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Podcast about *real* Country Music with a healthy dose of Simpson's references. Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple, Google, and most others. Find our Companion Playlists on Spotify at:...

Recorded back in April, an in depth discussion of the emergence of Neo-Neo Traditional Country sound, a term we may have unknowingly coined...

Start of an ongoing series of 'Artist Spotlight' mini episodes where we each discuss an artist we're listening to at the moment. Might be a...

Pop stars are crossing over to make country records, Yellowstone was the biggest show on TV, supermodels are crossing over to rodeo competit...

Our thoughts on Cowboy Carter as a country record after its release last week. This follows our Part 1 discussion on Beyoncé's foray into Co...

Part 1 of 2 part discussion ahead of "Act II: Cowboy Carter" release. The biggest question everyone has been asking about Beyoncé’s latest m...

A bonus mini-episode this week from our Midnight Mastermind guest spot on BBC Radio 2 in the UK. It’s a nightly segment on OJ Borg’s show wh...

This week we give our hot takes on the Follower Submitted Hot Takes on Country Central's Instagram account. Lots of polarizing polls that ma...

After a year hiatus the podcast is back with a chat about Andrew's serendipitous trip to Austin as the Ameripolitan Awards were happening. H...

Andrew and Sean discuss The Panhandlers after their 'West Texas Is The Best Texas' EP made their Top 5 albums of the year. The super group o...

2022's top 5 country-country albums and singles for Andrew and Sean. From Ronnie Dunn to Lost Dog Street Band, Emily Nenni to The Panhandler...

Andrew and Sean are developing a bold opinion that we are currently living in the greatest era of country music ever. This is no longer 2012...

A month late with this podcast, but Andrew and Sean talk about Zach Bryan's dynamite September show in Ottawa, and more broadly about his aw...

For 10-15 years people have been talking about how there's no good country music anymore: the radio is all pop, all the best music is from d...

After quite a hiatus from the podcast, Andrew and Sean get back into it with a chat about their life-altering trips to see George Strait at...

General grievances on Kacey Musgraves fully selling out, Ingrid Andress catfishing country fans, and Walker Hayes still existing with his st...

Live from Sean's Cabin deep in the heart of Quebec, Canada. It's the first podcast since covid hit. Andrew and Sean decided to come back wit...

Better late than never! Sean and Andrew's 'Best and Worst of 2019' Lists. Some expected hits with some common cross-overs on both their indi...

Country Music is always evolving, and when it evolves well it incorporates modern influences but retains significant traditional components...

This week the boys partially renege their hard-line stance on unnecessarily re-doing classic holiday Christmas songs from last week. After h...

It turns out Andrew and Sean hate most of the over-done, reproduced Christmas standards: the White Christmas and Rudolph songs. But they lov...

This week Andrew talks about his favourite new country tune, "Old Oak Tree" by Jenny Leigh that tugs at his woodworking heartstrings. Sean i...

After 'The Players' were inducted to the Musicians Hall of Fame in October, Andrew and Sean decided to dedicate a whole episode to these god...

While nursing pretty nice hangovers from going to his show the night before, Andrew and Sean sit down with Del Barber and his steel/guitar p...

This week the boys catch up and discuss Jenee Fleenor (their favourite Nashville session fiddler they never knew about) and her recent CMA n...

A bonus Halloween episode for all you Honky-Tonkerinos! The boys welcome Andrew's wife Amelia, a lawyer and true crime enthusiast for a chat...

This week the boys discuss George Strait breaking more records and making history (again), They review Jon Pardi's 'Heartache Medication' al...

A continuation of our off-the-cuff discussions of random things in Country Music news. This week Dr. Jada Watson, professor of Country Music...

Andrew and Sean sit down with Dr. Jada Watson, professor of Information Studies and Digital Humanities who studies Country Music at the Univ...

Our first "Country Catchup" off-the-cuff discussion of random things in music news. This week: Kelly Clarkson rant about country music today...

This week Andrew and Sean discuss their all-time favourite cheating songs, one of the most famous tropes of the country music genre. The the...

Part 2 of what was supposed to be a single episode...but we had too much to say about each of these songs we love...so we split it into 2! I...

This was supposed to be a single episode but it looks like we had too much to say about each of these songs we love...so we're splitting it...

Recorded live on stage at The Ottawa Podcast Festival. Andrew and Sean discuss some recent and historic controversies in country music featu...

The last but definitely not least in our 3 part series looking at the major historical movements in Country Music. This week we're talking a...

The 2nd in our 3 part series looking at the major historical movements in Country Music. This week we're talkin' slick shiny suits, sparklin...

The 1st in our 3 part series looking at the major historical movements in Country Music. This week, a deep dive into the origins of Pop-Coun...

This week we discuss some of our favourite heartbreak songs in country music. The raw feelings that separate country music from most other k...

A little Cold Beer Conversation this week as we discuss our favourite beer drinking songs! From pre-drinking tunes, to honky tonk party song...

This week we discuss our favourite female country artists. A demographic that has seen a decline on the Country Charts over the last 2 decad...

Follow on our last discussion of our favourite country artists who are enjoying mainstream success while keeping it country, today we discus...

CBC Radio 'All In A Day' interview with Alan Neal about L'il Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus, Billboard Charts, and the 'Old Town Road' controversy....

We discuss our favourite artists who are enjoying commercial success while still keeping it country. It's easy to sell out and go entirely p...

There's a lot of BS around this whole Lil Nas X controversy, and we dig into most of it. Have a listen, let us know what you think... Refere...

We wish we could simply tell people that we just liked 'country music'. But nowadays the genre is muddied and grey as ever with R&B vibes, s...

A debate about who is the greatest country singer of all time: George Jones or George Strait. Join us and comment below, let us know who you...