NASHVILLE, TN – BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville’s breakout duo Ryan and Rory are ready to go all in with the announcement of their debut full-length album, The Whole 9 Yards, arriving February 19, 2027. Produced by Kevin Bard and executive produced by John Hamlin, the 12-track collection finds Ryan Follesé and Rory John Zak expanding on the infectious chemistry, powerhouse harmonies and crowd-winning energy that have fueled their rise while revealing new sides of the duo along the way. Pre-add/pre-save/pre-order The Whole 9 Yards HERE.

Spanning rowdy Friday-night anthems, hard-earned heartbreak and songs built around love that holds on for the long haul, The Whole 9 Yards lives up to its name. Ryan and Rory bring all of themselves to the project, moving from the harmonica-and-guitar charge of previously released “Beer Wants Me” to the unwavering devotion of title track “9 Yards,” the spiritual reckoning of “WWJD” and the deeply personal “Eyes Closed.”

“The Whole 9 Yards is the whole dang shebang,” says Ryan Follesé. “It’s everything we grew up loving mixed with the music that feels right to us. Songs about love, faith, loss, drinking and everything in between. We wanted to make an album that makes people feel something and, in the same breath, want to shotgun a beer. It’s a soundtrack to all of it.”

“Ryan and I have our own stories to tell, but over the last few years, we’ve been writing one together,” says Rory John Zak. “This album captures everything we’ve lived, felt and experienced along the way. From start to finish, The Whole 9 Yards is exactly who we are, and we couldn’t be prouder to share it.” 

Giving fans another look at the album, Ryan and Rory share “Rock In The River” out now. Co-written by Ryan Follesé, Frank Legeay, Autumn Buysse and Andrew Bloom, the soaring ballad promises the kind of love that remains steady when everything else starts giving way. Driving acoustic guitars and a powerful choir build around that promise as the song moves toward one of the album’s most emotional moments.

“’Rock In The River’ is the most personal song on the album for me,” says Ryan Follesé. “I was going through a tough time and honestly didn’t even want to write a song that day. But I started thinking about how blessed I am to have people who lift me up and encourage me to use he gifts I’ve been given. Thank God I showed up.”

“’Rock In The River’ is one of those rare songs that feels familiar from the first listen,” says Rory John Zak. “It’s a ballad, but there’s a real rhythmic drive to it. Kevin Bard helped us give every instrument room to breathe, letting the acoustic guitars lead while everything else builds around them. And that choir? Those moments are money.”

Already named a SiriusXM Highway Find, Ryan and Rory have continued to build momentum with acclaimed performances at C2C Festival in London, a Grand Ole Opry debut and tours alongside Sam Hunt, Brett Young, Jamey Johnson, Jake Owen, John Morgan and Tyler Braden. Their recent releases have showcased the range that carries into The Whole 9 Yards, pairing the high-octane energy that has become a calling card with the timeless storytelling at the center of the duo’s sound.

THE WHOLE 9 YARDS TRACK LIST“Beer Wants Me” (Ryan Follesé, Autumn Buysse, Lenny Pey)“Lawn Chair In The Living Room” (Ryan Follesé, Rory John Zak, Trannie Anderson, Kevin Bard, Andy Albert)“Rock In The River” (Ryan Follesé, Frank Legeay, Autumn Buysse, Andrew Bloom)“Drink With Anyone” (Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Brock Berryhill, Kyle Clark, Greylan James)“Missing You Everywhere” (Bryan Simpson, Brandon Ratcliff, Jimi Bell)“Can’t Stay Away” – Ryan and Rory & Jax (Ryan Follesé, Jake Saghi, Abbey Rowe)“Damn Right I Do” (Ryan Follesé, Jack Hummel, Lindsay Rimes)“9 Yards” (Ryan Follesé, Trannie Anderson, Andy Albert, Kevin Bard, Rory John Zak)“WWJD” (Ryan Follesé, Jake Saghi, Abbey Rowe)“Wasn’t Thinkin’” (Ryan Follesé, Emma-Lee, Joey Hyde)“Eyes Closed” (Ryan Follesé, Chris DeStefano, John Morgan)“Whatever You’re Selling” (Ryan Follesé, Ryan Zak, Kevin Bard, Andy Albert)

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About Ryan and Rory:BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville’s breakout duo Ryan and Rory are quickly establishing themselves as one of country music’s most exciting new acts. Named a SiriusXM Highway Find, the pair first built momentum with their self-titled debut EP, led by the high-energy anthem “Pour Decisions” and Billboard’s “must-hear” pick “This Town.” They have continued to expand their catalog with fan favorites including “What’s Mine Is Yours,” “Truck Stop,” “Together Again (feat. Jamey Johnson),” “Them Boots,” “Girls Are Pretty,” “Lawn Chair In The Living Room,” “Wasn’t Thinkin’,” and “Beer Wants Me.” Ryan Follesé, an American Music Award-winning songwriter and former frontman of Hot Chelle Rae, joins powerhouse vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Rory John Zak to deliver a sound that blends modern country energy with timeless storytelling. After touring with Sam Hunt, Brett Young, Jamey Johnson, Jake Owen, John Morgan, and Tyler Braden, making their Grand Ole Opry debut, and earning praise from MusicRow, PEOPLE, Country Swag, and The Tennessean, the duo is now gearing up for their debut full-length album, The Whole 9 Yards. The 12-track project expands their range even further, with deeply personal new song “Rock In The River” offering the latest preview of what’s to come.

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NASHVILLE, TN – Love hurts, but Mary Kutter isn’t interested in nursing the bruise. With “Damn I Love You,” out today via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville, Kutter turns reckless devotion into a full-contact sport, delivering a hard-charging confession about loving someone past the point of reason. Written by Kutter, Brian Alexander, Tom Pino and Paul Wrock, and produced by Kurt Allison and Tully Kennedy, the track hints at what’s next from the Kentucky-raised singer-songwriter. Listen HERE and watch the official music video HERE.

Built on roaring guitars and Kutter’s commanding vocal, “Damn I Love You” pushes country storytelling straight into rock territory. Its lyrics measure devotion in broken bones and bad decisions, capturing the kind of all-consuming love that makes self-preservation feel beside the point. The harder it hits, the deeper Kutter digs in.

The song nearly sounded very different. Kutter originally wrote “Damn I Love You” as a slow 6/8 ballad before scrapping everything but the title. The problem wasn’t the song. It was that something this irrational had no business behaving itself.

“It started out real sad and real pretty, but that just wasn’t what the feeling sounded like to me,” says Kutter. “Loving somebody that hard, especially when you know they might not do the same for you, isn’t always pretty. It can feel like a bar fight in your chest. Once I realized that, I knew we needed to crank it up.”

Following the darkly cinematic “Bed of Roses,” “Damn I Love You” reveals another side of the world Kutter is building, where country storytelling collides with rock-leaning intensity and emotions rarely arrive clean or uncomplicated. Together, the songs begin to leave breadcrumbs toward a forthcoming full-length project for Kutter.

For Kutter, those contradictions are often where the story gets interesting. Raised in the backwoods of Kentucky, she has built her songwriting around characters and experiences that live somewhere between right and wrong, strength and vulnerability, love and self-preservation. “Damn I Love You” doesn’t try to resolve any of it. It finds the thrill in losing all good sense.

About Mary Kutter:Kentucky raised and Nashville based, Mary Kutter writes songs that live in the gray area, blurring genre lines and creative narratives. Drawing from country storytelling and rock-leaning intensity, her music favors sharp images over easy answers. As both a songwriter and recording artist, Kutter gravitates toward characters on the edge, flawed, resilient and unapologetically human. Before stepping fully into her own voice as an artist, she built a reputation as a songwriter willing to go where others would not, with her work appearing on major-label releases and charting records by Bailey Zimmerman, Nate Smith and Zach John King. Praised by The Tennessean as a “natural-born storyteller” who isn’t afraid of the big topics, Kutter has also earned early attention from PEOPLE, MusicRow and Country Swag for her distinctive voice, sharp songwriting and fearless approach to storytelling. In 2026, Kutter signed with BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville and introduced this next chapter with the darkly cinematic “Bed of Roses,” a sharp-edged murder ballad steeped in classic country storytelling and Southern noir. Now, she turns up the volume with the hard-hitting “Damn I Love You,” with more still to come.

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