{"id":1955627,"date":"2025-08-12T09:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1955627"},"modified":"2025-08-12T09:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:33:06","slug":"rising-country-music-artist-corey-kent-set-to-perform-at-the-muskingum-county-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rising-country-music-artist-corey-kent-set-to-perform-at-the-muskingum-county-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising country music artist Corey Kent set to perform at the Muskingum County Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Corey Kent - This Heart (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sx-pKR1MBpM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ZANESVILLE \u2013 Corey Kent, an Oklahoma-born country music artist, is headlining the 2025 Muskingum County Fair&#8217;s musical performances with a show at 8 p.m. Aug. 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He draws inspiration from The Eagles, Keith Richards and Turnpike Troubadours, and has shared stages with acts such as Parker McCollum, Cody Johnson and Eli Young Band.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But it wasn&#8217;t always like that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kent set his sights on Nashville as a teen, bringing his self-penned catalog of country-rock anthems with him. But after the pandemic coincided with the loss off his first publishing deal, Kent moved to Texas and worked on paving crew to pay the bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But music was never far away, as he continued to played honkytonks and dancehalls.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Corey Kent performed during the Busch Light Summer Music Series Concert before the NASCAR Cup Series Iowa Corn 350 on Aug. 3, 2025, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Now he&#8217;s moving on to the Muskingum County Fair, where he is set to play Aug 14.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Still in his 20\u2019s, he has built the foundation of a fanbase, has been developing his show for 15 years, and is now positioned as one of country music\u2019s next breakout artists. He is described as an old-soul and creative freedom fighter, and today finds himself musically at the intersection of rock infused country, heartland values and red dirt grit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThrough all the ups and downs, the one constant thing was this relentless hope \u2013 this relentless pursuit of believing that if I don\u2019t give up, I can get where I\u2019m going,\u201d Kent said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hanging onto hope wasn\u2019t always easy, but it\u2019s been paying off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Today he is a platinum certified number one hit maker with 750 million career streams. His top songs include \u201cGirl I Never Met,\u201d \u201cDodge a Bullet,\u201d \u201cSomething\u2019s Gonna Kill Me,\u201d and \u201dWild as Her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But it was \u201cThis Heart\u201d that brought him his first number one song on Billboard\u2019s Country Airplay chart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kent was the most played new artist on country radio in 2023. Despite never cracking country radio\u2019s Top 40, his second single \u201cSomething\u2019s Gonna Kill Me\u201d went Gold. \u201cThere was no real measurable success at radio, but it\u2019s an anthem, a creed,\u201d Kent explained. More than that, it\u2019s a motto fans get tattooed on their skin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He cowrote six songs on his newest album, Black Bandana, where he brings classic rock into the present tense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s supposed to be fun,\u201d he said. \u201cNot everything has to be about climbing a ladder\u2026 I wrote a lot of this record at my ranch in Texas, just staring out the window at our three horses and our three kids riding four wheelers. I\u2019m trying to create songs about life, where I do life. And I think that\u2019s unique.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m excited about the shows I haven\u2019t played yet,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I\u2019m excited about unlocking new levels of my craft, and writing more songs that people connect with deeply\u2026I still live for those moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Zanesville Times Recorder: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com\/story\/entertainment\/events\/2025\/08\/12\/country-music-artist-corey-kent-headlines-2025-muskingum-county-fair\/85547236007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Country music artist Corey Kent headlines 2025 Muskingum County Fair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Country music artist Corey Kent headlines 2025 Muskingum County Fair<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZANESVILLE \u2013 Corey Kent, an Oklahoma-born country music artist, is headlining the 2025 Muskingum County Fair&#8217;s musical performances with a show at 8 p.m. Aug. 14. 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