COUNTRY-Country Music

This week the boys discuss George Strait breaking more records and making history (again), They review Jon Pardi's 'Heartache Medication' album, discuss the new podcast about Dolly Parton, Bob Kingsley's passing, another rant about 'Americana'...and much more!

A continuation of our off-the-cuff discussions of random things in Country Music news. This week Dr. Jada Watson, professor of Country Music at the University of Ottawa sits in with us and we discuss more about Women in Country Music, The CMA Awards, Sturgill Simpson's upcoming big screen cameo, Netflix 'The Ranch', Mickey Guyton, and more.

Andrew and Sean sit down with Dr. Jada Watson, professor of Information Studies and Digital Humanities who studies Country Music at the University of Ottawa to talk about Women on Country Radio. She has published several articles about women's representation in the genre, in airplay and on the charts. She brought an impressive amount of empirical data to illustrate what's happened to women in the...

Our first "Country Catchup" off-the-cuff discussion of random things in music news. This week: Kelly Clarkson rant about country music today, Storme Warren's contrived hype for The Highwomen, Big Machine Records sale, Hayes Carll & Corb Lund, Ken Burns PBS Country Music documentary, and more!

This week Andrew and Sean discuss their all-time favourite cheating songs, one of the most famous tropes of the country music genre. The theme often borders cliche, but when done well it is some of the most iconic music in modern culture. Check out the Spotify companion playlist to listen to all the songs!

Part 2 of what was supposed to be a single episode...but we had too much to say about each of these songs we love...so we split it into 2! If you haven't yet, go back and listen to Part 1 first. This picks up the conversation from there about our top Country-Country songs of summer 2019!

This was supposed to be a single episode but it looks like we had too much to say about each of these songs we love...so we're splitting it into 2! This is Part 1 of our favourite Country-Country songs of summer 2019!

Recorded live on stage at The Ottawa Podcast Festival. Andrew and Sean discuss some recent and historic controversies in country music featuring the likes of Kacey Musgraves, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson, The Dixie Chicks, and more.

The last but definitely not least in our 3 part series looking at the major historical movements in Country Music. This week we're talking about The Outlaw movement and how it came to be. There's a lot of misconceptions about how and why this happened, or what it even means. We disuss the seeds that were planted by Bobby Bare, how Tompall Glaser pioneered the vibe, how his publicist named it, and...

The 2nd in our 3 part series looking at the major historical movements in Country Music. This week we're talkin' slick shiny suits, sparkling twangy Telecasters, dim lights, thick smoke and loud loud music! The Bakersfield Sound was California throwing down the gauntlet, bringing a whole new badass edge to Country Music that Nashville had never seen before. And this week we look at most the charac...

The 1st in our 3 part series looking at the major historical movements in Country Music. This week, a deep dive into the origins of Pop-Country with an explanation of The Nashville Sound that was born in the 1950's and 60's and the effects that movement has had on country music still to this day.

This week we discuss some of our favourite heartbreak songs in country music. The raw feelings that separate country music from most other kinds of popular music. Check out the Episode Notes online for links and references at www.countrycountrymusic.com

A little Cold Beer Conversation this week as we discuss our favourite beer drinking songs! From pre-drinking tunes, to honky tonk party songs, to relaxed beer tunes for chillen out. A little something for every beer drinking mood.

This week we discuss our favourite female country artists. A demographic that has seen a decline on the Country Charts over the last 2 decades or so since the 90's and early 2000's. But with so much established talent, undiscovered artists in the underground, and those already doing well on the cusp of stardom we feel like so much of the best music in country today is by the ladies. And it feels l...

Follow on our last discussion of our favourite country artists who are enjoying mainstream success while keeping it country, today we discuss our favourite underground artists. People that might be new, or been doing it for years but never really broke out on the mainstream that are making some *real* Country-Country Music!

CBC Radio 'All In A Day' interview with Alan Neal about L'il Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus, Billboard Charts, and the 'Old Town Road' controversy. Clip courtesy of The CBC.

We discuss our favourite artists who are enjoying commercial success while still keeping it country. It's easy to sell out and go entirely pop to sell more records, but who are the new pioneering new country traditionalists? Those going against the grain of popified mainstream country radio and still winning? References and details in the Episode Notes at www.countrycountrymusic.com

There's a lot of BS around this whole Lil Nas X controversy, and we dig into most of it. Have a listen, let us know what you think... References and details in the Episode Notes at www.countrycountrymusic.com

We wish we could simply tell people that we just liked 'country music'. But nowadays the genre is muddied and grey as ever with R&B vibes, snap tracks, trap beats, drum machines, rap verses, and yes, now the Backstreet Boys too. Since all that BS apparently counts as country music, we need to highlight the COUNTRY in country music. This week we take a crack at defining what we mean by Country-Coun...

A debate about who is the greatest country singer of all time: George Jones or George Strait. Join us and comment below, let us know who you think is right! Check the Episode Notes for links to songs and references throughout the podcast at www.countrycountrymusic.com