Ryan Crossette

Biography:

I’m an independent singer-songwriter creating music rooted in honest storytelling with a modern Americana and country-leaning edge. My songs have connected with listeners across major streaming platforms, earning over 13 million streams on Pandora, more than 1,500 monthly listeners on Spotify, and Apple Music.

I’m a founding member of Dirt Avenue, where collaboration and raw, story-driven songwriting play a central role in the music I create. I focus on writing songs that feel real and relatable—driven by melody, emotion, and lived experience. I continue to build my audience organically, releasing music with the goal of creating meaningful connections and lasting songs.

I started playing the piano at the age of 5 years old on an old beat up upright in the back woods of Missouri. I have always had the desire to sit at the piano and pick out melodies. I remember from a very early age composing arrangements of my mother’s favorite songs at her request. I learned that music can touch people in ways that nothing else could. Once I recognized that there was no looking back. I had to be a part of reproducing those thoughts and feelings for people. Music is an anchor in my life. In times when I feel alone or in times of joy, music is always there.

Samuel Gentry

Biography:

Music has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up in the church, learning to play and lead from a young age, and later served as a worship pastor. I started playing bars while I was in the army, and for the past decade I’ve kept at it—carrying the music into louder rooms and learning what it takes to hold a crowd night after night. Along the way I spent a short stretch teaching, but the real work has always been the stage.

Alongside that journey I co-founded Dirt Avenue. What began as a shared vision has grown into the purest expression of the music I’ve always wanted to make—the place where church stages, late-night writing sessions, and countless bar gigs all come together.

My style draws from a little bit of everything, but it sits most naturally in the country vein: honest storytelling, rootsy textures, and songs that feel lived-in. Dirt Avenue is the home for that sound.