Braves Country Podcast

Country Music Super-Star Josh Turner has moved to Georgia! 

So the GRAMMY-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry just called Tug & Scott to say he wanted to come visit with us again on the Braves Country Podcast!  

For nearly two decades, multi-platinum MCA Nashville recording artist Josh Turner has been one of Country Music’s most recognizable voices, selling MILLIONS of records and amassing BILLIONS of global streams…  

And he just released his 10th studio album - “This Country Music Thing” - so we’re proud to have our buddy join us again at the Braves Radio Network Studios to talk Braves Baseball *and* Country Music…

We’ll talk about the Braves and why he moved to Georgia, his Greatest Hits Tour, and we’ll even play a couple of tracks from his new album, including one called “Down In Georgia” and the first single "Two Steppin’ On The Moon”...

Josh Turner, welcome home to Georgia and welcome back to Braves Country!

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Jet Black Roses is the South’s NEW Rock-and-Roll-Country-Soul Band from Red Bud, Georgia! 

After seeing Jet Black Roses perform at The Fox Theatre’s Revival Concert last year, Scott Munn was so impressed that he invited them on the Braves Country Podcast as they walked off stage!

Since then Jet Black Roses have been touring with artists like Collective Soul and Sammy Hagar - earning new fans and standing ovations night after night. 

In fact, Jet Black Roses are about to hit the road with the iconic Styx on their upcoming East Coast Tour this Fall…  

And now Jet Black Roses releases their debut single and video, "King of Fools,” and they’re here with guitars at the Braves Radio Network to play a few songs live in the studio, meet Tug Cowart, and get properly introduced to their fellow Braves Fans across the Southeast

Jet Black Roses  - Welcome to Braves Country!  

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Mike Mills of R.E.M. - who famously sang “Don’t Go Back to Rockville” - has come back to Braves Country!

This time, Mike’s here to invite Braves Fans to his own special autograph signing and baseball memorabilia event on Saturday April 27th at Duck’s Dugout in Cobb County, GA!

Mike will sign R.E.M. records and guitars and is offering his “Monster” baseball memorabilia collection to the public to raise funds for his Charitable Foundation…

So Tug and Scott are excited to get all the details to you before we’re “Out of Time”!

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Mike Mills - Welcome to Braves Country!

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The Indigo Girls are synonymous with Georgia - on a par with Braves baseball, Peaches, the Dawgs or The Fox Theatre! 

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are coming home to Atlanta to play the Fox Theatre on Sunday April 28th for a very special benefit concert.

The annual Fox Revival show is going to be epic again this year! Hosted by Kevn Kinney and featuring the Indigo Girls, Charlie Starr with Benji Shanks of Blackberry Smoke, Matthew Sweet, and Shawn Mullins… As usual, the Fox Revival rolls out another TRUE Atlanta All-Star Team! 

And to invite y’all to the Revival at the Fox, we’re honored to host one half of the Indigo Girls!  Amy Ray - welcome to Braves Country! 

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Blackberry Smoke has a lot in common with the Braves… both hail from Atlanta, Georgia and represent the South worldwide; and both are always in 1st place. And Blackberry Smoke has done it again with their new record “Be Right Here” which is a triple-crown winner, debuting at NUMBER ONE on THREE Charts; Rock, Country, and Americana - all at the same time! 
We'll play a few songs from the new record, talk about the BIG Revival Show coming up April 28th at The Fox Theatre; and of course, we’ll honor the late, great Brit Turner with the incomparable Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke LIVE at the Braves Radio Network studios on the first 2024 episode of the Braves Country Podcast! 

Charlie Starr - welcome to Braves Country!

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John Driskell Hopkins of the Zac Brown Band is just like Santa Claus! Every December we can count on him to come down the chimney here at the Braves Radio Network Studios!

HOP is BACK for a THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR for our Braves Country Podcast CHRISTMAS SPECIAL and this time, he’s brought some very special ELVES from his musical work-shop; Nick Niespodziani and Dave Freeman of Atlanta’s own YACHT ROCK REVIEW!

HOP’s BRAND NEW CHRISTMAS RECORD with Yacht Rock Review is titled “Let’s Get Frosty” and features 12 tracks of Christmas Songs with guests including Yacht Rock, Debby Boone, Amos Lee, and even his talented daughter Lily Faith Hopkins on a spirited rendition of the new classic, “Let It Go”!

And HOP’s BIG “SOUNDS OF THE SEASON” CONCERT is coming up WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20th at The Buckhead Theater in Atlanta, GA with Yacht Rock Review and very special guests Emily Sailers of the Indigo Girls, David Ryan Harris, Ruby Velle, and Hop’s Daughter Lily Faith plus a few special surprises!

‘Santa Hop' and his Elves are all here with guitars and even a saxophone; so let’s GET FROSTY with John Driskell Hopkins and Friends…

MERRY CHRISTMAS & WELCOME TO BRAVES COUNTRY!

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What began as a 60th birthday surprise from a wife to her husband is now an INCREDIBLE compilation album sure to go down in history as one of the most unique and impressive ever produced. 

A wide-ranging group of talented musicians and artists have come together to celebrate one of the world’s most important, yet under-sung heroes; national treasure, Kevn Kinney. 

"Let’s Go Dancing: Said the Firefly to the Hurricane, A Compilation Celebrating the Songs of Kevn Kinney" is available on Record Store Day; Nov. 24th, 2023. And will be released on TastyGoodyRecords.com on November 28th *and* in even more stores on Dec. 1st. And CDs and the full digital album will be released Jan. 5th, 2024. 

So to celebrate and tell us the story behind this massive four-album undertaking, we're joined by the project’s Producer, Visual Artist, Anna Jensen (aka Mrs. Kinney) and her husband who is also the lyricist and front man of Atlanta’s own Drivin N Cryin; our favorite Braves Fan ever - Mr. Kevn Kinney - Welcome to Braves Country!

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Vanessa Briscoe Hay is Athens Georgia music royalty. Her “first-wave” band PYLON helped create the Athens music scene and heavily influenced the 80’s & 90’s American pop underground. AllMusic wrote that Pylon's "role as elder statesmen of the alternative rock explosion is unassailable”. 
Along with R.E.M. and the B-52’s, Pylon is part of the “Big Three of Athens Music” and were among the first artists to be enshrined on the new Athens Music Walk of Fame. 
And Vanessa keeps the heart and soul of PYLON music moving into the future with her new band, the Pylon Reenactment Society. From their new debut album "Magnet Factory”, to her definitive PYLON collection simply titled “BOX”, to a scorching track on the upcoming Kevn Kinney Tribute Album - Hay is keeping her foundational music in a leadership role. 
She’s still an Athens resident who never misses a Dawgs game and is a life-long Braves fan, too! And it’s an incredible honor to have her join us today - Vanessa Briscoe Hay, welcome to Braves Country! 

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GRAMMY nominated multi-platinum band NEEDTOBREATHE are a dynamic force in rock music. They've generated over one BILLION streams, topped the Billboard Charts and have sold-out arenas and amphitheaters all over the world. Their surprise eighth studio album "Into The Mystery" was their 5th No. 1 album and now NEEDTOBREATHE’s 9th Studio album “Caves", their most ambitious yet has just been released to critical acclaim. NEEDTOBREATHE's 'Caves World Tour' with Judah & The Lion kicked off in Savannah, GA this month and they’ll be back in Braves Country November 15-18 with stops in Nashville, Birmingham, Greensboro, and Saturday November 18th at Gas South Arena here in Atlanta, Georgia! NEEDTOBREATHE has been called Southern Rock, Christian Rock, Country, and Alternative - but really they’re just an American Rock band from South Carolina, Braves Country U.S.A. And we heard that Josh Lovelace of NEEDTOBREATHE is a true fan of the Atlanta Braves and wanted to talk about baseball, music, and life with us… so we’re honored to talk with him today… Josh Lovelace of NEEDTOBREATHE - Welcome to Braves Country!

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Today on the Braves Country Podcast, we’ll meet STORIE - a brand new artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. Storie has adopted all of the things we love about the American South and seems to fit right in; even though he is actually from Scotland!  This prolific singer-songwriter is taking audiences by surprise across North America with his soulful folk-rock and is just back from a tour across Canada opening for Atlanta Rockers, Collective Soul. His new record is a “Live At The Print Shop” release and his manager is our old friend, Adam Blank, who has brought him up to the Braves Radio Network Studios today to meet our listeners and play a couple of his stunning songs LIVE - right here on the Braves Country Podcast. STORIE - welcome to Braves Country!

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