Phil Kane is a country singer-songwriter from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, who studies songwriting at Belmont University in Nashville. Known for piano-driven, story-first songs rooted in small-town life, he drew national attention with an American Idol audition of his original song “Osage County,” which prompted judge Luke Bryan to call him a “country Jackson Browne.” His writing leans on authentic storytelling and the nostalgia of leaving home.