The Hodge Podgecast: Country Music and Americana

This week, we discuss the backlash we received for Steve's unfavorable review of Chase Rice's newest single, how the terms "opinion" and "fact" are not interchangeable no matter how much the internet thinks so, and Whiskey Shivers' new album (and one song in particular).

This week, we talk about the Windy City Smokeout and meeting Mike Ryan, why we aren't going to Country Thunder this weekend, and Aaron Watson's career and best songs.

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This week, we discuss the Windy City Smokeout lineup, how we're officially a legitimate website thanks to Brandon Rhyder and being able to review his album early, and Jake Owen's career and best songs.

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This week, we talk about Lee Greenwood Appreciation Day (4th of July), the argument about defining (or refusing to define) country music a la Saving Country Music, Bobby Bones, and Whiskey Riff, and Chris Stapleton's songwriting career and solo career.

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This week, we talk about Walker "Sam Hunt's clone" Hayes' and Toby Keith's sad excuses for singles, how the Backstreet Boys have a #1 song on country radio, and Sunny Sweeney's best songs (in our opinion). We also discuss last week's album releases.

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This week, we discuss Shania Twain's newest single, Rolling Stone's top 100 country artists, the John Moreland concert from last week, and Luke Combs' best songs.

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Is there a better song writer than John Moreland? This week, we discuss launching our new website Country Hodge Podge, review last week's album releases, and talk about how excited we are to see John Moreland live while discussing our top 10 favorite songs by him (poorly).

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Are you able to Hank it? This week, we discuss the CMT Awards and how we didn't watch them, how everyone in Nashville is suddenly a Predators fan, and Justin Moore's career and decide on our top 5 favorite songs. We also review last week's album releases.

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Country music has a soundtrack to every moment of our lives, especially the bad ones. This week, we talk about our favorite Sam Outlaw songs, songs we listen to during break ups, and songs we listen to when we are moving on from the girls who did us wrong. We also discuss Chris Stapleton's injury and Kevin's time at the Sean Costanza and Zach Schmidt concert.

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Can you return to country after abandoning it? This week, we discuss Medicine Stone's lineup, Brett Eldredge's and Chris Young's new singles, and Zac Brown Band's discography and what music by them you should listen to or avoid.

Then we answer the question: are they country, not country, or sellouts?

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