Did you know that Dave Letterman is a big country music fan? Well, it’s true. In this week’s Cover Story, we’re getting some first-hand accounts from Billy Currington and Randy Houser about the special treatment they received on The Late Show.

Along the way, we’re playing special live performances of “People Are Crazy” and “Anything Goes,” so check it out below:

Hot off the heels of his latest #1, “Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Josh Turner’s got a new one that we think you’re gonna be hearin’ all summer long.

Josh admits that he thought “All Over Me” was a hit the first time he heard it… even if he changed it up quite a bit once he got in the studio! Check it out as we give it a spin and chat with Josh in this week’s New Music Spotlight:

Kenny Chesney’s debut album, In My Wildest Dreams, was released just one week after the very first Country HitMakers broadcast. So, yeah, we’ve been around longer than Kenny!

In celebrating the start of our 17th year on the radio, we’re dipping back in our interview library for this week’s Artist Profile with Kenny. Check it out below and listen to Kenny talk about how he’s not rich and hopes to be around in 10 years!

Before Matt Kennon was moving “The Call” up the charts, he was moving motorcycles in Clarksville, TN. It’s true — even aspiring hitmakers have to pay the bills! Of course selling choppers sounds like a pretty cool gig to me too!

Listen in as we catch up with Matt in this week’s Lifestyle feature:

By now, you’ve seen Laura Bell Bundy shimmying all over GAC, CMT and the ACM Awards Show. And I’m willing to bet you’ve even line-danced to her debut single, “Giddy On Up.” Right? … Right??

We recently caught Laura when she wasn’t dancing and chatted with her about her new single and album, Achin’ and Shakin’. Check it out below in the New Music Spotlight!

You know, we’ve done a lot of cool contests over the years, but this one HAS to be the coolest!

We’re giving away 15 copies autographed copies of Katie Armiger’s new single, “Kiss Me Now.” That’s cool, right? But wait, there’s more!

The singles have also been kissed by Katie!

Oh, and we’re also giving away an iPad! How cool is that!?? To throw your name in the hat, just drop us a line at katie@countryhitmakers.com and tell us your best first-kiss story! I’m sure we’ll get tons of interesting ones, but we’ll pick one to ship a brand new iPad to!

Best kisses… I mean wishes!

Check it out: We’re giving away 15 copies of Laura Bell Bundy’s new album, Achin’ and Shakin’! All you have to do to throw your name in the hat is send an email to giddyonup@countryhitmakers.com. Seriously! It’s that easy!

We’ll post the winners right here once we have our lucky 15, so good luck!

So have y’all heard about this Taylor Swift girl?? I may be jumping the gun here, but I’m gonna go ahead and say that I think she might have a decent career. She might even win an award or two, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves!

Heck, who are we kiddin? Taylor Swift occupies a different stratosphere of the music universe right now. There’s no avoiding her, so you may as well go ahead and listen to the Artist Profile as we hear from Taylor herself and spin “Teardrops On My Guitar” and a very special live, acoustic version of “Fearless.”

Does this ever happen to you: You run into somebody and talk to them for a minute only to realize later that the person you were talking to wasn’t who you thought they were?

Well, don’t worry — it happens to everybody. Yes, even some of your favorite Country hitmakers! In this week’s Cover Story, we’re hearing from Joe Nichols & Blake Shelton: two artists who get mistaken for each other all the time.

Check it out as Blake talks about a REALLY big star who complimented him on singing “The Impossible.” D’oh! That’s all below, plus we’re spinning Joe’s new one, “Gimmie That Girl,” and Blake’s “Hillbilly Bone.”

If you’re a Country singer, you have to be a NASCAR fan. Them’s the rules… Okay, I doubt every Country singer is a NASCAR fan, but Chris Young sure is!

Chris tells us that he grew up watching races with his dad on Sundays. So, Chris was pretty ecstatic when he got to meet Tony Stewart. But is there a driver Chris hasn’t got to meet yet?

Check it out below as we hear from the Nashville Star himself and spin his new one, “The Man I Want To Be.”