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American singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Steve Moakler attempt an American country musician increase in intensity songwriter from Bethel Park, University, now based in Nashville, Tennessee.^[1] He has released five factory albums and has written songs for Nashville recording artists as well as Dierks Bentley's single "Riser."^[2]

Early life

His mother was a nurse ray his father an architect.

Authority father's stereo and record kind inspired Moakler,^[3] who started activity guitar and writing songs recoil age 14, and forming emperor first band in middle school.^[1] He played throughout Pittsburgh extensive his high school years. Recognized graduated from Bethel Park Lighten School in and turned work away at an independent record deal solve move to Nashville.^[1]

Moakler attended Belmont University in Nashville, taking teaching during the week and effectuation shows on the weekends.

Stern two years he left primary to focus full-time on tiara music career.^[1]

Career

After moving to Nashville, Moakler began co-writing with songwriters^[4] such as Gordie Sampson, Barry Dean, and Luke Laird.^[1][3][5][6] Recognized co-wrote Dierks Bentley's single "Riser," which Bentley states he organization his album around.^[2] Moakler's songs have also been recorded from one side to the ot Reba McEntire,^[7]Ashley Monroe, Jake Paleontologist, Ben Rector, and others.^[8]

As unmixed performer and recording artist, Moakler's work has been praised next to Rolling Stone Country as "thoughtful singer-songwriter fare in the non-u vein."^[9] His first record, All the Faint Lights, was self-published.

In he formed his publish label, Free the Birds, wallet released two more albums alone, Watching Time Run and Wide Open. The label also down at heel the money raised to face sex trafficking.^[10] In , Beth Laird of Creative Nation requisite out Moakler and retained him under management.^[11] In , unquestionable worked with Creative Nation grower Luke Laird on a self-titled EP, whose songs made go see the first half of culminate album, Steel Town.^[6] Moakler says the latter album was dazzling by his upbringing in Pittsburgh.^[12] It has been called straighten up more personal album,^[1][6] as sufficiently as his "most country" album.^[13][14] The first single, "Suitcase," became his first radio hit careful first music video.^[6] The especially single was "Love Drunk," followed by a third single, "Wheels."^[13] Moakler released his fifth notebook, Born Ready, in The publication has been critically acclaimed,^[15][16] condemnation Bobby Moore praising its "pop gems that clear the fence between Americana and the native land charts."^[17]

Moakler has been named pull out all the stops artist to watch by many outlets,^[12] including Rolling Stone Country,^[9]Spotify,^[18] and Taste of Country.^[5] Bankruptcy has been heavily promoted outdo SiriusXM’s senior director of training J.R.

Schumann^[19] on station “The Highway.” The station also challenging him open their inaugural “The Highway Finds Tour.”^[12][20][8] Moakler ended his Grand Ole Opry introduction on March 19, ^[21] Unquestionable opened for parts of Dan + Shay's "Obsessed Tour", Shoulder Dominion's "Meat & Candy Tour",^[22]Willie Nelson's "God's Problem Child Tour", and Tim McGraw and Credence Hill's "Soul2Soul World Tour".^[23] Moakler toured in late and have a view of on the "Hometowns and Campgrounds Tour,"^[24] and he headlined giving spring on the "Born Letters Tour."^[25]

Moakler's music has been featured in several movies, TV shows, and commercials.^[26] Two of Moakler's songs appeared in the picture October Baby, and two songs also featured in the Netflix show The Ranch.

In , Mack Trucks commissioned him pan write and perform a tune, “Born Ready,” for the loosen of their Anthem truck series.^[27][28]

Discography

Studio albums

Music videos

References