Country Thunder 2026 at Talio Ranch
Thursday, April 9th.
Gavin Adcock
Gavin Adcock, dubbed by Billboard as “one of country music’s most buzzed-about artists,” is a Georgia native from Watkinsville. A former football player at Georgia Southern University, he grew up on his family’s cattle farm and dreamed of riding bulls in the PBR. He started writing songs in high school, but after tearing his knee in 2021, Adcock used his recovery time to record and release his first single. Since then, he has amassed more than 1.5 billion global streams, fueled by hits like the RIAA Platinum-certified “A Cigarette” and Gold-certified tracks “Run Your Mouth,” “Deep End,” and “Four Leaf Clover.” His 2024 album Actin’ Up Again became the year’s largest major-label country debut by a solo male artist and the top streaming major-label debut in the genre. In 2025, Own Worst Enemy debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Country Chart and No. 14 on the all-genre chart, earning over 25 million U.S. streams in its first week. A MusicRow Awards “Discovery Artist of the Year” nominee and ACM New Artist of the Year nominee, Adcock continues to sell out headline tours nationwide and internationally. He will also join Morgan Wallen for a second time on 16 dates of Wallen’s 2026 Still The Problem Tour.
Waylon Wyatt
Waylon Wyatt’s songs, with their no-frills acoustic arrangements and old-soul lyrics, have proven resonant with country music audiences. After releasing the breakthrough singles “Arkansas Diamond” and “Everything Under the Sun,” Wyatt enjoyed a banner year as a rising artist, opening for acts like Dwight Yoakam and signing a major-label deal and releasing 2025’s Out of the Blue EP — all before earning his high school diploma.
Waylon Wyatt Potter was born in Hackett, Arkansas, in 2006. Named after outlaw country icon Waylon Jennings, he in turn gravitated toward modern country songsmiths like Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan. He was initially content to share covers of his songs on social media — keeping original songs a closely guarded secret that he would tinker on at home. He finally caved into a friend’s demands and posted himself singing the heartbroken lover’s plea “Everything Under the Sun,” and as his songs started to gain streams in the millions, he fielded an offer from indie label Music Soup, which took the bold step of calling Wyatt’s father’s construction company to schedule a meeting after seeing him wear a hat with the company logo in a video.
Wyatt recorded originals like “Everything Under the Sun,” “Arkansas Diamond,” and “Back to Then” in the kitchen of his family home, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. Those tracks formed the backbone of his debut EP, 2024’s Til the Sun Goes Down. He gained additional exposure after another rising country songwriter, Bayker Blankenship, covered “Arkansas Diamond” in a video; the duo met up in Nashville and wrote a catchy heartland folk number, “Jailbreak.” It became one of Wyatt’s first releases in partnership with Darkroom Records, best known for signing Billie Eilish. Wyatt became the label’s first country artist, and they reissued Til the Sun Goes Down with a new, road-tested fan favorite called “O.D.” Wyatt spent part of 2024 as an opening act for Dwight Yoakam and appeared at the Stagecoach Festival in California in 2025, just months before completing his senior year of high school. He delivered the Out of the Blue EP, featuring “Smoke & Embers,” a duet with Willow Avalon, later in 2025.
Jey Webb
Jay Webb writes songs that hit like a gut punch. Raised between the backroads of North Alabama and the city in the south, music was how he made sense of the chaos around him. What started as a way to process a turbulent childhood quickly became his purpose — gritty storytelling over genre-blurring beats, delivered with zero filter. He started cutting demos in high school and never stopped, releasing track after track on his own and building a following from the ground up. His lyrics cut deep, his voice carries the scars and his sound refuses to stay in one lane. Webb doesn’t clean up the mess — he leans into it, and has a good time doing it.
Pulling from a wide range of influences, he pairs the weight of Johnny Cash and Hank Williams with the edge of Juice WRLD and Post Malone. It’s not traditional country — and he doesn’t want it to be. He calls it “music for real people with real problems,” and his fans know exactly what that means. In 2022, a viral TikTok pushed his music to a wider audience. Since then, he’s dropped standout tracks like “” “” and “” racking up over 415M streams and more than 2M fans. Webb is charging forward — not as a trend-chaser, but a truth-teller. And the numbers prove people are listening.
Logan Layman
Logan resides in Nashville, Tennessee and is a very busy and active professional musician who plays and tours extensively. Logan is an Indiana University alumnus, where she studied Music and Psychology. She grew up making music with her brother since grade school. Logan is no stranger to accolades. In 2013, she was named “Blues Kid of the Year,” and was inducted into The Brotherhood of the Guitar, an elite group of young musicians from all over the world. She was the Sea Level Singer/Songwriter’s Emerging Artist of 2014. Logan was named Veer Magazine’s Emerging Artist of the Year in 2015. She was featured in Bass Player Magazine in 2016. Logan endorses Ernie Ball Music Man basses and Sennheiser microphones.
Friday, April 10th
Lainey Wilson continues to take over the world, capturing the hearts of fans, the excitement of the industry and the respect of her peers. Adding to her monumental rise, Wilson will host the 2025 CMA Awards, where she is also tied for the most nominations with six nods: Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Song of the Year and Music Video of the Year.
These are just the latest milestones for the 9x CMA, 16x ACM, Grammy-winner and Grand Ole Opry member, who will headline Stagecoach Festival 2026, is featured on the 2025 TIME100 Next list and recently released the deluxe version of her acclaimed album, Whirlwind. In addition to the original 14 songs, the extended edition features five more tracks including “Somewhere Over Laredo,” which is currently top 10 at country radio and rising.
A sought-after songwriter, Wilson has eight #1s including “4x4xU,” “Watermelon Moonshine” and the 2x Platinum “Heart Like A Truck,” in addition to collaborations with Jelly Roll (“Save Me”) and HARDY (“wait in the truck”). Moreover, Wilson wrote “Out of Oklahoma” for the Twisters movie, has worked with artists such as Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton and Post Malone, and will make her film debut 2026’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him, after first acting in “Yellowstone.” Wilson is in the midst of her sold-out Whirlwind World Tour, and recently launched her 4th collection with Wrangler as well as her own boot & jewelry lines.
A native son of Wyoming, Ian Munsick has accumulated over 1 billion global streams across 3 albums – Coyote Cry, White Buffalo and Eagle Feather – and a host of accolades, including 19 awards and 14 festival selections for his documentary, White Buffalo: Voices of the West. Having painted a spirited portrait of the American West with his sophomore album White Buffalo in 2023, Munsick expanded on the concepts of the land, people, culture and stories that inspire him, with the project’s follow-up 20-track album, Eagle Feather, released on April 18, 2025. In addition to selling over 100,000 headlining tickets in 2024 and 2025, Munsick also opened on select dates of Lainey Wilson’s Country’s Cool Again Tour and supported Morgan Wallen on select dates of his One Night At A Time Tour. He has been named an “Artist to Watch” by Spotify, CMT, Fender, MusicRow, headlined Cheyenne Frontier Days and founded WEST TO THE REST RECORDS. Standout RIAA-Platinum duet “Long Live Cowgirls” (with Cody Johnson) off of White Buffalo hit No. 1 on SiriusXM’s The Highway Hot 30 Countdown, was named one of Amazon Music’s Best Country Songs of 2022 with “Long Haul” and “Horses Are Faster” receiving RIAA Gold-certification alongside “God Bless the West” named as one of Spotify Hot Country Presents’ Best Songs of 2025. As he partners with Triple Tigers for new music in 2026 and beyond, fans will always find an open heart, natural awe and plainspoken honesty as he rides on… bringing the West to the rest.
One of Nashville’s most intriguing artists with his strong gravel-toned vocals, wayward spirit, intentional songwriting and overall mystique, the fast-rising singer/songwriter Jackson Dean is quickly earning a reputation for his impressive live show and thought-provoking, lyric-driven music. The young talent burst on the scene in 2022, showing people how real music can be with his atmospheric, musically-forward debut album that featured his debut single, “” (which cemented Jackson as the youngest solo male Country artist to reach the top of the charts with a debut) and his Top 10 follow up single “”. The demand for Jackson skyrocketed after landing on Spotify’s Hot Country Artists to Watch 2023, the CMT Listen Up class of 2023, CRS New Faces 2023, as well as a slew of other artist to watch lists and nominations. A vocalist who truly thrives on stage (as evident in his album), the Maryland native has leaned hard into touring, joining bills with superstar acts like , , , , , and as well as his own headline tour. Dean wows audiences and has built a passionate fanbase that connects on a deeper level. As a result, his live show stand out “” has evolved to become his latest single—and lead track from his sophomore album On The Back Of My Dreams, out now (via Big Machine Records).
After an acclaimed album debut and a year-plus on the road with stars like Morgan Wallen, Riley Green, and Lainey Wilson – plus Billboard accolades and a monumental first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry – Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters artist Lauren Watkins has emerged as a proudly defiant projection of pure country-music moxy. But with her second full album, In A Perfect World, Watkins learns that the highway life is only part of her path. A Nashville native inspired by crowd-pleasing outlaws like Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Lee Ann Womack and Miranda Lambert, Watkins’ 17-track 2024 debut, The Heartbroken Record, introduced a mainstream maverick with a thirst for lyrical truth – and an old-school country rebel whose modern instincts never succumb to trends. Coming to know the fast lane by heart, the modern-classic singer-songwriter has racked up millions of streams and rocked full-on stadiums, while learning from the legendary songwriters like Nicolle Galyon, Luke Laird and The Warren Brothers. Yet In A Perfect World finds Watkins in a fresh phase, featuring an earthy mix of sunset country and hazy heartland grit, she’s no longer expecting to get her heart broken, and not pushing the idea of home away. Produced by husband and CMA/ACM Award winner Will Bundy, with additional co-production from hit maker Joey Moi on select tracks, Watkins builds on her of-the-moment and always-organic sound; 10 co-written songs capturing the passion and promise of a new outlook.
Saturday, April 11th
Raised in Sunnyside, WA, Zach Top grew up on classic country music around the family farm. At the age of seven, he formed a band with his siblings which set the stage for his musical ambitions. Hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the “hottest acts right now,” Top is quickly establishing himself as a preeminent artist to watch. Released to widespread acclaim, his debut album, Cold Beer & Country Music, garnered over 3.5 million streams in just its first week with The Tennessean declaring it full of “star-making tunes” and Country Central calling it a “masterclass in traditional country music.” In 2024, he was awarded Discovery Artist of the Year at the MusicRow Awards and received his first nomination for New Artist of the Year at the 58th Annual CMA Awards. Known for his “thrilling” live performances (Holler), Top’s “Cold Beer & Country Music” headline tour sold out just hours after tickets went on sale, coinciding with the debut of his viral single “I Never Lie” on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This summer, Top has been on Lainey Wilson’s “Country’s Cool Again” tour and will be direct support for select Alan Jackson dates in 2025.
Lonestar is an American country music group currently consisting of Dean Sams, Michael Britt, Keech Rainwater and Drew Womack. Lonestar has charted more than 20 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart, including 10 that reached No. 1. Not every band can revisit and even potentially improve upon their biggest hits. But on the forthcoming TEN to 1 record, the award-winning band Lonestar are taking a fresh look at all 10 of their chart-topping country songs. This streak started in 1996 with the band’s second single, the rock-edged “No News,” and continued with the following year’s “Come Cryin’ to Me” and “Everything’s Changed.” The band’s quadruple-platinum 1999 album Lonely Grill spawned four No. 1 hits (including the beloved global smash “Amazed”) and established Lonestar as music’s preeminent pop-country band—a status they’d maintain through the 2000s and beyond. Fittingly, TEN to 1 reflects the ways Lonestar’s hits have evolved over the years during the band’s rousing, high-energy concerts. Such talent has contributed to the band winning many of music’s top honors, including Academy Of Country Music awards for New Vocal Group in 1996, Single and Song Of The Year in 2000, along with Humanitarian Of The Year in 2002. They also won Country Music Association’s Vocal Group of the Year and International Artist Achievement award in 2001. All told, Lonestar have sold more than 10.5 million records since their formation.
RECORDS Nashville artist-songwriter George Birge fast-follows two back-to-back #1s (“Cowboy Songs” and “Mind On You”) in one consecutive year (2024) with current Top 25-and-climbing single “It Won’t Be Long.” Boasting 217 MILLION global streams across his catalog, American Songwriter praises, “George Birge has a talent for taking a simple concept and turning it into an in-depth song,” as PEOPLE hails that he’s “Always Meant for the Solo Spotlight.” Named Billboard’s Country Rookie of the Month (January 2024) and one of Nashville Lifestyles’ “Artists You Need To Know,” the Austin, TX, native’s star is on the rise after earning his first award show nomination at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, and making his TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Lanie Gardner’s extraordinary journey is a testament to her unmatched talent and unwavering determination, from her roots in the Appalachian Mountains to international stages. A gifted storyteller and songwriter from an early age, she crafted a distinctive blend of classic rock, R&B, and country that quickly set her apart. Her career skyrocketed after her cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” went viral, amassing over 100 million views. With her debut self-penned album A Songwriter’s Diary, released in late 2024, Gardner delivered a deeply personal 10-track journey through her creative beginnings. Her rise includes being named a “2025 Artist to Watch” by the Recording Academy, a member of CMT’s Next Women of Country: Class of 2025, and a SiriusXM Highway Find. This year alone, she made her Grand Ole Opry debut, performed at Stagecoach, joined Corey Kent’s Black Bandana Tour, and is on the road again this summer and fall with Gavin Adcock. From movie soundtracks (Queen of the Ring, Twisters) to touring with the Jonas Brothers, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, and ZZ Ward, Gardner is on the fast track to stardom. Recent collaborations include Thomas Rhett (“What Could Go Right”) reaching #1 on the SiriusXM charts, Warren Zeiders (“Love In Letting Go”), and Dorothy (“Tombstone Town”). With her sophomore album Faded Polaroids, Gardner delivers more than an album. It is a collection of memories and stories that reflect her journey while pointing to an extraordinary future.
The Wilder Blue began in 2019 when Zane Williams, already a seasoned troubadour with seven solo albums under his belt, pulled together a select group of multi-talented musicians from the Texas music scene. Their debut album Hill Country (2020) and its follow-up The Wilder Blue (2022) garnered comparisons to early Eagles and 80’s-era Alabama by interweaving five-part harmonies with bluegrassy arrangements of folk-rock and country songs.
For their newest release Super Natural in the fall of 2023, the band enlisted Grammy-nominated Brent Cobb to produce the album and perform on the title track, a song he and the band co-wrote in the studio. Brent’s groovy, vintage sensibilities proved a natural fit for a band with influences as diverse as Little Feat, Del McCoury, and Robert Earl Keen. A cover of the Eagle’s classic “Seven Bridges Road” also features band admirer Luke Combs, who has added The Wilder Blue to his 2024 stadium tour lineup.
Sunday, April 12th
With 20 No. One hits stretching back to 1991, two Grammy awards, dozens of ACM and CMA honors and a discography counting more album sales than any country duo in history – regardless of genre – Brooks & Dunn’s influence on today’s country has never been in question. Hits like “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “My Maria,” “Only in America,” and “Believe” have propelled the duo to more than 30 million albums sold, with the New York Times heralding “together they helped drive the power-country era of the early-to-mid 1990s and continued to benefit from the sea change in the genre they helped initiate right through their most recent albums.” Their original “ meets ” vibe made them progressive stars in their own right. In 2014, the duo announced their reunion along with long-time friend, , for a residency called “Together in Vegas” at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, which received rave reviews and continues to be extended including more shows throughout this year. The duo recently announced their upcoming collaboration album REBOOT, available on April 5. The project will see the duo team up with , , , , , , , , , , and on re-ignited versions of their biggest hits. It was also revealed that Brooks & Dunn will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in the “Modern Era Artist” category.
Scotty McCreery has been a household name for nearly half his life, ever since making history in 2011 as both the first country artist and the youngest male artist of any genre to debut his first studio album, the Platinum-certified Clear as Day, at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. His new single “Bottle Rockets” features the iconic Hootie and the Blowfish. The 31-year-old has sold more than 4 million albums and achieved 6 No.1 hits including the most recent “Cab in a Solo” from his album Rise & Fall. The North Carolina native has earned one Triple Platinum, five Platinum and four Gold singles; one Platinum and two Gold albums; won the 10th season of “American Idol” in 2011 at age 17; was named the ACM New Artist of the Year in 2011; won two CMT Music Awards, the first for Breakthrough Video of the Year (“The Trouble with Girls”) in 2012, and the second for Digital-First Performance of the Year (‘It Matters to Her’ from “CMT Stages”) in 2024; and BMI Awards for writing One of the Top 50 Country Songs of the Year six times. McCreery was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2023. Last year, he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry by Josh Turner and Randy Travis, after being invited by Garth Brooks.
Since she was a child, Dasha never questioned if she’d make it in music—only when. After years of grinding and writing over a thousand songs—including her breakout hit, the 40x platinum “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)”—her moment finally arrived. What came next was nothing short of explosive. In 2024, she hit the country circuit hard, with standout performances at Stagecoach, Austin City Limits, the CMT Awards, and CMA Fest. She sold out her first global headlining tour, Dashville USA, and lit up two of the biggest stages on TV: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve. “Austin” became one of the most-streamed country songs of the year and earned her the People’s Choice Country Award for Female Song of the Year. She’s currently on the road again, this time as support for Kane Brown and Thomas Rhett. “This is exactly where I’m meant to be,” she says. “I love this community… and I think it shows just how excited I am to be here.”
Fusing hard-rocking sonic aggression with the deep-feeling confessions of a country troubadour, River House Artists/Warner Music Nashville’s Austin Snell is an emerging country talent for whom the rules have never really applied. A Georgia native and Air Force vet who grew up on a steady diet of Nickelback, Three Doors Down, Creed and Alan Jackson, the Nashville newcomer has bucked Nashville’s “10 year town” moniker, arriving in 2022 and quickly starting work to make “grunge country” a household name. With distorted, dark-energy guitars, thundering drums and a wounded vocal at the end of its emotional rope, his gritty debut single “Excuse the Mess,” co-written with Presley Aaron and Christian Yancey, leads the charge into Snell’s opening chapter. The rising star now counts a rare SiriusXM Highway Find accolade – the same one bestowed on now-superstars like Maren Morris and Luke Combs. He is also the second artist ever chosen for SiriusXM’s Artist Accelerator program, and with a growing touring footprint that has put him on the road with country’s brightest stars. Mixing blacked-out rock aggression with late-night country reflection, “Pray All the Way Home” (co-written by Snell, Andrew Baylis, Michael Whitworth, Cam Walker) points the way ahead for one of Nashville’s most exciting new talents, proving once and for all: Some rules are really more like suggestions. His latest single, “Circles,” along with his EP ‘Home Sweet Hell’ is out now.
Raised in California’s Central Valley as a farmer’s daughter, Annie Bosko blends the grit of her roots with the firepower of her influences—including The Judds, Shania Twain, Deana Carter, and George Strait—on her debut album California Cowgirl, available now via QHMG / Stone Country Records. The 19-song collection, featuring collaborations with Darius Rucker, Dwight Yoakam and Joe Nichols, brings traditional country instrumentation into sharp focus while celebrating female strength, vulnerability and joy. Bosko first broke out with the SiriusXM / CMT favorite “Crooked Halo” and was named a Rolling Stone Country Artist to Watch, later making her late-night debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with “Neon Baby,” which marked her first charting single at country radio. Bosko’s latest track, “Goodbye California,” is a heartbreaking unrequited love song for her home state. She has written songs recorded by Willie Nelson and Jessica Simpson, toured with Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley and Blake Shelton, and sold out Los Angeles’ famed Troubadour. Bosko will join Dolly Parton for Dolly: Live in Las Vegas at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Sept. 23, 2026.
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