In The Country with Dave Woods

Vancouver, British Columbia Country artist KAREN LEE BATTEN is a three-time winner of the BCCMA's Female Vocalist Of The Year (2004, 2005, 2006) and she was also a top 10 finalist in the first season of Canadian Idol. Karen released her debut album Every Moment in December 2005 which featured the single Hearts On The Run. The video for the song received airplay on CMT. Karen is getting set to rele...

After winning her first major singing competition in 2008, Alberta Country artist CANDICE RYAN knew that performing live is what she was born to do and started on her career building journey. Music was around her from the time she was a young girl. Her father would play guitar and she would sing along to all the songs. Once she was old enough her dad gave her a guitar and taught her how to play a...

JIMMY RANKIN is an award-winning solo artist and songwriter and the lead singer/guitarist with the legendary group The Rankin Family. A dynamic live performer with a long list of hits, Jimmy moves effortlessly between Roots, Country and Pop, taking his audience on an unforgettable musical journey from Cape Breton to Nashville, and back again.  He is about to release his 6th full-length album Back...

Born in Terre Haute, Indiana and raised in Owensboro, Kentucky, WILL CALLERY fell in love with the sounds and songs of the South at a young age. Eventually, he headed for the West Coast where he developed his songwriting skills playing legendary coffeehouses and roadhouses. He ended up moving to Nashville where he worked as a staff writer for April-Blackwood Publishing (CBS). He rented an apartmen...

JAIDA DREYER's unmistakable country voice, bubbly personality, and eclectic, insightful songwriting scored her a publishing deal with Grammy award-winning producer Byron Gallimore (Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Sugarland) at the age of 19. In 2012, Byron announced the creation of his own label called Streamsound Records, and threw his full support behind Jaida’s career. “I’m proud for her to be our flag...

By now you've probably heard JORDAN MCINTOSH's songs Walk Away, Let Me Love You & Grew Up In A Country Song. And now you'll be hearing a lot of his brand new song That Girl. Music is his passion and he's pursuing it with 100% determination. “I obviously had a dream of this growing. That started to become a reality over the past year. That might seem quick but I've been working at this for abou...

Country artist GIL GRAND was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario. He started to sing and play guitar at age 14 and went on to win the Canadian Open Country Singing Contest three years in a row. In the late 1990s, he signed a publishing deal and made the move to Nashville. His talent for songwriting  and singing brought him to the attention of top record executives, and he soon signed a major U.S....

This In The Country February Special puts the spotlight on new music from The Lovelocks, Marshall Dane, and Tianna Woods with Donna Ulisse. Plus, Beverley Mahood's 2013 hit Hope and Gasoline is featured. 

Ontario Country artist MARSHALL DANE has a new single at Country radio called Alcohol Abuse. With it's catchy sing-along chorus, Country fans will be joining in as they hear it played on the radio and at his concerts. At last year's CMAO awards, Marshall was nominated in several categories including Male Artist and Album Of The Year for Running Stop Signs. In 2013, this popular entertainer - who b...

THE LOVELOCKS are a female alt-country duo from Toronto comprised of Ali Raney and Zoe Neuman. They first became friends over a shared love of music which led to writing songs in each other's living rooms on Sunday afternoons, and eventually, the decision to start a band together. With combined talents on fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar and vocals, The Lovelocks are woven together with soaring h...

Ontario Country artist TIANNA WOODS & Nashville Bluegrass artist DONNA ULISSE have teamed up to record Every Angel Needs Some Heaven. They both join me on the show to share the song - and to talk about their music careers.  Tianna is trained in voice, acting, and dance (tap, hip hop, jazz, ballet and modern). She also plays 6 instruments: piano, guitar, saxophone, drums, clarinet & fiddle....

Tune in for this weekend edition of In The Country with Dave Woods. Hot Country & Cool Conversations. Saskatchewan's CODIE PREVOST will share his latest single Someday from his upcoming album All Kinds Of Crazy. Nova Scotia's STEELE is here to share his new single No Bones from his album Canvas. Orginally from Saskatchewan, now living in Alberta, DAN ARNOLD has released his song God Bless Coun...

Canadian Country singer, entertainer and legend CARROLL BAKER was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. In 1965, Carroll, her mother and father moved to Oakville, Ontario. A couple of years later, she married John Beaulieu. The newlyweds were invited to go to a bar in Oakville called The Halton Hotel where one of her friends told the band that Carroll sang and they should get her up to do a song. Carr...

Four  years after making the 60-hour drive from Vancouver, British Columbia to Nashville, Tennessee, CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON scored her first hit as a songwriter when Chely Wright took Single White Female all the way to #1. That success led to publishing deals and cuts with several other artists like Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, Pam Tillis, Suzy Bogguss, and Jo Dee Messina. After signing a record de...

KELLY PETTIT's newest release entitled Every Sunrise was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and produced by Australian music icon Greg Arnold (from the bands 13 at Midnight and Things of Stone and Wood.). After recording his previous album These Days in Australia, Kelly decided to explore the Nashville scene. The outcome is a jackpot of catchy tunes that tell stories of real life. Listeners will fin...

Saskatchewan's WYATT won a Saskatchewan Country Music Association award in 2013 for their single Jesse James. They also won their 6th consecutive Group of the Year award. It was the year of their first Eastern Tour of the Maritimes and Ontario with their friends Deric Ruttan, Jason Blaine and label-mate Chad Brownlee. In 2013, they released two videos: Jesse James & Roll The Windows Down. Both...

The Saskatchewan Country Music Association honoured WILL ARDELL with the Rising Star award in 2013. He was nominated for four other awards as well. In January 2014, he'll release his new CD Reckless. The current single released to Country radio is Spokes In The Wheel which celebrates the working class. The project will also include two of his popular recent singles: High On Life, Low On Cash &...

Country artist LINDA CASSADY joins me on the show to talk about her music career and to share some of her songs. Originally from Illinois, now living in Nashville, Tennessee, Linda gained airplay and attention for her self-penned 1970's Country hit song CB Widow. The album that song appeared on went top 10 in England. She was then invited to do a 14 day tour there. Songwriting is a passion of hers...

JILLIAN FARRAR is an accomplished singer-songwriter, screen play writer, music publisher, director, producer and soon-to-be published author. She is the CEO of Bella Lyrics and a co-founder/managing partner of Fierce Ink, Incorporated. Her new children's book titled Lexi & Lily (The Brave Choice) is a story of awareness surrounding sexual abuse, a matter that hits close to home for her persona...

Based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, SARA CROCKETT performs music that blends honest story telling and playful melodies in a mix of Country & Pop. After supporting Nanci Griffith in the Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival in February 2013, Sara was invited to play as part of the Festival's Showcase in Nashville alongside hit songwriters in venues such as The Bluebird Cafe, and sang live on W...

Tune in for this In The Country Christmas Special - taped on location- featuring classic & original Christmas songs. Featured on the show are Paul Malysa, Tia McGraff & Tommy Parham, Krista Earle, Dean Stacey, Roger Beckett, All Night Mule & Dayna Shereck. Get ready for one hour of holiday music & conversation with these talented artists.

With a 2013 Independent Country Music Association Award, eight months on the Roots Music Report charts, international airplay and live performances at Rodeo Alaska, Country artist DOUG BRINEY is ready to release his second album entitled Super Country Cowboy. On this new project, Doug has created a tasteful blend of yesterday's traditional Country roots and today's radio-friendly contemporary soun...

When ROBBY JOHNSON went to Nashville to cut a couple of songs, he never imagined that he’d end up in the recording studio as a full-fledged artist with six of his own tunes on the project and then shooting a music video for the song South Of Me with director Ryan Smith. The Canadian-born singer grew up with French as his main language, but from early childhood, he found himself inexplicably drawn...

North Bay, Ontario Country artist CORY MARQUARDT recently returned from a productive Nashville trip where he was working on new songs for a 2014 album. He released a self-titled 6 track EP in July 2013. As well in 2013, he signed with O'Reilly International and performed at the CCMA's On Ramp Records party with Aaron Pritchett, Bobby Wills, Patricia Conroy & Brett Kissel. During this past summ...

Colbourne, Ontario Country artist DON MURDOCK has been attracting a lot of attention and some controversy/headlines over his new Christmas song entitled Christmas To Me. Don co-wrote the song with Brian Dolph. "People are wanting to take our traditions away," Don explains. "We (Murdock and Dolph) both 100% agreed with the principles behind the song -- why does everything have to be, like we say in...