Universal Music Canada/UMG Nashville artist Josh Ross is one of Canada’s most promising singer-songwriter-performers. On an unconventional path of his own design, Ross pairs a dark, mellow blast of modern country rock with a warm vocal rasp, heart-on-his-sleeve writing and addictive hooks that respect no borders – genre or otherwise. Pulling influence everywhere from Guns N’ Roses and Metallica to country-rock outlaw Steve Earle, the former collegiate football player has leveraged his knack for emotional song craft into a series of Platinum-certified Canadian country radio hits. His dusky power ballad “Trouble” rose to #1 in Canada and earned RIAA Gold certification in the U.S. The current CCMA Entertainer of the Year is now breaking through in the States, tallying more than 900 million career streams and hailed as an Artist to Watch by Spotify, Amazon Music, Pandora, MusicRow, the Grand Ole Opry and more. Touring alongside hard-rocking superstars like Nickelback, Brantley Gilbert and Bailey Zimmerman, Luke Bryan, Ross recently wrapped his headlining Single Again Tour and will support Jelly Roll on The Beautifully Broken Great Northern Tour across Canada this March. As his bold barroom anthem “Single Again” climbs the charts in the US after hitting #1 on Canadian Country Radio, Ross is proving to be a global force, taking home his first-ever CMA Award – the Jeff Walker Global Country Artist Award – recognizing his international achievements in country music. Ross released his Complicated EP last year, co-writing seven of the project’s eight tracks. With thundering drums meeting steel guitars and the melodies of heartland pop, the collection of songs show off Ross’ rich, edgy vocal. Complicated and Ross’s latest tracks “Movin’ On,” “New Me” and “Want This Beer” (feat. Julia Michaels) arrive just five years after Ross arrived in Nashville, proving there’s much more to come from this next-generation talent who’s anything but standard.
