Country Radio (CRB) has revealed that new country music talent will be featured at next year’s Country Radio Symposium as part of the 2025 New Faces of Country Music Showcase, scheduled for February 19-21 in downtown Nashville Held at the Omni Hotel.
Announced on Wednesday (December 11), the showcase will highlight Drew Baldridge (Lyric Ridge/BMG/Stoney Creek), Ashley Cooke (Big Loud/Back Blocks), Dasha (Warner Records), Zach Top (Leo33) and Warren Zeiders ( Warner) Records).
Earlier this year, Baldridge’s single “She’s Somebody’s Daughter” entered the Top 5 of the charts. advertising billboardCooke had her breakthrough song with “Your Place,” and was nominated for an Academy of Country Music Award for New Female Vocalist of the Year. Dasha also had a whirlwind year, thanks to her hit single “Austin,” which reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart three, while Top released his debut country album Cold beer and country musicled by his Top 20 Country Airplay hit “Sounds Like the Radio” and his current Top 10 Hot Country Songs chart hit “I Never Lie.” Finally, Zedes earned a No. 1 hit on the country airplay chart with “Pretty Little Poison,” followed by a No. 1 hit with his most recent single, “Relapse.”
The New Faces of Country Music Show, which has been a centerpiece of the annual Country Radio Symposium for more than five decades, highlights five rising stars who found success during the qualifying period (the 2025 show begins on November 1) artist. The event has showcased new country music talent since its launch in 1970, and members of the Class of 2025 join past fresh-faced performers including Tim McGraw, George Strait, Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, Keith Urban, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Jelly Roll.
Next year’s New Faces of Country Music show is co-sponsored by the Academy of Country Music and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The annual Country Radio Symposium conference focuses on issues related to country music broadcasting and is designed to educate and promote the exchange of ideas and business practices within the country music industry.
