Playlisted Podcast

Heath Warren is back on Playlisted, and this time he returns as a TWO-TIME #1 SONGWRITER and our Season 1 Guest of the Year. Heath has quickly become one of Nashville’s most in-demand songwriters. He co-wrote Bailey Zimmerman’s massive multi-week No. 1 hit “Rock and a Hard Place,” which became an 8x Platinum smash and one of the biggest songs of Zimmerman’s career. Heath has now added another No. 1 to his résumé with “Chevy Silverado” by Bailey Zimmerman, which reached No. 1 at country radio ...

This week on Playlisted, Austin Burke sits down with longtime music industry executive, producer, manager and entrepreneur Christy DiNapoli for a conversation packed with insight for artists, songwriters and anyone trying to make a living in music. Christy has spent four decades in the industry, with a career spanning artist development, management, publishing, record production and music technology. His résumé includes helping develop, manage, publish and produce multi-platinum country band...

Comedy has Kill Tony. Music has Playlisted. Artists perform one song in front of a live audience and receive real, unfiltered feedback from industry guest hosts. Kevin Powers is one of the most exciting new voices blending country, pop and hip-hop into a sound he calls “Southern Pop.” After breaking through with “Walked In” and “How You Been?,” Powers made the move to Nashville and quickly established himself as both an artist and songwriter. He co-wrote Shaboozey and Jelly Roll’s Gra...

This might be the wildest episode of Playlisted yet. Dasha joins us for an absolutely unfiltered night of music, stories, laughs and advice for our aspiring artists. We talk about her career, songwriting, the crazy ride of breaking through in country music and what she’s learned along the way. Special Surprise by Ranch Hands Cowboylesque. 7 aspiring artists step up to perform original songs and get real, honest feedback from Dasha, and somehow we ended up with one of the funnie...

Comedy has Kill Tony. Music has Playlisted. Artists perform one song in front of a live audience and receive real, unfiltered feedback from industry guest hosts. This week, one of the most powerful people in Nashville music publishing takes the Playlisted guest chair. Rusty Gaston, CEO of Sony Music Publishing Nashville, joins Playlisted to hear aspiring artists perform one song and give them the kind of honest feedback most artists never get access to. Before leading Sony Music Publishin...