Alberta Country artist EMILY SEAL was chosen as one of the Top 30 from across Canada to be featured on CMT's talent show Big In A Small Town. The audition took place in Jasper, Alberta where she performed her original song Crash and Crumble acoustically for Brad Mates of Emerson Drive and CMT's Casey Clarke. Brad Mates commented: "Emily was the dark horse, she had the most unique voice today and that's a huge part of this business. She is recognizable when you turn the radio on". Casey Clark agreed, and added: "She's the one to watch". Emily has just released Crash and Crumble to Country radio and will release her debut EP in January 2013. Tune and get to know Alberta's Emily Seal!

DREW GREGORY was born and raised in the small farming town of Standard, Alberta about an hour outside of Calgary. Between working on the family farm and going to school he always enjoyed playing guitar. He became well known for showing up to every high school party with a guitar on his back. Fast forward: Drew captivated everyone at the 2010 Country 105 Rising Star competition, making the finals and being the winning recipient for best original song for the title track of his album Country Hurricane. Drew joins me on the show to talk about all his latest news & upcoming album - and to share his most recent songs.

MICHELLE WRIGHT - whose hits include Take It Like A Man, He Would Be Sixteen & I've Forgotten You - is about to begin a new tour across Canada called Songs From The Halls. The shows will feature her biggest hits as well as songs made famous by some of her favourite artists including Anne Murray, Merle Haggard, Aretha Frankin & Al Green. Tune in to this special interview to hear Michelle talk about the songs she has chosen to sing at these shows and why they mean so much to her. This is Michelle`s 4th visit to In The Country! Find her online at www.michelle-wright.com.

Little did Country singer/songwriter B.J. ROBERTS know that after watching a Willie Nelson interview on Larry King Live in 2010, that his comment to his partner Winnie about Willie would lead to a new song. B.J. said Willie has sung with a lot of singers, and Winnie's response was, “Well, he sure didn’t do one with you, did he?”, and that was the idea for the song, “Willie, Will You Do One With Me”.  In his early 70s, Ottawa born and raised singer/songwriter B.J. Roberts is an example  that following one’s dream can have great results, no matter how long one waits for that dream to come true.

Alberta Country Artist BLAKE REID joins me on the show to talk about his debut album Against The Grain featuring the first single Take Me Back. The music he makes comes from the heart: "I grew up with Country music," explains Blake. "On the farm, my mom would sing along with all the Country radio legends that echoed in the old farmhouse and Dad would tune into the daily grain prices. I spent thousands of hours listening to the evolution of country music through the AM radios of tractors, trucks, and combines."

Central Alberta Rockin' Country Band DOMINO has released a brand new single to Country radio called In A Small Town. Taking Country Rock music to the best Alberta Stages, Domino brings four vocalists and intimate harmonies to their performing and recording. Their tenure as band mates and co-creators is explanation enough for the tight sound that gives Domino so much soul, but the truth is, when friends make music together something special happens. In 2010 Domino released their second album Dime a Dozen. Their single Goin’ For It received air play in radio markets across Canada. Tune in to get up close & personal with this talented Canadian band!

Hawaii is world famous for beaches, a surfer vibe and a lifestyle linked to the great surf bands of the early 60s – The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, The Surfaris, The Ventures, toname a few. Now, this classic beach sound has a new, fresh voice in the aloha-rockingDUKES OF SURF. Their sweet melodies, saturated by lush harmonies, organic instrumentationand phenomenal chord progressions, are a blast from a carefree era, but with a tight,crisp, modern spin. Founding members JP, Lee and Cousin Mikey are fun-loving, Gen-X throwbacks with ayearning for a simpler time when the really important stuff in life included driving to thebeach with the car top down, listening to the radio and hanging out with that special someone.

Raised on a small farm in rural Saskatchewan during the economic depression of the 1980s, J.J. VOSS grew up identifying closely with the under-dog, and the out-law music movement. His heroes include Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Steve Earle and John Mellencamp, to name a few J.J. returns to In The Country to talk about his music career and latest radio release. Your comments on this episode or any other are always welcome at [email protected]. In The Country has been airing on BTR since March 2009.

John Abrams of The Abrams Brothers joins me on the show to talk about the group's current projects and to share their latest radio single - remixed by Jason Barry - called Northern Redemption.

JASON HASTIE, former front man of Canadian Country group Six West, joins me on the show to talk about his music career and latest radio single Til She Don't.