Grits n’ Whiskey

We caught with ‘Can You Duet’ alums, Kate and Kacey Coppola to find out what they’ve been up since completing the show, how they ended up on the show in the first place, and more.

Kate and Kacey came in fourth place on CMT’s ‘Cant You Duet‘ and while they didn’t take away first prize, they are quickly gaining speed as country’s up and coming stars.

They will be on tour with Little Big Town this February and are definitely on the right track. They are signed with Big Machine Records, the same guys who have Taylor Swift and Trisha Yearwood on their list of stars.

We expect to see great thing from these girls.

Check out our interview with Kate and Kacey below:

How did you end up on ‘Can You Duet’? Kacey and I kept seeing the fliers for auditions all around Nashville, and we tried to ignore them! We never thought we wanted to do a TV show! But eventually, we had to face the facts that is was a show on CMT for Duos who sing Country Music…everything we are!!! We had to at least try!

Are you still in touch with any of the other contestants? YES!!! We see Joey and Rory a lot, and Caitlin and Will, Jared Johnson, David Oakleaf, Lewis Brice, and the host Rossi!!

What was your favorite part of ‘Can You Duet’? Our favorite part of CYD was getting to meet all the other AMAZING musicians…they have become such good friends, and we respect their talent so much! We had a blast hanging out with them!

What are you currently working on? We are currently on tour!!!  We have been on radio tour off and on since October…and we’re working on our album!! We signed with Big Machine Records (taylor swift, trisha yearwood, jack ingram, etc)  over the summer, so we’ve been working really hard to get our single out to radio early next year.  So basically we’re writing songs like crazy!

You’ve already worked with Jamey Johnson, who else would you like to work with? Jamey is a great friend, so working with him never feels like work! We have too much fun :>)  But we would LOVE to work with all the amazing country artists out there…tour with Kenny Chesney or Sugarland!! Meet Faith and Tim…..pretty much anybody!  Not to mention all the amazing musicians and producers we’d love to work with on our record!

Who is your favorite musician? Oh there are so many!!! But we have to say that Danny Myrick (he is a songwriter, bass player, guitar player, and producer here in nashville) is incredible!!!!  As for a major artist….that is such a hard question to answer!!!  We really respect and admire so many of them…we love the Little Big Town Record, Sugarland, Miranda, Jamey Johnson, Carrie, Faith Hill, Taylor, George Strait, Kenny, Brad Paisley, i could go on and on and on!

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? In 5 years we will be recording, touring, and entertaining for all!! We will be successful and we will have won the ACM and CMA for Duo of the year! ( a couple of times is fine with me :>)