In The Country with Dave Woods

Ontario Country artist Brad James is here to chat about his music career, songwriting, performing live and his latest song "Whiskey". He'll also share a newly recorded version of his previous release "Best Is Yet To Come".

Ontario's Kelly Prescott recently released a great EP called Hillybilly Jewels. She\s been nominated at the 2017 CMAO Awards in the Roots Artist/Group category. Kelly was born into the Canadian musical dynasty known as the Browns and the Prescotts. Tune in to get to know Kelly and her music!

Sarnia, Ontario's Eric Ethridge won the 2016 CCMA Discovery Program. He just released the single "Liquor's Callin' The Shots".  Tune in to get to to know this talented artist and his music!

Saskatchewan's Teagan Littlechief is here to chat about her start in music, her influences and her brand new song "Scar On My Heart".

Thorn and Roses is a three piece amalgamation of powerful vocals and intricate instrumentation. This trio features a blend of uncompromising three part harmonies, unique arrangements of country, classic rock and pop standards, and an energy so abundant it promises to have audience members on their feet from the first note to the very last. Residing in various parts of Southwestern Ontario, Jay Rie...

Calgary, Alberta's Nice Horse has just released their debut EP called A Little Unstable. Born and raised on the Alberta prairies, Kaley Debra, Katie Marie, Brandi Caroline and Krista Lee are ready to unleash a jacked-up, bush-partying bolt of energy on the Country music scene.  They recenty wrapped up sharing the stage with Tom Cochrane ("Life Is A Highway") for part of his Mad Mad World tour. www...

Ontario's Thomas Wade is here to tell us "the story of a voice lost and found". His songs "Zero To Sixty", "I'd Say That Again", "Some Guys", "Lying Here With You" put him on the Country charts for an impressive run at radio. In 2004, Celine Dion recorded a song of his called "Come To Me" that he wrote with fellow Country artist Beverley Mahood. Tune in get to know Thomas and hear some of the song...

Alberta's Colleen Rae is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, musician and entertainer.  She has recorded her sophomore CD Look At Her Go. She once again teamed up with award-winning producer Louis Sedmak. Colleen has penned 90% of the pull-on-your-heartstrings material on this project. She describes a song about adoption, 'Do I Have Your Eyes', as her favorite among her original compositions.  “I...

Hit songwriter Frank Myers wrote the 1982 crossover smash single You And I recorded by Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle. He has since followed up on that songwriting success many times over with hits recorded by John Michael Montgomery (I Swear), Alabama (Once Upon A Lifetime), Reba (One Honest Heart), Lonestar (I'm Already There) and Chris Young (Tomorrow) - to name only a few. Frank moved from...

The past 8 years have found Makayla Lynn performing alongside of many of Country music's biggest icons. She has been fortunate enough to spend time and share stages with names like Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Tanya Tucker, Bill Anderson, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Kid Rock and countless others. In March 2013 at just 11 years old, Makayla too...

Ottawa's Tara Shannon joins me on the show to chat about her song Love Me Loud - the first single from her new album Unfinished.

Ontario Country artist Jessie T releases a new single called Hellbound from her album Reckless Heart available at iTunes. The song was written by Jessie, Carrie DeMayer and Jessie Pitcher.

Alberta singer-songwriterJJ Shiplett has just released his album Something To Believe In featuring the first single Darling Let's Go Out Tonight.  In 2016, he was a show opener on Johnny Reid's What Love Is All About tour which introduced his sound and style to audiences across Canada

Hit songwriter Patricia Conroy is here to chat about her new cut by Reba called God and My Girlfriends which appears on Reba's first-ever gospel album. Patricia - who has a long list of hit singles as an artist herself in Canada - has had recent cuts and singles by River Town Saints, Meghan Patrick, Jessica Mitchell, Jimmy Rankin, Michelle Wright & Runaway Angel. She  is sure to add many more...

Through hard work, determination and a generous spirit, virtuoso Canadian violinist Rosemary Siemens has built a musical career full of serendipitous meetings, remarkable opportunities, and truly life changing experiences that make for a compelling story worthy of the best fiction.   A versatile performer with a chameleon-like ability to bring her musical talents to bear on a variety of genres, Ro...

Michaela Clarke is a 2 time nominee of the Alberta Country Music Awards. Her accolades include: opening for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, being nominated for Female Artist of the year, Fans Choice, and song of the year at the Alberta Country Music awards. Her single “Long Gone” was featured in the movie “Fire with Fire”, starring Bruce Willis in 2012. She has performed at the Canadian Country Music...

Growing up on his Dad’s farm in Uxbridge, Ontario, Ben Hudson showed an interest in music from an early age. He started piano at age 5 and took up guitar at age 14. Both his parents were a strong influence on his passion for music with a mother who played guitar and a father who played drums. There was always Country music playing at home, artists like Hank Williams, George Jones, Randy Travis and...

Songwriter, music producer & executive producer Marty Beecroft joins me on the show to talk about the upcoming movie musical Country Crush.  City girl and aspiring singer Nancy Taylor (Madeline Merlo) travels to the countryside with her family to enjoy the summer. On a night out with her best friend, their car breaks down, but luckily, local mechanic Charlie Bishop (Munro Chambers) comes to th...

Ontario's Ryan Laird received recognition and media attention across The United States and Canada in December 2008 after putting up a billboard on Nashville's famed Music Row asking Taylor Swift to produce his album. The billboard displayed Laird in a classroom holding a note reading “Hey Taylor - I LOVE your music. Will you produce my album?” When asked about Laird and his billboard on E! News We...

With an impressive array of awards and accolades, thousands of concerts to rapturous audiences throughout North America under her belt, and a remarkable recording pedigree to her credit, Crystal Shawanda still struggled mightily for many years to find her place within the music industry. A Juno-winning singer/songwriter whose soulful, rootsy sound has allowed for a nearly seamless bridging of the...

At age 11, Marie Bottrell joined her two older siblings on stage for the first time. After earning her chops with the Whitestone County Band, Marie began recording for the Mercey Brothers' MBS label at just 17. Marie released her self-penned composition Just Reach Out And Touch Me in 1978. The positive reaction led to an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry Show on its Canadian tour. After a succ...

One of the most noticeable things about Shake These Walls is the range of moods and emotions on offer. Take the boisterous first single Stompin’ Ground, an instant radio smash and a snapshot of the good old days when hard-partying with kin and kindred was less distraction than vocation. “I wanted to show people I had grown,” Tim Hicks says of his new album Shake These Walls. “There is truth in eac...

Rarely does one find four individuals, all coming from various backgrounds able to gel together creating a harmonious group. Together, Domino has mastered this by honing their harmonies to near perfection, which explains the melded cohesive sound projected on their current EP “Ghost”.  Domino has numerous ACMA (Association of Country Music in Alberta) nominations to their credit. All garnering top...

As the 2015 winner of the BC Country Music Association/Music BC Artist Development Project, Lisa Nicole is poised to become the West Coast darling of the Canadian Country music scene with the release of her breakthrough EP Come Find Me. Hailing from the mountains and nature of small-town Castlegar, British Columbia, Lisa Nicole grew up hunting, fishing, camping and embracing country music. As her...

Two-time CCMA award-winner Deric Ruttan has been nominated for a 2016 CCMA for Songwriter of the Year for co-writing the Blake Shelton #1 hit Came Here To Forget (with Craig Wiseman) and for Record Producer of the Year for his work on Jason Blaine’s album Country Side.  In November 2013, Deric celebrated another #1 Blake Shelton song when Mine Would Be You - a song he co-wrote - was a three-week #...