Singer/songwriters Colleen Wild and Jason Benefield are Echo and Ransom, a duo in Illinois.

In the early 2000s, singer/songwriters Colleen Wild and Jason Benefield met and discovered an instant musical chemistry. After several years of collaboration, though, there were families to raise and other projects to pursue. They remained friends through the years and, in 2016, Colleen had a show near Jason's house, so she asked him to join her. That show turned into 3 shows, which ultimately turned into 2-3 shows a week.

In 2017, they made it official by dubbing their duo "Echo and Ransom." The time spent apart in other projects only gave each of them more to bring to the table