Ashley Cooke is not the type to take things for granted. When she logs on to Zoom to chat, she’s calling from a tour bus, en route to an evening show with Kane Brown. The country singer-songwriter thinks they’ve arrived in Albany — but she’s not entirely sure.
If things feel like a bit of a blur these days for the 27-year-old artist, it’s understandable; her 2023 release, “your place,” catapulted her to a new threshold of visibility. The music video for the tell-off anthem has surpassed 5 million views and accrued over 60 million streams on Spotify. The song also earned the Big Loud artist her first CMT Award in the category of Breakthrough Female Video of the Year in 2024. In late 2024, she embarked on a two-leg headlining tour, a 29-date trek that spilled into 2025 and saw her playing