Ottawa's Doc Yates is here to share a brand new song with us called Home To The Country. Plus he chats with me about songwriting, influences & much more!

Ontario's Tia McGraff has just released her new album Stubborn In My Blood. Once again, Tia delivers a stellar project with solid songwriitng and heartfelt vocals.

Tune in for my conversation with Tia and to hear some of the songs from her new release.

Ontario's Tim Hicks is here to chat about his latest album New Tattoo featureing the hit song Loud! The album also inclues a duet with Lindsay Ell.

Tim is nominated for the Apple Music Fans' Choice Award at this year's CCMA Awards in Hamilton, Ontario in September!

Newfoundland's Jason Benoit will release his new single - a cover of the classic Slow Hand - on June 22nd. His radio hits include All Wanna Party and Gone Long Gone.

Slow Hand was first recorded by the Pointer Sisters and then by Conway Twitty,

Check out this episode of In The Country to get to know Jason & his music.

Ontario's Michelle Wright will receive the Impact Award from the Country Music Association of Ontario on June 3rd at the CMAOntario Awards held in London, Ontario,

She's here to chat about this honour as well as talk some of her career highlights & give the stories behind three of her songs including the smash hit "Take It Like A Man".

Originally from Jedburgh, Scotland, David Leask is a powerful performing songwriter, who has built an artistic bridge between the influences of his birthplace and the fresh possibilities of his adopted Canadian home to produce five critically-acclaimed CD's and numerous international songwriting awards in different genres. Songwriters Magazine called David, "the most consistent Canadian songwriting competition winner." He was also awarded the Mississauga Established Performing Artist of the Year. David's sixth and latest recording, "Six in 6/8" is available now.

Ben Hudson is a country singer-songwriter from Uxbridge, Ontario. His smooth, rich vocals have been compared to Josh Turner and Brothers Osborne although his country-rock influenced songwriting is similar to that of Eric Church and Aaron Lewis. His self-titled EP was released in early 2016, gaining the attention of CMT Canada who made him their Fresh Face artist and also earned him a nomination at the 2016 CMAO Awards for Rising Star.

In June of 2016, he released his first single “Redneck Summer” to country radio. In its first week, the single was in the top 5 DMDS downloads and added into rotation at many major market stations across Canada. This strong debut helped secured a spot at the inaugural CMT Music Fest. Topcountry.ca named him one of their top artists to watch in 2017 and the Country Music Association of Ontario selected him as their January 2017 “Artist of the Month.”

Ben recently opened for Juno Award Winner Brett Kissel on his 2017 “Ice, Snow & 30 Below” tour and his 2018 “We Were That Song” tour. He is currently in studio working on his debut full length album set for release in early 2018.

Country artist Michael Peterson scored big with his 1997 self-titled album featurng Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie and From Here to Eternity.

On March 31st, he'll release a new album featuring some of his past pits as well as his favourite Country covers made famous by artists like Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Charlie Pride, Johnny Lee and Garth Brooks.

Ontario's Meghan Patrick, who now lives in Nashville, co-wrote all but one of the 12 tracks on her new album Country Music Made Me Do It. Some of her other co-writers include Kelly Archer (Brett Young, Dustin Moore) and Justin Weaver (Kip Moore, Jason Aldean), who helped pen Walls Come Down, an ominous number about family strife. Case Of Beer And A Bed, written with Derick Ruttan and J.T. Harding (Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney), is a sentimental song about going back to the basics. Meghan co-wrote the title track with Stover and roots singer/songwriter Dan Isbell. The singer has recently experienced a lot of highs with the CCMA Awards and chart successes that she has earned, but there have also been a few lows such as the end of a long term relationship. Country Music Made Me Do It captures some of the peaks and valleys with heartfelt emotion in a traditional country setting.

Meghan lives hard and loves hard, and her songs reflect this passion. She loves trucks, fishing and hunting, riding horses and a good stiff glass of whiskey, and all of these elements fuel her countrified lyrics. Think the free spirit of Emmylou Harris from those magical days when she performed with Gram Parsons, combined with the spark and sensuality of Tanya Tucker, the only female to crack the Outlaw genre, and you begin to have some idea of what Meghan Patrick is all about.

Ontario's Abby Stewart may be young, but she has accomplished so much in such a short period. From sharing the stage for a duet with Hunter Hayes, Dan + Shay, Dean Brody, Dallas Smith or Aaron Pritchet or opening for Hunter on his Canadian tour dates or completing a set at some of Canada's biggest music festivals, her star is on the rise.

Her versatility and passion for music shines through whether she's belting out one of her radio friendly originals, a Taylor Swift or Band Perry lyric or turns back the clock to a Dolly Parton, Anne Murray or Buck Owens classic.