On The Porch With Front Porch Music

Send us Fan Mail Brock Phillips grew up in Fort Langley, BC, screaming Avenged Sevenfold lyrics in the backseat with his headphones in. Now he's in Nashville with a publishing deal, four hundred songs in the catalogue, and his name on Canadian radio. On this episode, Brock talks about the four years he walked away from music completely, why squeezing it too tight almost killed it for him, and...

Send us Fan Mail From Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Tenille Arts is one of the most accomplished Canadian country singers of the last ten years. And we were sure to roll her credits during this episode of the podcast. Tenille's first number one "Somebody Like That" is double platinum, and was the first number one to be written, produced and performed by all females. The single marked the f...

Send us Fan Mail Alex Hughes is a born-and-raised Calgary artist who has been performing since she was seven years old. She went from opening for her cousins' band at family gatherings, to chasing her career in LA and Nashville, to landing back home and making the music she always wanted to make. Her debut EP Take Me Home is out now. It's been a long time coming. We talked about growing...

Send us Fan Mail Sabrina and Dave of Rosewood Avenue are a husband and wife country duo from Northern Ontario. And when they say Northern Ontario, they mean it.  Think past Muskoka ... past Sudbury ... and keep going. They're near Timmins, home of Shania Twain, in a small town called Matheson. They've been making music together for 17 years, but it's only been the last five or six t...

Send us Fan Mail Hey everyone! This week, we're doing something a little different. Instead of our regular On The Porch episode, we're bringing you a full episode of our limited series, mastered. The Business of Music. mastered. pulls back the curtain on the music industry, with real conversations about labels, touring, booking, and what it actually takes to build a career as an artist....

Send us Fan Mail From the voice that brought you the On The Porch theme song, is our 100th episode with Owen Riegling .  If you have been listening since the early days, we did proclaim our 100th episode would be with Shania Twain, we even called it the "Road to Shania". Somewhere along the way we got distracted by all of the incredibly talented artists across Canada. We're thrilled...

Send us Fan Mail Brettyn Rose grew up in Okotoks, Alberta. A very small town girl who enjoys the quiet, she now calls High River home. Just close enough to get to Calgary for gigs, but far enough away from the city to enjoy peace, quiet, and no traffic. Finding out pretty early that sports weren't for her, but music was, Brettyn started her music journey sitting at the piano. She began singin...

Send us Fan Mail Hey everyone! This week, we’re doing something a little different — instead of our regular On The Porch episode, we’re bringing you a full episode of our new limited series, mastered. The Business of Music. mastered. pulls back the curtain on the music industry, with real conversations about labels, touring, marketing, and what it actually takes to build a career as an artist. It’...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Jenna sat down with Braden Lam for coffee and a conversation about his career in music. Braden grew up in Uxbridge, Ontario, but has called Halifax home for a decade. He headed East to go to school for Biology & Environmental Science at Dalhousie. He immersed himself in the Halifax and East Coast music scene, and has enjoyed living next to the Atlantic ever since. B...

Send us Fan Mail From a dairy farm in British Columbia to signing with 604 Records — Danielle Ryan is just getting started. On this episode of On The Porch , Danielle shares her journey through church stages, musical theatre, and The Next Star , how she taught herself guitar to tell her own stories, and what it felt like hearing her music on the radio for the first time. We talk family support, so...

Send us Fan Mail High Valley has been around …a lot longer than you think! The family band started long before their first album in 2010.  We chatted with Brad Rempel about the early days of High Valley, as in when he was just four years old, and where the band is today.  High Valley has become a household name across Canadian country music families. From hits like “Grew Up On That”, “Make You Min...

Send us Fan Mail Tenille Townes is one of Canada's most decorated Country music artists. With 17 Canadian Country Music Awards, 2 JUNO Awards, and 2 Academy of Country Music Awards, she has navigated the the music industry for over ten years. Her breakout single "Somebody's Daughter" has been a mainstay in Canadian country music. We talked about the timeless impact of this and...

Send us Fan Mail School House is a folk band from Ottawa comprised of Joel, Mitch, and Dave. It's hard to sum up how their friendship's all connected and led them to become roommates and live in an old school house - but they tell us everything in our episode of the podcast. From the drum kit in the living room, to exploring the attic and finding an old box of clothes; to that box of clo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back for the Season 5 premiere of On The Porch with Front Porch Music ! A brand new season, a fresh chapter for the podcast, and an episode that perfectly sets the tone for what’s ahead. We’re kicking things off with a multi-CCMA nominated, back to back Female Artist of the Year, multi-instrumentalist, and 6-time number one at Canadian country radio. With a credit reel lik...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back for another season finale of On the Porch with Front Porch Music! Four seasons in, tons of incredible guests, and our first CCMA nomination. What a special year! Our season four finale guest is none other than James Barker, front man for James Barker Band. In this episode, we dove into all things songwriting, JBB's humble beginnings (spoiler: Oshawa dive bars), a...

Send us Fan Mail Hey everyone! This week, we’re doing something a little different — instead of our regular On The Porch episode, we’re bringing you the first full episode of our new limited series, Mastered: The Business of Music. Mastered pulls back the curtain on the music industry, talking with major players about marketing, touring, sync licensing, being a DIY artist, and so much more — all t...

Send us Fan Mail Every year, the Front Porch team packs up and takes off for the CCMA Awards. This year, we landed in Kelowna, which gave us mountains, wineries, and of course, Country Music Week. This year, we were extra excited to take part as first time nominees. That's right, On The Porch with Front Porch Music was nominated for a CCMA award for Country Music Program, Special, or Digital...

Send us Fan Mail Annika Catharina's family background influenced her love for performance. Growing up in a family that was partial to music, theatre, and the arts, she herself was also a dancer. Theatre and live performance is what actually helped her to overcome shyness, something she still manages to this day. Speaking of the big stage, Annika has had quite the year. She was a semi-finalist...

Send us Fan Mail This week on On The Porch with Front Porch Music , we’re taking you with us to Montréal! We packed up the porch and headed to Parc Jean-Drapeau for LASSO Music Festival — one of the biggest country music events in Canada ... and it did not disappoint. From the heat to the high vibes (and Jenna’s attempt at French…), it was a weekend full of incredible music, great conversations, a...

Send us Fan Mail This week On The Porch, we’re joined by Mac Rumbolt. Mac is the winner of the Cottage Springs Country Rising contest, where he took home the grand prize of $10,000, and an artist development package with Starseed Entertainment. Mac comes from small-town Nova Scotia, where he learned to play guitar at just five years old. Unsure of how a career in music may unfold, he initially hea...

Send us Fan Mail This week’s episode of On The Porch with Front Porch Music is a little extra special. We packed up our mics and headed straight to Oro-Medonte for Boots and Hearts Music Festival! If you’ve been, you know the weather here never plays nice. This year was no different ... Friday brought storms, and the weekend turned into two of the hottest days of the summer so far. But hey, that’s...

Send us Fan Mail Jake Vaadeland is from Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, and has always appreciated his rural upbringing. From playing music with his family, to working on the farm, bailing hay, Jake’s roots really are a reflection of the traditional style of music he brings to the stage. He has had an impressive year already as a 2025 Juno Award Winner, while also making history as the youngest artist to...

Send us Fan Mail Mitch Zorn has been celebrating the release of his debut EP Mitch Zorn. We caught up with him during his Calgary Stampede adventures. Mitch grew up in a town of 1000 people, rural Nakusp, British Columbia, where he joined his family band at just eight years old. It wasn’t long before he was headed South to work in the oil fields in Texas. Mitch would spend five years going between...

Send us Fan Mail Sully Burrows grew up in Parry Sound, Ontario, surrounded by small-town charm and a family that pushed him to pursue music from an early age. Starting out on piano, he shifted to drums before finally picking up a guitar and learning to sing. His first co-write with Owen Riegling opened a whole new world and kicked off his journey into songwriting. He’s big on practice and repetiti...

Send us Fan Mail Pat Kordyback discovered his voice after losing interest in hockey and skateboarding. Learning to sing in his teens, Pat was inspired by the sounds of motown, which would foreshadow a little ‘doo wop’ in his future. Getting together with Miles Holmwood, Robert Chalifoux, Daniel Johnson, and Aaron Verdonk, Pat would spend his early 20’s as the frontman for Canadian pop punk rock ba...