Jetty Rae: darling singer/songwriter and mother from Michigan. Heath McNease: singing rapper and handsome resident of Georgia. What do the two have in common? Their love for creating introspective acoustic songs that bring the listener in and tap into his or her emotions.

The two full time touring artists met at a concert and continued to bump into each other at music festivals. Both were fans of the other. One day Heath worked up the courage to ask Jetty to sing on a few songs with him. Jetty agreed. Then Jetty said, “Let’s just do this as a group.”

Jetty had no idea this is what Heath wanted the whole time. Thus the birth of “Pen Pals.” A duo based on mutual artistic admiration for the other. The two singers have met less than 10 times in person. The project was written in Heath’s Georgia farm town and recorded in Nashville with producer Greg Lafollette. Jetty tracked her vocals in her home state of Michigan.