Holly Gleason is an insider's insider. Having written for ROLLING STONE, THE LA TIMES and NY TIMES, CREEM, VARIETY, MUSICIAN and HITS, where she anchors the trade's Nashville coverage, Gleason is an in-demand artist development and media strategy consultant, whose worked extensively with Kenny Chesney, John Prine, Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Crowell, Lee Ann Womack, the Lumineers, Todd Snider, Asleep at the Wheel, the Nitty Gritty Dirt band and Patty Loveless.
One of two Americans nominated for Best Cultural Reporting at 2016's global International Network of Street Papers, she's a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame/Case Center for the Study of Pop Music fellow and the co-writer of "Better As A Memory," an award-winning multiple week #1. She also teaches music criticism at Middle Tennessee State University. She is currently working on a memoir and a book about Emmylou Harris.