Mike Farris Tennessee Music Pathways Marker

During his solo career, Mike Farris has crossed between rock, blues, soul, and gospel to bring a current sensibility to traditional Southern music. He was honored at the 2008 Americana Music Awards as New/Emerging Artist of the Year Award, and, in 2021, he won the Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Traditional Gospel Album of the Year. In 2015, he won a Grammy award for Best Roots Gospel Album for "Shine For All The People", and in 2018 released the critically-acclaimed "Silver And Stone", both on Compass Records.