NEWS AND NOTES: Reba McEntire, Sam Hunt, Dalton Dover, Luke Grimes

Artists: Dalton Dover; Luke Grimes; Reba McEntire; Sam Hunt

Reba McEntire is set to appear on The Talk on Friday (January 6th) on CBS. She will talk about her new Lifetime movie, The Hammer, which premieres on Saturday (January 7th) at 8pm ET/7pm CT.

Sam Hunt kicked off the New Year by appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show to perform “Wishful Drinking” with Ingrid Andress earlier this week.

Kicking off the new year with a little #WishfulDrinking from @IngridAndress and @samhuntmusic! pic.twitter.com/B1gJ9oStL4

— The Kelly Clarkson Show (@KellyClarksonTV) January 2, 2023

Dalton Dover has been named one of Amazon Music’s 2023 “Breakthrough Artists to Watch: Country Class.” Jackson Dean, Nate Smith, Madeline Edwards and Megan Moroney, among others. These artists will be featured on Amazon Music “Breakthrough” playlists and on the “Country Heat Weekly” podcast (hosted by Kelly Sutton and Amber Anderson) .

Luke Grimes‘ debut song, “No Horse To Ride,” was featured in the mid-season finale of the hit Paramount Television show, Yellowstone, this past Sunday (January 1st). Luke, who plays Kayce Dutton on the show, was just signed to Universal Music Group/Mercury Nashville. He co-wrote the song with hit tunesmiths Jonathan Singleton and Tony Lane.