I’m here for it. As time passes, it’s becoming clear that 2026 is looking to be a monster year for Cody Johnson. Coming off his first-ever CMA Award for Male Vocalist of the Year back in November, in addition to fully recovering from his burst eardrum back in October, the Texas native just returned to the stage and kicked off his lengthy 28-show tour, which recently added the likes of Kip Moore, Clint Black, Randy Houser, Jon Pardi, Carter Faith and more as openers, in Birmingham. With shows scheduled from February to September in the likes of Houston, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Little Rock and more. it’s safe to say that Johnson is going to be quite busy on the road. As he does more interviews, however, it seems as if 2026 is shaping up to be a busy year release-wise as well for the “Dirt Cheap” singer. Though he released the highly-anticipated cover of “Travelin’ Soldier” back in November and hopped on some tracks with the likes of Brandon Lake, CeCe Winans and Michael Martin Murphey throughout 2025, Johnson hasn’t dropped any truly original songs since the deluxe edition of Leather, which was released in November 2024. It looks like that’s about to change this year. Last week, during a conversation with Katie Neal on her podcast, Katie & Company, Johnson would confirm that new music will be coming soon. Even more excitingly, he finally confirmed that both Luke Combs and Brothers Osborne have OFFICIALLY cut their tracks together as well. “Me and Luke Combs cut one together. We finally got that done… Brothers Osborne, that was kind of a last-minute deal. I heard the song, and I was like, ‘This sounds like John and TJ.’ They happened to be reaching out at the same time. [They were like], ‘Hey, when we do our next project, would you do this song with us?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, absolutely. Would you do this with me on my project?’ So it was kind of a trade-off.” The “Human” singer would also tease the fact that even more collaborations are set to appear on the album. With that being said, however, he wouldn’t name any names, noting he’s still in the process of getting some set up. “There’s a couple of collabs that haven’t happened yet. It’s still just a lot of cellphone conversation… There’s gonna be some cool surprises on here.” Before he kicked off his tour over the weekend in Birmingham, Johnson sat down with 102.5 The Bull’s Spencer Graves for an interview. During the conversation, the 38-year-old singer/songwriter would discuss his influences throughout his career, before noting how strong the ties between country, blues and gospel are. “Gospel music, especially, southern gospel music has a lot of facets to it besides just being around church. There’s a lot of influence from blues and country music. I think that blues and country music and gospel are cousins in this thing.” Johnson would then dive into the fact that he and his band have leaned more into their rock influences over the years. More excitingly, however, he’d reveal that he recorded a rock project with one of his idols down in Nashville last week. “Then over the years, we’ve had more rock influence, and I do have a pretty hardcore rock background of what I love too. At this point in my career, it’s really fun to get to do a Gospel song with CeCe Winans. Or like I did this week in Nashville, go record a rock project with one of my rock idols, you know, the guys that I always looked up to.” Unfortunately, Johnson would not elaborate past that. With that being said, however, it’s safe to assume that the project was more than likely recorded with a band, not a single artist, given the fact he said “guys that I always looked up to.” It can also be inferred that this is a full-length record of some sort, given the use of the word “project,” and not a one-off appearance on a tribute record, much in the vein as Eric Church, Koe Wetzel, Brooks & Dunn and more recording songs for The Rolling Stones’ Stoned Cold Country album. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see. With that being said, however, it’s looking like we will be receiving a TON of new music from CoJo throughout the year in 2026. @mrspencergraves Cody Johnson Is Recording a Rock Album #cojonation #codyjohnson #countrymusic #spencergravesshow ♬ original sound – Spencer Graves Cody Johnson Tour Dates February 13 – Champaign, Illinois – State Farm Center with Randy Houser & Carter Faith  February 14 – Louisville, Kentucky – KFC Yum! Center with Scotty McCreery & Carter Faith  February 27 – Winston-Salem, North Carolina – LJVM Coliseum with Carter Faith February 28 – Columbia, South Carolina – Colonial Life Arena with Clint Back & Carter Faith March 6 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – PPG Paints Arena with Kip Moore & Walker Montgomery March 7 – Baltimore, Maryland – CGF Bank Arena with Kip Moore & Walker Montgomery March 22 – Houston, Texas – Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo with Jon Pardi & Randy Houser March 28 – Little Rock, Arkansas – Simmons Bank Arena with Kip Moore & Carter Faith April 10 – Bossier City, Louisiana – Brookshire Grocery Arena with Kip Moore April 24 – Indio, California – Stagecoach May 2 – Clemson, South Carolina – Death Valley (Clemson Stadium) May 9 – Des Moines, Iowa – Casey’s Corner May 30 – Rosemont, Illinois – Allstate Center July 11 – Cavendish, Prince Edward Island – Cavendish Beach Music Festival July 17 – Columbus, Ohio – Nationwide Arena with Drew Baldridge July 18 – Columbus, Ohio – Nationwide Arena with Ian Munsick & Walker Montgomery July 25 – Jacksonville, Florida – Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena August 8 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Paycom Center August 22 – Knoxville, Tennessee – Food City Center August 29 – Saint Paul, Minnesota – Grand Casinoa Arena September 12 – Tacoma, Washington – Tacoma DomeThe post Cody Johnson Reveals He Recorded A Rock Project With “One Of His Rock Idols” Last Week first appeared on Whiskey Riff.