Made in Hancock County, Kentucky, Ole 60 is not your father’s country band. Caught in the crosshairs ofindie rock sonics, folk songwriting, and country sensibilities, the six-piece from Hawesville shot tonotoriety in 2024 with “smoke & a light,” toppingSpotify’s U.S. Viral Top 50 chart with the on-fire singleand the Apple Music Country Albums chart with their debut EP,three twenty four, surpassing genretitans Zach Bryan and Morgan Wallen in the process. Last September, they did it again with sophomoreEPSongs About Youand breakout hit, “Thoughts of You,” topping TikTok’s all-genre Viral 50 Musicchart.Heavily influenced by Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, Radiohead, John Prine, and Nicholas Jamerson,with nearly 700 million global career streams, the band delivers with “solid musicianship, a willingnessto experiment with sounds from psychedelic-tinged rock to more stripped-down fare, and a penchantfor detailed storytelling” (Billboard). Headlining nationwide now, the boys from Kentucky just releasedtheir debut album,Smokestack Town, and surprise follow-up single, “Can’t Take It With You.”
