From the moment he enters a room, it becomes clear that Jay Allen is here to tell his story. The tattoo-clad singer/songwriter has his heart inked on his sleeve – so to speak – and sings with conviction onstage that stems from the music he heard growing up in rural Iowa. Jay’s mother, a major source of inspiration, introduced Jay to country music greats like Brookes & Dunn, George Strait and John Michael Montgomery at an early age. Jay has achieved major milestones in the course of the past few years: he’s signed a publishing and development deal with Sony ATV publishing, enlisted management team, Edge Artist Management and released a five-song EP, which produced his first hit single “Sounds Good To Me” – dubbed a “Highway Find” on SiriusXM’s The Highway. The song is currently climbing the charts on satellite radio and quickly becoming the track you want on repeat with lyrics like: “If you wanna go lose yourself in these eyes / chase down a bit of that sweet high / if that sounds good to you then that sounds good to me.” Jay co-wrote the tune alongside ACM-nominated songwriter Phil Barton and Lindsay Rimes, who also produced the track. Inspired by his fellow lyricists, Jay leapt full-time into the writing process, discovering his sound and testing new songs at writer’s rounds around Nashville. He is currently in the studio working on new music and will continue to bring his songs to life out on the road.