Patrick Droney

Patrick Droney is a Brooklyn-based artist, songwriter, producer, and guitarist. His third album, Made You Look, will be released on July 24 via Warner Records.

With streams in the hundreds of millions, Droney writes songs that offer striking snapshots of the human condition. He has toured extensively in recent years with sold-out shows across the U.S. (including New York’s Webster Hall) and in the U.K. He performed at Super Bowl LVII, claims alumni status at Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and has shared stages with The Eagles, Sheryl Crow, The Vamps, and more.

For Tenille Townes, writing songs has always been a way of reaching out to anyone trying to make sense of a confusing world. In the last five years alone, the Canada-born, Nashville-based artist’s full-hearted and soul-searching songwriting has led to touring with legends like Stevie Nicks, Miranda Lambert, Shania Twain, Keith Urban, Reba, Zac Brown Band, George Strait, and Dierks Bentley, while earning two JUNO Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and 17 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.

“What I love about making music is the potential for my songs to meet people right where they are, but then leave them feeling a little more seen and lifted up than they were before,” says Townes. “Even if it’s just the comfort of knowing someone else feels the same way.”

Townes’ forthcoming album, The Acrobat, is due in 2026. Written during a period of personal and professional transition, the record finds her between who she has been and who she is becoming. Originally conceived as simple work tapes, The Acrobat took shape in quiet moments of solitude, with Townes writing, performing, producing, and mixing the album herself in the spare room of her home. Released independently, the album leans more singer-songwriter and folk, leaving room for unguarded emotion and unhurried reflection.

The album’s first single, “Enabling,” was written after an attempted apology from someone Townes loved and examines the line between compassion and self-betrayal. “Choosing love ain’t love, unless the choosing is free,” she sings, turning inward to recognize that real care sometimes means stepping back and choosing yourself.

Growing up in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Townes discovered songwriting as a teenager after receiving her first guitar. Forgoing college, she organized and performed a 32-week tour across Canada, playing schools and community spaces before relocating to Nashville. Her debut album, The Lemonade Stand (2020), included the gold-certified, chart-topping “Somebody’s Daughter” and the award-winning “Jersey on the Wall (I’m Just Asking),” making Townes the first female artist in Mediabase Canada history to earn two No. 1 singles. She followed with 2022’s Masquerades and later released Train Track Worktapes, a collection of songs written and recorded while traveling across Canada by train in support of local food banks.

Whether on record or on stage, Townes aims to create what she calls a “safe space” for listeners, balancing quiet reflection with moments of joy and release. “The greatest measure of success for me is the stories people share about how a song helped them,” she says.

With The Acrobat, Tenille Townes steps forward with renewed clarity, embracing vulnerability and a reconnection with self, offering songs that reflect the courage and tenacity required to keep choosing connection in an ever-changing world.