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For seven years in Nashville, songwriter and recording artist Zach Russell studied how fellow writers and performers approached their craft, even spending a stint on the road as Tyler Childers’ merchandise manager. Getting a firsthand look at precisely what it takes to chase down greatness, Russell believed he could achieve it as well.

Zach Russell’s debut explores reincarnation, joy, and 21st-century romance via traditional country waltzes and psych-folk rock songs alike. Throughout, Russell sings with a voice that lands somewhere between the flourish of Chris Stapleton and the grit of Sturgill Simpson.

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Adeem the Artist is nonbinary and pansexual and primarily for creating country-leaning music, a rarity in the music world.

Checking in with the masterful songsmith ahead of their album release party at The Basement