Tia McGraff’s star shot into orbit after winning the Canadian Open Country Singing Contest at the age of nineteen. It wasn’t long before Tia was making TV appearances with Johnny Cash and June Carter, writing and recording with musical icons Randy Bachman (BTO) and Anne Murray’s publishing company. When Tia moved to Nashville, TN, she met and married Colorado native melody man Tommy Parham. Tommy’s hit song, Rocks You Can’t Move, was recorded and released as the first single on Country Star Lee Greenwood’s “Stronger Than Time,” album. The couple has been sharing the gift of songwriting ever since.

With over ten international album releases, various film/TV placements, and numerous awards (including Social Justice 2021 and Peace 2022, Songs of the Year at the EmPower Songwriting Awards), Tia and Tommy have earned respect in the music industry as well as a diverse global fan base. The duo has a gift for ‘getting to the heart of the matter’ and writing relatable songs about life, love, and this crazy world we live in. Fans and industry notables alike have described them as “the modern day, Johnny Cash and June Carter!”

Tia and Tommy have been touring internationally for twenty years, performing at soft seaters and festivals in the USA, Canada, and The UK. Including: MADD Candle Vigil (ON), The Bluebird Café (Nashville), Frank Brown Intl Songwriters Festival (AL), Canterbury Folk Festival (ON), Festival of Friends (ON), Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic (ON), Tumbleweed Music Festival (KS), Strawberry Music Festival(CA), Sanderson Centre (ON), Stockey Centre (ON).

A gifted author, Tia’s children’s book, Jake The Road Dawg (about the couple’s adopted Nashville Shelter pup who travels with them on tour) has helped raise funds and awareness for their local chapter of The Dolly Parton Imagination Library, The Niagara Falls Humane Society, and various animal rescue non-profit org. The book includes three original songs by Tia and Tommy and is the inspiration behind their podcast show and their live author/songwriting children’s events, both called Jake’s Place: Songs’ n’ Tails.’

Sending out the universal message of hope, acceptance in your world, and love for life’s adventures, Jake the Road Dawg inspires readers of all ages to ‘Find the song in your heart,’ and ‘Let yourself be Crazy Beautiful!’