NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 16: Nicole Izzo Mlynczak speaks onstage during Songs of U.S.: Artists, Platform, and the Power to Move People during AMERICANAFEST 2026 at The Embassy Suites Nashville on September 16, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 16: Farayi Malek speaks onstage during Songs of U.S.: Artists, Platform, and the Power to Move People during AMERICANAFEST 2026 at The Embassy Suites Nashville on September 16, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 16: Roger Brown speaks onstage during Songs of U.S.: Artists, Platform, and the Power to Move People during AMERICANAFEST 2026 at The Embassy Suites Nashville on September 16, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 16: Raye Zaragoza speaks onstage during Songs of U.S.: Artists, Platform, and the Power to Move People during AMERICANAFEST 2026 at The Embassy Suites Nashville on September 16, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 16: (L-R) Nicole Izzo Mlynczak, Farayi Malek, Roger Brown, Swamp Dogg and Raye Zaragoza speak onstage during Songs of U.S.: Artists, Platform, and the Power to Move People during AMERICANAFEST 2026 at The Embassy Suites Nashville on September 16, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 16: Raye Zaragoza speaks onstage during Songs of U.S.: Artists, Platform, and the Power to Move People during AMERICANAFEST 2026 at The Embassy Suites Nashville on September 16, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 16: Farayi Malek speaks onstage during Songs of U.S.: Artists, Platform, and the Power to Move People during AMERICANAFEST 2026 at The Embassy Suites Nashville on September 16, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 16: Roger Brown speaks onstage during Songs of U.S.: Artists, Platform, and the Power to Move People during AMERICANAFEST 2026 at The Embassy Suites Nashville on September 16, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for Americana Music Association)