Noeline Hofmann is Your New Favorite Songwriter

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🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Noeline Hofmann has gone from the Badlands of her native Canada to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry on the strength of her expertly crafted songs like “Purple Gas” and “Rodeo Junkies.” In a very special episode of Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now, Hofmann joins us in front of a live audience at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge outside of Nashville to preview her upcoming full-length album, share what Zach Bryan’s endorsement meant to her, and explain why she was drawn to cover the late songwriter Luke Bell’s “The Bullfighter.” It’s an introduction to your new favorite country songwriter, Noeline Hofmann, only on Nashville Now. Country is Here… Nashville is Now. Check out our Hear Now playlist on Spotify, updated weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone.
0:04.0	Hey everyone. We are here in the Nashville Now cabin for another episode of Rolling Stones.
0:13.5	Nashville Now. I'm your host, Senior Music Editor Joseph Hudak, and this week we are taking the show on the road.
0:19.7	We went to one of our favorite watering holes
0:22.7	here in east nashville technically in madison d's country cocktail lounge for a very special
0:28.8	event it was six one five indy live which was a series of uh concerts held throughout the day
0:35.9	in nashville uh at independent venues, supporting the independent
0:41.0	venue community here in Nashville, and also our independent singer-songwriters and artists
0:47.1	for this episode, we have the very fabulous Nolene Hoffman. I don't know how much of you all know about her, but you probably
0:56.5	heard her perform with Zach Bryan. They did a version of her song, Purple Gas. That is a
1:02.6	song that really launched her. She is from Canada. Well, you'll hear all about it. I'm just going to
1:07.5	let it go. We'll cut to the live interview that we did at Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge in front of a live
1:13.7	audience.
1:14.7	Nolene sang some songs.
1:15.7	And we had a really great conversation.
1:17.6	Steve, I'm so glad we had Nolene Hoffman on the Nashville Now podcast.
1:22.5	She is poised to be a true superstar.
1:25.8	She is so new in such a wonderful way, the excitement,
1:33.4	the enthusiasm. That's what I love about. That's what I love about new artists, which 615 really showcases
1:40.9	a lot of new people. But with Zach Bryan helping her, like, it just,
1:47.5	I know it's launched her in a certain way, but she's still so like, just has that fire. Yeah,
1:52.2	just having that cosign, right? I mean, that helps you take off. But like, when you see her play
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