Katie & Company

Miranda Lambert recently joined Katie Neal during the 'Superstar Power Hour' to celebrate the release of her new song with Chris Stapleton, "A Song To Sing," discuss her work on new music, and the success of her MuttNation charity helping shelter animals across the country. "We started as just me and my mom, a little mom and pop operation and raising over $10 million has been, it's crazy, it blows my mind," Miranda says of the success of her charity and the work they've been able to do. "I'm so thankful for people that give because we really vet every single place we give the money." "$10 million later we have been able to save and help thousands of shelters, thousands, hundreds of thousands of shelter animals." "A Song To Sing" has served as the perfect soundtrack to summer from two of Country's greatest voices, and Lambert still has more up her sleeve. "I've been writing a ton and I have some plans," she reveals. Working on her own new label she shares is "inspiring," because "it's great music and it's making me want to go create my own. I've been writing a ton and I have some little wildcards up my sleeve, I think, but I'm like really excited that in the middle of all that that I have a song, 'A Song To Sing,' here for this era in my life where I'm just feeling creative."

As Ella Langley's star continues to rise, she's bringing good vibes wherever she goes. From her non-profit animal work with Pawsitive Pets Paradise, to making good on a promise to her sister to take to her to Hawaii, right down to the intentions she sets before each show with her band, the "weren't for the wind" singer recently kept Katie Neal company during the 'Superstar Power Hour' and told us all about it. Ella continues "taking each step up the ladder" on tour, as she gets closer to the headliner at stadiums across the country, playing shows with Riley Green and Morgan Wallen. Langley shares her own pre-show ritual with the band, that helps get them set to take the stage. "We've been doing, very consistently, peppermint oil," she reveals. "We just put a little bit in the palm of our hand, rub it together, and kind of talk about our intentions on the show and what we want the show to be for us, for them, for the crowd, just all the good vibes that you could possibly think of for walking out there, and then rubbing your hands together and then taking three massive breaths in." Along with something she calls "loose body dancing," the natural moment has been mostly great for Ella and her band. "It just opens everything up and it's kind of like, 'whoa,' like a little bit of an adrenaline rush almost. It's kind of how like, it's smelling salts before they go out and play sports or whatever, it's kind of a similar thing to that, but probably not as intense. It's just a little more natural." "Don't get it in your eyes though if you do it," she cautions. "It stays on your hands and we've all done it where we're all in the show, like our eyes are watering because there's so much peppermint oil in our eyes." Langley plans to continue riding high on the success of her album, 'still hungover,' letting fans fully take in the effort before releasing something new. "My next record's not gonna be out until 2026," she shares. "I feel like people move on from their records so fast, they're like, 'here's a whole record of 20 something songs and then we're gonna give you one single off of it and then move on to the next record,' and I think there's something to be said with taking your time with making the record and putting all those pieces in place where it can last a long time, last in a way where fans can keep digging into it and digging into it and finding new songs that they love and finding new little pieces about the record that's different." "I'm really just trying to do what feels right to me. I'm not really paying attention to what other artists have done or also doing that, but still keeping my blinders up in the way where it's like, this is my art. This is how I want to put it out. This is in the way that I think is would be best for my artistry, and that's what's so cool about the team that I have is everyone really does... they see the vision with me and they believe in it and execute it." To hear much more from Ella Langley, check out the full 'Superstar Power Hour' interview above.

On the cusp of releasing his new, self-titled album, Parker McCollum joins Katie Neal this week for the 'Superstar Power Hour,' where the "Big Sky" singer shares an update on his family, talks about creating his new LP in New York City, and reveals what it's like to tour with the one and only, George Strait. McCollum's self-titled new album, set to arrive everywhere on June 27, is a return to the authentic approach Parker took on his debut effort. "I feel like I finally figured out that just like being me is is really what I should do as an artist," he shares. "I spent so much time trying to be a Country singer and wanting to be a Country singer and wanting to sound like Country singers and I'm just like, 'man, I just don't think that I do,' and that's alright." Recorded in New York City, McCollum says it was an intense, focused environment that helped create his latest collection. "I didn't go to a restaurant, I didn't go to a bar, I was either in my hotel room or in the studio for 7 days or in the car from one to the other. I ate room service, same meal, breakfast and dinner every night and went straight to the studio every day for about 10-11 hours, and it was intense and it was emotional and grueling and we just went after it." This summer Parker McCollum will once again hit the road, this time touring with George Strait and Chris Stapleton in stadiums across the country. "I haven't spent any time with Chris, but George and I spent a little bit of time together and he's just an unbelievably kind human being," remarks Parker. "Just a really, really sweet man and he's the king of Country music. He's a living breathing legend and just the greatest to ever do it. And he just couldn't be more down to earth and genuine and kind, and, every time I've been around him, I've really enjoyed just getting to talk with him a little bit. I have a lot of respect for him." To hear more from Parker McCollum on his new self-titled album, check out the full Superstar Power Hour interview above.

Kane Brown has another song climbing to the top of the charts with "Backseat Driver," and he's already amped for what's next. The singer sat down with Katie Neal to talk about his latest music, tour gifts, his upcoming movie role, and more during this week's edition of the 'Superstar Power Hour.' "Whenever you're doing shows and you get to see the reaction from the crowd get bigger and bigger and bigger as the tour goes on for the song. 'Oh, it's growing.' People are liking the song," Kane says of fans feedback to the track, "Backseat Driver." While the song continues to gain momentum everywhere, Kane is also all about his new summer bop, "2 Pair," which arrived last week. "This is the most excited I've been about a song in a while," KB reveals. "It's really just a fun stomping song like the Country version of Nelly's 'Air Force Ones.'" Another project that Kane appears ecstatic about is the upcoming film, 'The Token Groomsman,' which he's set to start shooting soon with his friend Taylor Lautner. "The script's hilarious," smiles Brown. "Being in a movie, my first movie, Taylor Lautner is a perfect guy because I'm his best friend, so we actually are friends in real life, we text and talk and so it should be just natural and, I'm really excited I get to do this with Taylor." To hear much more from Kane Brown, check out the full 'Superstar Power Hour' interview above.

This week during the 'Superstar Power Hour,' Riley Green revealed that he has some new music in the works, but perhaps for fans more importantly, he's heard your concern over his mustache and it's back for now. "I thought people might mention it," smiles Riley about the reaction to him shaving his mustache earlier this year, having no idea it would make the kind of news it made. "It was nice that day I walked in the bar and nobody knew who I was, like I was about 14 when I shaved it off." "So I shave every year just to get a little sun on my face," Green explains to Katie Neal. "It just feels nice for a little change, and I didn't realize that I'm like 'mustache guy' now. So people expect a certain level of mustache from me, and when I shaved it really, it hurt some people's feelings." With his stache secured, the talk turns to Riley's latest song to climb the charts, "Worst Way," from his album 'Don't Mind If I Do.' "I don't tend to write a lot of love songs," he says of the album closer. "I'm always kind of the ballady like, 'I Wish Grandpas Never died,' more sad song guy. You know, people don't wanna just cry the whole concert, I thought I should kind of try something else." "'Worst Way' ended up being a really forward love song, and when you write songs like that by yourself, you're not bouncing ideas off anybody. So when you get done with it, you're like, 'wait, is this OK?'" "It was a little outside of my comfort zone, and when I got done with it, I thought there was something cool about it. I think I like most songs I played a little bit of it and posted it on Facebook or Instagram or something, and it blew up. That's how you know when fans kind of let you know you have something and, I think it went platinum before we even sent to radio it was just this huge song. So when fans go and make a song hit like that, it's always so much fun. You kind of sit back and just enjoy playing it, and it's become one of the biggest moments in my live show." To hear more about the "Worst Way" video, new music, and more, check out the full interview with Riley Green above.