<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Okay y’all, if you haven’t stumbled across Kentucky’s own <strong>Ole 60</strong> yet, you’re missing out on one of the most refreshingly raw acts to hit country music in a long while. These six guys from Hawesville have been burning up playlists since their 2024 breakout <em>three twenty four</em> EP, and now they’re showing off just how tight they’ve gotten as a band with a brand-new <strong>episode of <em>Live at the Print Shop</em></strong> &#8211; nearly 90 minutes of high-octane performance and unfiltered conversation.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Live at the Print Shop</em>, filmed in Atlanta, has become one of the coolest underground treasures for music lovers. It’s that perfect mix of high-quality production and stripped-down honesty that lets artists actually <em>breathe</em>. This new episode captures Ole 60 right in their sweet spot &#8211; gritty, grounded, and having a damn good time doing what they do best.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZW40MWrBgo">Watch the full episode here.</a></strong></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">From “Smoke &; Light” to “Nancy Avenue,” It’s a Full Ride Through <em>Smokestack Town</em></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This performance isn’t just a greatest-hits reel &#8211; it’s a whole journey through the Ole 60 universe. The setlist pulls from their viral EPs (<em>three twenty four</em> and <em>Songs About You</em>) and their debut full-length <em>Smokestack Town</em>, with standouts like <strong>“Let You Down,” “Who We Are,” “Nancy Avenue,”</strong> and <strong>“Watching Me Bleed.”</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And because these boys love to keep us guessing, they even threw in a <em>killer</em> take on Coldplay’s “Yellow.” You heard that right. A Kentucky country-rock band covering Coldplay &#8211; and somehow making it feel like it was born in a bar on a dirt road.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Between songs, the guys dig into everything from life on the road to their wide-ranging influences &#8211; think Smashing Pumpkins meets John Prine, with a dash of Radiohead-style melancholy for good measure. It’s an oddly perfect recipe that explains why Ole 60 are out here making country music sound fresh again.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A Band That Refuses to Color Inside the Lines</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ole 60 have been on a rocket ship ever since their breakout single <strong>“smoke &; a light”</strong> shot up Spotify’s U.S. Viral Top 50 and knocked even the big boys like <a title="Zach Bryan" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBryan/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzach-bryan-tickets%2F">Zach Bryan</a> and <a title="Morgan Wallen" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMWallen/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmorgan-wallen-tickets%2F">Morgan Wallen</a> off the top spot. They followed it up with “Thoughts of You,” which tore through TikTok’s Viral 50, and now, with <em>Smokestack Town</em> climbing the charts, they’re proving it wasn’t a fluke.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In fact, that album debuted at <strong>#2 on Apple Music’s Top Country Albums</strong>, cracked the <strong>Top 10 globally on Spotify</strong>, and landed them squarely on <strong>Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart</strong>. Not too shabby for a bunch of Kentucky kids doing it their own way.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why You Need to Watch This One</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What makes <em>Live at the Print Shop</em> so special is that it feels like you’re hanging out backstage &#8211; where the conversation flows as easily as the <a title="whiskey" href="https://whiskeychick.rocks/branded">whiskey</a>. Ole 60 open up about songwriting, small-town life, and the real stories behind <em>Smokestack Town</em>, which they describe as a fictional world built out of heartbreak, grit, and small-town growing pains.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s honest. It’s rough around the edges. It’s everything country music is supposed to be.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So go ahead, pour one up, and give this performance a watch. It’s 90 minutes of pure country soul with just enough rock-and-roll bite to keep things interesting.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can stream the full episode of <em>Live at the Print Shop</em> featuring Ole 60 <strong>now</strong> &#8211; and trust me, it’s worth every second.</p>