Kristian Bush (USA)

Kristian Bush

Kristian Bush is a multi-PLATINUM-selling, two-time GRAMMY® Award winner most known for co-founding the record-breaking Country duo Sugarland with Jennifer Nettles.

Last summer, Bush drove his striped umbrella in the sand staking his spot in summertime beach music with his EP ‘Drink Happy Thoughts’ which was born from Kristian’s love of all things beach.

“(Beach music) is just fascinating,” Kristian says. “No matter who I talk to about this kind of stuff, it's the same feeling I got when I would tell people I have a band called Sugarland. They're like, ’Oh my God, I love Sugarland. That's you?’ When people confess that you're their guilty pleasure, it’s such a beautiful feeling. How about we normalize it? Beach music is one of my favorite things.”

Since then, Bush has released a series of island versions of his popular songs that marry his signature groovy sound with his reggae influence.

At the same time he was working on his own music, Kristian was also busy in the studio producing Megan Moroney, who recently charted her first No. 1 song ‘Tennessee Orange.’
The Sevierville, TN native launched his professional music career in 1994 with the Folk-Rock duo Billy Pilgrim.

Within the decade, Kristian formed Sugarland, and the group released debut single ‘Baby Girl’ in 2004. Sugarland went on to chart five No. 1 hits and 12 Top 10 songs.

His ‘Southern Gravity’ solo debut in 2015 produced Top 20 hit ‘Trailer Hitch.’ Kristian made a foray into television theme songs in 2016 with ‘Forever Now (Say Yes),’ which he penned and performed for TLC's popular show ‘Say Yes to the Dress.’ The multi-instrumentalist is also a founding member of Rock Jam band Dark Water alongside his brother Brandon Bush and esteemed guitarist Benji Shanks.

In addition, Kristian co-wrote a song for the Atlanta staging of Stephen Schwartz's ‘Working: A Musical’ and has written three musicals: ‘Troubadour’ (2017) and ‘Darlin' Cory’ (2021), which both opened at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, and ‘Me Before You.’

Jeff Cohen (USA)

Jeff Cohen a multi-award-winning songwriter/producer/publisher based in Nashville and London whose songs have appeared on over 20 million albums sold, over 10 million video games and over 100 placements in TV/Film. Jeff’s songs have been recorded by Sugarland, Josh Groban, Macy Gray, Nick Lachey, Teitur, Doc Walker, Mandy Moore, Mickey Guyton, Nikhil D’Souza, MarcBroussard, Spin Doctors and many more.

His songs have been featured in movies such as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Stuart Little 2, Aquamarine, Grandma’s Boy and TV shows such as Jack and Jill (theme), I Married A Princess (theme), The Exes (theme), Dawson’s Creek, Party of Five, One Tree Hill, The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live and many more.

He is also founder and songwriter of the critically acclaimed band Pancho's Lament. In a previous life Jeff was a music executive at BMI working with such talent as Jeff Buckley, Kara DioGuardi, Lisa Loeb, Joan Osborne, Ani DiFranco, Spin Doctors and many more.