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Sunset Stage Series: Corey Kent Is Country’s Next Big Stadium Voice

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September 25, 2026. Circle that date. That is when Corey Kent releases "Heartland Rock and Roll," his album on Sony Music Nashville, and everything he has been building since "Wild As Her" went viral on TikTok will land in one place. We have been tracking Kent's career closely for the past few years, and we…

Sunset Stage Series: Blake Whiten Brings Country Music Back to Its Roots

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Twenty-one years old, from a South Carolina town of fewer than 800 people, and already sharing stadium stages with Morgan Wallen. We have been researching the next wave of country artists for the Sunset Stage Series, and when we landed on Blake Whiten, we kept returning to one question: how does an artist from Six…

Sunset Stage Series: Reece Gustafson Brings Country Music Home to Orlando

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Twenty-five years old. A biology degree. Almost a dentist. That was the path Reece Gustafson was on before the pull of a guitar and the call of country music changed everything. We found his story while building out the Sunset Stage Series roster, and we are genuinely embarrassed it took us this long to feature…

Sunset Stage Series: Julia Cole Is Country’s Breakout Voice for 2027

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There is a specific moment when a country artist stops being someone you follow and starts being someone you cannot stop talking about. For Julia Cole, that moment arrived quietly this month and then hit us all at once. We dug into her new duet "Loving Someone Like That" with Breland, a collaboration that landed…

The Sunset Stage Series: Kolby Cooper Builds East Texas Country From the Ground Up

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For this installment of the Sunset Stage Series, we went deep on Kolby Cooper, and what we found told us everything we needed to know about why East Texas keeps producing country artists with something real to say. Cooper released his sophomore album Love You, Goodnight in April 2025, and it is the kind of…

Sunset Stage Series: Hannah McFarland Has Country’s Next Big Voice

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We went deep on Hannah McFarland for this installment of the Sunset Stage Series — the Alabama-born singer-songwriter who turned a viral TikTok moment into a Grand Ole Opry debut, Stagecoach 2026, and a duet with Riley Green that might be the best country release of 2026.

Sunset Stage Series: Kameron Marlowe Is Country’s Most Stage-Ready Voice in 2026

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For this installment of the Sunset Stage Series, we went deep on Kameron Marlowe, and the more we researched, the harder it got to put this one down. We worked through his catalog, looked at his 2026 touring activity, pulled his streaming numbers, and spent time understanding why a voice this distinctive has not yet…

Sunset Stage Series: Ashley Wineland Is Taking the Wineland Album on the Road

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Ashley Wineland built a career on over 200 headlining shows without a major label, and her debut album Wineland — produced by Grammy-nominated Marti Frederiksen — shows exactly why she belongs on a festival stage.

The Sunset Stage Series: Hudson Westbrook Is Country’s Youngest No. 1 Artist, and the Hits Me Tour Starts in September

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We started the Sunset Stage Series to shine a light on the artists doing the most interesting work in country music right now, and when we dug into Hudson Westbrook this week, we did not expect to find quite this much story. At 21 years old, this Stephenville, Texas native just became the youngest solo…

The Sunset Stage Series: Drake Milligan and the Tumbleweed World Tour Are Rewriting the Rules

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Drake Milligan and the Tumbleweed World Tour are rewriting the rules for rising country artists. Here is everything we found after going deep on the numbers, the catalog, and the live schedule.

The Sunset Stage Series: Rodell Duff and His Viral Good Days Are Just Getting Started

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Rodell Duff’s “Good Days” is one of only two country songs in TikTok’s global top 50. The Kemah, Texas artist is the next name you need to know in country music.

The Sunset Stage Series: Julia Cole Is Country’s Independent Powerhouse in 2026

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Julia Cole has 700M+ streams, no label deal, and a brand-new album Love You To Death earning the best reviews of her career. The Sunset Stage Series goes deep on country music’s most independent star.

Sunset Stage Series: Corey Kent Is Country’s Next Big Stadium Voice

Sunset Stage Series: Blake Whiten Brings Country Music Back to Its Roots

Sunset Stage Series: Reece Gustafson Brings Country Music Home to Orlando

Sunset Stage Series: Julia Cole Is Country’s Breakout Voice for 2027

The Sunset Stage Series: Kolby Cooper Builds East Texas Country From the Ground Up

Sunset Stage Series: Hannah McFarland Has Country’s Next Big Voice

Sunset Stage Series: Kameron Marlowe Is Country’s Most Stage-Ready Voice in 2026

Sunset Stage Series: Ashley Wineland Is Taking the Wineland Album on the Road

The Sunset Stage Series: Hudson Westbrook Is Country’s Youngest No. 1 Artist, and the Hits Me Tour Starts in September

The Sunset Stage Series: Drake Milligan and the Tumbleweed World Tour Are Rewriting the Rules

The Sunset Stage Series: Rodell Duff and His Viral Good Days Are Just Getting Started

The Sunset Stage Series: Julia Cole Is Country’s Independent Powerhouse in 2026

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