Adrienne Young, born in Tallahassee, Florida, is an American singer‑songwriter and multi‑instrumentalist. She began her career performing with the band Big White Undies and graduated magna cum laude from Belmont University. Her breakthrough came in 2003 when she won the Chris Austin songwriting contest at MerleFest with "Sadie's Song", a reinterpretation of the bluegrass standard "Little Sadie." In 2003, she released her debut album Plow to the End of the Row on her own AddieBelle Music label and received a Grammy nomination for Best Album Package. She followed Room to Grow in 200. Her work earned recognition from the Americana Music Association, the Nashville Scene, and the Los Angeles Times, and she toured extensively across the United States and England with various lineups of her band Little Sadie.