On The Row: Levi Hummon Works To Make An Impact In His Hometown

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Levi Hummon. Photo: The Dwyers

Red Van Records artist Levi Hummon recently came by the MusicRow office to share some tunes.

A Nashville native, Hummon has built his growing fan base through his genre-bending work as an artist and songwriter, as well as maintaining a strong social media presence. 

He has amassed over 175 million global streams with fan favorites such as “Paying For It,” “Good Riddance,” “Bottled Up” and more. Hummon has also spent time establishing himself as a trusted songwriter on Music Row, with cuts by Steven Tyler, Tim McGraw and more.

Pictured (L-R): Jonas Entertainment Group’s Kevin Jonas Sr., MusicRow‘s Madison Hahnen and LB Cantrell, Levi Hummon, MusicRow‘s Sherod Robertson, John Nix Arledge and Liza Anderson

Hummon grew up right around the corner from Music Row. He has always been surrounded by songwriting, as his dad is hit songwriter Marcus Hummon, the author “Bless The Broken Road,” “Cowboy Take Me Away,” “Born to Fly” and many more. He always knew music was in his future, from writing lyrics on his arm with a sharpie as a kid to picking up any instrument around the house. Hummon spent about eight years as an independent artist before becoming Red Van Records’ flagship artist. 

“My favorite No. 1 party I went to as a kid with my dad was for ‘One Of These Days’ by Tim McGraw,” Hummon recalls. “I was so enamored by Tim, and he came over to me and said, ‘One day you’re going to be a country artist and we’re going to hang.’” This ended up becoming a full circle moment for Hummon as he co-penned McGraw’s tune “Not From California” off his Here On Earth album, and has opened for the country hit-maker on several occasions.

Levi Hummon & MusicRow‘s Sherod Robertson

With over 800,000 followers on TikTok, Hummon has been able to share his music with a wide variety of audiences. His song “Good Riddance” has over 103,000 video creations to the sound.

“This song started as a song just dedicated to exes,” he shared. “TikTok turned it into a song about saying goodbye to everything [such as bad habits or addictions].” 

Hummon is currently at country radio with “Paying For It,” which features Walker Hayes. This is Hummon’s first single at country radio. 

Hummon is managed by Jonas Group Entertainment and published by Reservoir.

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