In The Country with Dave Woods

Ontario's Dayna Shereck has just released her brand new EP Chasing The Moon featuring the debut single Two Feet On The Ground. Tune in and get to know this talented singer-songwriter and hear two tracks from her new release. Listen to more In The Country podcasts at www.inthecountryinterviews.com.

Ontario's Don Graham releases his brand new song I Just Called Him Dad and we get to debut it here on the show!

Sean Hogan's uniquely authentic blend of alt-country and modern rustic pop immediately caught the attention of Country radio and music fans across Canada, leading to his first Canadian Country Music Association award for Independent Male Artist of the Year in 1997. Hit single after hit single (Slow Turning, Sure Fire Love, Dream Vacation, Angeline, I’d Rather Have You, Centered, Catalina Sunrise,...

James Murdoch of the Alberta Country group The Dunagarees is here to chat about their 5 nominations from the Alberta Country Music Association. The group was just sIgned to an Australian label Social Family Records and will start a tour in Australia in January 2018. You'll hear the group's latest single Anywhere With You produced by legendary Grammy award-winning producer Paul Worley.  

Powell River, B.C. Country act Twin Kennedy is here to chat about their new Country album and to share songs from it.

Ontario Country artist Chelsea Crites is here to chat about her new Christmas EP Dear Santa featuring 6 great songs including Mary Did You Know, Please Come Home For Christmas and Winter Wonderland.

Heather Rankin follows her 2016 Juno Award Nominated solo album,A Fine Line, with a Christmas album, Imagine. Her angelic voice wraps her listeners in coziness and nostalgia in this ten-song collection, which includes both original songs, cowritten by Rankin, and traditional songs she grew up singing at Christmas. The evocative imagery in Rankin’s contemplative lyrics inhabit the same deeply perso...

Ontario Country artist Brooklyn Roebuck is here to catch us up on all her latest news and share a couple of her songs with us!

Ontario's Alessia Cohle releases her EP Wild Eyed Wanderer featuring the lead single Wanderlust! Alessia’s love of music began at the early age of eight, when she attended her first concert - Shania Twain’s ‘Come On Over Tour’. It was this experience that encouraged Alessia to begin performing at local fairs, festivals, and even sing duets alongside her grandfather. The excitement and passion left...

Dan Davidson’s sound came together as he started writing and working on music with Toronto producer Jeff Dalziel (Washboard Union, Andrew Hyatt, Autumn Hill, Brett Kissel) and the two spent the better part of a year developing an EP that’s characteristic of Dan’s love of “good time” music. His first release Found - which he co-wrote with Clayton Bellamy - quickly found a lot of airplay on Country...

Alberta's Maddison Krebs is here to chat about living in Nashville & her new single Live For Love.

Alberta's Trevor Panczak is here to chat about his new album Where I Go To Come Back featuring the current single Blame It On The Whiskey.  

London, Ontario's Genevieve Fisher has just released a brand new song to Country radio called You Me We which is the follow up to her popular single Take It On Home.

When JoJo Mason walked in to a Christmas party on December 21, 2013 clutching a jar of that Ole' Smokey Moonshine, he could not have predicted how a strange combination of events would change the course of his life forever.  Born in Regina, Saskatchewan February 26, 1990, JoJo spent most of his early years like many true Canadian kids - playing hockey on ice rinks and frozen lakes. With the opport...

Ontario Country artist Jessie T is here to chat about her latest single called Meet My Crazy!

Ontario's Ty Baynton may have grown up in the small town of Waterdown, Ontario, but this‘Canadian Country Boy’has stadium-sized vocals. He has always had an appreciation for music with influences including Randy Travis, Tom Petty, and Oasis. At age 14, in his third-generation family farmhouse, Ty picked up his grandfather's guitar and never looked back. “I didn’t have the chance to meet my grandfa...

Ontario Country artist Danielle Bourjeaurd - now living in Nashville - has just released her new single Lakeside to Country radio. It's the lead single from her album Country Sorta Way which will be released in August 2017. This talented Canadian Country singer had the chance to write with music legend Tom Cochrane. He liked the song so much he recorded and released it. Danielle is a CCMA Discover...

CCMA award winning artist Madeline Merlo released Motel Flamingo, a vibrant single perfect for your summer playlist, to all digital outlets on May 19, and to radio May 24. Produced by Karen Kosowski, the uptempo song is a perfect reflection of Madeline’s unique tropical, bohemian vibe. Madeline recently opened for Dean Brody on his Beautiful Freakshow Tour, where she performed the new song live fo...

Country artist Tareya has been scaling the heights of the Canadian music industry since 2012 with multiple JUNO and CCMA award nominations and chart-topping singles earned through her time as part of the popular Country duo Autumn Hill.    In 2017, this Calgary-born artist found a new voice as a solo singer/songwriter, with a refreshing new tracklist that blurs the lines between country, pop and R...

It has been said that Ontario's Ryan Laird learned to hum back a melody before he could speak, and that the art of creating music has always been second nature. At the age of 5, Ryan began learning piano, and received his first guitar at the age of 7 for Christmas. After studying jazz, guitar and voice at Humber College in Toronto, he packed his bags and moved his life down to Nashville with high...

Four-time Canadian Country Music Association nominee and six- time Saskatchewan Country Music Association’s Fans Choice Entertainer of the Year award winner Codie Prevost, learned at an early age that hard work and perseverance would lead to good things. Since starting his career he has shared the stage with some of country music’s top performers including Garth Brooks, Florida Georgia Line, Joe N...

Award-winning Country artist Tim Hicks will release his first ever live album on May 19th! “I'm so excited for this release,” shares Tim. “For me, the live show has always been a huge part of who I am as a performer and having captured a little bit of our "Shake These Walls Tour" in a digital release is really cool.  We started recording the tour as a means for us to critique ourselves on a nightl...

In a short period of time, Dave Hartney has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments for a new Country artist. He has opened for the likes of Dallas Smith, High Valley, Tebey, Black Jack Billy, Aaron Pritchett, Dierks Bentley, Jerrod Neimann, Thompson Square, and many more. He has played renowned events including Sunfest, Rockin’ River Musicfest, Merritt Mountain Musicfest, The Cloverdale R...

Alberta's Alee brings her fresh up tempo style and sound to listeners across the world, redefining Country music -- and with a strong musical background, she has the goods to back it up. A singer-songwriter-musician-entertainer regarded for her musicianship, the strength of her original songs, and charismatic performance, Alee has the versatility of a veteran performer with the ability to take her...

Manitoba's Doc Walker recently released their new album entitled Weathervane. The first single from the record Heart of the Heartland pays homage to small town pride across the country. Produced by Gavin Brown and Dave Wasyliw, and written by Chris Thorsteinson, Dave Wasyliw, Todd Clark and Gavin Slate, the song was inspired by hometown pride, fond memories of youth and continuing to find new insp...