Mary Kutter
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Mary Kutter (born February 5, 1991) is a Springfield, Kentucky-born singer-songwriter and BBR Music Group artist who went from hosting a weekly radio variety show in Bardstown and writing hits for Bailey Zimmerman and Nate Smith to accumulating over 100 million streams as a songwriter, going viral with 30 million views on "Devil's Money," a song inspired by her bootlegger great-grandfather, and signing her first major label deal in 2026 with the Southern noir revenge single "Bed of Roses," a track she describes as having the grit, dark humor, and unapologetic teeth of the best storytelling country music she grew up loving.
Current Tour & Setlist
Kutter played the Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderwood, Florida on April 10, 2026, and followed with a run of headline dates through Hudson, Florida on April 11, Fort Walton, Florida on April 17, Canton, Georgia on April 18, Springfield, Missouri on April 23, and Park City, Kansas on April 24, with additional summer and fall dates expected behind "Bed of Roses" as BBR Music Group and BMG Nashville build her national profile. Fans can expect a setlist anchored by "Bed of Roses," "Devil's Money," "Smell the Smoke," "The Devil Wore a Lab Coat," and other fan favorites from her independent catalog.
Early Life
Born February 5, 1991 in Springfield, Kentucky, and raised on her family's cattle farm near Bardstown in the heart of bourbon country, Mary Kutter grew up in a household where her mother worked in education and her father ran a small business, both of them insisting she have a normal childhood free from pageants and competitions, which meant 4H events, church choir, and supper at the family table every night. Her great-grandfather was a Kentucky bootlegger whose legend became the direct inspiration for her viral song "Devil's Money," and she began writing original songs at 14 after her mother enrolled her and her brother in piano lessons with a local teacher at age six, absorbing the storytelling of Dolly Parton and Faith Hill alongside the narrative ambition of Elvis Presley.
Career Highlights
Before Nashville knew her name as an artist, Kutter built visibility through a weekly TV and radio variety show called Mary Kutter's Country Music Hour in Bardstown, then moved to Nashville where she launched "OMG! I'm a Songwriter," a popular live showcase at Tin Roof that featured over 500 writers and cemented her place in the city's creative community before her own pen started paying major bills. She signed a publishing deal with Reservoir Media and accumulated over 60 recorded songs with credits including Bailey Zimmerman's "Never Leave," Nate Smith's "Wreckage," Zach John King's work, and Alexandra Kay's "That's What Love Is," with her collectively penned songs surpassing 100 million streams and landing Billboard Top 20 hits and a Sirius XM number-one single. Her 2025 independent debut album "The Devil Wore a Lab Coat" produced the viral single "Devil's Money," which accumulated over 30 million views and built a social media following exceeding one million fans, before she signed with BBR Music Group and BMG Nashville in February 2026 and released her major-label debut single "Bed of Roses," a Southern noir revenge story she has described as having teeth, produced by Kurt Allison and Tully Kennedy.
Family & Personal Life
Kutter keeps her personal and romantic life entirely private, and no confirmed relationship or family details beyond her Springfield and Bardstown, Kentucky roots and her fondness for the "extraordinary ordinary" working people of her hometown have been made public. She has spoken warmly about her father's infectious enthusiasm for his work, saying she grew up wanting to love whatever she did as much as he loved his career, and that philosophy drives the fierce independence she has maintained throughout a decade of building her career on her own terms before signing her first major label deal.
