Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Riley Green was raised on the sounds of traditional country, bluegrass, and southern gospel music. He learned the spirit of songwriting and performing at a young age while spending time with his grandfather, Bufford Green, who ran the Golden Saw Music Hall. Riley shared the stage with him and other men of his generation, laying a foundation for the songs he would craft in the years to come.
His full-length debut album Different 'Round Here' was released in 2019 via BMLG Records and has produced gold-certified number one hit “There Was This Girl” and gold-certified single “I Wish Grandpas Never Died" – a song People magazine praised “might take him to a whole new stratosphere,” and one he shares cowriting credits posthumously alongside his two grandfathers. Highlighting his southern roots and relatability, he cowrote each track offering a perspective Rolling Stone describes as "Drinks-in-the-air Nineties country at an Alabama vs. Auburn tailgate."
Named ACM’s New Artist of the Year, Riley just released his latest EP If It Wasn't for Trucks September 11. Nominated for Best New Country Artist at the iHeartRadio Music Awards he was also voted as one of CRS’ 2020 new faces and was named MusicRow’s Breakout Artist of the Year at their Country Breakout Awards. Riley also was selected as a CMT Listen Up Artist and one of MusicRow’s 2019 Next Big Things. After 2019 on Brad Paisley’s 2019 World Tour, his own Get That Man a Beer and Jon Pardi’s Heartache Medication Tour, he kicked off 2020 on Jason Aldean’s We Back Tour through the spring.