Luke Combs and “Chatty Hatty” are among the 2025 North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inductees.

The list announced Monday includes six artists who will be inducted to the Hall of Fame on Oct. 16, 2025, at a ceremony at the Mooresville Performing Arts Center. Tickets to the ceremony start at $55 and can be purchased online.

The inductees include:

Luke Combs, from Huntersville, who worked to raise money for Hurricane Helene relief efforts by performing with artists Eric Church, Billy Strings and James Taylor, among others. Combs was recently inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame and is the the first country artist to have two songs reach 1 billion streams on Spotify, according to the N.C. Music Hall of Fame.

Robert Deaton, from Fayetteville, a two-time Emmy winner and the executive producer for the CMA Awards, CMA Country Christmas and “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash.” Deaton, a Tar Heels fan, has produced film, television and music performances.

Clyde Mattocks, from Kinston, a steel pedal player and master of “every type of string instrument.” Mattocks founded the Super Grit Cowboy Band and has played with notable names like Johnny Paycheck, Mel Street, Roy Drusky, Highway 58, Jimmy Capps, The Wilburn
Brothers, Skeeter Davis, The
Malpass Brothers and many other Grand Ole Opry acts.

David Childers, from Mount Holly, a singer-songwriter, poet and painter who has released over a dozen albums, collaborated with members of The Avett Brothers and performed on MerleFest’s main stage.

Hattie “Chatty Hatty” Leeper, from Charlotte, known as one of the first Black women to become a radio disc jockey in the southern U.S. Leeper established her own radio
show at age 17 and has produced music and written liner notes for Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle. She also started her own record label and was inducted into the National Black Radio Hall of Fame
in 1989.

Dexter Romweber, from Chapel Hill, an “underground roots-rocker known for his electric live performances and
rockabilly styling.” Romweber toured as a solo artist and was well known in the Chapel Hill music scene with his band Flat Duo Jets. According to the Hall of Fame, he has influenced indie bands, including The White Stripes and The Black Keys. 

The Oct. 16 ceremony will include performances by the inductees and other performers. A new exhibit will open in October at the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame museum in Kannapolis showcasing memorabilia from the 2025 inductees. Admission to the museum is free.