Robby Klein
Jamie Kent is a modern-day Renaissance man.
He’s toured with rock legend Huey Lewis, opened for country legend Reba McEntire, and scored a Top 20 album on the Billboard Country charts. He’s also an entrepreneur, known throughout the music world for his own industrious partnerships and for facilitating authentic synergy between brands and musicians. His “boundless energy” has been his driving force since childhood, but he credits his wife Bonnie with keeping him grounded in the midst of it all.
“She knows me better than anyone in the world and challenges me to never settle for easy; making sure everything I do is truly me,” he says. “She’s my first ears on a song, first filter on a new crazy idea, and she constantly inspires me to be the best version of myself on a daily basis.”
That best version is front and center on Kent’s latest projects. This spring he helped launch People Supporting Artists (PSA), a nonprofit created to facilitate relief for musicians during the COVID-19 crisis. Kent and the group produced an April telethon, seen by a quarter million people, with over 40 artists and four hours of content across one week. It raised over $15,000 for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. He also recently helped launch Musicians for a Smokefree Nashville, a coalition working with the Nashville Department of Public Health and American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation to help push Nashville (and Tennessee) to become 100 percent smoke-free indoors. He’s proud to give back to a community that offers so much support.
“Even just this year, whether it was the tornado, COVID-19, or the ongoing battle against systemic racism, I’ve found myself continually inspired by our community coming together time after time. As someone pushing for change and trying to rally support for my organizations, I’ve been met with open arms and a willingness to help on so many occasions. I’ve never experienced anything like it anywhere else.”