Alt-Country singer-songwriter Caitlin Cannon joins OK Country to talk about and perform songs from her new album, The TrashCannon Album, which demonstrates her smart and innovative songwriting. Caitlin also shares some stories from her career, such as writing a song specifically for a tambourine solo and some of the bad jobs she’s held along the way.

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Timestamps (Roughly!):

Career Overview and a Background on Caitlin: 1m

Songwriting: 17m30s

Performance: Barbers and Bartenders: 30m30s

All About The TrashCannon Album: 36m

The Epic Tambourine Story: 40m

Bad Jobs: 52m

Performance: Better Job: 59m

General discussion of the music industry: 1hr

Caitlin's Most Influential Albums: 1h8m

Conversation on Genre and Blending Sounds: 1h18m

Performance: Cannonball: 1h26:25m

Singer-songwriter Zane Williams joins OK Country to talk about his career from starting out as a Nashville songwriter to finding success as an artist in the Texas country scene. Then, Zane talks about the formation of his new band The Wilder Blue, (at the time known as Hill Country) and the making of their phenomenal debut album. Segments: Zane’s start to his music career: 1m Zane’s experience with a publishing deal in Nashville: 7m Zane’s move to the Texas scene as an artist: 17m A glimpse into Zane’s writing process and a look at the stories behind some of his most iconic songs: 25m Hill Country’s performance of “Janie Lynn”: 38m How Hill Country came to be: 43m The making of the Hill Country Album: 57m The Hill Country Hideout: 1h 15m Hill Country’s Performance of “Dixie Darlin'”: 1h 25m Check out Hill Country's music and the Hill Country Hideout at hillcountry.band  Check out Zane's music at zanewilliamsmusic.com Follow OK Country @OKCountry1 on Twitter for daily country music conversations This Is Country Podcast Music by David Flint @ YN Productions Microphone: Blue Microphone Yeti Nano Art: Sarah Chvung

Seth Jones joins OK Country to talk about the making of his new album Puzzle Man, his songwriting process, and his various experiences in music from playing the drums to making Punk albums. Then, Seth and OK Country go head to head in a trivia contest on one of television's greatest shows: The Office. 

Segments:

Seth's Musical Background: 1m

Seth's Songwriting Process: 16m

The making of Puzzle Man: 36m

Discussion of The Office: 48m

The Office Trivia: 57m

Seth's music taste: 1h20m

Seth's outlook on the music industry: 1h26m

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This Is Country Podcast Music by David Flint @ YN Productions

Microphone: Blue Microphones Yeti Nano

OK Country breaks down the best albums, EPs, and songs released in April 2020. You'll get a good sense of who is making top tier country music in the mainstream, indie, red dirt, and Texas music scenes. Plus, many new and up-and-coming artists are featured, so take a listen and find a new favorite.

OK Country breaks down country singer Ashley McBryde's sophomore album Never Will song by song, offering insight into the songwriting, vocals, and production that come together to make this an outstanding country masterpiece.

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OK Country breaks down the best country music released in March 2020, featuring selections from the mainstream, indie, and Texas music scenes. Then, OK Country takes on the challenge of ranking the songs of Kacey Musgraves' discography, pitting two songs against each other in a series of battles until an elite Top 5 from each album and overall Top 10 are crowned.

To promote the release of his self-titled debut EP, David Alan Bell joins OK Country for a New Artist Spotlight segment featuring insight into David's songwriting process, the making of the EP, and Nashville Hot Chicken. David performs two songs off the EP, "Eyes on the High Road" and "Broadway Nashville Saturday Night" and has his music knowledge put to the test in a speed based song guessing game.