The guest on this week’s episode of the Free Range Conversations podcast may be making a name for himself on television and in Music City, but he grew up just a “hop and a skip” from Rison. Grant Bias, known professionally as BIAS, is a White Hall native who competed on the 2023 cycle of NBC’s The Voice making the Top 9 under the coaching of mentor Gwen Stefani. Bias joins podcast co-hosts Douglas Boultinghouse, Britt Talent and Roy Phillips for the latest episode in advance of the Rison in the Fall Festival on Oct. 12 where the musician will take the stage at 4 p.m. During the podcast, Bias shared his journey from graduating high school and attending the University of Mobile in Alabama, an arts school where he studied music, traveling the world in an acapella group. After leaving school to pursue music full time, and getting married, he and his wife settled in Chattanooga where he served as a worship leader. One night while watching television, the idea to audition for The Voice hit him. He said, “What the heck? Why not?” and submitted an audition tape. Since the recording of the podcast, Bias won the Unsigned Only country category for independent songwriters with his single “Lake of Fire.” His next single, “Bent But Ain’t Broken,” is expected to be released ahead of his performance at Rison in the Fall.

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