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In The Country with Dave Woods

392 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratings

Dave talks with country artists & plays their songs. You'll hear about career highlights, current projects, stories behind the songs & more. You can contact the show at [email protected].

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Interview with Justin Fancy

October 13, 2023 02:30 - 51 minutes - 46.6 MB

Hailing from the picturesque town of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Justin Fancy swiftly emerged as a rising star on the Canadian Country music scene with the release of his debut single in 2020. His passion for storytelling and his authentic East Coast charm are woven into every lyric and melody he crafts. With the release of his debut album Sure Beats A Good Time in 2021, Justin secured Music NL's Awards for Country Artist of the Year and Rising Star of the Year, the first time the sa...

Interview with Lisa Brokop

October 06, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 36.9 MB

As she celebrates her 30th year in country music, Lisa Brokop is grateful to still be doing what she loves. It’s that winning combination of gratitude, youthful exuberance and seasoned wisdom that inform Brokop’s new album Who’s Gonna Fill Their Heels?  The title track - featuring Georgette Jones - offers a female spin on the George Jones hit "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" and pays tribute to Dolly, Patsy, Tammy and many more female country stars. The album features three great country cove...

Interview with Jessica Lavallee

September 01, 2023 22:30 - 40 minutes - 36.3 MB

Jessica Lavallee drops by the podcast to chat about her music career & her new single "Highway Say Hello"! Plus, we'll feature her previous single "Small Town Girl". About Jessica Lavallee (by Soundcheck Entertainment) Born on the northern reaches of Newfoundland and Labrador, Jessica Lavallee was raised in the remote village of Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon on the lower north shore of Quebec, an area unique to the province due to its proximity to Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada's east coas...

Interview with River Town Saints

July 07, 2023 02:30 - 32 minutes - 28.8 MB

Ottawa Valley's River Town Saints (Chris McComb, Jeremy Bortot, Chase Kasner & Joe Patrois) have just dropped their highly anticipated new single, "She Got That" which is a co-write with Jason Blaine. It marks their first release under their new recording deal with Sakamoto Music, distributed by Warner Music Canada. "We can’t wait for you to hear the new music that we’ve been working hard on this year, and to be able to release it with our new label Sakamoto Music!" says River Town Saints. ...

Interview with Augusta Ray

June 24, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutes - 35.2 MB

Ontario's Augusta Ray - you can call her Gus - recently released her sassy new single "Your Ex" which was inspired by real life. It's the follow up to her previous single "Waste Of Lime". Growing up in Toronto,on a solid diet of eclectic music acts such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Shania Twain, shaped her unique country-rock sound. Augusta's incredible vocal talent, accompanying her beautifully-crafted songs and energetic, engaging stage presence, has made her the darlin' of the stage ...

Interview with James Downham

June 15, 2023 04:30 - 38 minutes - 34.4 MB

James Downham’s latest track “Wine & Whiskey” isn’t a country drinking song - as you might think. Rather, this song is about having someone in your life who can do more for you than wine or whiskey ever could. After a hard day, they’re the first person you want to see and the first person you want to talk to. “You can wash away any kind of pain. You’re my remedy. You’re my wine and whiskey.” “Wine & Whiskey” is the latest release from James' debut full-length album The Long Way Home. The tra...

Interview with Runaway Angel

June 08, 2023 19:00 - 41 minutes - 36.7 MB

Canadian country act Runaway Angel is BACK and thrilled to have recently released their new single “Beach Please” on all streaming platforms & Canadian country radio via RÊVE MUSIC/The Orchard.  Co-written in Nashville with Kate Linné Malone and produced by Adam Newcomb, “Beach Please” is the tenth anniversary single from the trio of Cadence Grace, Ann Chaplin, and Stacey Zegers.  Cadence says, “We were ready to write a fun ‘beach’ song. When Kate played us this cool beat and bass line, we ...

Interview with Chris Thorsteinson from Doc Walker

December 06, 2022 04:30 - 41 minutes - 37.4 MB

Since forming in 1994, Doc Walker, composed of Chris Thorsteinson and Dave Wasyliw, have become one of Canada’s most recognized country acts. Over nearly three decades, together they have achieved 1 JUNO Award, 14 Canadian Country Music Association Awards, 21 Top 10 Canadian country radio singles, eight #1 CMT videos and accumulated millions of streams.  Doc Walker’s unshakable creative partnership and overall drive to explore new musical approaches, has kept their sound fresh since releasin...

Interview with Teigen Gayse

November 04, 2022 04:30 - 40 minutes - 36 MB

Kelowna, BC Métis artist Teigen Gayse has just released her new single “I Don’t Need A Boy” and announced her new signings with both Paquin Artist Agency and Steer, a division of RGK.  Describing her new single as, "a fun song about feeling strong, fierce and being perfectly and incandescently happy on your own,” Teigen has been making a name for herself through anthems that uplift and inspire confidence. With millions of catalog streams to date and over 11 million TikTok views, Teigen came...

Interview with Dustin Bird

October 25, 2022 04:00 - 50 minutes - 45.1 MB

Ontario's Dustin Bird has partnered with award-winning Canadian film The Long Rider for the just released official music video of his single "Cowboy Stay". On working with Dustin on this music video, The Long Rider director Sean Cisterna says: "Dustin Bird’s Cowboy Stay is the perfect musical companion to The Long Rider. Not only does his music fit the style and tone of our documentary, but the themes in his song are emotionally resonant to what Filipe experienced on his epic journey across ...

Interview with Tia McGraff

October 12, 2022 03:30 - 49 minutes - 44.4 MB

Port Rowan, Ontario's Tia McGraff is a multi-talented, award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, author and podcast host. Along with her husband and co-writer Tommy Parham, the skilled songstress has been making impactful and thought-provoking art for well over a decade. Bringing together a burning passion for the art of music and an honesty that is long lost on today’s modern charts, Tia McGraff is a trailblazer in her genre, one’s whose efforts have made her a beloved figure on the inter...

Interview with Justine Blanchet

October 11, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 23.7 MB

Quebec's Justine Blanchet drops by the podcast to share hew new single with us! While Justine divides her time between her native city of Montreal and Nashville, “Hard to Love” represents a lot of notable Nashville firsts for her. It’s her first collaboration with hitmaking Nashville producer Danick Dupelle (Emerson Drive, Tebey, Tyler Joe Miller, Matt Lang), her first single to be produced in Music City, and the upcoming music video was also filmed there. This single is also the first rele...

Interview with Angelica Appelman

September 07, 2022 04:30 - 39 minutes - 34.8 MB

Kitchener, Ontario's Angeleica Appelman recently released her third single "U-Turn". The song was written by Angelica along with David Madras. “I love the story we’re telling with ‘U-Turn’ because it feels like such a relatable topic that we hear so often with the current dating landscape. I think this song reminds us to keep hope because it just takes that one person to change your perspective,” says Angelica. “We wrote U-Turn last fall and it was after a summer I spent with someone who t...

Interview with Nice Horse's Katie Rox

September 02, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 26.8 MB

Multiple award-winning Alberta-based country band Nice Horse recently received a Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) award nomination for Video of the Year for their music video for "High School". In addition to being nominated as a band, the members of Nice Horse were also all individually nominated for CCMA Awards. Brandi Sidoryk (vocals/bass) was nominated for Bass Player of the Year, Tara McLeod (electric guitar) was nominated for Guitar Player of the Year, Katie Rox (vocals/banjo/...

Interview with Shaylyn

August 05, 2022 04:00 - 29 minutes - 25.7 MB

Ontario's Shaylyn is here to chat about her music career, her love of traditional country music as well as her new single "Favourite Hello, Hardest Goodbye". It's the follow up release to her popular single "The Drink". Shaylyn released her first album in 2017 titled Lovin’ The Legends which included her very first penned original "Nana’s Little Girl" as a tribute to her supportive Nana. The great thing about Shaylyn's shows is she is keeping country music's past alive in the classic songs ...

Interview with Michelle Wright

July 20, 2022 03:00 - 46 minutes - 41.4 MB

Growing up in Merlin, Ontario, a small Canadian farming community near Chatham, Michelle Wright heard the rhythm & blues and Motown hits coming out of Detroit, just forty-five minutes away. But especially, she heard the strains of country music since her parents were both country performers. "My earliest memories of music are singing in the car or spending the weekend with my father after my parents separated and watching him put on a rhinestone-studded suit to perform in." As a young girl, s...

Interview with Raquel Cole

June 30, 2022 03:30 - 31 minutes - 27.7 MB

Singing has been Raquel Cole's first love for as long as she can remember. She got her first guitar at the age of nine and started to write songs not long after that. She was inspired by hit songs she heard on the radio from artists like Shania Twain and Bryan Adams, but also from jamming with her dad, a drummer, in the basement learning how to play 70’s rock and roll.  After graduating high school, Raquel had planned to go on to study jazz guitar, but not being able to deny her desire to be...

Interview with Tyler Joe Miller

June 28, 2022 04:30 - 26 minutes - 23.4 MB

Signed to MDM Recordings Inc. in 2019, British Columbia’s Tyler Joe Miller quickly began to make a name for himself in Canadian country music and continues his meteoric rise with the release of his latest single ‘Wild As Her’. After releasing his gold-certified debut single, ‘Pillow Talkin’’ at the end of 2019, the catchy tune quickly earned him the title of iHeartRadio Future Star and became his first #1 single at Canadian country radio. What followed was an unprecedented and record-breaking...

Interview with Annika

May 31, 2022 03:30 - 36 minutes - 32.5 MB

ANIKA's new seven-track EP Stand Still: Side A is a departure from her previous work and takes listeners on a journey of love's ups and downs through the her eyes. The project will be broken down into two EPs and one deluxe album, delivering a total of 14 songs that ANNIKA co-wrote, most of them with her JUNO award-winning husband Spencer Cheyne who also produced the project.  ANNIKApairs soulful melodies with heartfelt lyrics to create music that always leaves a lasting impression, as displ...

Interview with Emma Peterson

May 25, 2022 02:30 - 30 minutes - 27.1 MB

Manitoba country artist Emma Peterson has just released her debut album Just For The Record available for streaming everywhere.. "I am so thrilled to release my debut album Just For The Record. This album encompasses my story and the first songs I have been able to share with the world," says Emma. "Just For The Record is about finding inspiration in goodbye, and in this case it is a fun song! Whether it be driving down backroads, or experiencing your first heartbreak - I hope this album wil...

Interview with Shantaia

May 18, 2022 03:30 - 39 minutes - 35.1 MB

Saskatchewan's Shantaia is riding a big wave of success these days wth her top 40 Country single "Broke To Brand New", her recent tour as a show opener for The Washboard Union and her place as a semi-fnalist in the CCMA's SiriusXM Top Of The Country competition. In 2019, she was named the Saskatchewan Country Music Association's Emerging Artist of the Year. She has shared the stage with the likes of Kane Brown, Chris Lane, Ryan Hurd, Emerson Drive, and Charlie Major, and has performed on so...

Interview with Devin Cooper

April 21, 2022 03:00 - 45 minutes - 40.5 MB

Recently named a finalist in SiriusXM’s Top of the Country competition,  Alberta country-rocker Devin Cooper has released his debut album Good Things.. An autobiographical look back at his journey since he picked up his first guitar at the age of 7, the 8-track album showcases the storytelling roots he’s become known for, underscored with guitar licks only over two decades of experience can bring.  “I’ve always lived by the philosophy that good things take time, which is what anchored this e...

Interview with Martina Dawn

April 03, 2022 02:00 - 30 minutes - 26.9 MB

Alberta's Martina Dawn - named after country artist Martina McBride - comes by her country music roots naturally as her Mom is an established recording artist.  Martina just received the Horizon Youth Award at the recent Country Music Alberta Awards Show which she also performed on. Her debut single was "Hate It". And now her follow up single "Game Over" is out at country radio. The song was written by Meghan Patrick, Blake Bollinger & Thomas Archer.  As important as it is to Martina write...

Interview with Mike Whiteside

March 25, 2022 04:00 - 28 minutes - 25.2 MB

Ontario's Mike Whiteside calls a Kenny Chesney concert in 2018 a defining moment in his life & music career. It was then that he decided he wanted to pursue a music career. Believe it or not, that first time he ever performed on stage was at the Emerging Artists Showcase at the Boots & Hearts Festival. Mike's debut single "3 AM" was written by Robyn Ottolini and she's his first co-writer. Mike's new single is called' My KInd Of Paradise". His influences include Kenny Chesney, Sam Hunt, Jor...

Interview with Chris Buck

March 22, 2022 04:30 - 19 minutes - 16.8 MB

Chris Buck starts his next chapter with the release of his first single as a solo artist "Can't Beat The View," available for streaming everywhere now. Following his success fronting the Chris Buck Band, the feel-good new track leads Chris into a new era of his career, having recently signed a publishing deal with Anthem Entertainment, in addition to becoming the first artist signed with Sakamoto Music (via Warner Music Canada). The new single, produced by Jeremy Stover, Julian King, and Dan...

Interview with Paige Penney

March 14, 2022 04:00 - 28 minutes - 25 MB

St. John's, Newfoundland's Paige Penney is here to chat about her music career & her singles "Shooting Star" & "When All Is Said And Done". In the summer of 2018, Paige launched a crowdfunding campaign and reached her goal recording her first EP in the same studio as Taylor Swift recorded hers in at Nashville's Dark Horse Studio. While in Nashville, Paige had the opportunity to play at the The Bluebird Cafe. In September 2021, Paige opened a show for Johnny Reid at the Iceberg Alley Festiva...

Interview with Danielle Todd

March 08, 2022 04:30 - 40 minutes - 36.1 MB

Guelph, Ontario's Danielle Todd (now living in Nashville) is here to chat about her brand new single "Heat Of The Moment" & the music video for it. She'll also share and chat about her debut single "Crazy" from a few years ago. In her childhood bedroom, complete with pastel sponge paint and horse wallpaper, Danielle would fall asleep to the sound of her father’s music coming through the air vent from his basement studio. Watching him work his magic, she would marvel at the way he could piece...

Interview with Charissa

February 23, 2022 03:30 - 28 minutes - 25.6 MB

Charissa is a storyteller - and the best stories are ones that don’t shy away from honesty. The Burlington, Ontario singer has been honing her thoughtful, meditative approach to songwriting since she was a kid, combining lush, flowing arrangements with earthy Americana and laidback soul to create a sound that is uniquely her own.  Music was a constant in her home growing up, and after singing along to hits by Queen, Allison Krauss, Whitney Houston, Stevie Nicks, and Blue Rodeo before she hit...

Interview with Lydia Sutherland

February 10, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 31.3 MB

Quebec's Lydia Sutherland has just broken into the Top 40 on the Canadian Country Billboard Charts with her second single "Date A Friend". It's the follow up to her debut release with a powerful message "Love Me". Lydia was chosen as the iHeart Radio Future Star for January/February 2022. She has a cut on Warner Music Nashville artist Robyn Ottolini's latest EP and a couple of songs topping the Australia iTunes Country Music Charts. Over the last 2 years, Lydia has written and astounding 900 ...

Interview with Cory Marks

February 03, 2022 03:30 - 35 minutes - 32 MB

North Bay, Ontario Country-Rocker Cory Marks joins me on the podcast to chat about the success of his singles "Outlaws & Outsiders" featuring Travis Tritt, Ivan Moody of Five Finger Death Punch & Mick Mars of Motley Crue (Top 10 Rock hit in the U.S. & a Gold single in Canada and over 25 Million streams on Spotify) + "Blame It On The Double" featuring Theory Of A Deadman’s Tyler Connelly and Jason Hook, formerly of Five Finger Death Punch.  Cory's debut album Who I Am received a 2021 Canadian...

Interview with Rob Fitzgerald

January 27, 2022 05:00 - 47 minutes - 42.1 MB

Ontarios Rob Fitzgerald has just released a new single "Another Town" in the US via Grass Roots Promotions and will release the single in Canada on March 18 via RPM Promotions. The song has already placed a finalist spot in the World Songwriting Awards in the Traditional Country category. In the fall of 2021, Rob's rousing single "Can I Get An Amen" made its way to country radio stations across Canada, numerous Spotify playlists and also landed a top spot in the World Songwriting Awards comp...

Rosewood Ave Podcast Special

January 24, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MB

Northen Ontario's Rosewood Ave - married duo Sabrina & Dave - pivoted to live streams when the pandemic began. And those live streams really took off and built a huge audience of viewers, listeners & supporters. In early 2021, the duo released their debut single "Fool For Love" produced by famed producer Garth Fundis who has produced for the likes of Alabama, Sugarland and Trisha Yearwood. Though not written by the duo, the song summed up their own love story and their belief in taking chanc...

Interview with Kendra Kay

November 17, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 25.1 MB

Manitoba's Kendra Kay is here to chat about her new song "Homegrown Heart". The 2 x MCMA Female Artist of the Year winner has had the opportunity to spend more time on her family ranch in the past two years than she has in a long time. As a songwriter, she felt naturally inspired to write about it. This is how her new single Homegrown Heart was born. “This song is my story – it is inspired by my roots, life and family. I wrote it to tell the story of who I am, and from the idea that everyon...

Interview with The Record Breakers

November 01, 2021 01:00 - 46 minutes - 41.3 MB

The Record Breakers are an energetic Canadian pop-country band melding the right amount of sunrise and sunset. Formed in 2014 for a Beatles-related celebration, the band began to explore and develop their identity. A special encounter with Blue Rodeo inspired them to bring country into their sound, which has become uniquely that of The Record Breakers. Like some of history's greatest bands, The Record Breakers feature two main vocalists and song-writers, Hayden and Bella. Rounding out the ban...

Interview with Scotty Kipfer

October 20, 2021 04:00 - 45 minutes - 40.8 MB

Ontario's Scotty Kipfer has just released a new single "Wading In The Water" from his Taking My Time album. He's here to share that song & some others plus he'll chat with me about his music career including the artist & song that influenced his music the most. Scotty will also talk about his recent engagement, the WSA and much more! Scotty was born into a musical family and grew up in small-town Milverton Ontario surrounded by musicians who always encouraged him to play. By three years old,...

Interview with Jeff Catto

October 07, 2021 03:30 - 36 minutes - 32.7 MB

Ontario's Jeff Catto recently moved from the Christian genre to the Country genre. His recent release "Round Of Life" celebrating his real life wife & 6 kids and his brand new single "Want You Even More" inspired by his wife are two signs that Jeff is in the right genre. As a teenager, he competed on Canadian Idol. Years later, Aaron Pritchett recorded "Summertime" written by Jeff. Tune in to get to know Jeff better as he reveals what motivates him musically & what challenges he's faced in h...

Interview with Mackenzie Leigh Meyer

October 01, 2021 03:00 - 41 minutes - 37.4 MB

Since the May 2018 release of her debut EP Dive Bar Diva, Hamilton, Ontario's Mackenzie Leigh Meyer has been catching the attention of country music fans especially those who love their country infused with roots. In fact, back in 2019, Mackenzie was nominated for CMAOntario Roots Artist Of The Year. That's just one of the big accomplishments in the career of this 'honours' Humber Music Degree graduate.  Following the success of her debut EP, Mackenzie has released two singles - the romantic...

Interview with Pamela Rooney

September 22, 2021 03:30 - 45 minutes - 40.7 MB

Quebec's Pamela Rooney is on a mission to keep traditional country music alive! She has just released a new album Storms Never Last featuring 10 classic country songs including "Jolene", "Mama Tried" & "He Stopped Loving Her Today". Tune in to hear Pamela talk about her music career & hear several of the tracks from the new album.  

Interview with ANNIKA

September 16, 2021 03:30 - 29 minutes - 26.4 MB

Calgary, Alberta born and raised ANNIKA has been engaging and entertaining audiences around the world since 2014 as the lead singer of the CCMA-nominated country-pop duo Leaving Thomas.  Her debut solo single, "I Really Don't Want To," was added to over 20 Canadian country radio stations, reached No.33 on the CBC Country Top 40 chart, has been in the Top 40 at Mediabase for five consecutive weeks, and has been in the Top 50 on the Billboard Country Chart for four weeks. ANNIKA was also featu...

Interview with Rod Black

August 23, 2021 02:30 - 47 minutes - 42.3 MB

Beginning his journey in Langley, British Columbia, Rod Black was born into a professional rodeo family, moving regularly around Canada in his early life. After settling in the Prairies, Rod attended high school in both Regina and Saskatoon, where he immersed himself in vintage classics from southern rock pioneers and original country outlaws. ​The inspired mix of rock and country influences that some liken to Kid Rock crossed with Uncle Kracker gave Rod a distinctive musical flavour that ha...

Interview with Kadooh

August 13, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 21.1 MB

After spending over a decade as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band State of Shock, Vancouver-based Country Artist Kadooh made the decision to cross over to country, a genre he’s grown to love, and step into the spotlight for the first time as a solo artist. In 2018, he won his very first country music award, earning the Ray McAuley Horizon Award at the BC Country Music Association Awards (BCCMA). In 2019, he released his debut self-titled EP and 3 singles, and the winning str...

Interview with Aimee Mayo

August 04, 2021 03:30 - 1 hour - 67.5 MB

Grammy nominated songwriter (and now author) Aimee Mayo grew up in Gadsden, Alabama and moved to Nashville at 20 to become a songwriter. At 23, she had her first song on the radio "Places I've Never Been” by Mark Wills. Since then, her songs have spent twenty-six weeks in the #1 spot on the Billboard charts and albums featuring her songs have sold over 155 million units worldwide. Her dad Danny Mayo was a writer on “Keeper of the Stars,” for Tracy Byrd, “ Feed Jake,” for Pirates of the Missis...

Interview with Bree Taylor

July 30, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 28.9 MB

Ontario's Bree Taylor - recently nominated for a 2021 Mississauga Arts Award (MARTY) in the Music: Solo Vocalist — Emerging category - began writing her own songs when she was a teen and found early success with her pop debut EP Unbreakable. Shortly after, she found herself drawn to the country genre - and her fans came along for the ride. Bree's 2020 single “Cry” gained an impressive 70,000+ organic streams, and her most recent single, “Burning Bridges” soared to #1 on the Canadian Indie Cha...

Interview with Ajaye

July 27, 2021 02:00 - 43 minutes - 38.8 MB

​Growing up outside Vancouver, British Columbia, Ajaye came by music honestly performing in her family band The Jardines. “Learning the ropes of the music business within the safety of my family was a great way to get started,” says Ajaye. “But you gotta step out on your own at some point, and my move to Nashville was the ultimate growing up experience, both musically and from a life experience standpoint.”  ​In Nashville, Ajaye honed her songwriting craft and earned a name performing the Na...

Interview with Brittany Kennell

July 13, 2021 17:30 - 30 minutes - 27 MB

Beaconsfield, Quebec's Brittany Kennell will release her debut album I Ain't A Saint in September 2021. It appears on CBC Music's 21 Most Anticipated Albums Of The Year list.  Her influences include Shania, Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, Sheryl Crow and Bruce Springsteen Brittany studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and then spent 8 years in Nashville writing and learning the music business up close. In 2016, she was the first and only Canadian contestant on NBC's hit show T...

Interview with Emily Kate

July 12, 2021 03:00 - 30 minutes - 27.4 MB

Ontario's Emily Kate bridges the gap between country and pop with her unique sound and lyrical storytelling. Pulling from real life experiences, her music conveys relatable, thoughtful messages weaved with fresh, soulful melodies and a warm sound. Emily worked with CMAOntario-nominated Producer of the Year Shawn Moore on her debut EP All In which reveals a strong willed female artist aiming to impact the lives of current and future fans. "This EP is my very first release so it is so special...

Interview with Farewell Town

July 06, 2021 03:00 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MB

Farewell Town was formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia while playing first as a backing band for emerging local country artists on the East Coast of Canada. They have gone on to play with country artists all over the nation such as Chris Buck Band, JoJo Mason, Aaron Pritchett, Andy Bast and Ben Chase. Since then, the four session musicians have combined their uplifting talent and passion for music to form the power-house country-rock band, now known as Farewell Town. With Michael Lloyd’s compellin...

Interview with Lindsay Butler

July 03, 2021 03:30 - 41 minutes - 36.6 MB

Lyndsay Butler is a proud seventh generation Southern Albertan, deeply ingrained in the western lifestyle. She shares her historic heritage through her traditional western, outlaw and southern rock songs. Her influences include Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Miranda Lambert, Cord Lund and Colter Wall. "I'm an advocate for the Canadian Western way of life," says Lindsay. "It's authentic to me, it's who I am. I grew up in the prairies and have continued to embed myself into that western feeling. I...

Interview with Lyndsay Butler

July 03, 2021 03:30 - 41 minutes - 36.6 MB

Lyndsay Butler is a proud seventh generation Southern Albertan, deeply ingrained in the western lifestyle. She shares her historic heritage through her traditional western, outlaw and southern rock songs. Her influences include Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Miranda Lambert, Cord Lund and Colter Wall. "I'm an advocate for the Canadian Western way of life," says Lyndsay. "It's authentic to me, it's who I am. I grew up in the prairies and have continued to embed myself into that western feeling. I...

Interview with hit songwriter Chris Lindsey

July 02, 2021 03:30 - 58 minutes - 52.9 MB

Chris Lindsey is the hit songwriter behind many of your favourite country songs including Lonestar's "Amazed", Keith Urban's "I Wanna Be Your Everything". Blake Shelton's "Every Time I Hear That Song" and other hits & cuts by the likes of Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Joe Diffie and many, many others. Chris hosts his own podcast called Pitch List now in its fourth season which features his insightful conversations with other hit songwriters including Bill Anderson, ...