Tonight's Songwriters Have Written Songs For:

• Carly Pearce
• Reba McEntire
• Lee Brice
• Sara Evans
• And More!

Emily Shackelton:

Emily Shackelton proudly hails from Biwabik, Minnesota. After studying at Berklee College of Music, where she won the coveted John Lennon BMI Foundation songwriting competition, Emily moved to Nashville and began her career as a songwriter and performer. Her writing catalog includes singles and cuts by Carly Pearce, Runaway June, Joy Williams, Reba McEntire, Joe Nichols, Callista Clark, Sara Evans, Jana Kramer, David Cook, Mickey Guyton, Lauren Alaina, and more, as well as TV shows like Nashville, American Idol, and Dancing with the Stars. She celebrated her first Number 1 with Carly Pearce’s breakout single "Every Little Thing”. She’s since had 10 songs recorded by Pearce and is a co-writer of her current top 10 single, “What He Didn’t Do”. Emily was awarded “Breakout Songwriter of the Year 2018” by Music Row Magazine.

Connect with Emily HERE

Phil Barton:

Phil Barton moved to Nashville in 2007 from Sydney Australia. His songs have been recorded by Country music superstars Lee Brice, Sara Evans, Eli Young Band, David Nail, Dustin Lynch, Rodney Atkins, Cassadee Pope, Drake White, LoCash, High Valley, Alison Krauss, Jana Kramer, Seth Ennis, Ashley McBryde, Mickey Guyton, Kristian Bush, Priscilla Block, Matt Stell, Jay Allen, Morgan Evans, The Shires, and Bobby Bones and The Raging Idiots. He was awarded "Breakthrough Songwriter" of the year in the Music Row Awards in 2012 and had his first #1 Billboard song with the Lee Brice hit "A Woman Like You", the song went double platinum in the US, and won him a precious NSAI Award for "One of the Ten songs I Wish I’d Written" that year. Fifteen Top Ten singles to his credit in recent years on the Canadian Country Charts, and his music has appeared in 2016 three times Oscar Nominated film "Sicario", and television shows like "Nashville" and video games like 'The Sims'. Over his career he has had over 800 songs recorded on country, children's and pop records around the world.

Connect with Phil HERE

Victoria Banks:

Victoria is a Grammy-nominated songwriter behind multiple songs released by Mickey Guyton, including Sister, Bridges, All American, Rosé, Hold On, and What Are You Gonna Tell Her. She has written ASCAP, SOCAN, CCMA and Covenant-award-winning hits such as the solo-written Saints & Angels for Sara Evans, Jessica Simpson’s Billboard-record-breaking Come on Over, and Johnny Reid’s Dance With Me. Her songs have been recorded by Carly Pearce, Lauren Alaina, Terri Clark, Cassadee Pope, and more, and have been featured on screen in Breakthrough, Monarch, Nashville, American Idol and Dancing With The Stars. As an artist Victoria has released 4 self-penned, self-produced albums, has been nominated for 11 Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMAs) and was named CCMA Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. Victoria is an Instructor of Songwriting at Nashville’s Belmont University and shares songs and stories with her “Ko-fi club” at www.victoriabanks.net.

Connect with Victoria HERE