Cheley Tackett is a winner of both the Merlefest and Kerrville New Folk songwriting competitions as well as Just Plain Folks' winner for Song of the Year, Best Country Song, & Best Country Album. Most recently, Tackett is a finalist in the International Acoustic Music Awards for Best Country Song and Female Vocal Performance.

Respected for her songwriting and vocal ability alike, "American Country Magazine" suggests Cheley's song "Play the One I Like" "...might be the best song that I've heard this year so far" while Roughstock.com describes her as "...a remarkable vocalist....Imagine Allison Moorer's blissfully soulful voice and you've got yourself a good comparison for Cheley." Jim
Tract, President of Adroit Records, sums it up best: "There are very few people that can quiet a room. Cheley's one of those people, where glasses come down and heads turn."