluegrass/country band before moving to Nashville at 17 to pursue music. She blends country with a soulful twist, and her debut album is titled "Country Home." She is tagged as country, country pop, and folk pop.

Trevor Bystrom

Trevor Bystrom is a Florida-born singer-songwriter who developed an early passion for world music, first the sounds of the Caribbean and later a wide range of African artists. Performing since age sixteen, he blends folk, blues, rock, and soul with international influences and themes of peace and equality. His releases include the albums "Water" (2017) and "Slideshow" (2026), with popular tracks like "Katiswe," "Some Day," and "Umoyo."

Trop Rock Junkies

Trop Rock Junkies are a trop-rock band steeped in the Jimmy Buffett-inspired island/beach music tradition. Their catalog includes the albums "Live at the Hideaway Cafe" (2010), "Party in the Keys" (2015), and "Dancing in the Sand" (2018), with fan-favorite tracks such as "Party in the Keys," "Take Me Back To Havana," and "At The End of U.S. 1."

Tropical Soul

Tropical Soul is Dennis McCaughey’s trop-rock band out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania — island-flavored originals from a TRMA-member act.

Tsunami Wave Riders

Tsunami Wave Riders are a Charlotte, NC island-party band led by Ronnie Tsunami, blending trop-rock and steel-drum sounds for a beach-party vibe.

Vaughan Penn

Vaughan Penn is a North Carolina singer-songwriter, producer, and recording artist whose original music has been featured in over 155 television shows and films, including Grey's Anatomy, Californication, MTV's The Hills and Laguna Beach, and the Oscar-winning film The Big Short. She has opened and headlined for acts such as Darius Rucker, Emmylou Harris, and the Indigo Girls. Her releases include "Angels Fly" (2005), "Vaughan & the ChillCats" (2020), and "Sandbar Shuffle" (2026), with the streaming hit "Ready To Rise."

Victor Samalot

Born in the Bronx NY, Victor Samalot is a 30+ year veteran guitarist from Cleveland Ohio who draws on his Latin roots fusing timeless Latin groove with Jazz stylings topped with a rock edge that appeals to listeners of world fusion music. Imagine a jam session with the likes of Carlos Santana, Wes Montgomery and Jeff Beck. Fresh and contemporary, Victor’s musical adventure keeps him quite busy performing and in the studio. His influences include Ottmar Liebert, Craig Chaquico, Jesse Cook, Phil Keaggy Jose Feliciano, and David Gilmour. Primarily an electric guitar player, in 2010, Victor wanted to again put his own stamp on original instrumental music by switching to a Godin acoustic / electric guitar and utilizing the Boss RC 300 loop station. Exploring this instrumentation led to releasing 2 albums, Victor Samalot (self titled-2011) and Esperanza (2017). Both illustrate the vision of fusing genres with an organic vibe. Fast forward to 2025, Victor released 4 singles (La Chica Bonita, Speak Softly Love, Que Chilero, Latin Groove) which received favorable airplay worldwide. “Listened to "Esperanza" on the way to work again. Man I just love it... are you planning to do another album like this one?” (Keith Hannaleck - MuzikMan Review / Boston, MA)

Victoria Banks

Victoria Banks is a Canadian country/pop singer-songwriter from Muskoka, Ontario, who has written hits for over 100 artists including Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, and Jessica Simpson. The Canadian Country Music Association named her Female Artist and Songwriter of the Year in 2010, and she teaches songwriting at Belmont University. She has released four self-produced albums, most notably 2020's "Uncovered," and recently co-wrote Reba McEntire's 2024 single "I Can't."

Vinnie Paolizzi

Vinnie Paolizzi is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter originally from Philadelphia. He has worked as a guitarist for Brittney Spencer and collaborated with songwriting legend Dean Dillon. His self-titled album, produced by Old Crow Medicine Show's Mike Harris, features co-writers including Meg McRee, Ben Chapman, and Adam Hood, drawing on the collaborative spirit of 1970s Nashville.

The Vitals

The Vitals (also known as The Vitals 808) are a Hawaii-based vocal group established in 2013, performing R&B and island-influenced music. The lineup has retained many of its original members, including Keahi Piiohia, Cyd Kamakea, Ata Boy Rosa, and Brandon Berinobis, with vocalist Asaiah 'the Maad King' Scott joining in 2018.

Wayne Martin

Wayne Martin is a folk singer-songwriter known for humorous and whimsical material, counting Loudon Wainwright III, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Don White, and Harry Chapin among his influences. He has performed at venues including Club Passim in Cambridge, MA, and the Savannah Songwriter Series. The title track of his CD "I Like Your Caboose" won the American Songwriters Awards in the Comedy Novelty category.

Wes Loper

Wes Loper is an American singer-songwriter born in Mobile, Alabama, and raised on the Gulf Coast, where the beach-music scene shaped his sound. Blending rock, country, blues, and folk, he has played well over 4,000 live shows in venues from the Flora-Bama Lounge across the Southeast. His albums include his 2000 debut "Take Me Home," "Wes Loper Band Live" (2010), and "Somethin' Real" (2012).

Wheeland Brothers

The Wheeland Brothers are a Southern California duo, brothers Travis and Nate, who blend SoCal surf rock with reggae, hip hop, and acoustic pop. They cite influences including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Marley, Sublime, and Jack Johnson. Travis handles grounded vocals and guitar while Nate adds distinctive ukulele and rhythmic singing.

Will Gunnell

Will Gunnell is a singer-songwriter who blends country, rock, and inspirational music and also serves as a worship leader. Career highlights include performing at the Grand Ole Opry House for the ICM Awards, producing two number-one songs on independent charts, and an appearance in a Reba McEntire film. He continues to write and release original music.

Will Thompson

Will Thompson is a Florida Gulf Coast musician and frontman of the Will Thompson Band, one of the most sought-after acts on the Emerald Coast. The band performs a wide range of music from classic rock and country to pop and alternative, and has been recognized as the Best Band on the Emerald Coast. He is also a family man and community volunteer involved with several local charities.

Wynn Varble

Wynn Varble is a Nashville country songwriter who taught himself guitar at 14 after discovering country music through his father's vinyl collection. He has earned three number-one hits as a writer: "Have You Forgotten" (Darryl Worley), "Waitin' on a Woman" (Brad Paisley), and "I'm a Little More Country Than That" (Easton Corbin), all CMA/ACM Song of the Year nominees. His songs have been recorded by Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson, and Lee Ann Womack, and he was named the Nashville Songwriters Association's Songwriter of the Year in 2009.

Zach Nytomt

Zach Nytomt is an Americana and alt-country singer-songwriter from Argyle, North Texas, who relocated to the Austin Hill Country to develop his sound. His music draws on influences such as Ryan Adams, Ray LaMontagne, Ryan Bingham, and Amos Lee. He broke through with his debut album "Love Street Blues" and followed it with the sophomore full-length "New York to Montana," and his notable songs include "Troubadour," "November," and "Seven Day Bender."