Nashville in the Northwest is a Songwriters Festival and Concert Series that brings together some of Country & Americana music’s top songwriters, as well as emerging artists and songwriters from Nashville, Tennessee and the Pacific Northwest.
The concert will be presented listening-room style with the songwriters on stage taking turns sharing their songs and stories, trading harmony, and accompanying one another.
FEATURING
Justin Klump NW Native with Rolling Stone Country’s 10 Best Songs for “The Other Side”, songs on BBC One, Fox & NBC Sports, and Sirius XM. Justin’s songs have been recorded by Jacob Rice, Regan Stewart, and McKayla Marie, and featured by Parade Magazine, American Songwriter, and CMT.
Jacob Rice While rooted in the country genre, Jacob Rice blends Pop and R&B sounds with a unique form of lyrical expression. Taking musical inspiration from the likes of Train, Old Dominion, Bruno Mars, and Billy Currington, Jacob uses bouncy melodies and skillfully crafted hooks that will make any music lover bop and sing along.
Based out of middle Tennessee, Jacob has immersed himself in the Nashville music scene, performing at legendary venues around town, and writing songs with exceptional rising stars in country music. In 2024, he performed as part of the Key West Songwriter’s Festival and Annapolis Songwriter’s Festival booked by BMI. In 2023, he opened for Jake Owen at the Vermont State Fair. He was honored with the designation “Artist to Watch” by The Listening Room Cafe for the month of July 2022, and “Rising Talent” by the prestigious Bluebird Cafe during their 40th Birthday Celebration in 2022.
Jacob has been featured on Spotify’s “New Music Nashville” and “Fresh Finds Country”, Nashville’s Radio SoBro and Vermont Public Radio, and his career has been spotlighted with profiles in the Honky Tonk Times and on Nashville’s WKRN Channel 2 News. All of these accomplishments are a testament to his hard work and dedication to making great, lasting music.
Jacob Rice continues to pave his own path and leave his mark on country music - one song at a time
ABOUT THE SONGWRITERS
Tori Tullier is an award-winning songwriter based in Nashville, TN originally from Annapolis, MD. In 2014 she received the ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Lyric Writing Award for her solely-penned song "Nicotine." Past winners of the award include John Mayer, Lori McKenna, Josh Ritter and Katie Herzig. Her songs have landed on US and Canadian radio with cuts by Tim Hicks (with Lindsay Ell), Tenille Arts, Stephanie Quayle, Emma White, Brittany Kennell and more. She has also had recent success with placements in an ad campaign for YouTube, and in the 2021 major motion picture, “The Mauritanian.” Tori has performed at Tin Pan South along with several Bluebird Cafe appearances. She has had songs featured in People, Billboard, Rolling Stone Country, and Forbes magazine, and performed at The Grand Ole Opry. While attending the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, Tori took first place in the Bruce Hornsby Songwriting competition. Taking a chapter from the classic Nashville story -- after spending a decade writing for other artists -- in 2020 she returned to writing on her own, savoring the impromptu sessions alone at night with just her and her piano, and maybe a glass of red. Born from those sessions, “Songbird" is the third single from her forthcoming EP, Baby Steps, formally introducing the world to one of Nashville’s best kept secrets.
Originally from New Jersey, singer/songwriter Jeff Middleton moved to Nashville over twenty years ago to build a career in the music business. He was a member of the critically acclaimed Warner Music recording artist Dirt Drifters and has performed across the country and internationally with Chely Wright and Josh Thompson.
In addition to spending time on the road and stage, Jeff is a staff writer for Liz Rose Music and Universal Music. Over the past two decades, Jeff’s songs have been recorded by numerous artists, including Jason Aldean, Lee Brice, Morgan Wallen, Jordan Davis and Trace Adkins. He was nominated for CMA Song of the year for “Drowns the Whiskey”, a multi-week #1 on country radio for Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert. The song was recently certified by the RIAA as a platinum selling single.
Nate Botsford Popular Northwest based artist Nate Botsford’s country rock hybrid style is a lifetime in the making. Nate began playing piano when he was only five, but the Taylor acoustic guitar given to him by his dad at age 14 became the instrument that has accompanied him everywhere and helped to lay the foundation for his musical career. That career has seen up to 300 shows a year for the last five years: from coffeehouses to mainstages, Nate has pleased audiences with his feel-good tunes and relatable lyrics. Nate has shared the stage with the likes of Old Dominion, Brett Young, Chris Janson, LoCash, Lonestar and many others and calls upon his influences of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, and his big-band pianist grandfather while crafting his music.
His songs have received regular rotation radio play and won numerous awards, including 2015 Project Aloft national songwriting contest judged by industry professionals. A 25-city tour in 2016 took Nate and his music to new audiences, and it only gets bigger from there. Nate’s dream is to share his music with a wider national audience and to leave with his listeners a lasting impression of singable melodies and lyrics that, as Nate says, “Can feel were written just for them to find a glimmer of hope.” Nate’s released his most recent EP, Buzzin’, in 2019, which includes river floating, sun loving, summer song Luxury Float. The official music video for Luxury Float was featured by CMT and Spotify editorial playlists.
Justin Klump was born in the Pacific Northwest and raised on Copeland, Brahms, and Pink Floyd. His love for music is deeply rooted in the long-held traditions of his family, whose piano benches were more crowded than their couches, and passed around guitars like offering plates. Once that guitar was passed to Justin, he never put it down. The music led him to songwriting, performing, producing, and ultimately to Nashville, TN in 2012.
From 2006 to 2016, Justin toured the country playing small theaters and clubs, including Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR and Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA, while releasing multiple albums under his own name. In 2012, his album Sticks and Stones debuted Top 10 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart. Justin’s songs were in rotation on Sirius XM’s The Coffee House, NBC Sports, BBC One, and featured by Rolling Stone Country, American Songwriter, and Parade Magazine, to name a few.
Today, you can find Justin in the studio writing, producing, and making music with a variety of artists and writers from the US and the UK. Those years spent chasing success on his own terms gave him a great sense of how to tap into the needs of an artist. When working on a lyric in a songwriting session, or in the studio recording, he doesn’t stop working until the feeling is right. He has an innate ability to know what a record needs in order to highlight the emotion behind the song, and to pull the best out of everyone in the room. Justin naturally creates a space for the artist to feel at home, allowing creativity to flourish.
Whether he is producing records, writing songs, performing on stage, or composing music for documentaries, podcasts, or TV shows, Justin is passionate about helping others tell their stories through music. With more than 15 years of experience and a relentless work ethic, Justin is a true “100 Percenter.” As a songwriter and producer, and one hell of a musician and engineer, Justin can take any idea and turn it into a well-crafted and polished record that you’ll want to turn loud and play again and again.