SPOTIFY PICKS 10 COUNTRY ARTISTS TO WATCH

Arista Nashville’s Morgan Wade, Big Loud’s Ashland Craft and Big Machine’s Conner Smith have made Spotify’s second-annual Hot Country Artists to Watch list.

The names were unveiled today via Spotify’s flagship country-music playlist, Hot Country.

Also making the grade are the Bruce Kalmick-managed BRELAND, Rakiyah Marshall-managed Ashley Cooke, BBR’s Kolby Cooper, former The Voice contestant Dalton Dover and indie artists Carter Faith, Chase Wright and Madeline Edwards.