Live from Sean's Cabin deep in the heart of Quebec, Canada. It's the first podcast since covid hit. Andrew and Sean decided to come back with an Instagram live podcast from Sean's cabin and catch up and talk about some music they've been listening to over the last few months. They discuss new music from Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Hailey Whitters, Jake Owen, Sam Hunt's 'Hard to Forget", and Morgan Wallen's recent douchebaggery.

Better late than never! Sean and Andrew's 'Best and Worst of 2019' Lists. Some expected hits with some common cross-overs on both their individual lists, and some unexpected surprises!

Country Music is always evolving, and when it evolves well it incorporates modern influences but retains significant traditional components that make it country (pedal steel, fiddles, lyrical themes). In this episode the boys mostly debate Jenna Paulette. Is she the new Country-Country for the mainstream or just a different flavour of Pop-Country? Also a discussion of the best non-alcoholic beers for Dry-January, and how Big Data and Algorythms affects the Equal Play campaign.

This week the boys partially renege their hard-line stance on unnecessarily re-doing classic holiday Christmas songs from last week. After hearing Stephanie Ryann and Layla Tucker slay a couple of the old standards, they draw some exceptions to the rule. They discuss Randall King's killer new Christmas song that is COUNTRY-Country AF. They circle back on a conversation about Jenny Leigh and woodworking. And they talk through their Jenna Paulette problem.

It turns out Andrew and Sean hate most of the over-done, reproduced Christmas standards: the White Christmas and Rudolph songs. But they love the original country Christmas songs and in this episode they rant (and rave!) about what's to love about these seasonal songs. This episode comes with a companion playlist on our Spotify page to bop along with over the holidays, check it out!

This week Andrew talks about his favourite new country tune, "Old Oak Tree" by Jenny Leigh that tugs at his woodworking heartstrings. Sean introduces us to Karen & The Sorrows and her very country-country queer country debut record. We learn about "Gimme Country" with guest hosts like Brandy Clark and Joshua Hedley. And Andrew rants about cowboy hats (again)...and a whole bunch more!

After 'The Players' were inducted to the Musicians Hall of Fame in October, Andrew and Sean decided to dedicate a whole episode to these gods of country music. They are: Paul Franklin, Brent Mason, Eddie Bayers, John Hobbs, Michael Rhodes and any one of them probably played on most of your favourite records from the last 5 decades. Buckle up and get ready to geek out on the history and style of these players that instrumentally shaped so much of country music. Serious honky-tonk nerd alert! 🤠🤓

While nursing pretty nice hangovers from going to his show the night before, Andrew and Sean sit down with Del Barber and his steel/guitar player Ryan Funk at the Country-Country head quarters and chat about his music and just country music in general. Del has been a staple of the Canadian Country and Americana scene for years and recently Rolling Stone named his song "Everyday Life" one of the "10 Best Country Songs to Hear Now". (Go check it out!) It was a fun conversation, but please...

This week the boys catch up and discuss Jenee Fleenor (their favourite Nashville session fiddler they never knew about) and her recent CMA nomination! They think about a Kickstarter to buy George Strait's house in San Antonio, discuss up-and-coming Texas honky tonk gal Kathryn Legendre, and the 2019 Musician Hall of Fame inductees...and lots more. Check it out and let them know what you think!

A bonus Halloween episode for all you Honky-Tonkerinos! The boys welcome Andrew's wife Amelia, a lawyer and true crime enthusiast for a chat as an homage to her favorite podcast genre. They each present a Country Music related murder and discuss over several (many) beers. Remember: Stay Country and don't get Murdered! ;)

This week the boys discuss George Strait breaking more records and making history (again), They review Jon Pardi's 'Heartache Medication' album, discuss the new podcast about Dolly Parton, Bob Kingsley's passing, another rant about 'Americana'...and much more!

A continuation of our off-the-cuff discussions of random things in Country Music news. This week Dr. Jada Watson, professor of Country Music at the University of Ottawa sits in with us and we discuss more about Women in Country Music, The CMA Awards, Sturgill Simpson's upcoming big screen cameo, Netflix 'The Ranch', Mickey Guyton, and more.

Andrew and Sean sit down with Dr. Jada Watson, professor of Information Studies and Digital Humanities who studies Country Music at the University of Ottawa to talk about Women on Country Radio. She has published several articles about women's representation in the genre, in airplay and on the charts. She brought an impressive amount of empirical data to illustrate what's happened to women in the industry and she's also a great conversationalist to boot!

Andrew and Sean sit down with Dr. Jada Watson, professor of Information Studies and Digital Humanities who studies Country Music at the University of Ottawa to talk about Women on Country Radio. She has published several articles about women's representation in the genre, in airplay and on the charts. She brought an impressive amount of empirical data to illustrate what's happened to women in the industry and she's also a great conversationalist to boot!