Between rocking the stage and shuttling kids around on Spring Break, LOCASH tapped in to talk with Katie Neal for this week's 'Superstar Power Hour.'

Before tackling the topic of their biggest hits, we had to get a Dad update from Chris Lucas and Preston Brust. While Chris is playing defense between his teenager and a new girlfriend, Preston has things a little different with kids the age of 9, 6, and 1.

"The one year old's throwing me for a loop, you know, she's fun though," laughs Preston. "It's wild and chaotic, but I try to embrace the chaos."

"My daughter's got the daddy daughter dance coming up, so she's gonna make her own dress this year. So she's got her own little dress design going and she's making sure that I see the exact color so that I can go get my suit to match her dress perfectly. So it'll be fun."

"I'm really soaking it up, but you know it does go by fast."

While looking back at some of their biggest hits, LOCASH also admits they are beyond excited for their new album, 'Bet The Farm,' due out on April 18. "I think every song on this album is a hit," notes Chris. "It takes a lot for me to say that because we go through so many songs and, you know, we picked the best songs. Not all of these songs were written by us. Kane Brown has a couple on there without us, and we just picked the best song and I think."

"We've always been those positive guys. So the music where it brings you up, makes you smile, makes you relate, and we try to do that with every song."

This week, Dylan Scott sat in with Katie Neal during the 'Superstar Power Hour,' diving deep into his hobbies, hometown, and headlining tour.

Pausing from his preparation for turkey hunting season, the "Country Till I Die" singer shared an update on building his dream home. "You know, my whole life, all I wanted to do was sing music and make money to buy a farm and build a house and raise my kids." He's finally realized his goal, but his wife remains the project manager. "It's just whatever my wife wants, I just say, 'yes, ma'am.'"

Speaking of his wife, Blair, Scott looked back on the couple's origin story and shared the way it's woven into his hit, "This Town's Been Too Good To Us."

An ode to his hometown and his gratitude for the people there he reveals, "I don't mean this in a bad way, but I don't think I would ever go back there to live there. But I love going home to visit, and I love the people in the town."

It was there that he met Blair in seventh grade, with the two going on to date in high school. "We started dating sophomore [year] in high school. So I was 15. She was 16. So, yeah, she definitely stole my heart."

Dylan also detailed his upcoming Country Till I Die Tour, set to be his biggest headlining trek to date. The singer shares he'll bring his kids along, and try to remember the advice he got from his friend, Luke Bryan. "He just said, 'hey, have fun.' That's all. Just have fun. It's not rocket science."

Hear much more from Dylan Scott on his full 'Superstar Power Hour' interview with Katie Neal above.

Carrie Underwood is back, in a multitude of ways. Back where it all began on 'American Idol,' back to the top of the charts with her Cody Johnson duet, "I'm Gonna Love You," and back in the garden because it's radish season. "My goal is to someday not have to buy anything from the store," she shares, with tomatoes and peppers up next.

This week the ultimate 'Idol' joined Katie Neal on the 'Superstar Power Hour' to talk about it all, especially her latest hit with Cody Johnson. "I feel like it was inevitable that we would sing together at some point, and I love this song so much," shared Carrie. "He's just, he is the real deal, and he's like this cowboy that sings, which I love that,"

It's a season of collabs for Carrie, but also a time to return home to 'American Idol,' where everyone first found the singer. Underwood returns as a judge this season.

"I was nervous coming in because it's it's a different ballgame, you know, and sitting on the other side of the table, more than anything, I want to help all of these people coming through, and help them become better performers and live their dreams. So I want to be constructive and tell them things they can work on, but then you're like, am I coming across mean, or like how is it gonna turn out, that I'm really happy getting to watch the first little bits of it."

"There's so much talent," she gushed. "It's kind of insane how gifted some of these people are."

To hear much more from Carrie Underwood, check out the full 'Superstar Power Hour' interview above.

Cody Johnson sat in with Katie Neal this week during her 'Superstar Power Hour,' between dates for his 'Leather Deluxe Tour,' including a few massive Nashville shows at Bridgestone Arena.

Johnson definitely spread the love on Valentine's Day weekend in Music City, offering fans two shows packed with special guests including Carrie Underwood, Randy Houser, and Luke Combs. "When he shotguns a beer, it like defies science and physics to me," Johnson shared about Combs, who joined him on stage for a "Beer Never Broke My Heart" duet. "Like I'm like, where does the liquid go?"

Could there be more music in the future for two of Country's leading men? "Maybe I'm going in this year to go record a new album. And there's a certain song that I'm pretty certain, we're just, we're kind of playing with it, we're going back and forth," Cody says of working with Combs. "I mean, it could be in the works. I can neither confirm nor deny."

Johnson also talked with Katie about family life, coaching his daughters' softball teams, and sharing the story of how he met his wife, Brandi. Plus his

"I'm 38 years old. I've been doing this for 20 years. I've been on it for four months and been working out really good, and saw some tremendous health improvements, some tremendous body improvements, [and] mental clarity."

For much more from Cody Johnson, listen to the complete 'Superstar Power Hour' conversation with Katie Neal above.

Old Dominion has new music on the way and according to them, fans are in for an "eclectic" experience.

During an interview with Katie Neal ahead of their performance for Audacy's 'Totally Private' Concert Series in Nashville, the guys let us in on a few hints surrounding new music, and while it wasn't much, what they did share will have fans excited for the next chapter of Old Dominion.

"It's great, very exciting," frontman Matthew Ramsey said when asked for details surrounding new music. Clearly trying to keep most details under wraps, he went on to share a couple more details surrounding the tracks they're currently working on in studio. "They are just so all over the map. There's every different feel that you can imagine on this album, It's really an eclectic group of songs. There's no real vibe. We're just shootin' for great songs."

Added Trevor Rosen, "It actually has been two of the best days we've ever had [in studio]," he said of their most recent recording sessions. "Three songs each day, which is a quick pace for us and we're going back in tomorrow."

New music isn't the only thing OD fans have to look forward to in 2025, the group also recently revealed big plans for their 'How Good Is That World Tour' with support from Ernest and Redferrin.

"I just miss our tour. We did our last tour in 2023, which was the 'No Bad Vibes [Tour],'" said Ramsey. "I feel like we developed such an amazing relationship with our fans and I've missed it really badly. I'm really looking forward to getting back out there and seeing everybody every night just feeling that energy. It's going to be incredible."

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Blake Shelton has told a lot of hilarious stories across his 25+ year career, but opening up about his "terrible, inappropriate, stupid rap phase" might just top them all.

During an exclusive interview with Katie Neal ahead of his 'Totally Private' concert performance in Las Vegas, Shelton shared how making up annoying rap songs in his truck on his way to the studio turned into a smash for the late, Toby Keith.

“At one point I went through a phase where I was making up these really terrible, inappropriate, stupid rap songs,” Shelton laughed. “Walking into the studio and just [singing] something I made up in the car on the way over just for shock factor for [producer] Bobby [Braddock].”

Little did Shelton know at the time, his raps served up some inspiration for Braddock, who decided to pen a Country-Rap style song to include on Shelton’s debut album.

“I did it so much that he decided he wanted to write me a Rap song and so he went and wrote, ‘I Wanna Talk About Me,’ and when I heard the song, I was like, ‘Oh my God, this song is so funny!’ I actually cut the song… I said I wanted to put it on my album, so we went in and recorded.”

Seasoned Country fans will recognize the song title, but not because of Shelton. The song was later recorded by Country music’s legendary Big Dog Daddy, Toby Keith, who included it on his album. Pull My Chain, which released in August 2001. So how did the song end up with Toby?

“Back then, before streaming and being able to tell which songs were going to be a hit… they used to do these focus groups where they’d get a group of people and play a new artist's album and everybody would vote on the song,” Blake explained. “It [Blake’s version of ‘I Wanna Talk About Me’] scored so bad that they said, ‘Not only do we not want this to be your single, we don’t even think you should put it on your album. Why waste a spot on your record if people hate this song so much?’”

That opened the door for Keith, who immediately released it as a single after hearing it and sat pretty at the top of the charts with it for a healthy few weeks as his seventh career #1.

“The first person they played it for was Toby,” Shelton shared of where his producer took the song after he decided not to release it. “I like to think it was meant for Toby… he was just the one guy that could say that [the lyrics] and we would all laugh about it. I don’t know that it would have worked like that for me.”

He concluded, “He always used to give me crap about it. He’d say like, ‘Man, your version must have really sucked,'” he laughed. “Toby was always that way with me.”

Hear more about Toby and Blake’s friendship, the ETA of new music, his ‘Lost Country’ playlist and so much more by checking out his full conversation with Audacy’s Katie Neal above.

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New music is officially on the way from Jordan Davis and he recently chatted with Audacy’s Katie Neal to fill fans in on what they can expect from the new jams.

While many details surrounding the project are still under wraps, Davis confirmed it is “done” and it showcases a lot of inspiration pulled deep from within his Louisiana Roots. “Being from Louisiana, I’ve always had a rootsy, kind of bluesy bone that’s always pulled me to that sort of music and I don’t know if I really dove into that as much as I have on some of these songs,” he shared.

“I’m proud of the songs that we’ve put together, I’m proud of some of the risks we took on some of these songs… now we’ll put it out and see how it goes.”

While the tracks may include some more sonic “risks” for Davis, they all share the same roots as he used on his debut record, 'Home State,' as a baseline. “My first record, 'Home State,' is still one of my favorites and me and Paul [producer] just talked about, ‘what if we kinda revisit [the] 'Home State' feel and it just sounds like now where you’re at in your career?’ It’s been kind of fun to just go back and give 'Home State' a face lift.”

Davis’ Home State wasn’t the only big inspiration for his creative journey for album three. He also pulled from some of his favorite artists — two of them being Amos Lee and Marcus King.

“I would pick artists that I was really into and I would go into that [writing] retreat pulling from that artist that I was big on,” Davis said of one of his writing strategies for the project. “I’m a huge Marcus King fan,” he said before sharing one writing retreat was all based around Marcus King’s music. “We did one [retreat] in Florida where I pretty much just listened to everything Marcus King has ever put out… it’s been really cool to see the sounds and the songs that came out of those.” He concluded “It’s kind of cool to reinvent and not do the same old thing that you’ve been doing.”

Hear so much more about new music, plus his Mario Kart champion status, how he’s preparing for baby #4, and all about his time touring Australia with Luke Combs by checking out his full interview with Audacy’s Katie Neal above.

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