For years, Wyatt McCubbin has quietly been one of the names Nashville insiders mention with a knowing smile. The songwriter behind cuts for Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, Zach Top and a growing list of country's biggest stars has built a career making other artists sound unforgettable. But with "Andy Griffith," that quiet secret is officially out. The release arrives alongside the announcement that McCubbin has signed with Dave Cobb's Lucille Records in partnership with MCA, and it...

Waylon Wyatt has always written songs that feel like they're covered in dust, memory, and miles traveled. The kind of songs that sound as though they've been passed from one front porch to the next long before they ever found a recording studio. But with Dustpiles, his long-awaited debut album, the young songwriter does more than introduce himself, he plants a flag for the future of country music. Credit: Cole Silberman Out now, Dustpiles is a striking debut from an artist who already carries...

Mae Estes - The 90s Called Country music has spent the better part of the last decade looking forward. Pop hooks got bigger, production got shinier, and genre lines blurred until they almost disappeared. But every so often, an artist comes along who reminds us that moving forward doesn't have to mean forgetting where you came from. Mae Estes just made that point loud and clear. With her fiery new single, "The 90s Called," the Arkansas native doesn't just tip her hat to one of country music's...