Headliner:

• Aaron Watson

Aaron Watson is a man forever looking to the horizon. Where other artists might rest on their
laurels, he consistently presses onward to the next frontier, cutting through lazy industry wisdom
in favor of success won on his own terms. He is the first independent male country artist ever to
debut an album at No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart, a feat recognized in the Country Music
Hall of Fame. He has earned a litany of prestigious awards, hundreds of millions of streams on
his music, shared the stage with country music legends Willie Nelson and Alan Jackson, and
raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for multiple charities. This next chapter of his
trailblazing career sees him deep in the weeds on two projects: the first, an album of covers
dedicated to his daughter; the second, a 2024-slated album of originals that promises to be his
most daring and audacious release to date. "My goal is to put out the best country album in all
of country music in 2024," he says simply, "It sounds crazy, but then pretty much everything I've
done sounded crazy until I did it."