Jamie Kent has emerged as a key voice fighting for independent venues and artists across Tennessee. As a triple threat artist, lobbyist, and founder of a communications agency, Kent's work has helped drive campaigns to pass multiple pieces of legislation at both the state and local level. Most recently, Kent helped lead the charge on legislation to establish Tennessee's Live Music Fund and a new partnership to create free parking for Nashville’s musicians. His company also helped spearhead communications, creative, and coalition building for the recent Greater Nashville Music Census, which set a new national record for participation. In recent years, Kent also helped produce a Mayoral Forum for Arts & Entertainment in Nashville, and led a campaign of creatives working to eliminate smoking inside music venues, passing both statewide and local legislation to do so in Nashville.

Additionally, Kent serves as Policy Chair for the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, Board Chair for Musicians for a Smokefree TN, and is a member of the Shelby Commons Task Force. He was recently named a ‘40 Under 40’ by Nashville Business Journal, dubbed one of Nashville’s ‘Most Fascinating People’ by Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, and is a member of the 2025 Leadership Music class.

Prior to launching Backstage Strategies and The BAM Group, Kent spent years on the road as an independent artist sharing stages with Reba, Huey Lewis & The News, and The Doobie Bros. His songs have been heard across major network television, and his 2016 album All American Mutt, debuted at #16 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart.

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