Clay Street Unit is a band from Denver, Colorado, that mixes traditional sounds of country, bluegrass, and folk music. The band recently released their debut full-length record, "Sin and Squalor". The lead vocalist and acoustic guitar player, Sam Walker, joins the show to talk about the album, CSU's, origins, and their Grand Ole Opry debut.

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Kenny Feidler is a country music artist based in South Dakota. Kenny's latest studio album released in the fall of 2025, "The Western Tragedy", and he is releasing a new live record, "Live at Cain's" on Friday, February 20th.

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Tyler Halverson is a country music artist born and raised in South Dakota. Tyler is releasing a new record, "In Defense of Drinking" on February 13, 2026.

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Nicholas Jamerson returns to the podcast to talk about his latest record from September 2025, "The Narrow Way", where he is at creatively, and how his past three records came about during the years of his 30s.

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Julianna Rankin is a Texas Country artist who has recently signed with Big Loud Texas. She recently released "Bad Habits & Good Horses", which will feature on the finale of the hit Paramount TV series, "Landman" this upcoming Sunday.

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Josh and Garrett break down their favourite albums, songs, and shows of 2025 and decide who's been naughty, and who's been nice in 2025.

Drayton Farley joins the show once again to talk about his 2025, as well as writing process, enjoying time at home, and AI music.

Drayton recently released two new singles, "Turn Around" and "Touch and Go".

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Gary Stanton and Charlie Muncaster return to the show to talk about their new record, Longleaf Lo-Fi that is OUT NOW. We also get into their tour with Post Malone, being independent and navigating marketing their music, and the upcoming tour they've announced that will be in intimate theatre settings to support this record.

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Garrett and Josh dive into the Grammy nominations in the country music, Americana ,folk, and bluegrass categories for 2025 and give our picks.

Trenton Fletcher is a Red Dirt artist from Oklahoma. He recently released a new album, "Tornado Alley" and has spent time this year touring as support for Josh Meloy and playing headline shows across the country.

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