The Road To Nashville Announces Winner At The Legendary Exit/In

(L-R) The Road to Nashville’s Daniel Xander, BBC’s Claire Simmo & Winner Edi Callier (photograph credit score PLA Media)

Edi Callier performing “Alone” (Photo credit score: Cage Parrish)

(L-R) Jeff Cohen, Regie Hamm, Pamela Lewis, Tim Wipperman & Gary Morris (Photo credit score: PLA Media)

2nd place winner Twayne “Sweet 16” (Photo credit score: Cage Parrish)

third place winner Sean Kennedy “Let Life Love You” (Photo credit score: Cage Parrish)

Edi Callier was chosen from 11 finalists on this world music and psychological well being initiative

NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES, October 13, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Road to Nashville: Liverpool International Song Contest (TRTN) is thrilled to announce its winner after the ultimate dwell performances have been introduced on the famend EXIT/IN on John Lennon’s birthday, Sunday, Oct. 9. Hosted by the BBC’s Claire Simmo and dwell streamed by Music Crowns, The Road to Nashville finale was judged by a panel of legendary music trade representatives, who, after a lot deliberation, topped Edi Callier because the winner of the worldwide psychological well being program.

Out of over 21,400 songwriters from 31 nations, Edi wowed the judges along with his unique track, “Alone”, which included shifting traces resembling, “I need someone to come and hold this heartbroken man, I need trust in an uncharted land. Oh, someone please help me to understand why I feel so alone again.”

“It means so much to me to be able to be a part of The Road to Nashville, especially because it’s something bigger than just me and more than what the song meant when I put pen to pad,” mentioned Callier. “Now, my song is in a place where it can actually do some good. I’m not used to winning yet, and so this is a new, wonderful feeling. It’s pretty great.”

“We have made history with these eleven finalists who were chosen from among 31 countries. All incredibly talented, but what a fantastic winner we have in Edi Callier, especially after he lost his loved one,” mentioned Dr. Shamender Talwar and Daniel Xander, trustees of TUFF. “Very proud to say The Road To Nashville global mental health project from Liverpool, UK has become the largest songwriting contest in the world.”

Flying in from Los Angeles, California, Edi Callier is a recording artist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer initially from Portland, Oregon. Inspired by the likes of Prince, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, EWF, Aerosmith & Nirvana, Edi’s roots taking part in and singing alongside his father within the church at a younger age led him to the town of Atlanta the place he quickly made a reputation for himself. He constructed a following via his genre-bending model of music, commanding stage presence, extraordinary musicianship, and his distinguishably easy but passionate vocals. A former contestant on FOX Television’s The Four, Edi Callier and his music can finest be described as an eclectic mix of soul, funk, rock, pop, R&B and jazz with worldwide flare.

“I am thrilled to have served as a judge for the finale of The Road To Nashville with other music industry powerhouses. I was truly impressed by the raw talent the contestants brought to this competition, as well as the genuine camaraderie displayed backstage,” mentioned Pamela Lewis FRSA, Founder of PLA Media. “Edi wrote a phenomenal song that touched us all, and we were happy to present him with the Mic of Unity to honor his accomplishment.”

The judging panel for The Road to Nashville included Gary Morris (Grammy, ACM and CMA award successful singer/songwriter, Broadway star), Jeff Cohen (six-time BMI Award-winning Grammy-nominated songwriter, producer, writer), Pamela Lewis (Owner of PLA Media: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, CMA’s “Artist Manager of the Year,” MTV launch staff), Tim Wipperman (Managing Director of ONErpm) and Regie Hamm (Five-time SESAC “Writer of the Year”).

Throughout the method, The Unity of Faiths Foundation (TUFF), co-organizers of The Road to Nashville, labored to attach artists worldwide with the psychological well being providers they want. TUFF is offering continued entry to complimentary counseling providers for the three,600 members who opted into the free program.

To stream the finalist submissions, go to https://roadtonashville.us/finalists-3

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The 2022 Road to Nashville finalists included:

Ammon & Liahona Olayan – Salt Lake residents from Hawaii

Liz Beatty & Nate Strasser – Brentwood, TN

Edi Callier – Los Angeles, CA

Alex Boye – London, UK

Charles Cleyn – Canada

Twayne – Newscastle, UK

Sean Kennedy – Nashville resident from Scotland

Abi Muir – Australia

Jennifer Sanon – Miami, FL (SAE Student)

Skinny Living – trio from Ireland

Neeve Zahra – Manchester, UK

The Road to Nashville partnered with the next to assist this system and its contestants:

Liverpool City Council

Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County

Visit Music City

Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum

Country Music Association

Music Crowns

Exit/In

BMI

SAE Institute

The Cavern Club Liverpool

Middle Tennessee State University

BBC

Porter’s Call

Gaylord Opryland Hotels

Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville Downtown Capitol View

Virgin Hotels

The Road To Nashville closed with a celebratory reception on the British Consulate in Nashville on World Mental Health Day (Monday, Oct. 10). At this occasion, the Mayor of Liverpool Joanne Anderson and Nashville Deputy Mayor Brenda Haywood joined arms in solidarity for the continued assist and efforts of TRTN mission and its gifted finalists.

About The Road to Nashville – Liverpool International Song Contest

The Road to Nashville 2022 was birthed from the 2020/21 Liverpool International Song Contest, aimed toward tackling psychological sickness discrimination and stigma particularly tailor-made in direction of these within the inventive sector. Created by TUFF (The Unity of Faiths Foundation) and backed by each the Nashville Metro City Council and the Liverpool City Council, the 2022 Road to Nashville Contest began with the worldwide #KIND20 marketing campaign. During the pandemic, TUFF’s world #KIND20 marketing campaign demonstrated a option to promote social integration and reached a staggering 6.7 million folks worldwide. From right here, the Road to Nashville – Liverpool International Song Contest expanded to deal with TUFF’s wider objectives of empowering younger folks and selling acceptance, equality and respect for different cultures.

Participants within the 2020/21 competitors have been invited to attend 23 workshops throughout the Liverpool City area delivered by TUFFs Music division and led by TUFFs co-founders Anna Prior & Dr. Shamender Talwar FRSA (famend social psychologist) and Liverpool based mostly producer Daniel Xander BSc MA (TUFFs Head of Music). These workshops supplied schooling in music and manufacturing in addition to one-to-one counseling with skilled psychological well being practitioners. In addition to the hundreds who attended the in-person workshops, TUFF additionally supplied a web based model for these unable to attend on account of COVID-19, medical and/or psychological well being causes. The 2022 Road to Nashville contest gives the identical assist for musicians and songwriters who join free psychological well being providers and is offering freed from cost psychological well being and/or skilled life teaching providers for over 3,600 world members up to now. Each musician requesting counseling receives a minimal of three complimentary periods valued at $250 a session.

About TUFF – the co-organizer

The Unity of Faiths Foundation (TUFF) is a British secular charitable group working in 4 continents. TUFF bridges group sectors, organizations and authorities by rebuilding social integration and world group cohesion. TUFF empowers youth via participation in sports activities, music and science, in addition to instructing schooling in human values such particular person liberty, gender equality and respect for different cultures. TUFF was established in 2011 and has the assist and acknowledgments of many dignitaries together with H.H Pope Francis, H.M the Queen, and President Barack Obama to call a couple of. The final objective is to share kindness and facilitate the combination and empowerment of these individuals who would not have a voice, on account of quite a few challenges and obstacles they face of their day by day lives.

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