{"id":2686,"date":"2026-02-20T10:53:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:53:27","slug":"piper-rodrigues-whiskey-talkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/piper-rodrigues-whiskey-talkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Piper Rodrigues &#8211; Whiskey Talkin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PIPER RODRIGUES LAUNCHES A NEW ERA WITH LATE-NIGHT COUNTRY ANTHEM \u201cWHISKEY TALKIN\u2019\u201d<br>Piper Rodrigues is carving out\u00a0her own lane in Australian country music \u2014 blending classic heartbreak with modern sparkle.\u00a0A 2024 Toyota Star Maker Finalist, she\u2019s fast\u00a0 emerging as one\u00a0 of the country\u2019s most exciting rising artists. Her latest single, HEARTBRAKES, made a standout debut, landing at No. 2 on the PlayMPE charts and No. 3 on the AMRAP Metro Chart. The track has received national radio rotation on KIX Country and Triple M, alongside playlist support from Apple Music ( Aussie Country , Country Caffeine, Country Wide), cementing Piper\u2019s growing presence across the national landscape.\u00a0\u000f\u000fKnown for her raw, relatable storytelling and magnetic stage presence, Piper has secured spots\u00a0 on major festival lineups including Meatstock Toowoomba and Lasso Country Music Festival. Collaborations with acclaimed artists Shane Nicholson, Melanie Dyer, and Tori Forsyth further underscore her credibility and growing momentum within the industry.on, you need to know better and completely ignore it,\u201d says Rodrigues. \u201cDoing it for the plot comes at a cost.\u201d\u000f\u000f\u201cI cannot wait for what the rest of 2026 has in store, and I feel like \u2018 Whiskey Talkin\u2019 is the perfect start. I spent most of 2025 writing back and forth from Nashville, and this feels like the dawn of a new era in my sound.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PIPER RODRIGUES LAUNCHES A NEW ERA WITH LATE-NIGHT COUNTRY ANTHEM \u201cWHISKEY TALKIN\u2019\u201dPiper Rodrigues is carving out\u00a0her own lane in Australian country music \u2014 blending classic heartbreak with modern sparkle.\u00a0A 2024 Toyota Star Maker Finalist, she\u2019s fast\u00a0 emerging as one\u00a0 of the country\u2019s most exciting rising artists. Her latest single, HEARTBRAKES, made a standout debut, landing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/piper-rodrigues-whiskey-talkin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Piper Rodrigues &#8211; Whiskey Talkin&#8217;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2687,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions\/2687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}