ABOUT SIDEWALK SESSIONS:
This fall, get your party started at the Ryman with Sidewalk Sessions, the pre-show party series on our PNC Plaza featuring FREE live music, drinks at our outdoor bar, and plenty of giveaways. See Butter & Grit on the PNC Plaza before The War and Treaty on September 13.
ABOUT BUTTER & GRIT:
Butter & Grit is a Nashville-based genre-less duo and Top 5 America’s Got Talent Season 21 Quarterfinalist featuring Dove Award-winning, Grammy-nominated songwriter, producer, and powerhouse vocalist Laurel Taylor alongside soulful vocalist Luke Michael. Blending Southern storytelling with soul, country, gospel, blues, rock, and hip-hop influences, the duo creates original music that is entirely their own.
In 2026, Butter & Grit introduced millions of viewers to their original music on America’s Got Talent, performing originals throughout their run from their four-yes audition to the Live Shows. “God Knew” climbed into the Top 15 on U.S. iTunes Pop and Top 50 All-Genre, while their Quarterfinal song “That’s Okay” reached the Top 5 iTunes New Songs, Top 50 U.S. iTunes All-Genre and charted internationally.
Long before national television, Luke and Laurel were carrying their songs into prisons, recovery centers, schools, veteran communities, hospice, and other often-overlooked spaces. The stages are getting bigger, but the mission hasn’t changed: original songs, honest stories, and music that meets people exactly where they are.
