Artist - Shaylen 1

Shaylen talks to Holler about being our New Artist Of The Week and her journey from pop in LA back to her country ‘roots’.

Artist - Bailey Zimmerman

Following his achievement of the most streamed country debut of all time, Bailey Zimmerman caught up with Holler to discuss his meteoric rise to stardom. 

Maxim

Artist - David Miner

Looking back to the golden age of country but adding a distinctly contemporary perspective, Miner has made a country party record with an incendiary punk spirit and we can’t get enough of it.

Artist - Caitlin Rose 1

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Rose discusses how community and kindness brought her

Carena

Artist - The Panhandlers 1

The Panhandlers speak to Holler about the influence of West Texas, their favorite places to visit there and the significance of the iconic Billy Bob’s. 

Matt

Artist - Rising Appalachia 1

Rising Appalachia talk about their "soul home" of New Orleans, Louisiana, following the release of their 2022 album 'Live from New Orleans at Preservation Hall'.

Alli

George Birge 1

The rising country star talks to Holler about his break out hit 'Mind On You' and how it all began when 'Beer Beer, Truck Truck' went viral.

Artist - Amy Ray 1

Amy Ray talks to Holler about wrestling with demons, getting inspiration, working with Brandi Carlile and Allison Russell, being an outsider in Music City… and laughing at puppies.

Helen M

Artist - Merle Haggard 2

Writer David Cantwell speaks to Will Groff about his new book on country icon Merle Haggard.

The Running Kind: Reconsidering Tradition Through Merle Haggard

Will

Artist - Rissi Palmer Color Me Country Apple 

Artist - Rissi Palmer 

 have completely changed the game in country music. The work that it's doing for Black, Indigenous and other artists of color is incredible". 

Rissi Palmer's Color Me Country: Championing Change

John & Fiona Prine - Oh Boy Records

John Prine's Oh Boy Records has always been - and always will be - all about the song; creating a space for songwriters and storytelling to flourish.

Oh Boy Records: The Spirit of Independence

Long Reads

Artists - Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean 

Recent country star pairings have resulted in an extremely surface-level exchange between two poster children for the modern homogenization of Nashville’s country.

Nashville's Quid Pro Quo: The Death of the Country Music Duo?

Jimmie Allen with fans CMA Fest

The 10 hottest spots to hit up this year at country music's annual fan festival in Nashville

Madeleine 

Awards - Luke Combs CMA 2021

Since 1967, only seven women have taken the Entertainer of the Year Award home in the 55 years since the CMA was created. Seven. In 55 years.

Man, I Feel Like A Loser: The Decade-Long Wait for a Female Entertainer of the Year

Alison

Artist - Kacey Musgraves 6

Does the Musgraves Grammy snub mean her Golden Hour is over?

Opinion: Has Kacey Musgraves Been Snubbed?

Live - Brandi Carlile Americana Awards

Marcus K Dowling explains how the awards were a bittersweet attempt by an industry representing a nation to again celebrate its once proudly indomitable spirit.

Americana Awards 2021: The National Need for Healing

Marcus K.

Opinion

Eric Paslay Duke Spirits 1

The latest instalment of Duke Spirits' ongoing music-focused program 

 with a brand new live video of Grammy award winner Eric Paslay performing his smash hit ‘She Don't Love You’.

Video Premiere: Eric Paslay - 'She Don't Love You' Live from Duke Spirits' Masters Music Series

Jarrod Dickenson

Exclusive video premiere of Jarrod Dickenson's next single to be taken from his forthcoming album BIG TALK

Premiere: Jarrod Dickenson - 'Buckle Under Pressure'

Artist - Jordan Davis 2

Following his CMA Song of the Year award win, Davis joins Holler to talk about the songs that have influenced and inspired him in his life and career.

The Songs That Changed My Life: Jordan Davis

Ross

BOWEN * YOUNG

The follow up to ‘Skeletons’ from BOWEN * YOUNG, an Americana duo made up of Clare Bowen – who played Scarlett O’Connor in the hit TV show 

Premiere: BOWEN * YOUNG - 'Dangerous Love'

Artist - Russell Dickerson 2022

Be it in its 80s and 90s throwback glory or its sexy, 2000s R&B-inspired slickness, it makes sense that Dickerson's six picks for 

 similarly span the decades and genres that made him.

The Songs That Changed My Life: Russell Dickerson

Ciara

David Morris 1

Exclusive premiere of the video for 'Broken Heartland', a straight-from-the-shoulder account of everyday life in Appalachia that feels like what 

 would have sounded like if Springsteen had grown up listening to Ice Cube.

Video Premiere: David Morris - 'Broken Heartland'

Artist - Courtney Marie Andrews 2022

“I love songs that transcend time. Songs that make you think of something new every time you listen to them, that have layers and depths, that can be thought about in many different ways.”

The Songs That Changed My Life: Courtney Marie Andrews

Deborah 

Nick Shoulders

The Blondie classic is reimagined as a peculiar anti-country curio complete with warbles, whistles and yodels as Nick Shoulders pulls apart the bones of new wave disco original and holds them up to the light one by one for closer inspection

Video Premiere: Nick Shoulders - 'Heart of Glass'

Whitehorse

The Canadian husband and wife duo breathe new life into the classic country duet with this charming honky tonk tale of unfinished love affairs and late nights spent longing for something more

Video Premiere: Whitehorse - ‘If The Loneliness Don’t Kill Me’

Pillbox Patti

The unflinchingly honest songwriter behind cuts for Little Big Town, Koe Wetzel, Kylie Morgan and Ashley McBryde’s ‘One Night Standards’ talks to Holler about taking centre stage as her alter ego Pillbox Patti

Bailey James

19-year-old Bailey James premieres her stadium-sized country soul ballad - a modern anthem for hope that sounds like Martina McBride singing a lost cut off Jeff Buckley’s 

Video Premiere: Bailey James - 'Better Angels'

Melissa Carper

, ‘Hit Or Miss’ is Carper’s unique take on the Odetta classic. 

Artist - Legends of Country 2 

Taking us through the stories behind the songs on the new Legends of Country record, Jof Owen muses on dreams of being a cowboy, the messy world of romance and the end of the world. 

Album Premiere: Legends of Country - Anything But Country 

Artist - Sam Williams 2022

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Sam is a quiet and considered contemplator, but, as he ruminates on the songs that have inspired and influenced him in both his life and career, the passion, versatility and flamboyancy of his own music shine through in his choices. 

The Songs That Changed My Life: Sam Williams

Ben Burgess 1

Holler talk to Ben Burgess, the songwriter behind Morgan Wallen’s ‘Whiskey Glasses’, about growing up in East Dallas, going solo and his new album 

Artist - James and the Shame

McLaughlin, who is best known as one-half of the popular YouTube comedy duo Rhett & Link, is no stranger to making music.

In Conversation: Rhett McLaughlin's James and the Shame

Saby

Emily Nenni 1

Exlusive premiere of the video for 'In The Mornin'' and an interview with Nashville-based singer songwriter Emily Nenni.

Native Harrow 1

Exclusive premiere of the video for the latest song from Native Harrow's forthcoming album, in which the pair share an intimate evening in the last of the day’s sunlight in the English countryside.

Video Premiere: Native Harrow - 'Heart of Love'

Artist - Town Mountain 1

Sitting down in his Asheville home during a break from touring, Langlais and Greer spoke over the phone about their go-to spots in the bustling and artsy mountain town, in the latest instalment of Holler’s 

Michael Paul Lawson 1

A track by track run through of the eight songs on Michael Paul Lawson's remarkable new album, 

Artist - Angela Strehli 1

Angela Strehli is back and gracing us with her presence like the expert she is - reminding the young guns just who brought the game to the table in the first place. 

Premiere: Angela Strehli - 'Ace of Spades'

Artist - Gretchen Peters 1 

Gretchen Peters discusses her artistic evolution, Nashville throughout the decades, being embraced by the UK and how being an ally and mother to a transgender son – particularly in the eye of the media – has solidified her world view.

Jill Barber 1

, the video for ‘Instant Cash For Gold’ is premiering exclusively at Holler below.

Video Premiere: Jill Barber - 'Instant Cash For Gold'

Abby Hamilton

A modern-day country queen slinging bourbons at The Burl one night and lighting up its stage with her songs the next, Abby Hamilton is a force to be reckoned with.

Sunny Sweeney 1

Exclusive worldwide premiere of the new album from Sunny Sweeney

Album Premiere: Sunny Sweeney - 'Married Alone'

Jack Schneider

Watch the stunning video for the first single from Jack Schneider's forthcoming album, 

Video Premiere: Jack Schneider - 'Josephine'

Adeem The Artist

A sweet blend of angsty Bright Eyes-esque americana and wide-eyed Appalachian joy, Holler premieres the new video for 'Going To Hell' by Adeem The Artist

Video Premiere: Adeem The Artist - 'Going To Hell'

AMA 2022 - The War And Treaty

“It’s the Sound of Your Family”: Inside the 2022 Americana Honors & Awards Red Carpet With Brandi Carlile, The Milk Carton Kids, The War and Treaty and more.

Americana Awards & Honors 2022: Inside the Red Carpet

Mitchell Tenpenney 1

Mitchell Tenpenny picks the five songs that he considers the most pivotal and that drove him to make music he does

The Songs That Changed My Life: Mitchell Tenpenny

The Heavy Heavy 1

Led by Will Turner and Georgie Fuller, the Brighton-based band pull up the timeline of rock n roll and squeeze it into a ball of Laurel Canyon folk infused psychedelic West coast sunshine pop.

Tenille Townes Live 1

Tenille Townes premieres the video for 'White Horse' recorded live at Exit/In

Video Premiere: Tenille Townes - 'White Horse (Live at Exit/In)'

Luke Bryan - Sitting 1

Even after all the years of selling out stadiums and arenas, Luke Bryan has never forgotten what it felt like to live in a town so small that big country artists would never play a show there

Jon Pardi - 2022

At a time when Music Row was facing charges of commercialism, and uniformity was becoming more common, Jon Pardi emerged as a country music contrarian. His new album, 

, stays true to Pardi’s penchant for combining equals and opposites to create something wholly unique.

Jonathan Terrell

There’s something appropriately absurd about Jonathan Terrell being a New Artist of the Week two decades into his career. He's been one step ahead of us all since the mid-noughties. It’s no surprise the rest of the world is only just beginning to catch up.

Mike Ryan 2

The San Antonio singer announces a new album 

 for October and premieres his new single, the dashboard pounding road anthem 'Die Runnin''

Benjamin Tod 1

The Lost Dog Street Band singer talks to Holler and exclusively premieres the first single from his new album 

Nora Brown 1

A porch-singer with a penchant for picking up traditional Appalachian music and spinning it into strands of gold, the 17-year-old banjo virtuoso talks to Holler about her third album 

Sean Thompson 1

A selection box of Nashville's finest come together on a magical journey into the heart of country psychedelia with Sean Thompson's Weird Ears.

New Artist of the Week: Sean Thompson's Weird Ears

The Long Road car show

“As long as there’s country music, as long as there’s backroads, there will always be truck songs."

East Bound and Down: Country Music and Trucking

Artist - Brooke Eden 3

Holler catches up with the 'Knock' singer to discuss her early aspirations, the state of LGBTQ representation in country music and what it means to have an "authentic" sound.

Artist - Parker Twomey 2 

Still in his early twenties, Twomey's debut solo album is a candid coming-of-age record that explores love, loss and distance, distilling the sounds of his teenage years in the music he was brought up on.

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Artist - Larry Fleet 2

As Fleet sings of being a kid, the warmth and patience that the recording offers makes you feel both emotional while remembering your own childhood and thankful for now. 

Video Premiere: Larry Fleet - 'Muddy Water'

David Beck 1

'Crooked Talk' is sweet, laid-back slacker pop that feels like that first lick of ice cream on a sunny day.

Lilly Winwood 1

With its warm 70s soft rock sound and poppy hooks, 'Keep It Spinning' sounds like Linda Ronstadt on a road trip with the Go-Gos.

Caleb Caudle 1

Caleb Caudle finds beauty in simpler times.

Video Premiere: Caleb Caudle - 'Forsythia'

Rachel McIntyre Smith 1

A joyful, tongue-in-cheek take down, Rachel McIntyre Smith revisits and reworks the classic sound of honky tonk and traditional country but adds just enough contemporary production touches to make it sound fresh and relevant.

Premiere: Rachel McIntyre Smith - 'Miss Highfalutin'

Artist - Madison Kozak 1

Madison Kozak shares 'Loud House', a full circle moment that looks back on growing up and the heartache of leaving home to chase that dream you want so badly.

Artist - Morgan Wade 2 

Morgan Wade's loyalty to Virginia embodies the drive to stay true to the sound that 

 wants to create, irrespective of what’s dominating Music City and country radio.

Town Mountain 1

‘Seasons Don't Change’ is the next taste of Town Mountain's forthcoming album

, due out on October 7th, on New West Records.

Premiere: Town Mountain - 'Seasons Don't Change'

Gabrielle Metz 1

A box fresh slice of delicious country pop that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on 

 and brings to mind contemporaries like Catherine McGrath or Kelsea Ballerini as she playfully spins out the mixtape metaphor to take in all the different sides to her own personality.

Kris Kristofferson Gilleys

Taken from the forthcoming record 'Live at Gilley’s - Pasadena, TX: September 15th, 1981', Kris Kristofferson premieres the iconic 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down' exclusively at Holler. 

Premiere: Kris Kristofferson - 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down' (Live at Gilley's, 1981)

Martha Spencer 1

A softly-picked, harmony-soaked mountain ballad that brings to mind Laura Cantrell or Gillian Welch, topped off with a sprinkle of longing and a big delicious dollop of yearning on top.

Video Premiere: Martha Spencer – ‘Young Rover’

features

New Artist Of The Week: Shaylen

In Conversation: Bailey Zimmerman

New Artist of the Week: David Miner

INTERVIEW•In Conversation: Caitlin Rose

INTERVIEW•Home Sweet Home: The Panhandlers

INTERVIEW•Home Sweet Home: Rising Appalachia

INTRODUCING•New Artist of the Week: George Birge

Ten Year Town: Amy Ray

The Running Kind: Reconsidering Tradition Through Merle Haggard

Rissi Palmer's Color Me Country: Championing Change

Oh Boy Records: The Spirit of Independence