NEWS & CURRENT NOMINATIONS
We are super excited to that our NNP team have been nominated again this year at the 2026 Josie Music Awards in Nashville, TN
🏆 2026 Josie Music Awards – Nominations
Celebrating excellence in independent music and songwriting
Best New Music Business of the Year
Nashville North Publishing
Songwriter of the Year Nomination
Donna Dutchess
Artist Nominations
Duo of The Year (Alumni) - Roseland
Songwriter Achievement Nominations
Drinkin' – Kevin Nevel, Rudy Gunn, Donna Dutchess
Cheap Watered Down Whiskey - Donna Dutchess, Chris Sligh, Rudy Gunn
Song of The Year Nominations
"I Ain't Thinking" - Tyler Lorette - Written by: Donna Dutchess, Chris Slig
"He Left Behind" - Caden Wilson - Written by: Donna Dutchess, John Rose, Chris Sligh
"Tailgating" - Moonshine Molly's - Written by: Donna Dutchess, Chris Sligh
Song of The Year Duo
"Tailgating" - Moonshine Molly's - Written by: Donna Dutchess, Chris Sligh
🏆 2025 Josie Music Awards – Nominations
Video Nomination - WINNER 2025
Expressive Verse Video of the Year
“Make Canada Great Again” – Rudy Gunn
Songwriter Achievement Nominations
Heaven For This Cowboy – Rudy Gunn, David Ronald Sullivan
Better Every Day – Rudy Gunn, Cindy Kay Skinner
Those Weren’t My Boots – Rudy Gunn
If You Ain’t About It – Donna Rose Dutchess, Rudy Gunn
Eight Second High – Donna Rose Dutchess, Rudy Gunn, Cindy Kay Skinner, John Rose
Between the Liquor and the Lord – Cindy Kay Skinner
Songwriter of the Year Nomination
Donna Rose Dutchess
Song of the Year Nominations
"He Left Behind" - Caden Wilson - Written by: Donna Dutchess, John Rose, Chris Sligh
"She Just Is" - Justin Fancy - Written by: Donna Rose Dutchess, Kevin Nevel, Chris Sligh
**The Josie Music Awards celebrate outstanding independent artists and songwriters from around the world. Congratulations to all the 2025 nominees and winners this year!
MUSIC
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NASHVILLE NORTH PUBLISHING
Dutch-Canadian singer-songwriter best known as Rudy Gunn, founded Nashville North Publishing as a full-service publishing house representing award-winning and chart-topping Nashville writers.
Our roster includes Donna Dutchess, co-writer of "She Just Is" for Justin Fancy alongside American Idol alum Chris Sligh; Rudy Gunn, with seven Josie Award nominations in 2025, and three Top 5 hits on Canadian Country Radio; and Kevin Nevel, whose songs have been on hold by artists such as Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Leona Lewis, and Josh Groban.
Other talented writers include Cindy Skinner, David Sullivan, and John Rose, all current nominees, Justin Littlechild, an Indigenous songwriter from Alberta, and Mike Crombez, formerly of Johnson’s Creek and now a core member of Rudy Gunn’s band.
Based across Canada and the U.S, most of our writers are located North of Nashville, yet our roots run deep in the Nashville songwriting scene—hence the name Nashville North Publishing. We offer a diverse catalog of songs ready to be recorded and are always open to writing custom material or helping artists polish and finish their own songs.
Our specialties include Country, ’90s Country, New Nashville Country, Country Rock, Rock, Hard Rock, Christian, Singer-Songwriter, Pop, and Soft Adult Contemporary.
If you’re looking for your next big hit, Nashville North Publishing has the writers, the songs, and the experience to bring it to life.
