Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ella Langley performs at New Faces of Country Music during Country Radio Seminar on Friday, March 21, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.

Country music is seemingly as popular as ever, with rising artists like Morgan Wallen, Jelly Roll, and Zach Bryan topping charts and building loyal fanbases. Their success is due, in large part, to ...

NASHVILLE — Yes, it may have been a Tuesday afternoon in the lobby of an office building, but that didn’t mean that music executive Rusty Gaston was going to tamp down his enthusiasm. “Everyone in ...