In this episode, we look more closely at Country Music Capital's Pioneers Parade... a special avenue of bronze busts saluting a number of Australian country music's early pioneers. We touch on the statues in the city of pioneers including Smoky Dawson who, with his wife Dot, had a very strong connection to Tamworth. And we look at the upcoming 50th Golden Guitar Awards...

In this episode, our special guest again is country music historian Max Ellis discussing the equine industry in Tamworth and how it has evolved with the city’s country music promotion over the years. We also have details of the first major artist announcement for the upcoming 2022 Tamworth Country Music Festival.

In this episode, we talk again with country music historian Max Ellis about the establishment and early development of the Australian Academy of Country Music, originally the College of Country Music. Note, this episode is shorter than usual as we had planned to include a preview of Tamworth’s mid year festival Hats Off which was cancelled because of Covid19 within hours of the program being finalised.

In this episode, we continue our look at the early days of the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) and some of the ground-breaking activities launched to expand the reach and acceptance of Australian country music to a broader market. We also chat with CMAA Board member Rebecca Gracie about the 2021 Academy of Australian Country Music Junior course being conducted in Tamworth this June/July.

In this episode, we look more at the early days of the Country Music Association of Australia and it's major positive impact on the Australian music industry through the 1990s... and we talk about the return of Toyota Star Maker with organisers announcing the opening of entries for the 2022 event.

In this episode, we go back to the mid 1990s when the responsibility for various major Tamworth country music activities shifted from Radio 2TM to other groups and organisations. We also feature an interview with John Williamson following the official announcement of a fund-raising campaign launched to build a statue of the Aussie country superstar to be unveiled in Tamworth in January 2022.

In this episode, country music historian Max Ellis talks about how the Country Music Association of Australia was founded. We also learn about the brand new big blow-up Golden Guitar now being used to promote the 2022 Tamworth Country Music Festival and Golden Guitar Awards.

In this episode, we look at the famous 2TM radio program "Hoedown" in more detail, especially its earlier days and who was involved. We also preview this weekend's "Tamworth Comes To Town" promotion in Sydney.

In this episode, we talk a little more about the Star Maker quest, and especially some of the people who made it all work in the earlier days of Tamworth Country Music. We also get an update on plans for the January 2022 festival.

In this episode, we talk with country music historian Max Ellis about how a country music artist might progress their career through Tamworth country music, in what he terms the "Stairway To Stardom". We also look at Tamworth's dedicated Country Music Trail...