For years, the "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" co-writer kept his early life as an artist a secret from Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and other stars: "I fully shifted my focus to being taken ...

Country music would look much different without Ross Copperman. The ace songwriter has penned hits for the likes of Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney and Dierks Bentley, and that's not all: ...

Ross Copperman has been playing the piano since he was a toddler, started recording songs in his childhood bedroom and began songwriting in college. Before moving to Nashville around 2010, the Roanoke ...

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When last The Roanoke Times visited singer/songwriter/producer Ross Copperman, it was 2006. The Glenvar High School and James Madison University graduate had signed a record deal with Phonogenic, a ...

Ross Copperman came to Nashville with dreams of being a recording artist. He says it lasted about a week. “I realized I'm not a country artist. Country fans would sniff me out from a mile away. It's ...

Ross Copperman has been one of Nashville's big young guns for a few years now, writing No. 1 hits for Brett Eldridge and Justin Moore and producing top-selling albums for the likes of Dierks Bentley.