Braves Country Podcast

Country music rising star Zach John King joins the Braves Country Podcast to talk about his journey from Fayetteville, Georgia, to opening for Morgan Wallen on one of the biggest tours in music. Zach shares how a FaceTime call in a Waffle House parking lot changed his career, what he's learned from Morgan Wallen, his favorite Braves memories, growing up in Georgia, and the artists who shaped his s...

Country Music Super-Star Josh Turner has moved to Georgia!  So the GRAMMY-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry just called Tug & Scott to say he wanted to come visit with us again on the Braves Country Podcast!   For nearly two decades, multi-platinum MCA Nashville recording artist Josh Turner has been one of Country Music’s most recognizable voices, selling MILLIONS of records and amassing...

Jet Black Roses is the South’s NEW Rock-and-Roll-Country-Soul Band from Red Bud, Georgia!  After seeing Jet Black Roses perform at The Fox Theatre’s Revival Concert last year, Scott Munn was so impressed that he invited them on the Braves Country Podcast as they walked off stage! Since then Jet Black Roses have been touring with artists like Collective Soul and Sammy Hagar - earning new fans and s...

Mike Mills of R.E.M. - who famously sang “Don’t Go Back to Rockville” - has come back to Braves Country! This time, Mike’s here to invite Braves Fans to his own special autograph signing and baseball memorabilia event on Saturday April 27th at Duck’s Dugout in Cobb County, GA! Mike will sign R.E.M. records and guitars and is offering his “Monster” baseball memorabilia collection to the public to r...

The Indigo Girls are synonymous with Georgia - on a par with Braves baseball, Peaches, the Dawgs or The Fox Theatre!  Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are coming home to Atlanta to play the Fox Theatre on Sunday April 28th for a very special benefit concert. The annual Fox Revival show is going to be epic again this year! Hosted by Kevn Kinney and featuring the Indigo Girls, Charlie Starr with Benji Shan...

Blackberry Smoke has a lot in common with the Braves… both hail from Atlanta, Georgia and represent the South worldwide; and both are always in 1st place. And Blackberry Smoke has done it again  with their new record “Be Right Here” which is a  triple-crown winner, debuting at NUMBER ONE on THREE Charts; Rock, Country, and Americana - all at the same time!  We'll play a few songs from the new reco...

John Driskell Hopkins of the Zac Brown Band is just like Santa Claus! Every December we can count on him to come down the chimney here at the Braves Radio Network Studios! HOP is BACK for a THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR for our Braves Country Podcast CHRISTMAS SPECIAL and this time, he’s brought some very special ELVES from his musical work-shop; Nick Niespodziani and Dave Freeman of Atlanta’s own YACHT ROC...

What began as a 60th birthday surprise from a wife to her husband is now an INCREDIBLE compilation album sure to go down in history as one of the most unique and impressive ever produced.  A wide-ranging group of talented musicians and artists have come together to celebrate one of the world’s most important, yet under-sung heroes; national treasure, Kevn Kinney.  "Let’s Go Dancing: Said the Firef...

Vanessa Briscoe Hay is Athens Georgia music royalty. Her “first-wave” band PYLON helped create the Athens music scene and heavily influenced the 80’s & 90’s American pop underground. AllMusic wrote that Pylon's "role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable”.  Along with R.E.M. and the B-52’s, Pylon is part of the “Big Three of Athens Music” and were among the first...

GRAMMY nominated multi-platinum band NEEDTOBREATHE are a dynamic force in rock music. They've generated over one BILLION streams, topped the Billboard Charts and have sold-out arenas and amphitheaters all over the world. Their surprise eighth studio album "Into The Mystery" was their 5th No. 1 album and now NEEDTOBREATHE’s 9th Studio album “Caves", their most ambitious yet has just been released t...

Today on the Braves Country Podcast, we’ll meet STORIE - a brand new artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. Storie has adopted all of the things we love about the American South and seems to fit right in; even though he is actually from Scotland!  This prolific singer-songwriter is taking audiences by surprise across North America with his soulful folk-rock and is just back from a tour across Canada op...

Braves Country Podcast Episode 100: Georgia Bulldogs Legend, David Pollack has a heart-to-heart talk with Tug Cowart and Scott Munn about Braves Baseball, Georgia Football, his time at ESPN GameDay, Family, Faith, Fitness, and what his focus is now - which is not what you might expect…  PLUS: 100th episode celebration messages from Brit Turner of Blackberry Smoke, Michelle Malone, Sid Bream, David...

Grammy and Emmy winning comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt is a Military Brat from Virginia who went to the College of William and Mary! You know him from movies like Zoolander, Starsky and Hutch, and the voice of ‘Remy’ the rat in Pixar’s Oscar-winning movie, Ratatouille; and from TV Shows like Parks and Recreation, The King of Queens, The Goldberg's and even an appearance on Seinfeld! Thi...

Everything about the Devon Worley Band makes you think of the South! Big classic guitar riffs and a soulful female lead singer belting out anthems! They’ve even shared the stage with bands like Whiskey Myers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. However, these up-and-coming-Country-Rockers are really from Minneapolis, Minnesota...We’ve heard great things about this new band and they’re playing Smith’s Olde Bar this...

Fresh & Raw Tour is BACK at The Shack! We are turning up the volume and bringing the Nashville music party to you Saturday 9.16 from 6p-9p. This Nashville singer/songwriter concert will feature NBC's The Voice finalist and hit singer/songwriter Barrett Baber and current viral Nashville singer/songwriter Taylor Goyette. Opening the show will be local duo/songwriters, The Patriarchs. This is a F...

Originally from Dublin, Georgia, Austin Snell finished his time in the Air Force and moved to Nashville in 2022. Since then, Snell’s unique blend of Rock and Country - which he calls “Grunge Country” - grabbed the attention of fans on social media and now he’s approaching 100 million streams!  Austin has been all over SiriusXM Radio, opened shows for the great Willie Nelson, and now he’s releasing...

GRAMMY winning Nashville rocker Mike Farris calls home to Braves Country from Oslo, Norway while on tour… Farris got personal on his last record, “Silver & Stone” on Compass Records. The title referred to his wife Julie's wedding ring, and the album is a celebration of their 25+ years of marriage and her steadfastness in sticking by him through his years struggling with addiction and alcoholis...

Jack’s Cheesecake is a Watkinsville, Georgia based bakery that delivers beautiful, delicious, award-winning Cheesecakes! 15 year old owner-operator Jack Leach is a talented young man with autism who excels in playing basketball and making cheesecake. Jack is a two-time Georgia Special Olympic Basketball Gold Medalist and a huge fan of the Atlanta Hawks, Georgia Bulldogs, and of course - the Atlant...

Jackie Raye was raised in Athens, GA. attending North Oconee HS and grew up a #Dawgs fan though her dad coached at Georgia Tech. She grew up not dancing and acting but practicing taekwondo. As a teenager Jackie changed paths and started focusing on the arts. She was accepted to TCU's elite theatre program and after graduating she moved to NYC. Jackie Raye is now is part of the touring cast for Bro...

Since their formation in 2007, The Baseball Project has become a part of the game by creating musical tributes to baseball, its stories and stars - and it’s impact on American culture…  An indie rock super group composed of Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate), Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows), Linda Pitmon (Zuzu’s Petals) and Mike Mills and Peter Buck (R.E.M.), The Baseball Project has become well-l...

Warren Zeiders is now over 1 BILLION audio streams as an artist and has 35 Million streams  on “Pretty Little Poison." The new album, “Pretty Little Poison” is coming August 25th and includes “Ride The Lightning” with  over 220 Million Streams to date.   Warren also has a Fall Tour with many dates throughout  Braves Country  including Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh, Greenville, Myrtle Beac...

Atlanta Folk-Rock Singer-Songwriter, Shawn Mullins joins us live in the Braves Radio Network Studios to discuss his new Live At The Print Shop Record! And he brought both his acoustic guitar and our good friend, Adam Blank - the producer and host of Live At The Print Shop! Mullins is best known for his 1998 singe “Lullaby” which hit #1 on the Top 40 chart, was nominated for a GRAMMY Award, and was...

The Vegabonds are Nashville’s Alternative Southern Rock Band! Tug and Scott recently heard their new single, “Tom Petty and The Braves” and before the song even ended, we had called to invite them to the Braves Radio Network Studios! Fresh off of Hang Out Fest and coming to Marietta, Georgia on September 2nd for the Georgia Country Music Festival, The Vegabonds are LIVE in studio to talk about the...

Grant Gilbert is an up and coming Country artist from Texas who loves baseball so much that he’s written a new beer-stained Country anthem borrowing the tune to “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” to create “Take Me Out To The Bar”! Gilbert is a friend of Atlanta Braves pitcher, Bryce Elder - and he wanted to come by the Braves Radio Network Studios to talk with us on the Braves Country Podcast! So, Tug...

Memorial Day Special with Jarrad Turner (U.S. Army, RET.) of The Warrior Alliance. Turner served for eight years as a 68W Health Care Specialist, 3rd Infantry Division and was deployed twice for Operation Iraqi Freedom where he was wounded during an attack. Turner has dedicated his post-military service to improving the quality of life and access to resources for his fellow veterans. On today’s ep...