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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
The Railers
Group · United States · Nashville · formed 2010
Nashville musical group
Timeline
1 events◆ Formed 1
2010s
Biography
English biography206 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1320076613
Biography
The Railers is an American country band based out of Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The band is composed of brothers and Missouri natives Jordan and Jonathan Lawson, and Arizona native Cassandra Lawson. Jordan, Jonathan and Cassandra met at Northern Arizona University and moved to Nashville in 2004.
Formerly known as Tin Cup Gypsy, the band changed its name to The Railers in 2012.
In 2010, the band opened for Sara Evans and Órla Fallon in addition to headlining their own dates. In 2012, they signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and a record deal with Warner Music Nashville.
The Railers released an EP in May 2014 titled The Railers: The Geraldine Session. The EP includes six songs that were all recorded live in one session. They released a single on September 24, 2014, titled "Kinda Dig the Feeling". The song was also featured on the season 3 premiere of ABC's TV series Nashville.
As of 2024, Jonathan and Cassandra Lawson founded the Dark Folk Duo Ivy and the Wall, writing song placements for film and television and working with Danish Publishing House Soul Jam Publishing.
Jordan Lawson is currently a utility touring musician for the Grammy Award-winning artist Carrie Underwood as of May 2024.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 16 | 37.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put The Railers head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 16 | 37.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18217167genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18217167seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Railersbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Railers
Why this artist is in the database
- List of country music performers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q18217167 · MusicBrainz: 578c3eed-4dcf-4831-bfd7-9fc6a52d4e7d
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