It’s New Country Friday, let’s start with the new album from Bailey Zimmeran called “Different Night, Same Rodeo.” BigXThaPlug and Ella Langley just dropped a new single called “Hell at Night.” Another collaboration new today is “Holy Water” with Jelly Roll and EDM star Marshmallow. Finally, Chase McDaniel has a new single called “My Side of the Family.”

If you need some motivation today or any day, make time to listen to the motivational speech Jelly Roll delivered to the Tennessee Titans a couple of days ago.

Not crowd surfing like JJ Watt thought, but crowd sourcing, and Luke Combs just brought his idea of crowd sourcing to life with a secret Instagram account full of unreleased demos.

Lainey Wilson just dropped her latest side hustle. Another collection with Wrangler, just in time for fall, and this might be her best Wrangler line-up yet.

Ashley McBryde is on the sidelines. She was on Threads yesterday explaining with handwritten notes the doc told her she had “busted vocal cords.”

Will Kane and Katelyn Brown go the way of Jordan Davis and his wife and try for baby number 4? In a recent Q&A, Katelyn put the speculation to rest, saying they are done having kids, they love being a family of 5, and they are complete.

And congrats to Brad Paisley and Emmylou Harris, they are a couple of the latest names that will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame