Syntax Creative Clients Earn 45 IBMA Nominations
DESCRIPTION:
Written with GRAMMY winner Molly Tuttle, Jon & Justin’s “Nothing Between Us” is a bluegrass waltz with delectable country touches, featuring the vocals of Sarah Siskind. Inspired by long-distance love, the song marked the first time Jon, Justin and Tuttle sat down together to write. Kicking off with twin fiddles, Siskind adds a soulful dimension to the bittersweet story of a couple discovering that reunion doesn’t always feel the way they imagined.
KEY SELLING POINTS
- Ohio natives born 40 years apart, banjoist Justin Hiltner and bassist Jon Weisberger began writing together in 2012—the same year Weisberger won the IBMA’s first Songwriter of the Year award for cuts by the Infamous Stringdusters, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, and the Gibson Brothers.
- They soon joined the band of Hall of Famer Roland White, appearing on 2018’s Tribute to the Kentucky Colonels and the IBMA-nominated “Soldier’s Joy.”
- As Hiltner later toured solo and performed in the orchestra for Oklahoma!, Weisberger contributed to GRAMMY-winning albums by The Travelin’ McCourys and Billy Strings, earning a 2021 IBMA Producer award for “Ground Speed.”
- Following their 2022 EP Room at the Table, Hiltner’s solo debut 1992 earned "best of the year" honors from NPR and Slate.
- Accolades continued as Weisberger earned a GRAMMY nomination for the Billy Strings-Willie Nelson collaboration “California Sober” and a second IBMA Songwriter of the Year win in 2025.
- In early 2026, the two reunited in the studio to record a new collection, continuing one of bluegrass’s most durable writing partnerships.
- Ohio natives born 40 years apart, banjoist Justin Hiltner and bassist Jon Weisberger began writing together in 2012—the same year Weisberger won the IBMA’s first Songwriter of the Year award for cuts by the Infamous Stringdusters, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, and the Gibson Brothers.
- They soon joined the band of Hall of Famer Roland White, appearing on 2018’s Tribute to the Kentucky Colonels and the IBMA-nominated “Soldier’s Joy.”
- As Hiltner later toured solo and performed in the orchestra for Oklahoma!, Weisberger contributed to GRAMMY-winning albums by The Travelin’ McCourys and Billy Strings, earning a 2021 IBMA Producer award for “Ground Speed.”
- Following their 2022 EP Room at the Table, Hiltner’s solo debut 1992 earned "best of the year" honors from NPR and Slate.
- Accolades continued as Weisberger earned a GRAMMY nomination for the Billy Strings-Willie Nelson collaboration “California Sober” and a second IBMA Songwriter of the Year win in 2025.
- In early 2026, the two reunited in the studio to record a new collection, continuing one of bluegrass’s most durable writing partnerships.
