Cedar Country

RJ is back (albeit delayed, again) to share what country music he listened to the most in 2024, both from new releases and from all country (and related) music! Unlike the previous episode, this one is solely focused on that, and does not cover any country music charts from 2024. Note: this episode was recorded in mid-January 2025 Playlists of the music discussed [to be added later]: Most-Listened...

This episode was intended for release back in January, but was delayed several times, for which I apologize. The episode's length is due in part to the samples of each song in the chart countdowns. To listen to a shortened version of the episode without the song samples, listen to the episode on YouTube here (link to be added later). Check out the official full versions of the songs on Spotify or...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our eighteenth episode, RJ reads some country news from the first half of 2021, as well as listing off some then-newly released music. Ray and RJ then listen to songs added to our collaborative Spotify playlist and briefly discuss them. You can...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our seventeenth episode, we discuss some new music we got! Ray bought some used vinyls while antiquing, and RJ bought some CDs at the store. RJ also discusses the analog/digital format "war". Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2d...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our sixteenth episode, RJ relates his (sort of) interesting day leading up to recording and brief thoughts on music formats, and then Ray and RJ share country songs that are covers! Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2 Listen...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! Apologies: This episode was recorded toward the beginning of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic back, and to keep us socially distanced and simultaneously test remote recording quality, Ray's audio was recorded over a video call, hence the lower qu...

Howdy! Welcome to this very special episode of the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons and Dragons podcast, "Realms & Nerds"! On this episode of the show, we had the absolute pleasure of interviewing up-and-coming country music artist Daniel Borge, who is gearing up to release his next single, "Time", releasing tomorrow, Friday, May 28,...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! ANNOUNCEMENT: PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR OUR NEXT EPISODE! IT'S A HUGE EPISODE FOR US! WILL BE RELEASED ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY! Apologies: This episode was recorded during a timeframe when our microphone mixing board accidentally had some knobs...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! A few warnings for this episode: First and foremost, we do discuss a few songs that contain racist themes and elements. As always, we do this as a means to educate on history. Second, this episode was recorded during a timeframe when our microphon...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! Apologies for the weird echoing you may hear in this episode. Our mixing board had a reverb effect turned on that we weren't aware about at the time of this recording, which is nearly impossible to undo in post. Hopefully it's not too bad, though....

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! A few apologies about this episode. First, for the weird echoing you may hear in this episode. Our mixing board had a reverb effect on that we weren't aware about at the time of this recording, which is nearly impossible to undo in post. Hopefully...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! Boo! In our ninth episode, aka our 2020 Halloween special, we discuss country and country-adjacent artists and songs with ties and references to the myth of The Faustian Pact, aka "The Man at the Crossroads". Follow us on Social Media: https://twi...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! Listen to the show: https://pods.link/mjts8c7x2ctz3 Follow us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/Cedar_Country https://instagram.com/CedarCountry https://facebook.com/CedarCountry Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2 Thanks for...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! Apologies for the weird echoing you may hear in this episode. Our mixing board had a reverb effect on that I wasn't aware about at the time of this recording, which is nearly impossible to undo in post. Hopefully it's not too bad, though. In our e...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our seventh episode, we once again come to the table just a bit unprepared. Granted, this was recorded shortly after a local play RJ was involved in finished up and Ray got married, so to say we had been a bit busy as of late is putting it mild...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our sixth episode, we attempt to discuss country music's ties to summertime and the beach, but are wildly unprepared for the topic. So about fifteen minutes in (which is conveniently the halfway point of the episode, since we couldn't find enou...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our fifth episode, we continue our journey through the history of popular country music songs. However, we're still way back in 1776-1818 (between approximately 145-100 years before country music's official inception). Essentially, we're lookin...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our fourth episode, we take a brief look at several artists and songwriters that hail from our home, the Mitten state. (This is by no means a comprehensive list, and we plan on doing a dedicated episode or series taking a deeper look at the tie...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our third episode, we start by trying out reading country music news via our Twitter feed, which isn't as much fun as RJ thought. We then spend the second half discussing the Johnny Cash Forever Words album, and the fact that one of us has neve...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our second episode, we begin our journey through the history of popular country music songs. However, we're starting way back in 400 A.D., a little over 1500 years before country music's official inception. Essentially, we're looking at popular...

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our first episode, we introduce ourselves to you, talking about some of our favorite country songs, artists, and albums. We also don't even make it five minutes without bringing up Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road", so there's that. If you like what...