After his inclusion in the CMC Rocks Queensland artist line-up for 2027, Blake Whiten speaks to Countytown about his dramatic rise in country music, sparked by a random TikTok post that almost never happened.

Each week, the team at Countrytown finds the best new country songs to add to our weekly playlist, The Country Drop. Here's our picks released this week, October 2, 2026.

Country royalty will unite for a massive two-hour television tribute honouring late music icon Dolly Parton.

“All I can say is I know the songs that I personally wrote; there was no AI involved,” Bryan said.

Reports recently emerged that Seven “pulled the plug” on the popular show, despite already beginning production for the next season.

'4x4 Is King' offers the first taste of Kernaghan’s upcoming album, arriving in mid-2027.

Evans' tribute to his beloved Newcastle Knights, previously available only on CD, is now on streaming services.

Dasha will be forced into two weeks of “complete vocal rest” following the operation.

“I’m incredibly excited to be joining the Sony Music Publishing family and to be surrounded by such an incredible community,” Rodrigues said.

On 'The Hard Truth,' Wynonna Judd's first new album in ten years, she has stripped things back to create her deepest, most revealing record yet, produced by her husband, Cactus Mose.