Stephen Sanchez with special guest Madi Diaz

Grandstand Stage
• Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Stephen Sanchez

Stephen Sanchez has materialized at the forefront of popular culture with a sound that’s as timeless as it is necessary for the times. It’s easy to sway into the embrace of his breezy baritone stylings, warm guitar phrasing and untouchable charisma. His music is also an eternal bright spot illuminated by a belief that the kind of romance and love we used to see on the silver screen is still possible. Barely in his 20s, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer has already enchanted audiences everywhere. His breakout single “Until I Found You” went Multi-Platinum, vaulted into the Top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100, and generated nearly 2 billion streams powered by the original piano version and duet with Gold-certified pop singer and songwriter Em Beihold. He delivered much-talked-about performances on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Meanwhile, he also sold out successive headline tours and earned acclaim from Billboard, Consequence and more. He was even invited by Sir Elton John to perform “Until I Found You” at Elton’s last show ever headlining Glastonbury.

Now, Sanchez spins a story unlike anything you’ve ever heard (or seen) on his 2023 full-length debut “Angel Face” (Mercury Records/Republic Records) introduced by the single “Be More.” The record tells the tale of The Troubadour Sanchez, a fictional musician who blew up in 1958 with “Until I Found You,” lit up popular culture, and was tragically gunned down in 1964 after falling in love with a mob boss’ girlfriend, Evangeline. However, his long-lost debut has been unearthed 59 years later in the form of “Angel Face.” Now, Stephen has released the highly anticipated follow-up, "Angel Face (Club Deluxe)," out now.

Madi Diaz

Madi Diaz has been making records and writing songs professionally since the late 2000s, but it wasn't until she released 2021's “History of a Feeling” that she felt the glare of wider notoriety. It wasn't her debut album, but it certainly felt like it. She made her daytime and nighttime television debuts, embarked on her first solo tour since 2014, supported Waxahatchee and Angel Olsen on tour, and collaborated with them on record. Harry Styles handpicked Diaz to open for him in arenas and stadiums in North America, and was so taken by her captivating live show, he asked her to be a member of his touring band, to sing alongside him all over Europe and the U.K., as well as continuing to open the show in various cities. After three months on the road touring internationally, Diaz is back in Nashville and gearing up to release her new album, “Weird Faith.” On “Weird Faith,” Diaz once again examines a romantic partnership, but this time, her songs are about falling for someone and the endless self-questioning a new relationship inspires. When Diaz started writing “Weird Faith,” she knew it would be bigger than a love story. She didn't yet know that she was rendering a self-portrait, one that captures the Madi Diaz of a fleeting moment in time, hungrily alive and forever searching – a search that has led to a record highlighting the human experience of spinning out on the fall into love, bold in its honesty, and matching the momentum of Madi Diaz.