Nate Smith sent his next single to radio, his follow up to his debut #1 single "Whiskey on You". Nate says "'World On Fire' is about when a relationship is ending, all of the things that can come with it. Sometimes you've got friendships that were built around that relationship, you've got places that you used to love to go like bars and different scenes and stuff, and it's really challenging when you break up because those places are now kinda taboo to walk into. That's really what the song is about is how to pick up the debris after everything has fallen apart."

Megan Moroney made an appearance on the TODAY Show this morning (5/15/23) to sing her smash debut single "Tennessee Orange"! She also talked to the hosts about her debut album Lucky:

Lainey Wilson recently scored a couple of #1's with her single "Heart Like A Truck" and "wait in the truck", her duet with HARDY. She's ready to climb up the charts again, this time with her song "Watermelon Moonshine" from her album Bellbottom Country.

Lainey says "Watermelon Moonshine" is a nostalgic song about getting buzzed on that young wild crazy kind of love. A time in your life when nothing else mattered except for the way that you were feeling in that moment.

All this week, you can win tickets to see Avery Anna at the Dusty Armadillo on Saturday, May 20th! Just make sure you are tuned in to catch the Country Quiz this week in the 11am hour. Sarah Kay, Justina, and myself, we all got to see Avery Anna perform at this years Country Radio Seminar and she is fantasic! So if you don't win this week, definitely buy tickets to support this up and coming new artist! Also, local artist Karissa Ella will open and she is also amazing!

And how cool is it that I started giving away these tickets today and she was on the TODAY Show this morning?!? She talked about becoming a singing sensation on TikTok, then sang "Self Love": 

Russell Dickerson made his acting debut last night on the Fox series Call Me Cat. He didn't play a character, he played himself in the episode called "Call Me A Donut Wall", that found Russell showing up in a storyline surrounding series regular Max. He offered Max, who's played by Cheyenne Jackson, a life-changing career opportunity. But that's all I'll say so I don't spoil anything if you haven't watched yet!

LOOK MOM! I’m on TV!!! Tune in to watch me pick a wedgie! This whole day was CRAZYYYY! Making my acting debut! Shout out to the incredible cast and crew for helping me my first time on camera! pic.twitter.com/ETXrb8ygO5

— Russell Dickerson (@russelled) May 4, 2023

I do these once in a while, when an artists birthday rolls around. Checking out the archives, I have never done a Top 5 list of my favorite Eric Church songs! That's about to change right now! This is going to be a really hard one because there are so many great songs, but these are 5 I could listen to on repeat!

Happy birthday to The Chief, Eric Church!

5. Cold One

4. Love Your Love The Most

3. Doing Life With Me

2. Springsteen

1. Drink In My Hand

Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their hit "If You See Him, If You See Her" with an acoustic version of the song. This version will appear on Reba's album Not That Fancy, which comes out on October 6th, but you can take a listen to it below!

Reba will also be releasing her book Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots ,which will be released on October 10th. Click here to pre-order!

This was the subject of my "Country Quiz" today, Kolby Cooper's Grand Ole Opry Debut. He made it in September of last year, but the Opry just published a cool, behind the scenes video of his debut. I love these because you get to know a little bit more about these newer artists and you also feel their excitement about stepping into the circle for the first time! Working so hard to get to that moment and you can watch Kolby share it with his wife and daughters as he explains that two of his biggest dreams growing up was to play country music and be a father. He also explains why he chose to sing "Stars Fall Down" for his debut.

Chase Rice has sent a new single to country radio. "Bad Day To Be A Cold Beer" can be found on his new album I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell. Chase says about his new single, "“Bad Day To Be a Cold Beer," pretty simple. Pretty simple title, but Justin Thomas, the golfer walked up to me at the Troubadour in Nashville, and we were golfing one day, and he said "boys, it’s a bad day to be a cold beer." And that’s it, I just wrote it down I was like "damn I’m writing that." So, we ended up having an awesome day that day. A bunch of country music singers were around, a bunch of golfers, Spieth showed up. We just had an awesome day. I think at one point we had like 30 guys on a tee box. Every tight end in the NFL was there for something they had going in Nashville. So, that was the worst day to possibly ever be a cold beer, cause I think we drank every one in Tennessee that day." 

Kip Moore's next radio single is "Damn Love", the title track to his upcoming fifth studio album which is set for release on April 28th. The song was written by Jason Gantt, Jaren Johnston and James McNair, and the only track on the album Kip didn’t write.

He says the song is about all the different feelings about love. “’Damn Love’ is a song about the reasons why you hate love, why you love love and why you’re confused by it,” says Kip in a pres release. “It’s everything encompassing that word and all the complexities that lie within it.”