Montreal's Manny Blu has his latest single Like It Like That out at country radio right now. His debut EP is being released this month. Recently, Manny was on the Hit After Hit Tour with George Canyon, Charlie Major & Doc Walker. Tune in to find out how a sports injury led to the start of his music career!

Ajax, Ontario's Kris Barclay has just released his debut single Loved You Liked That and is signed with Warner Music Canada.

He won the 2018 Boots & Hearts Emerging Artist Showcase and is nominated this year for Rising Star at the CMAOntario Awards in June.

Get to know Kris & his debut single by tuning in to this episode.

Saskatchewan country artist Stephanie Rose calls in to chat about her brand new EP called Sprout!

CHES ANTHONY RELEASES DEBUT SOLO SINGLE WRITTEN IN STONE

Ches Anthony grew up in a small town in Saskatchewan, surrounded by music and motocross. He learned to play harmonica, guitar and piano at a young age. His father would bring him up on stage with his blues band where he performed for their fans.

One of his fondest memories was when his father’s band played at a gospel country music festival. The power went out due to a severe thunderstorm and everyone ran into a hall. They kept the show going and had a big jam playing on anything including pots and pans to make music. After seeing that Ches was hooked and needed more.

Through his teenage angst years Ches formed a heavy rock band and wrote songs that would help him and others relate to the struggles of youth. While honing his guitar skills playing in a blues band for several years, he began to listen to the heartache and emotion in old blues master voices like Howlin Wolf and Elmore James and the old country grit of Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, he started to develop his own writing and singing style.

The Western Swing Authority has a brand new album out called Big Deal produced by Jason Barry.

Joining the WSA on this album is a long list of special guests including Jason McCoy, George Canyon, Jason Blaine, Russell DeCarle and Carolyn Martin.

Shane Guse from the group is here to chat with me about it and share some tracks.

Dan started playing guitar at the age of seven, beginning with a lap steel and by the time he was ten he was playing the acoustic and wrote his first song for his mom; Someone Like You.

His Dad integrated him into the band he was playing bass for and by the time he was 13, Dan was the bass player and harmony singer for a local weekend band.

His credits include over 200 albums as a singer/song writer, producer and bassist. Dan was band leader for the late Colleen Peterson for several years. He has toured with George Fox, Terry Sheridan, Colleen Peterson and South Mountain. He has guested as singer/bassist for many gospel shows both live and on television. Dan has shared the stage on shows with Emmy-Lou Harris, Pirates of the Mississippi, Waylon Jennings, Toby Keith, Marty Stuart and Martina McBride to name a few. Dan had great success releasing 5 singles to radio before being asked to audition for award winning band “South Mountain”. Dan became their lead singer/bassist and spokes-person in Canada, signed to Stony Plain Records, distributed world-wide by Warner Brothers. The band toured Canada and Europe extensively and were in high demand. They had a successful album “Where There’s A Will” offering four chart successes and several Canadian Country Music Association nominations.

Alberta's Maddison Krebs - now living in Nashville - joins me on the show to chat about living in Nashville, songwriting, her books of dreams, her new single Real Real Thing & more!

Aaron Pritchett is here to chat about the success of his latest single Worth A Shot, his multiple BCCMA award nominations & much more!

Born in Sussex, New Brunswick, Julian Austin has written and played music since he was in his mid-teens, dabbling in every genre from heavy metal to rock to 80’s pop before falling in love with the new country music sound that was taking shape in the early 90’s. In 1998 Austin moved out west to Calgary Alberta. While living out west Austin further honed his musical skills in both writing songs and entertaining the fans. His first album, “What My Heart Already Knows”, more than justified that musical choice, earning Julian a certified CRIA gold record (50k+ sales) and the 1997 Wrangler Rising Star Award from the Canadian Country Music Association. His first single “Little Ol’ Kisses” went #1 on radio and also made the CMT Top 30 Videos of 1997, followed in 1998 with the Best Country Single award at the first annual Canadian Radio Music Awards. That year Julian also earned several Juno nominations.

Julian is here to chat about & share his latest songs!

Richmond, B.C.'s Ajaye Jardine - now living in Nashville - joins me on the show to chat about her music career, songwriting, life in Nashville, her EP Midnight & Bourbon and much more!

Since her debut EP, the past three years have included professional breakthroughs for Ajaye Jardine. She was a Female Artist nominee consecutively for the BC Country Music Awards (2016 and 2017), she placed in the Top 10 of the 2016 Ole On the Spot, and in the Top 3 of the CCMA Spotlight Performance Contest – provincial segment. Ajaye Jardine has performed at the 2016 Calgary Stampede, 2016 SunFest, and alongside Steve Earle on Cayamo 2017. She released a collaboration of her signature track “Boots on Girl” featuring Aaron Grain of award winning trio The Washboard Union, and performed the song at the 2017 BC Country Awards Show.