“Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There's a connection because there's a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the songwriting. Those lyrics take you in.”

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist

Hunter Easton Hayes is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for working across genres and for his skills on more than 30 instruments. His career centers on performance, writing, and production, with a musical range that extends beyond a single style. He is noted for his instrumental versatility, which has become one of the defining facts about his work.