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The CMA Awards are like the Oscar’s of Country Music. Just more…rhinestones and boots. My two favorite things. This year’s CMA awards are quickly approaching so I thought it could be fun for us to take a stroll down CMA memory lane and reminisce on what I think are the most top 10 memorable CMA moments. 

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Hunter Thomas is Thirty Tigers newest artist, with a unique blend of Texas, Red Dirt and Roots music Hunter's career in country music is skyrocketing and we're so glad he's making himself at home on the Texas country scene. He joined us to talk about his new single, upcoming album, signing his deal and much more!

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Hear Hunter's latest hit single "Go For A Drive" + many other great Texas Toast features on our TEXAS TOAST Spotify Playlist HERE

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Intro song: "The Ride" by Jon Stork
Outro song: "You Can Go To Hell" by Phineus Reb

Announced last week, the nominations for the 55th CMA awards in November make for interesting reading. They seem to suggest that there is a shift in focus and a changing of the guard quietly happening in Country music. James explains why.

James comes to the conclusion that with their new album, 'Good Things' Dan + Shay have transitioned out of Country music in the same way that Taylor Swift and The Band Perry famously did.
Does it matter? Are the genre rules breaking down these days? What do you think?

This week on Texas On Tap, we're covering charting singles from James Lann (ft Holly Tucker), Curtis Grimes, Jon Wolfe, Bri Bagwell, Chris Colston and The Western Express. Our industry breakdown series is upon us, so stay tuned for some incredible insider conversations with all of the different roles in the music biz!

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Intro song: "The Ride" by Jon Stork
Outro song: "You Can Go To Hell" by Phineus Reb

We've got a handful of poppers this week for you and a few toppers as well! We're talking singles from Kody West, Jacob Stelly, Tyler Halverson, Brandon McDermott Band, William Wallace and April N Smith. PLUS, Miss Helen and Producer Kyle meet in person for the first time ever!

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Make sure you're following our TEXAS ON TAP Spotify Playlist to hear each and every song we cover on this podcast!

Intro song: "The Ride" by Jon Stork
Outro song: "You Can Go To Hell" by Phineus Reb

It's gone viral!!!!!! Yep, Country music has never been as popular as it is now..............on TikTok.
The recent success of Walker Hayes' 'Fancy Like' song combined with the emergence of artists like Priscilla Block, Ashley Cooke and Tigerlily from The 615 House in Nashville has focused attention on TikTok as a platform on which musicians can advance their careers and attain that nirvana of a fabled record deal.
in this episode James addresses head on his thoughts on this issue and the artists that are changing the face of the Country music industry in ways that might surprise you!

The craft and the art of making great albums is something that isn't valued in Country music as much as in other genres. Country music is all about the hit and the radio single and has been since at least the 1950s.
In this episode James looks into why and name-checks a few artists that are beginning to bring back the art of making an album. He also poses the question - Can you actually name a 'great' Johnny Cash album that wasn't a live recording!

Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday, featuring independent and emerging stars across Canada and their songs!

Mike Robins is a familiar name around the Canadian Country music scene, previously as half of the duo, Autumn Hill, till 2016, where the band earned spots on the charts with multiple top ten tracks and a handful of Juno and CCMA award nominations. Hit songs included “Anything At All“, “Can’t Keep Waiting“, “Mixtape“, and the CMT #1, “Blame“. Also as the front man for East Adelaide in 2018 through 2019  with their tracks, “You Don’t Get to Love Me” and "Heaven."  Today, Mike Robins a solo artist! Mike Robins!! 

We talk about how performing as a solo act has always been his dream,  the progression of his career as a songwriter, the most amount of trouble he's gotten into on the road and so much more! 

You're also going to hear his two songs, "Lightning Don't Strike Twice" and his latest, One Beer At A Time."

Make sure to check Mike Robins out on all streaming services and social media platforms to follow along his solo career and get in on his livestreams!!

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Listen to this weeks mixtape on Apple Music here...

https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/mixtapes-with-mike-andrew-cholfe/pl.u-zPyLB7Lurr4x7
 

Listen to this weeks mixtape on Spotify here...

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lNktQmOMB2MKqATmyN8d3?si=ORKEwB0MQDWIusPLpr7ufw

Dammit  2:45 blink-182 

 I Need Never Get Old  4:14 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 

Run  5:23 Foo Fighters 

The Chain  4:30 Fleetwood Mac 

Bobcaygeon  4:55 The Tragically Hip 

I Will Wait  4:37 Mumford & Sons 

The Old Apartment  3:24 Barenaked Ladies

Love and Happiness  5:04 Al Green

Gimme Shelter  4:32 The Rolling Stones 

Hold On, I'm Comin'  2:36 Sam & Dave 

As always the music discussed is played below the conversation as I believe that all musicians should be paid for what they do. This is why a purposely point the listener towards the mixtape on streaming platforms and implore you to support your local record shop by seeking out the physical releases of anything you discover through this podcast, I recommend Black Circle Records

https://blackcirclerecords.co.uk

We had Bro-Country and then we had Boyfriend Country and now James has detected the latest trend emerging in commercial and mainstream Country music right now.

To find out what he thinks that is you need to listen in as he talks about what links Lady A to Jimmie Allen to Brett Young to Eric Church's forthcoming triple album release 'Heart & Soul' as these artists are all at the vanguard of the latest emerging trend.

James has started a new feature for 2021 this month: a monthly round-up of our favourite album and song releases - designed to catch you all up on what was good in the world of Country music this month.
Your one-stop re-cap in case you missed a pivotal album or single release in January 2021. Featuring everyone from Kip Moore and Blake Shelton to Hailey Whitters and Canadian Country rockers, Petric.

James recorded this podcast on January 20th, the day of Joe Biden's inauguration as President of the United States. Garth Brooks (as well as Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard) has been asked to play the inauguration party - prompting a wave of 'cancel Garth' comments across social media.
James examines the ridiculousness of this situation and pours scorn on people who think they should or could have any effect on the career of the G.O.A.T. of Country music.

This week James expands on the review of Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous: The Double Album' he did for www.lyricmagazine.co.uk and dives deep into examining whether or not the confines and the expectations of the Country music genre might well prevent Wallen from becoming the artist that he could well go on to be.

Have a listen and let him know what you think.

Happy New Year listeners. In this episode James looks at the year ahead for the Country music industry and tries to make some predictions as to what might be in store for us faithful fans. Some of it might not be what you want to hear, but then Country music is about truth, right?
The good, the bad and the ugly about the coming year in Country music.

A new name and a new viral song exploded into the Country music scene this week. 'Dicked Down in Dallas', one of the rudest, most profane Country songs of all time has exploded on TikTok in the same way that 'Old Town Road' did for Lil Nas X.

We examine the lyrics of DDID and speculate as to whether the song is going to launch the career of Trey Lewis into the stratosphere or consign him to the group of 'One Hit Wonders' for the rest of time!!

Beware - this podcast contains profanities and sexual content. (Hurrah!!)

Country music is built on stories of humility, faith and redemption and this week’s guest has a good one. If you’ve ever taken a relationship for granted or if you’ve ever looked at the best thing that ever happened to you and thought “meh, what else is there?” you’ll relate to author Jerry Broadway. 

Maybe you know him best as just Broadway, part of the nationally syndicated Bud and Broadway radio show but before that in institution at radio stations across the southeast and Midwest in markets like Tulsa and St. Louis. He’s an ACM and CMA winner and a familiar face to famous country stars like Keith Urban and Brad Paisley. But today, Broadway is just Grayson’s dad. 

The book is called Amazing Grayson after his teenage son Grayson, who’ll get to know in just a second. But really it’s one man’s story of redemption and the family that stood by him through often fatal impulses, like infidelity, ego and selfishness. Throw in some testicular cancer, a special needs child and the fragile nature of jobs in this industry and you see why this combustible story could easily have been a tragedy. But it’s not, thanks to one person. Well, thanks to God and one person.

Note: Days after recording this interview, Oklahoma City radio station KXXY announced they were bringing the syndicated Bud and Broadway Show.

Read: Amazing Grayson on Amazon

Learn More: Bud and Broadway Show's Homepage

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We're 6 months into this 'no live music' pandemic now and with a winter of discontent apparently ahead of us it doesn't appear that there will be any big tours, live shows or live music anytime soon either.
With the prospect of C2C in March being cancelled again and potentially no live shows for the whole of 2021 ahead of us it's now time for the fans, the artists and the record labels to embrace change and think outside the box regarding how we consume and pay for the content we love otherwise it isn't going to be there anymore when we are able to return to the concert halls of the UK again.
Today's 'almost episode 69' episode examines what we can all do to get through the next months to ensure that there is still an industry to return to in a post-pandemic world.

The nominations for the 2020 CMA awards were released yesterday (Tuesday 1st September) and once again, the name of Kane Brown is conspicuous by its absence. 
Kane Brown, with multiple number ones, commercial success and personal creativity has never once received a single CMA nomination despite gaining nominations and awards from other bodies like the ACMs, Billboard and the American Music Awards.

In today's podcast we explore why. Let us know your thoughts too.

The cancellation of this year's C2C festival has major ramifications going forward. In this episode James explores the possibilities that the organisers have going forward and then realises that there isn't an ideal solution to this problem.
In the second half of the podcast James examines the wider impact the Coronavirus is having on the music industry - he ponders whether this will cause a paradigm shift in the relationship between the artist and the fan and whether there are possibilities to be had for musicians in the coming months ahead.

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