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Who Is Jenna Davis? The Story Behind Her Journey to Country Music (2026)

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Who is Jenna Davis? The singer-songwriter joined us to chat about her journey to country music. Get to know the rising star here…

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Jenna Davis // Photo credit: SMACKRecords

Quick Facts:
Full Name – Jenna Davis
Birthdate – 05/05/2004
Hometown – Born in Plano, TX and Grew Up in Frisco, TX & Chaska, MN
Current City – Nashville, Tennessee + Los Angeles, California
Musical Influences – Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, Miley Cyrus
Label – SMACKRecords
Current Single – “Hey Girly” (as of date of article 06/29/2026)
The Beginning:

Today’s spotlight artist has always been a performer. While many fans first discovered Jenna Davis through acting or social media, her love for music stretches back to her earliest years. We’ve been lucky enough to interview the songstress at many stages in her career, and recently we reconnected with her again to talk about her life and her new music.

“I was always singing around the house,” she shared, reflecting on growing up with a mom who was an opera singer. “She really introduced me to music.”

After being born in Plano, Texas, Davis and her family eventually moved to Minnesota, where her parents encouraged her to explore different interests. While sports never quite stuck, one musical theatre camp changed everything. “I absolutely fell in love with performing,” she shared.

Ever since she was young, the singer-songwriter recalls listening to country music and falling in love with the genre. “My biggest influences are probably Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, and Shania Twain,” she shared. “I think they’re the top three that I get inspiration from.” Adding later, “Country music has always been in my life. My mom introduced me to LeeAnn Rimes and Dolly Parton from a super young age. I always just fell in love with how country music told stories with their lyrics.”

From there, Davis began taking voice and piano lessons with her mom before landing roles in professional theater productions. Around ten or eleven years old, her dreams expanded beyond the stage, leading her family to begin traveling to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Despite a multitude of interests, music was still her biggest dream.

Around the same time, Davis started posting singing covers to social media several times a week, not to become an influencer, but to slowly build an audience for the music she hoped to release one day. “I knew country music was what I wanted to do,” she shared.

The Turning Point:

With true star power, Davis began working even harder at her craft. In order to feel a closer connection to her growing fanbase, Davis decided to showcase more of her life on social media, aside from her singing aspirations and talents. “As that grew, I decided not only to show my singing side, but also who Jenna is as a person, because I think if you are relatable with your audience and your audience can understand not only you as an artist but you as a person, it just gives them a sense of that you are actually a person and a personal connection.”

As she got older, life finally gave her stories to tell. After experiencing her first heartbreak at fifteen, Davis began writing songs of her own before making regular trips to Nashville to learn the songwriting community. By nineteen, she had signed her record deal and officially began the next chapter of her career.

“I always knew that it was where I wanted to be, so when I was about sixteen, we started coming out to Nashville. I startled getting involved in a little bit of the writing rooms and learning how Nashville works, and then when I was eighteen, I got signed to SMACK. They discovered me when I was seventeen, and I found my team. I’m so thankful for them and for believing in me and my music.”

Rather than rushing music out, she spent time writing with different collaborators, experimenting creatively, and figuring out exactly who she wanted to be as an artist. “I feel like in the last two years, more specifically the last year and a half—I’ve really kind of found my brand and who I want to be and what I want to say as an artist,” she shared.

For Davis connecting with her fans and her music is paramount. “My biggest goal as an artist is to create music that tells stories,” she shared. “I think that stems so much from acting.” For the singer-songwriter, those years of growth ultimately helped her become more confident—not only in the stories she wanted to tell, but in the artist she was becoming.

Today:

Since signing her record deal with SMACKRecords, Davis has been cultivating her aesthetic and artistry. “I’ve been learning about what I want to say as an artist and what I want to put out. This past year, I’ve been collaborating with different writers and finding the people that I now call family to love and create music with,” she shared.

Since releasing her debut EP, SIKE, Davis has been hard at work writing and releasing more new music for fans. Most recently, the singer-songwriter shared her new song, “Hey Girly” with the world.

Inspired by one of her closest friends, the song tells the story of a woman debating whether or not to send the infamous “hey girly” text after discovering the guy she had been talking to already had a girlfriend. After writing the song, Davis sat on it for a few weeks before deciding whether to release it. During that time, two more of her friends found themselves in nearly identical situations. “I was like, ‘Okay…this has to come out,’” she recalled.

While the song wasn’t written from her own perspective, it perfectly represents the type of storytelling she’s grown to love—taking real-life experiences and turning them into songs that help people feel seen. “I want people to be able to see themselves in the songs,” she shared.

Looking ahead, Davis has plenty to be excited about. Along with more music on the way, she’s preparing to head out on her first headline tour this fall after making her CMA Fest debut earlier this year.

For Davis, it feels like the next chapter of a journey she’s been working toward for years. After finding her voice, her creative family, and the stories she wants to tell, she’s stepping into this season with more confidence than ever before.

With more music, more shows, and plenty of stories still left to tell, it’s clear that Jenna Davis is only getting started.

Connect:

Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about upcoming Jenna Davis announcements and releases.

To keep up with Jenna Davis, follow her on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook.

Jenna Davis’ music is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Who Is Kenny Whitmire? The Story Behind His Journey to Country Music

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Who is Kenny Whitmire? The singer-songwriter joined us to chat about his journey to country music. Get to know the rising star here…

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Kenny Whitmire // Photo credit: Josef Llyod

Quick Facts:

Full name – Kenny Alexander Whitmire
Birthdate – 04/01/2002
Hometown – Woodstock, Georgia
Current city – White Bluff, Tennessee
Musical influences – Merle Haggard, Vince Gill, Randy Travis, Tracy Lawrence, Daryle Singletary
Label – MCA
Current Single – “One Foot In The Grave”  off debut EP Fool In A King Size Bed (as of date of article: 06/22/2026)
The Beginning:

Today’s spotlight artist has always had music in his life. Kenny Whitmire is a rising artist in country music. The Georgia native always found himself immersed in music. We chatted with the artist all about his upbringing, his new music, and everything in between.

Growing up in Woodstock, Georgia, about an hour north of Atlanta, he was raised in a somewhat musical family. His dad played bass and guitar, while he found himself drawn to singing from a young age. “My dad was also a pastor, so I grew up singing in church a lot,” he shared.

As he got older, music continued to play a bigger role in his life. He picked up the guitar in seventh grade and began learning songs from some of his favorite artists. He fell in love with voices like Chris Stapleton, Rascal Flatts, and Vince Gill, spending hours learning covers and trying to emulate the voices he admired. “I was just always drawn to a really crazy voice and trying to sing like them,” he shared.

Later, he discovered artists like Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley, a moment that would ultimately shape the type of artist he wanted to become. “That kind of changed my brain chemistry on music,” shared Whitmire. By the time he reached high school, he had started writing songs of his own and making occasional trips to Nashville with his family.

Despite not knowing how he was going to do it, music was the thing that was always calling him.

The Turning Point:

After graduating high school, he briefly worked in HVAC and even considered playing football at a small college near home. Ultimately, however, he felt called in a different direction. “I just kind of felt the Lord calling me to do the music thing instead,” shared the singer-songwriter, who picked up and moved to Nashville in 2022 at just 19 years old.

Like many young artists who move to Music City, the early days weren’t always glamorous. “I was nineteen,” he shared. “I couldn’t get into any bars.” While many of his songwriter friends would head out after writing sessions, he often found himself heading home instead. Still, he continued writing songs, building relationships, and trying to figure out how to make a living doing what he loved.

At the same time, another opportunity presented itself. The singer joined fellow country artist Austin Snell’s band, spending the next few years on the road playing guitar and learning the ins and outs of touring. “I went on the road for a few years with my buddy Austin Snell, playing guitar for him,” he shared. While touring helped him gain valuable experience, he never lost sight of his own artist project. Between shows, he continued writing songs and posting content online.

“Social media did a lot for me,” he shared. “I started posting on social media as much as I could.” Through a mix of covers and original music, he slowly began building an audience of his own. Music was truly his calling. “It’s the only thing I’ve ever been halfway decent at,” joked Whitmire

About a year ago, he stepped away from the road gig and began focusing fully on his own music. Songs like “Me Being Me” and “You’re Getting Colder” started gaining traction online, while “Get Her The Moon” continued building momentum with fans. As more listeners discovered his music, it became clear that it was time for something bigger than just singles.

Today:

Flash forward to today, and the singer-songwriter just released his debut EP, Fool In A King Size Bed. The seven-track project serves as an introduction to his music and to who he is as an artist. “We realized that we probably needed to put a little collection of songs to kind of introduce myself,” he shared.

The project features a mix of songs that have connected with fans online, alongside newer material that showcases the different sides of his artistry. “I think we did a good job of it being a good introduction and kind of a good dynamic of different songs to show the world,” he shared. When asked how he would describe the project, his answer was simple. “It’s pretty country,” he shared.

Rooted in traditional country influences with a modern edge, the EP blends heartbreak songs, honky-tonk anthems, and the type of storytelling that first made him fall in love with country music.

One song he’s especially excited about is “One Foot In The Grave.” The track began as a title he had carried around in his phone for quite some time before finally finding the right collaborators to help bring it to life. “It’s just kind of my modern-day ‘Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox,’” he shared. “It’s just about my love for country music.”

While the EP may mark an important milestone, the singer is already looking ahead. This summer, fans can catch him on the road with Billy Currington and Kip Moore, while new music continues to be written and recorded behind the scenes. “We’re already starting to work on the record,” he shared.

With a debut EP on the way, a busy touring schedule ahead, and plenty more music in the works, it feels like this is only the beginning for the rising country singer-songwriter.

Connect:

Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about future Kenny Whitmire releases.

To keep up with Kenny Whitmire, follow him on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook.

Kenny Whitmire’s music is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Who Is Connor McCutcheon? The Story Behind His Journey to Country Music

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Who is Connor McCutcheon? The singer-songwriter joined us to chat about his journey to country music. Get to know the rising star here…

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Connor McCutcheon

Quick Facts:

Full name – Connor McCutcheon
Birthdate – 10/28/1999
Hometown – Hendersonville, Tennessee
Current city – Nashville, Tennessee
Musical influences – Russell Dickerson, Justin Bieber, Morgan Wallen
Label – Spirit Music Group
Current Single – “Mine To Miss” (as of date of article: 06/15/2026)
The Beginning:

Today’s spotlight artist, Connor McCutcheon is a singer-songwriter we are excited about. While he may be building his career in Nashville, but unlike most singer-songwriters in town, he didn’t have to move very far to get there.

Born and raised in Hendersonville, Tennessee, the rising artist jokes that he’s somewhat of a unicorn in Music City. “That’s what they call a unicorn here in Nashville,” he shared. “Actually born and raised right in Hendersonville.”

Growing up just thirty minutes outside of Nashville, you might assume he was immersed in the music industry from an early age. Surprisingly, that wasn’t the case initially. While he was always obsessed with music, constantly listening through headphones and discovering new artists, he had little understanding of the songwriting community sitting right in his own backyard. “I had no idea what Nashville held,” he admitted. “I didn’t even know that Music City was right around the corner.”

Even before he started writing songs of his own, music was always a huge part of his life. Growing up, he gravitated toward artists like John Mayer and pop music, spending countless hours listening and learning from the songs he loved. “There wasn’t a time I was ever not having my headphones in and listening to music,” he shared.

The Turning Point:

For the singer-songwriter, music really started to take shape later in life. He first picked up a guitar as a senior in high school before taking that interest with him to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Then COVID hit. Like many college students at the time, he suddenly found himself stuck in Chattanooga with his roommate and plenty of free time on his hands. What started as boredom eventually turned into songwriting.

“Me and my roommate were just super bored, and I started to mess around just writing songs,” he shared. “They were awful, but it was fun.” Soon the pair started playing shows around campus and McCutcheon quickly realized he loved being on stage. At the same time, he found himself gravitating toward country music because of the storytelling and songwriting “That’s when I fell in love with country too, just from the storytelling and songwriting aspect of it.”

Like many newcomers to Nashville, the singer arrived with big dreams. “I thought I was gonna come to Nashville and be like, ‘Oh, record deal around the corner and all this crazy stuff,’” he shared. “But came here and got humbled pretty quickly.”

About a year after moving back, he was still trying to figure out how to pay the bills while continuing to write songs when he played a writers round in Gallatin. There were only about six people in attendance, but one of them happened to be songwriter Brent Anderson. Anderson asked him what publishing company he wrote for, and that began a new era for McCutcheon

That chance encounter eventually led him to Spirit Music Group and opened the door to the next chapter of his career. “It’s super cool,” he shared. “Everybody’s super chill and it seems like there’s a real community of everybody wanting everybody to be successful.”

Over the last few years, he has continued developing both as a songwriter and artist while building a creative circle of collaborators he now considers family.

“I feel like just now, like the last three or four months is when I’m like, ‘Wow, I could write every song for the rest of my career with these same people.’”

Today:

Flash forward to today, McCutcheon has truly emerged as a rising star to look out for. Earlier this year, the singer released “Mine To Miss,” a song that almost never came out. Written during a late-night studio session with friends, the track initially sat in what he jokingly calls the “song graveyard” while other music took priority. Despite that, fans continued asking for the song after hearing snippets online.

“We had teased it on TikTok, and I was getting tons of views,” he shared. “It’s my biggest release out the gate to date,” he shared. “It’s 100% the fans and the people wanting it and listening to it every day.”

The success of “Mine To Miss” is only the beginning. With “Only Devils,” additional singles, and an EP on the way, the singer says he’s entering the most exciting chapter of his career so far. “I feel like we finally found the lane,” he shared. “ I found what I’ve been wanting to do, and what I want to say through my music.”

Most recently, the artist also released a new uptempo song called, “Rhyme or Reason.” The song adds to the catalog that McCutcheon is already impressively building.

With more music on the way, an EP coming soon, and opportunities continuing to open up both as an artist and songwriter, the rising singer-songwriter has plenty to be excited about. If his recent releases are any indication, he’s only scratching the surface of what’s to come.

Connect:

Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about future Connor McCutcheon releases.

To keep up with Connor McCutcheon, follow him on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.

Connor McCutcheon’s music is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Who Is Morgan Myles? The Story Behind Her Journey to Country Music

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Who is Morgan Myles? The singer-songwriter joined us to chat about her journey to country music. Get to know the rising star here…

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Morgan Myles // Photo credit: Dan Hamm

Quick Facts:
Full Name – Morgan Myles
Birthdate – July 28th
Hometown – Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Current City – Nashville, TN
Musical Influences – (please name 3-5): Carole King, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Tyler
Label – Blue Elan Records
Current Single – “Love Is Lonesome” (as of date of article: 06/08/2026)

The Beginning:

Today’s spotlight artist knows exactly who she is. We chatted with country singer, Morgan Myles about her upbringing, her music, and everything in between. Even before she was releasing records and touring the country, Myles was in love with the genre.

The songstress grew up in Williamsport, Pennsylvania with an undeniable love for music. “I just oddly had this voice,” Myles shared, recalling how her mom first discovered her talent when she was just four or five years old. Soon after, her mother enrolled her in piano lessons, even taking the lessons alongside her because Myles was so young. “My very first piano concert was with my mom.”

Myles grew up immersed in dance, theater, school musicals, and countless hours listening to artists like Mariah Carey, Jackson Browne, and Alanis Morissette. Most importantly, she was surrounded by parents who believed in her from the very beginning. “My dad still goes on the road with me and helps me out,” she shared. “We’re just a very supportive family.”

As she got older, one mentor opened her eyes to the music world even further. Guitar teacher Dave Brumbaugh introduced Myles to artists like Carole King, Bonnie Raitt, and Janis Joplin while mentoring her through the Uptown Music Collective. She discovered her soulful sound, while cultivating more of her gift. “I identify with being soul country,” Myles shared. “I’ve always had this soulful voice.”

The Turning Point:

After spending her freshman year at Berklee College of Music, a few unexpected opportunities began pulling her toward Nashville. She transferred to Belmont University, studying music business while continuing to chase her dream. “It didn’t really pan out,” she laughed, reflecting on one of the industry meetings that initially brought her to town. “But it got me here.”

Once in Nashville, Myles learned that Nashville truly was a ten year town. Instead of giving up, she found herself surrounded by mentors who continuously pushed her to become a better artist, songwriter, and performer. “I had a guy at A&R tell me, ‘You need to go get your heart broken.’” At eighteen years old, Myles thought the advice sounded ridiculous. Looking back now, she understands exactly what he meant. “It’s conviction,” she shared. “It’s being able to really convey that connection to your audience.”

Rather than chasing shortcuts, she focused on developing her craft, writing songs, performing, and building a career rooted in purpose. “I appreciate that I got to go through the hard knocks because my why is so much stronger,” she shared.

That work ethic eventually led to the creation of her latest album. Working alongside producer Ross Hogarth and collaborator Gary Nichols, Myles wrote roughly eighty songs in just five months, spending much of her time creating in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Austin, Texas. The process was intentionally old school. Every song started as a simple vocal-and-guitar work tape. There was no autotune. No shortcuts.

“In a day and age where everything is so contrived and not real because of AI, there’s something to be said for going the opposite way,” Myles shared. What began as an album exploring love, healing, perseverance, and growth would eventually take on an entirely different meaning.

Today:

Flash forward to today, and Myles’ newest project, Laced feels less like an album and more like a diary. While much of the record had already been written and recorded, life suddenly changed in ways she never could have anticipated. After getting engaged, buying a home, and planning a wedding, Myles found herself facing the difficult reality that the relationship wasn’t what she thought it was.

“One month later, I said we got to call this wedding off,” she shared. “You’re not who you said you were.” At the very same time, her grandmother was battling severe dementia, her mother spent five days in the hospital following a medical emergency, and Myles was in the middle of touring nearly fifty shows in three months. “I’m trying to deal with all of it,” she recalled.

Perhaps the most symbolic moment came during the album photoshoot. The wedding dress had already been purchased. The wedding veil was already packed. “I packed up my veil and put it in my suitcase,” she shared. That veil ultimately became part of the album cover itself. “Everything in that album is really sentimental. It’s very diary-esque.”

As difficult as the experience was, Myles chose to share much of her healing journey publicly. A video of her trying on her wedding dress after the breakup received nearly five million views, prompting thousands of women to share their own stories of heartbreak, divorce, and choosing themselves.

“I posted it as part of my healing journey,” she shared. Today, Myles hopes listeners walking through similar seasons find comfort in the music. “I’m hoping that other women or people going through heartbreak just know that you’ve got to choose yourself, even though it’s hard.”

While she continues promoting the album and touring throughout the year, the singer-songwriter is already teasing new music, including what she jokingly describes as her “most unhinged song” yet. As for what comes next, she’s still figuring that out.

Stay tuned for more coming from the stellar artist!

Connect:

Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about upcoming Morgan Myles announcements and releases.

To keep up with Morgan Myles, follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok.

Morgan Myles’ music is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Who Is Alana Springsteen? The Story Behind Her Journey to Country Music (2026)

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Who is Alana Springsteen? The singer-songwriter joined us to chat about her journey to country music. Get to know the rising star here…

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Alana Springsteen // Photo credit: Bill Reynolds

Quick Facts:
Full Name – Alana Springsteen
Birthdate – 10/18/2000
Hometown – Virginia Beach, Virginia
Current City – Nashville, TN
Musical Influences – (please name 3-5): Shania Twain, Coldplay, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, Carole King
Label – Santa Anna Nashville
Current Single – “love me anyway” from album, I Hope This Helps

The Beginning:

Today’s spotlight artist has spent most of her life turning emotions into songs. We first chatted with Alana Springsteen back in 2020 and fell in love with her sound and her honesty. Since finding herself both in and outside of the music industry, the songstress is even more ready to take on the world.

Long before sold-out shows, touring, and releasing records, Springsteen was simply a young girl growing up in Pungo, Virginia, trying to make sense of the world around her. “It was this really cool cross section between surf culture, beach culture, laid-back feel meets farm culture,” shared the singer, when asked about her hometown just outside Virginia Beach.

At home, however, life was often more complicated. Both of her grandfathers were pastors, and she grew up heavily involved in church. At the same time, she describes her childhood home as being full of both love and challenges. “I was brought into this chaotic house full of a lot of love, but also a lot of unhealed emotions, a lot of unprocessed trauma,” she shared.

As a deeply empathetic child, Springsteen found herself carrying emotions she didn’t always know how to process. Music quickly became her outlet. “I picked up the guitar when I was seven years old, started playing, wrote my first song when I was nine,” she recalled. “It truly was the only place that I could make sense of what was going on in my head and my heart. It felt like the only way I could truly communicate with the world.”

Growing up in a musical household, the singer-songwriter was surrounded by music constantly. Her dad led worship, her nana played piano, and she found herself falling in love with country music at an early age. Artists like Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow, and Carole King became early influences. “I gravitated toward country because of the storytelling,” she shared. “I found a piece of myself in those stories.”

The Turning Point:

By the time she was a child, Springsteen already knew exactly what she wanted to do. “There was never a plan B for me,” she admitted. After moving to Nashville with her family at fourteen years old, she quickly immersed herself in songwriting, signed her first publishing deal, and began building the foundation for the career she always dreamed of.

While Springsteen had always been open in her songwriting, her debut album, Twenty Something, marked the first time she truly began examining her own life through her music. Released a few years ago, the project explored everything from toxic relationships and anxiety to people-pleasing tendencies and self-discovery. Te songstress views that album as only the beginning of a much deeper journey.

“That record changed my life,” she shared. “It was really the first time that I started to look at my life kind of objectively and go, okay, where are things going wrong? What am I figuring out about myself?” Despite the accolades, something was missing. “I felt incredibly isolated, incredibly lonely,” she shared. “It almost felt like I was living two different lives.”

The singer-songwriter bravely decided to start therapy to release patterns that were no longer serving her and, yet, deeply ingrained in her. “I realized that to fix a lot of these issues that were coming up in my life, I had to go back a really long way to get to the root of it,” she shared.

A major turning point came during a late-night tour stop in Los Angeles. Alone in a hotel room at two in the morning, Springsteen opened her phone and began typing a list of fears, confessions, and truths she had never fully allowed herself to say out loud. “It was the first time that I had let myself be that honest,” she shared, adding, that although she though the next chapter would be full of confidence and upbeat songs, something else unfolded that night.

“I realized that this next season was going to require a very different kind of strength. It wasn’t going to be confident, badass strength. It was going to be strength in the form of vulnerability and softness.” That realization became the foundation for the album she would eventually create.

Today:

Flash forward to today, and Springsteen’s newest album, I Hope This Helps is officially out in the world, giving fans her most vulnerable and honest body of work yet.

Rather than focusing on who she thought she was supposed to be, the album documents the journey of figuring out who she actually is. Full of self-reflection, healing, honesty, and vulnerability, Springsteen pull back the curtain, allowing fans to step into her inner world over the last few years.

For Springsteen, these songs became more than music. They became milestones throughout the healing process “Some of them are confessions, some of them are like late-night epiphanies, some of them are crash outs, some of them are moments where I can see the light at the end of the tunnel,” she shared. “It really just documents my journey through it.”

One song in particular, “same God,” stands out as especially meaningful. The track explores her evolving relationship with faith, family, and curiosity while embracing empathy over fear and judgment. “I felt like I was performing faith instead of actually living it,” Springsteen admitted, reflecting on her upbringing and the questions that emerged throughout her healing journey. “I’m gonna look back on this record as an album that changed my life. Regardless of the accolades, regardless of what it does, these songs have made me a different human, a better human.”

Now that the album is officially out, Springsteen is ready to bring these songs directly to fans. With dates across Europe this summer and more shows still to be announced, the singer-songwriter is excited to experience this new chapter in a live setting. “Live music is my fuel,” she shared. “There’s just no feeling like that.”

As this new chapter begins, we feel certain that Springsteen’s fans are going to rally behind her. Her new album is an incredible project that many people will find themselves in. Stay tuned for me from the artist!

Connect:

Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about upcoming Alana Springsteen announcements and releases.

To keep up with Alana Springsteen, follow her on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook.

Alana Springsteen’s music is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Who Is Baylee Lynn? The Story Behind Her Journey to Country Music

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Who is Baylee Lynn? The singer-songwriter joined us to chat about her journey to country music. Get to know the rising star here…

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Baylee Lynn

Quick Facts:
Full Name – Baylee Lynn Hensley
Birthdate – October 11, 2007
Hometown – Greeneville, TN
Current City – Nashville, TN
Musical Influences – (please name 3-5): Lainey Wilson, Tanya Tucker, Meg Moroney
Label – Core Records
Current Single – “Counting Tiles” from debut EP Heart On My Sleeve (as of date of article: 05/25/2026)

The Beginning:

Today’s spotlight artist may still be early in her career, but one thing feels immediately clear when talking to her, music has always been part of who she is. Raised in Greeneville, Tennessee, the singer-songwriter grew up surrounded by bluegrass, country music, and church harmonies from an incredibly young age.

“I grew up in church, and I’ve always been around music,” she shared. “My dad’s whole side of the family is bluegrass and country music.” Even her mom eventually found her own musical talent through the family’s love for music. “I call her my songbird,” the artist added.

Growing up, she spent much of her childhood harmonizing beside her parents in church choir, but one particular moment stands out more than the rest. “I remember one day sitting in the back of the church,” she recalled. “I was watching my mom and daddy singing together, and it kind of just clicked, and I thought to myself that that’s what I want to do.”

Outside of church, country music quickly became the soundtrack of her childhood. Artists like Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan filled the radio growing up, while artists like Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, Tanya Tucker, Lorrie Morgan, and Alison Krauss would later help shape her artistry even further.

When it came time to start learning instruments herself, the singer quickly realized she approached music differently than most people. “I came to the conclusion that I play by ear,” she shared, explaining that while her dad bought her first baby Martin guitar and initially tried teaching her traditionally, she eventually taught herself how to play instruments in her own way.

From there, the singer started taking every opportunity she could find to perform, whether it was local talent shows, county fairs, or small pop-up events around town. “I was taking it, playing 30-minute sets and just having fun,” she shared. Around the same time, she also began songwriting, writing her very first song at just thirteen years old.

The Turning Point:

As the singer continued performing locally throughout Tennessee, songwriting slowly became something much more personal. After beginning to co-write regularly with hometown friend Jenna Shuffler, the artist spent nearly two years developing her songwriting voice and learning how to fully express herself through music.

“When I wrote my first song, I was 13,” she shared. “Since then, I’ve learned a lot about writing.” Over time, songwriting became a place where she learned to fully embrace vulnerability and trust her emotions creatively. “I’ve learned that I’m not afraid to feel what I have to say and my feelings are just as valid.”

At the same time, the singer also began consistently posting covers and original songs online, slowly building a growing fan base through social media. “Posting covers and songs online and just creating a fan base has really got me to where I am today,” she explained.

Eventually, Jenna shared some of the artist’s music with Taylor Manns, who attended Belmont University with her. From there, Taylor shared the music with Chief and Simon at The Core Entertainment, who quickly became interested in working with the rising artist.

“And since then, I’ve learned a lot from them,” she shared. “They’re honestly like family now.” Through working with The Core, the singer began learning more about both the music industry and herself as an artist.

As her artistry developed, so did the emotional honesty within her songwriting. That growth eventually led into her debut EP, Heart On My Sleeve, a project centered heavily around vulnerability, heartbreak, confidence, and navigating different seasons of life as a young woman.

“When it came to this project, I really put a lot of true vulnerable feelings into it,” she shared. “Each song is a different moment in my journey of life.”

Today:

Flash forward to today, and the rising singer-songwriter is continuing to lean fully into honesty and vulnerability throughout her music. Her latest EP, Heart On My Sleeve, gives listeners a deeper look into both her personal experiences and emotional growth over the last few years.

“I’m really proud of this project,” she shared. “Not only was I taking something that was so special to me, but I’ve turned it into something that a lot of other girls can relate to.”

One of the most personal songs on the project, “Counting Tiles,” came from a deeply emotional moment after heartbreak. “I was sitting on my bathroom floor with my mom one night just crying and it kind of all hit me at once.” The singer explained that she immediately knew the song would resonate with listeners because so many girls have experienced similar moments.

At the same time, another standout song in her catalog, “That’s What I’ll Be,” became an especially meaningful milestone in her career despite not appearing on the EP itself. The song was featured on a Netflix show and even led to her walking her very first red carpet. More importantly though, the song became a reminder of hope and healing for both herself and listeners.

“It’s just a song for anybody, anytime,” she shared. Inspired by conversations surrounding tragedy and grief during the California fires, the song was intentionally written to remind listeners “that they are heard and that they are understood.”

Most recently, the singer also signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), hinting that even more opportunities may be on the horizon. While she stayed quiet about exactly what fans can expect next, she teased that there could definitely be more music and more shows coming soon.

As her career continues growing, one thing feels especially clear, she’s creating music that not only tells her story, but gives listeners a safe place to feel seen in their own too.

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Baylee Lynn’s music is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Who Is Kyle Clark? The Story Behind His Journey to Country Music (2026)

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Who is Kyle Clark? The singer-songwriter joined us to chat about his journey to country music. Get to know the rising star here…

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Kyle Clark

Quick Facts:

Full Name – Kyle Clark
Birthdate – 10/26/1997
Hometown – Jefferson, Georgia
Current City – Nashville, Tennessee
Musical Influences – Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band, Keith Urban, Jimmy Buffett, Billy Currington

The Beginning:

Today, Kyle Clark may be finding his own lane in country music, but growing up, music was always just around. We first chatted with the artist in 2022, and it’s been four years of growth and true work ethic for the talented entertainer.

Born in Honolulu while his parents were stationed there through the Air Force, Clark eventually landed in Jefferson, Georgia, where he was primarily raised. Growing up, artists like Kenny Chesney, Jimmy Buffett, and Keith Urban were constantly playing around the house. “I felt like I was kind of naturally just around that kind of summer feel,” Clark shared, explaining that those artists heavily shaped the direction his music is now moving in years later.

“There’s videos my parents have of me, like five years old,” he recalled. “I ran up to the camera and I was like, ‘I’m Kenny Chesney.’” His mom jokingly responded back, “Well, I hope you will be someday,” a moment that would later inspire the title of his first record, I Hope You Will Be Someday.

Alongside country music, Clark also found himself heavily influenced by classic rock growing up. Artists like Eagles, Journey, Aerosmith, and Boston quickly became favorites. “I’ve always really loved music from a young age,” he shared.

By the time he was a teenager, Clark had started teaching himself guitar and writing songs of his own. While attending both the University of North Georgia and later the University of Georgia for marketing, music slowly became more than just a hobby. “I was selling shoes at Dick’s Sporting Goods to make money so I could go to the studio,” Clark shared, recalling how he spent those years independently writing songs, recording music, and releasing songs onto Spotify between 2015 and 2017.

At the same time, Clark began building a local following throughout Georgia through competitions and live performances, realizing that music may actually be something he could pursue long-term.

The Turning Point:

As the artist continued building a local following in Georgia, doors started to open. While still in college, the singer-songwriter competed in the Nash Next competition through Atlanta country radio and ended up winning the Atlanta division two years in a row. “It felt like a reassuring thing,” Clark shared. “Okay, I literally just competed against all these people from Georgia and won.”

The competition eventually led to opportunities like opening for artists like Darius Rucker and Kane Brown. “I just continued to think, ‘How do I do this again? How do I continue to have events like this and feel the way that it makes me feel getting to play songs for people?’”

Then in January 2019, Clark received a DM that would truly change the trajectory of his career. He suddenly received an Instagram DM from a manager connected to Tree Vibez Music asking to hear more of his music.

After sending over a few unreleased songs, Clark was invited to Nashville to meet with hit songwriter and producer Jordan Schmidt. “I drove to Nashville, skipped class, and sat down and played songs for them,” he shared. Shortly after that meeting, Clark was invited to move to Nashville and eventually signed his first publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing later that year.

“I moved the week of CMA Fest,” Clark shared. “It was a very big week meeting everybody.” Not long after signing his publishing deal, Clark co-wrote “Villain” for Lily Rose, which would later become a platinum-certified hit. Then, when the pandemic shutdown happened, Clark found himself diving even deeper into music, teaching himself production and mixing while trying to become more self-sufficient creatively.

“I was trying to make myself more valuable,” he explained. Over time, Clark slowly began producing his own music and shaping the sound that would eventually define his artistry. That process ultimately led to “Hope It’s Hot Out,” the song Clark describes as the compass for where his music is headed now. The track garnered over 50 million streams and grew completely organically without major-label backing.

Today:

Flash forward to today, and Kyle Clark has fully stepped into his own as both an artist and producer in the independent music space. The singer’s latest project, Better On A Boat comes out this Friday (5/22), and it’s a true testament to all his hard work..

“After being in Nashville for now seven years this June, I kind of have figured out how my sound should be moving forward,” Clark shared. Built around the same “summer feel” that shaped his childhood, the project blends country storytelling with beach-town energy, classic rock influence, and polished production.

Unlike previous projects, Better On A Boat is almost entirely Clark’s vision from start to finish. “I wrote on every single song,” he shared, adding that he also produced and mixed the entire record himself for the very first time. “I’m very hands on with everything.”

That independent and self-made mentality has become a huge part of Clark’s identity as an artist. At the same time, the singer continues expanding his sound in new ways too. Most recently, he teamed up with DJ Deerock for “Hot Out,” an EDM-inspired remix of “Hope It’s Hot Out.” “If I can give my song potentially another life in a different style, I don’t see why that wouldn’t be a good idea,” he shared.

Beyond his own artistry, Clark also continues making waves behind the scenes in Nashville’s songwriting world. In addition to co-writing “Villain,” Clark recently co-wrote “Let Him In Anyway,” which is currently climbing country radio for Blake Shelton. He also recently signed with Relative Music Group, the publishing company founded by HARDY.

As Clark continues building his career both as an artist and songwriter, one thing feels especially clear, the singer is creating music on his own terms. Stay tuned for more!

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Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news and announcements about future Kyle Clark releases.

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Kyle Clark’s music is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

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Who Is Austin Snell? The Story Behind His Journey to Country Music (2026)

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Who is Austin Snell? The singer-songwriter joined us to chat about his journey to country music. Get to know the rising star here…

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Austin Snell // Photo credit: Emma Kate Golden

Quick Facts:

Full Name – Scott Austin Snell
Birthdate – 11/05/1997
Hometown – Dublin, Georgia
Current City – Nashville, Tennessee
Musical Influences – Nirvana, Adele, Keith Whitley, Jason Aldean
Label – Warner Music Nashville
Current record – Colors EP (as of date of article 05/18/2026)

The Beginning:

We first interviewed Austin Snell back in 2023, and now, in 2026, his career has truly blossomed. Snell may be known for his emotionally honest country-rock sound, but long before moving to Nashville or going viral on TikTok, music was simply something that made him feel understood.

“I’ve been a lot of places,” Snell shared, explaining that he was born in Dublin, Georgia before eventually moving to Kentucky during high school. Growing up in a tiny Georgia town with a population of around 600 people, Snell described life as pretty simple. “Not much to do in a small town in Dublin, Georgia, but get in trouble,” he joked.

Even at a young age, music impacted him differently than it seemed to impact everyone else around him. “I remember as a kid, like I would hear these parts in songs or like these lyrics or like these guitar parts or like super specific things that I would fall in love with about a song,” he recalled. “I would share it with my friends, and I would be freaking out over this one line of this song, and they’d be like not that interested in it.”

Raised on both rock and country music, Snell credits his parents for helping shape the sound that would later define his artistry. “My dad showed me rock and my mom showed me country,” he shared. Artists like 3 Doors Down, Nirvana, Nickelback, and Keith Whitley quickly became early influences, informing the music he would go on to make.

While music always felt personal to him growing up, Snell did not originally view it as a career path. Instead, after graduating high school, he joined the military, where music slowly began transforming from something he loved into something he created himself.

“I started playing music because I was bored,” he admitted. While stationed in Charleston after basic training, Snell spent his free time learning guitar and posting covers online after encouragement from his mom. “I would send videos to my mom at the time,” he shared. “She was the only person that cared enough to listen to me sing about it.”

The Turning Point:

Eventually, music became something even more important to Snell, if that was possible. What started as casually posting covers online, turned into something much bigger. Snell started dabbling in creating his own music, falling in love with the craft of songwriting almost instantly.

“I quickly fell in love with songwriting,” he shared. “I just loved the idea of creating something. It was kind of selfishly,” he added. “I was writing songs about things I was going through… it’s kind of just like a journal for me.” Snell continued to study music, listening to the songs he loved and wondering how he would create a song similar to it in his own way.

Armed with a true love for music and a new path in life, the singer-songwriter left the military in 2020 to move back home before making the move to Nashville in 2022. However, just one week after signing his lease, everything changed. “I went to the doctor and they found a tumor in my spine,” he shared. Instead of moving immediately, Snell underwent surgery in February 2022 before finally making the move to Nashville later that spring.

Once in Nashville, Snell originally planned to focus primarily on songwriting rather than becoming an artist himself. “I never really moved to town to be the artist,” he admitted. “I just was so passionate about songs.” However, Snell found himself connecting with fans online. His infectious story-telling on songs like “Excuse The Mess” and “Home Sweet Hell” began to attract listeners online, who deeply resonated with the vulnerability in his music.

“One of the coolest parts about being the artist and playing the shows is to go meet the people after the show and hear those stories,” Snell shared. “It makes me feel a little less alone as much as it makes them feel a little less alone.”

Today:

Flash forward to today, and  Snell has fully stepped into his own as both an artist and songwriter. Most recently, Snell released his new EP, Colors, a project centered heavily around mental health, emotional honesty, and personal growth.

“The entire aura of the project is based around mental health,” Snell shared, admitting that the direction of the project happened naturally over time. “It didn’t really have a thought last year of the project this year and being like, ‘Oh, this is going to be a mental health project.’ It just kind of formed its own life.”

As the artist continued writing for the project, he realized the songs were becoming more introspective than ever before. “Majority of what I was writing was so deep,” he explained. “It was supposed to help somebody through something.”

The title track, “Colors,” quickly became one of the most important songs on the project for the singer-songwriter. “When I wrote that, I was like, ‘This is the title of the EP. It can’t be anything else.’” He also shared that the song holds special meaning personally, revealing that he wrote it for his girlfriend.

At the same time, Snell continues finding purpose in the connection his music creates with listeners. “One of my favorite parts about music and playing shows is to go meet the people after the show,” he shared. “There were so many people that came up to me at merch tables or meet and greets and just spilled their entire story.”

As Colors continues resonating with fans, Snell shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. “I haven’t been this fired up about music [maybe ever],” he admitted, adding that fans can expect plenty more music and live shows still to come this year.

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Who Is Banson? The Story Behind Their Journey to Country Music

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Who is Banson? Lead singer-songwriter and frontman, Josh Oslacky from Banson joined us to chat about his journey to country music. Get to know the rising star and the band here…

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Banson

Quick Facts:

Full Name – Josh Oslacky aka Banson
Birthdate – 06/13/1997
Hometown – Park Ridge, New Jersey
Current City – New York City, New York
Musical Influences – Bon Iver, Caamp, Eden, Sam Fender, Radiohead, Red Clay Strays, Kanye West, Parcels, The Lumineers
Current Single – “Anvils” (as of date of article: 5/13/26)

The Beginning:

New York City is buzzing with talented singers, bands, and songwriters in just about every single genre. It is also often truly a hidden gem for country music fans too. Recently we got to chat with Josh Oslacky, the frontman of the NY/NJ band, Banson, all about creating music in New York City, their new single, and of course, their show this Friday at Common Country (Get your tickets here).

“I grew up in Northern New Jersey,” began Oslacky, who grew up split between both New Jersey and New York. “When I was a young kid, both of my parents worked, and I found myself starting with music.” The singer-songwriter shared that his brother was sick growing up, so his parents tried to introduce music to his brother; however, it was eventually, Banson’s frontman, who took a liking to it.

“I was always doing sports and this and that, but I always loved the idea of, like, writing songs. I liked playing other people’s stuff, too. I eventually started to, like, go on YouTube and look up [how do I play this song.] And then from there, that would give me more ideas as to why I saw that that worked well together while I played this other guy song, so maybe I could grab apart from that and put it into something I’m working on on my own. And so I just started to write all these songs, but I never really knew what to do with it because it was always just little pieces of songs, and I couldn’t really sing or anything like that at the time and didn’t really think I was ever do anything with this. “

For the singer, music was something that he loved growing up, but he wasn’t exactly sure what he was going to do with it, when he was really young. In high-school, he began to really hone in on his love of music. “I continued to be really obsessed with it and loved music so much,” he shared, adding, “I got a laptop at Christmas time, and I was able to download this music recording software. That’s where I first started to be like “Wow, this is so cool. Like, I can just plug in drums here and I can just plug in a bass line, and this and that.” All along, he was drawing inspiration from artists like Bon Iver and Kanye West.

The Turning Point:

After graduating high-school, Oslacky moved throughout the South, living in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida during his college years. “Those were my adult years,” he shared. It was there that he began taking songwriting more seriously. “That’s where I really started to write full songs.”

While home during college breaks, Oslacky reconnected with Hunter, an audio engineer from back home in New Jersey. Together, the two spent countless hours recording music in Hunter’s basement studio. “We probably did like 50 songs that we never released,” he shared. “It was just a really good experience and exercise to figure it out.”

However, the true turning point came during a music festival trip to New Orleans around 2017 or 2018, where Oslacky watched Caamp perform for a tiny daytime crowd. “I remember watching them and being right there, and I was like, ‘This is the sound that I’ve been looking for.’”

Inspired by the experience, he returned home and immediately began writing music in a new direction. One of the first songs created from that shift was “Hurt.” “We put a banjo in on the chorus,” he recalled, adding that suddenly, “this is it.”

Soon after, another unexpected collaboration helped shape Banson’s sound even further. While writing the song “Cards” at his home in New York, Oslacky heard a violinist playing nearby for hours. After connecting with the musician, Tommy eventually became one of Banson’s key collaborators, helping introduce the fiddle-driven sound that became part of the band’s identity.

Eventually, Oslacky, Tommy, and Hunter locked themselves in a basement studio for three days and recorded Banson’s debut album, Country House. From there, Oslacky slowly began building the full band through chance encounters across New York City, eventually leading to his first live performance just one week after meeting the band’s drummer in Brooklyn.

As the band expanded, so did the music. “I didn’t want to just make Country House 2, 3, and 4,” Oslacky explained. “I wanted us to sound like our own band.”

Today:

Flash forward to today, Banson has expanded into a much larger collaborative project featuring horns, fiddle, saxophone, keys, and layered instrumentation that feels both cinematic and deeply personal. Rather than continuing to recreate the same sound over and over again, Oslacky knew he wanted this next era of music to feel bigger and more intentional.

Earlier this year, the band gathered in a studio in Chelsea, New York, spending back-to-back 14-hour days recording what would eventually become their upcoming album, Dog Days. “The newest stuff I was writing was the best stuff I’d ever written,” Oslacky shared, explaining that allowing each band member to contribute their own musicianship completely transformed the process.

Their newest single, “Anvils,” serves as the first real glimpse into this next chapter. “It gives you the full picture as to what we’re doing here on this album,” he explained. Sonically, the track showcases driving drums, layered strings, horns, electric guitars, and emotionally charged storytelling that feels larger than anything the band has released before.

Lyrically, “Anvils” explores themes of shame, forgiveness, relationships, and growing older. “The whole song is built off the first line I wrote for it,” Oslacky shared. “I could carry anvils filled with shame.” The upcoming album, Dog Days, reflects on navigating life in your late twenties, changing relationships, and stepping into new chapters.

As Banson gears up for the release of Dog Days, fans can expect a project that feels deeply personal, collaborative, and fully representative of where the band is headed next. Stay tuned!

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Banson’s music is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.

Who Is Deerock? The Story Behind His Journey to Country EDM

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Who is Deerock? The New York-native DJ joined us to chat about his journey as a pioneer in the country-EDM music scene. Get to know the rising star here…

Quick Facts:

Full Name – Derek Attardi (Deerock)
Birthdate – December 29th
Hometown – Garden City, Long Island, NY
Current City – New York City
Birthday – December 29th
Musical Influences – DOD, Avicii, Lane 8
Current Single – “Hot Out” with Kyle Clark LISTEN HERE
The Beginning:

Country music and EDM might seem like an unlikely pairing, but Deerock is proving otherwise. Derek Attardi, who goes by Deerock is an absolute force in the music industry right now. We chatted with Deerock all about his love for music, how he’s helped put country-EDM music on the map, and his new music.

As a Long Island, New York native, Deerock grew up surrounded by music. “My mom’s side of the family, she has four brothers, and she’s the oldest, and they’re all musicians. I was always around music. Then my brother and my sister who are older than me were always taking me to concerts,” he shared. Adding, “My first show I went to was in New York City at a club called Pacha, and I saw a guy named Audien. He was the guy who inspired me. I went to the show to see the headliner called Knife Party which was a dubstep act, and he was the guy that came on before him, and I loved his style of music. It was really cool to see that, and then this past year, I did a tour with him. We played at five or six different spots, and it was super full circle.”

Despite being a huge music fan, Deerock did not start truly dabbling in his own artistry until college. “I started with music probably around junior year of college. I bought a DJ board and then I started playing the local bars near James Madison University and the fraternities, so that’s kind of how I got into the space.”

The Turning Point:

Deerock continued to hone in on his DJ skills, while completing his MBA at JMU and working a corporate job. “I was working a corporate job, I was pursuing music, and it started to really pop off, when TikTok became a thing and COVID was ending. I was leveraging TikTok to get shows, and I was playing a lot in the college circuit,” he shared.

The rising star found himself playing more and more shows, including a ton in the southeast of the country. “I knew I was going more into a country music market. So when I would go to the schools, I would try to incorporate an original song of mine, I would take the vocal off and I would put a country vocal over it, and the kids loved it,” shared Deerock. “I saw so much traction towards that, and I thought that was what country/EDM is.”

“It started doing so well, that I had a mix series on Soundcloud called ‘Get Up It’s Game Day,’ which was kind of like play this before a sports match or you’re tailgating or you’re pregaming for a party. Then I made a mix series in 2021 called, ‘Get Up It’s Country EDM,’ which is the same as ‘Game Day,’ just country vocals over the top. It was 25 minute long mixes, where people could listen to it, and people loved it, and I got a lot of traction for it.”

Although he saw so much success in the country-EDM space that he was helping to cultivate, it wasn’t until 2025 that Deerock really went all in. “I had been doing country-EDM since 2021/2022, but I had always kept it on the back end, just feeding the beast, but starting this past November, I’ve been putting it on the front end,” he shared.

“The stuff that I’m making is keeping it as country authentic as possible, but just adding a dance beat to it. I’m not trying to take away the elements to the song. I guess the vision is I grew up listening to EDM in the 2014-2017-ish era, which I thought was beautiful because it was mostly a full verse, a chorus, and a bridge, and nowadays, a lot of the EDM is typical house music where there’s a repeated vocal. It’s allowed me to make music that I love and have vocals and lyrics and all these beautiful melodies that stand out.”

Today:

Flash forward to right now, Deerock is absolutely crushing it in the country-EDM music space. The DJ is playing all across the country, including at the ACM Awards this May, as well as, bringing his tour, Deerock’s Club Rodeo to a ton of different cities this summer. (New Yorkers, be ready this August!)

Most recently the singer collaborated with Kyle Clark on a reimagined version of Clark’s song, “Hot On.” According to Deerock, this collaboration was a long-time coming. “So I heard this song a while back, when he first released it, and I fell in love with the song. […] I  really wanted to redefine what I think country-EDM is. This was a song I loved from Kyle, so I hit him up, and asked if he was interested in a reimagined, country-EDM version and re-releasing it. He was interested in it, and he sent me over the stems and all the tracks, and I took some of them out and added my own, and I sent it to him, and he loved it. I kept all of the original elements that made it such a good song, and I added my own little drum kick and my piano and my synths to it, and it sounded really good. Anyone who loved this song will still love his new one that has more of a dance beat to it.”

The new version is summer-ready and breathes new life into the already fun-loving song. Deerock’s talent and intellect is taking the country-EDM space to new heights and bringing new fans to both genres at the same time. We’re manifesting a collaboration with artists like Russell Dickerson and Mitchell Tenpenny in the future, and who knows what else!

Deerock is ready for stardom. “The whole country-EDM space, there’s so much real estate to take over and I’m excited to be a frontrunner. Avicii kinda started it and now Diplo is big, but I think the end goal is to get where Diplo is and he has a Diplo’s Honky Tonk at Stagecoach. I want to have a Deerock’s Club Rodeo at some of these country festivals and have a stage of my own.” Stay tuned for more!

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Fans can join our Weekly Round-Up e-newsletter here, for the latest in country music and more news about future Deerock releases.

To keep up with Deerock, follow him on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook.

Deerock’s music is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released tunes on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.