Rogue Country Podcast

Mike sits down with India Ramey as she heads out on her Texan tour to chat about her new album "Welcome To My Villain Era", the inspiration and evolution behind the album and her sound, horror movies, mental health and the songwriting process

We chat to Song and Dance Man, Dom Glynn about being a Honky Tonk singer in the UK, his Blues and Country influences, the UK Country scene and so much more!

Ahead of Ferocious Dog's farewell tour, Mike was grateful to sit down with Ken to talk about legacy, empathy, the incredible Hellhound family, the Metal community and so much more! Don't miss Ferocious Dog this year and listen now!

We sit down with UK trailblazer Susannah Clegg fresh off a run of shows with John R Miller and about to set off again on the Northern Songbird Tour and opening for Ags Connolly on our very own Rogue show! We chat about the UK Country Music scene, influences, songwriting and recording and so much more!

Mike sits down with Dark Country songwriter Walker Tex to talk about his upcoming UK tour, having a foundation and a plan when it comes to being an artist and what it takes on social media in this day and age! We also do a 2025 Rogue Recap of who are Rogues had been listening to and going to see!

We sat down with Paul Armer hot off the heels of an incredible tour opening for Gangstagrass and the release of a phenomenal Bluegrass EP, "Heartaches and Mistakes".   We talk taking that step from pub gigs to national tours, Americana, genres and so much more!   Listen now!

We talk to GRAMMY-winning, Emmy-nominated Grey DeLisle about her incredible double LP, The Grey Album as she rides through the Netherlands on tour! Grey is the most prolific voice actress in American animation history. You might recognize her voice as Martin on The Simpsons or Daphne from Scooby-Doo and it was an honour to talk to her about her songwriting, raising kids, comedy, voice acting and v...

Subterranean Street Society have just released their phenomenal new record "Bleep" and will be hitting the UK for the first tour since 2019! Mike chats to frontman Louis about their new album and tour, writing hooks and politically charged anthems, smart phones, classic films. getting a song on a Netflix show and so much more! Listen now and catch Subterranean Street Society at a venue near you! h...

Join Mike for episode 72 as he sits down with Kevin and Matt from Rhino, A Story Company to talk about their work on the upcoming documentary "Where Ya Been?" - The Odyssey and Elegy of Luke Bell. Fans of Country music and Luke Bell, this film that is being funded on Kickstarter documents Luke's incredible rise from WY ranch hand to promising singer/songwriter to national headlines of his tragic d...

Mike and Josh sat down to talk the Rogue shows that have happened this year, favourite releases of 2023 and the future of Rogue Country in 2024!

Join Mike for episode 70 of the podcast with Texan Honky Tonk Trailblazer Summer Dean!   Coming over to the UK for her first tour, Summer talks about her creative process, writing a song a week, the future, her brilliant new album The Biggest Life, Western Swing and so much more!   Listen now and don't miss out Summer's first ever UK tour from November 16th to 20th 2023!

Mike chatted to California native Jesse Daniel about his incredible live album "My Kind of Country. Live at The Catalyst", upcoming UK tour, fishing, The Sopranos, starting your own record label, the Punk DIY mentality and so much more!   https://www.jessedanielmusic.com/

Roseanne kindly returns to the podcast to talk with Mike about her brand new album "Lawside", her tour with Steve Earle, being a mother and balancing being a musician and so much more!   Listen now! https://www.roseannereid.com/

We sat down with Luke the day before he flew home after a whirlwind tour of the UK. We break down the shows, the touring, the ins and outs of being an independent musician, hopping a fence to see history and so much more!

We chatted to James Hodder about his recent record Wilderness Road, Spotify and Bandcamp, vinyl and record collecting, songwriting and so much more!   Listen now! https://jameshodder.bandcamp.com/

We sat down with Mike Harmeier from Mike and the Moonpies to talk their upcoming UK tour, songwriting, concept records, touring with Vandoliers and Joshua Ray Walker and so much more! Listen now and see them live in a city near you! https://www.themoonpies.com/

Join Mike for a new episode of the Rogue Country Podcast with the brilliant Pete Bernhard from The Devil Makes Three.   We talk songwriting, his upcoming European tour with Clyde McGee of the Bridge City Sinners, stage fright and so much more!

Mike sat down with the Laid Back Country Picker himself to talk bluegrass bands, seeing Randy Rhoads live, the Kentucky music scene and what they would give to have seen a Motorhead and Waylon Jennings joint tour! And so much more!   Laid Back's album "Go West" is now streaming everywhere!   Listen now!  https://linktr.ee/roguecountrypodcast

Mike sits down with Folk Punk troubadour, Frank Turner on his current tour that is selling out across the UK!   Frank and Mike talk playing the Houses of Parliament, stand up comedy, support acts, producing records and so much more!   Listen now

Joining Mike for a brand new episode of the Rogue Country Podcast is Oxfordshire based songwriter My Crooked Teeth!   Mike and Jack discuss songwriting, Country music in the UK, getting that classic Country sound, his latest single "You're Gunna Break My Heart", telecaster playing and so much more!   https://www.facebook.com/MyCrookedTeeth https://mycrookedteeth.bandcamp.com/  

Mike sat down with Buffalo Ghost aka Joe Armitage,  a singer songwriter and producer from Sheffield about building and creating the perfect home studio, recording in your kitchen, songwriting and so much more.   https://buffaloghost.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/buffaloghost  

Mike and Josh sat down to talk the Rogue shows that have happened this year, favourite releases of 2022 and the future of Rogue Country in 2023!

Mike sits down with the mighty, mighty Pierce Edens to talk his new album and Kickstarter campaign, composting, touring smart, building your own recording studio and so much more!   Back Pierce's new record now at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pierceedens/pierce-edens-a-life-in-trade-new-album and visit  https://linktr.ee/PierceEdens for all his socials   https://linktr.ee/roguecountrypodca...

Joining Mike on the Rogue Country Podcast today is UK Western legend Clint Bradley. Clint recently released his single "Everything I Hold Dear" and we get in to physical media, Spotify, UK Country Radio, Festivals, Marty Robbins, Westerns and so much more!   https://clintbradley.co.uk/  

Join Mike for a very special episode of the Roge Country Podcast as he sits down with Chris Dover, Josh Beddis and Jody Davies in the middle of their Rogues Round weekend! Talking just before their Sheffield show, we talk about songwriting, playing pub gigs, their shows the night before and so much more! Listen now!