"Canada's Prince of Piano" – that's how the Beijing Times, China's leading English-language newspaper, described Canadian pianist and composer Martin Mayer.

Born in the Czech Republic, and now based in Vancouver, Canada, his music has been defined as instrumental fusion – a combination of smooth jazz, classical, pop, and rock. Mayer's European roots add a good share of thoughtful and longing soul, his North American education contributes a healthy dose of high-octane energy. An explosive mix.

Martin Mayer - Canada's Prince Of Piano

Greg Godovitz has been an active member of the Canadian music industry since 1964.  The year 2018 marks his 54th anniversary as a musician.

His recorded works with Toronto based group Fludd produced eight top ten hits including the SOCAN Hall Of Fame inductees Cousin Mary, Brother and Me and Turned 21 which have reached the amazing milestone of over 100,000 airplays.

Greg went on to enjoy national success with Toronto power trio Goddo, recording and producing eleven albums and touring the country extensively from 1975 to the present.

Greg Godovitz from Toronto power trio Goddo

Ten platinum and gold studio albums. Five concert DVDs and live discs. Five PBS specials. One Juno Award. Eleven nominations. One Gemini Award. Three Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards. One Acoustic Guitar Magazine Player's Choice Silver Award. A wall full of similar accolades. Thousands of concerts indozens of countries. Millions of YouTube views and audio streams. Countless fans around the globe. And a career that is celebrating its 25th year andcounting.

JESSIE COOK

Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s. 

Shawn has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, Natalie Merchant, Ingrid Michaelson, Billy Joel, Van Morrison, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Pink, Shakira, Kelly Clarkson, Five For Fighting, Michelle Branch, Regina Spektor, Tears for Fears, Citizen Cope, Matisyahu, Jonatha Brooke, David Byrne, Edie Brickell, Marc Cohn, Richie Havens, Joan Osborne, Hall and Oates, Odetta, Pavarotti, Phillip Phillips, George Michael, Carly Simon, Dixie Chicks, Chris Botti and Buddy Guy, and has played on several Grammy winning albums for artists including Ray Charles, The Brecker Brothers, Shawn Colvin, Les Paul and the Hank Williams tribute album with Bob Dylan. 

Shawn is also the longtime drummer in the house band for the NBC TV network's sketch comedy and music program Saturday Night Live.

Co-Host - Jason Brinkworth
Jayson Brinkworth is a professional musician, educator, author and drum industry builder who grew up and still makes his home in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Shawn Pelton

Frank Mills is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his solo instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer".

EP11 Frank Mills

http://rosemarysiemens.com

Known for her love of sparkle and bling, quirky laugh, and warm, genuine personality, world-class improv violinist and vocalist Rosemary Siemens has mesmerized audiences around the world since the age of three. Hailing from a century-family-farm in Plum Coulee, Manitoba, but currently based in Vancouver, BC, Rosemary is a small-town farm girl dominating the world-stage playing a 300-year-old violin named “Sparkle” that was played in King Louis XIV’s orchestra.

          She’s performed four times at New York’s Carnegie Hall, played private concerts for two U.S. Presidents and Canadian Prime Ministers, and 16-time GRAMMY Award-Winner David Foster, and was the first violinist to ever perform at the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican since its first mass in 1483. In addition to having recorded nine-albums as a solo-violinist, Golden West Broadcasting recently commissioned Canadian composer Victor Davies to compose a violin concerto for Rosemary entitled “The Journey”, which was performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in a sold-out world premiere at Centennial Concert Hall.

           In August 2016, Rosemary’s hometown of Plum Coulee, Manitoba, unveiled a sign in her honour at the edge of the town that reads, “Plum Coulee, Home of Rosemary Siemens.” It inspired her to write, record, and release her debut bluegrass album titled, Plum Coulee, My Home, featuring her vocal debut accompanied by her band Rosemary & The Sweet Sound Revival.

           Since Rosemary’s album release in 2016, Plum Coulee, My Home, won “Best Country/Gospel Album of the Year” at Canada’s 2018 Gospel Music Awards, charted #11 on the Canadian Country-Music Sales Chart, won the 2016 Global Music Award for “Best Bluegrass/Country Album”, and was featured in Billboard Magazine.  In March, 2017, Rosemary hit the road on her “Have a Little Faith” tour of Western Canada to promote her album, playing 11 shows in 10 cities including Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary, and her hometown area of southern Manitoba, where her boyfriend, now husband, award-winning jazz saxophonist Eli Bennett, interrupted her show by walking-down the isle while playing “Can’t Help Falling in Love With You” on his saxophone and proposed to her on stage in front of a sold-out audience.  She said, “Yes!”, and the video of the proposal went viral and was featured on CBC National News, MSN News, and Yahoo.

         Rosemary has performed in over twenty-five countries as well as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Hockey Night in Canada, and concerts for Rolls Royce, Lamborghini, Bentley, Walt Disney World for Children’s Miracle Network, the Latin GRAMMY Awards, The Miss America Pageant, L’Oreal Paris, the World Entrepreneur Forum, the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Canada’s Gospel Music Awards, and recently shared the stage in Nashville with gospel artist and 10-time GRAMMY Award-Winner CeCe Winans.

          Rosemary’s duo group “Roy & Rosemary” recently performed the world premiere of their composition, “The Courtial Concerto” written for the Ambassador of Rome at the world’s largest sacred music festival at the Vatican, and their music video of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” recently went ‘viral’ and has over eighteen million views on YouTube.

          Rosemary’s passion is to take her violin everywhere – to unexpected locations to touch, inspire, and make people smile through music. From performing for passengers stranded at the Calgary International Airport during Christmas, to bringing a man to tears with a version of the classic hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy” at Rome’s iconic Colosseum, to taking song requests for a U.S. retired veteran at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Nashville, you never know where Rosemary will show up to touch people with her music. You can follow her exciting adventures on social media at @RosemarySiemens.

EP15 Rosemary Siemens

ANDREW BARNSLEY

PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER at PROJECT 10
Andrew Barnsley is a Canadian Screen Award winning Executive Producer (Best Comedy Series) based out of Toronto and Los Angeles. Barnsley is currently the Executive Producer on CBC/PopTV’s 52 x 1/2 hour series Schitt’s Creek starring Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, the TMN/Movie Central documentary series Sports On Fire and the TMN documentary feature Spirit Unforgettable. His 2017 development and production slate includes series with CTV, CBC, Family Channel and 20th Century Fox. He previously was the Executive Producer on CTV’s 26 x 1/2 hour sitcom Spun Out starring Dave Foley.  Prior to joining Project 10, Barnsley was the Development Executive/Producer at S&S Productions, an independent television production company based in Toronto that produced such international hits as The Red Green Show, Jeff Ltd., History Bites, Sons of Butcher, and Listen Missy. Since 2001, Barnsley has produced television series across multiple genres including comedy, animation, puppetry, live-action, children’s, one-off documentaries, feature films and a number of live concert specials.  

He is a member of the CMPA, the Television Academy (US), the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and holds an MA in Communications and Culture from Ryerson and York Universities, a BAA from Ryerson University’s Radio and Television Arts Program and a BEd from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

EP24 Andrew Barnsley

Jason McCoy is a Canadian singer-songwriter who performs country music.
He has won many awards including the 2001 Male Vocalist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, 3 SOCAN Song of the Year awards, 19 CCMA nominations and 5 Juno nominations (all for Best Country Male Vocalist). He also won 6 awards at the 2004 Ontario Country Performer and Fan Association awards. In 2006, he was awarded with the Global Artist Award at the CMA Awards in Nashville.
McCoy was also one of the three members of the group The Road Hammers, which has released two studio albums, in addition to charting four singles in Canada and one in the United States before parting ways in 2010. The group later reunited in 2013.

EP27 Jason McCoy

Bassist and Band Leader for Keith Urban

He moved to Nashville in 1993, where he met Keith Urban and formed a group called The Ranch. After five years with The Ranch, Flowers went on to tour with the Dixie Chicks, Counting Crows and others, before rejoining Urban for his first headlining tour, Be Here, in 2004. Flowers has played bass for Urban on every tour since.

Signed to a joint publishing deal with songwriter Ashley Gorley's Tape Room Music, Warner/Chappell Music and Combustion Music, Flowers has written and performed with artists such as Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Jason Derulo, Jason Aldean, Billy Currington, Jo Dee Messina, Sam Hunt, and of course, Urban. In the summer of 2015, the Sam Hunt single "House Party" co-written by Hunt, Flowers, and fellow Tape Room Music songwriter Zach Crowell, had considerable commercial success. In 2016, he cowrote Jason Aldean's single "A Little More Summertime".

EP 31 Jerry Flowers

www.theeverlybrothersexperience.com

Since 2016, brothers Zachary and Dylan Zmed along with their partner and drummer Burleigh Drummond, have celebrated the pivotal music and history of The Everly Brothers legacy with enthusiastic crowds all across the US and over seas in prestigious venues. They say, “ The music of the 50's and 60's are nostalgic for us, our parents raised us all on it, and we feel that the Everly's contribution is greatly overlooked, especially by younger generations. Our aim is not to impersonate but to do our best in honoring the aesthetics of their iconic sound and in honoring the important role they played in pioneering the rock n' roll movement, all while having a little fun sharing our own personal story,” and they do just that. With a father, (Adrian Zmed) as a traveling singer/dancer/actor (Grease 2, Bachelor Party, T.J. Hooker), and a mother (Barbara) as a second grade teacher in a suburb of Los Angeles, the Zmed Brothers continuously strive to pay homage to their personal roots by always infusing an instinctual blend of entertainment (a la Smothers Brothers) and contextual education in their performance.

The Everly brothers career lasted over half a century, they recorded 21 studio albums, sold more than 60 million records world wide, had over 30 billboard top -100 singles, which still to this day is the record for most billboard charting hits of any sibling rock duo ever, they received numerous accolades in their later career, and influenced countless legendary artist that came after them including The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Bee Gees, Neil Young..and the list goes on. THE ZMED BROTHERS are absolutely thrilled to be able to contribute to a cause that supports the recognition and preservation of the intimate and singular origins of America's greatest Rock n' Roll singing sibling duo.

The 5 piece band consists of drums (Burleigh Drummond), electric guitar (rotating members), bass (rotating members), and the two singing brothers (Zachary and Dylan Zmed) up front with the signature Everly acoustic guitars.

EP33 The Zmed Brothers - The Everly Brothers Experience

https://www.jasonblaine.ca

At the root of it all, Jason Blaine was born to sing, write and entertain. His love for country music has taken him to  the forefront of the Canadian music scene where he has remained for over a decade. With over 12 Top 10 singles in  Canada including hits such as “Country Side” and “Friends of Mine”, he has also become a craftsmen of hits for  other people including Chris Jansen, Parmalee, Petric and Madeline Merlo and others.  

Originally from Pembroke, Ontario, Blaine moved to Nashville in the fall of 2006 with his wife Amy and their  three-month-old baby girl. He burst onto the scene in a big way in 2007 with his first #1 hit single “Rock In My  Boot” which led to multiple CCMA nominations and paved the way for a string of hit singles and major festival  appearances across the country.  

Perhaps the biggest game changer came in 2012 when he released the biographical “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like  That Anymore”, which was written for his grandfather. The song was one of his biggest hits connecting with fans of  all generations and eventually went on to win ​CCMA Single of the Year ​ that same year.  
In between releasing hit songs and co-headling tours with Tebey, Chad Brownlee and Deric Ruttan, Blaine also  found time to start up his annual Jason Blaine Celebrity Charity Golf Classic. Over the past five years, fellow artists  and hockey legends ranging from Dallas Smith, Tim Hicks, and Gord Bamford, to Doug Gilmour and Bryan Murray  have all contributed to helping raise over $500,000 for various hometown charities in Pembroke.  

Now, a multiple CCMA, SOCAN & CMAO award winner with over 20+ radio hits, six full length albums, over 8  million digital streams, and Jason still feels like he’s just getting started. Writing full time within Nashville’s  publishing community, Jason resides in Hendersonville, Tennessee with his wife Amy and their four children.
This past summer the next chapter began as he began work on his brand new album, which was produced by  Danick Dupelle (Emerson Drive, Tebey). The project breathes new life while lending itself to what Jason does best;  great country music performed by one of Canada’s most distinctive voices, telling stories of home, love, and nights  on the town. As a craftsmen of songs, Jason found and wrote songs for the project which embody his artistry and  move him into the next season of his career.

EP34 Jason Blaine

www.neildonell.com

Originally hailing from Montreal, Neil Donell has gone on to establish himself as a premier session vocalist and powerful live performer. In 2018 he joined one of the most popular American rock bands, *Chicago, as their lead tenor singer. Neil finished Chicago’s 2018 tour with over 100 live performances and will be joining his bandmates again in 2019.

A veteran of more than ten thousand recording sessions, this multiple Juno Award nominee is often referred to in the media as “the most recorded voice in the country,” and is introduced as “the man of a thousand voices” at the dozens of pop symphony concerts he performs annually across North America.

Possessed of an uncanny ability for mimicry, and with better than four octaves at his disposal, he has, over the years, been called upon to reproduce the voices of literally hundreds of other artists — his repertoire spanning Bolton to Bennett to Bocelli and everyone in between — all the while moving effortlessly between virtually every musical genre. An accomplished songwriter, producer, vocal coach and arranger, Neil makes his home in Toronto, Canada.

* Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. They have recorded 36 albums and sold over 100,000,000 records.

EP36 NEIL DONELL - Lead Tenor for "Chicago the Band"

A conversation with the singers and musicians who performed on the first Stonehouse Sessions Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElL9skGZSmg

EP37 Stonehouse Sessions Take 1

David Kalmusky is a multi-platinum, multiple Billboard #1 charting Nashville based producer, songwriter, guitarist / multi-instrumentalist, engineer & mixer, who’s work in the studio with acts such as Shawn Mendes, Keith Urban, Megan Trainor, Justin Bieber, Journey, Joe Bonamassa, Tenille Townes, The Sisterhood, Vince Gill, John Oates (From Hall & Oates) Motley Crue, and Many, Many others, to randomly choose a few of the diverse range of genre, and demographic of David’s work, have brought Kalmusky to co-found, and partner Addiction Sound Studios in Nashville, TN. 

Coming by it honestly, David’s father, Kenny Kalmusky. was one of the original band members of “The Hawks” with Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, & John Till in 1958. Kenny went on to make records at Bearsville studios in Woodstock NY, and Nashville TN in the late 60’s with the likes of Ian & Sylvia, Todd Rundgren, Cowboy Jack Clement, Ronnie Hawkins, Jerry Reed, and many others. 

Fast forward to present day, David Kalmusky co-designed and built Addiction Sound Studios in Nashville TN, with partner Jonathan Cain (The Baby’s, Bad English, Journey) and Engineer Chris Huston (The Who, Led Zeppelin) where Kalmusky and Cain host their world class tracking room, and individual private production rooms.

Outside of his own producing, David has been trusted, and hired to engineer in his space, for some of the top producers making music today, including many of the great “Engineering Producers” such as Jacquire King (Mutemath, James Bay, Kings Of Leon), Glenn Rosenstein (Madonna, U2, Talking Heads, Ziggy Marley), Kevin Shirley (Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin) Rob Fraboni (The Band, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones), Bob Rock (Metallica, Aerosmith)  Greg Wells (Katy Perry, Adele, One Republic). 

Kalmusky is well noted for his diversity, transcending many genres. He is regarded by many multi-million selling artists, producers, writers and musicians, to be an integral part of their record making, and music creating process.

David, since co-creating Addiction Sound Studios in 2012, continues his work, producing, writing, recording, mixing, and developing music in all genres in Nashville as his home base.

EP39 David Kalmusky

Dennis Lee is a singer and entertainer based out of Clearwater, FL.

EP42 Dennis Lee

Mickey Gilley
(born March 9, 1936) is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as well. Among his biggest hits are "Room Full of Roses," "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time," and the remake of the Soul hit "Stand by Me". Gilley has charted 42 singles in the top 40 on the US Country chart. He is a cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl McVoy, Jim Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart.

EP43 Mickey Gilley

Lighting Director/Programmer for Ringo Starr
Susan is no stranger to the music business. When she made her debut appearance on stage at the age of 14, little did she know she was not only opening up her career path of being a country music singer but it would also eventually lead her to a successful career as a lighting designer and programmer.

Being true to the Gemini description, this 5' 2" red-headed, blue-eyed songstress had another side to her that continued to grow over the years. Susan’s love of entertainment combined with her natural technical curiosity led her to learn more about the “other side” of show production. She graduated from Full Sail University, where she learned the technical side of the business. This education opened doors to an alternate career path that has led her to be a successful lighting designer/director/programmer, touring with various major artists such as Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band (2003 to present), Louise Mandrell, John Berry, Hank Willliams Jr. and many others, as well as working on numerous television shows (Stellar Awards, Dove Awards, Trumpet Awards, Freddy Awards, Black Music Honors, Kansas DVD and numerous TV specials), theme parks (Disney, Dollywood, Sea World and Nickelodeon), cruise ships, theaters and concerts. Her self-penned “Whole Hog Quick Reference Guide” has become an industry standard globally in teaching console programming. Her musical background allows her to naturally  “feel” the music, therefore making people “see” the music. She always says it is like performing, just from the other side.

Though she has a passion for lighting, the music is still in her blood and will never die out. Her dream is to take her experiences from the past 24 years and express them to you in her music.

EP45 Susan Rose

EP47 Carolyn Martin

https://lawyerdrummer.com
As a musician, Kurt has toured North America frequently with his band One Bad Son, scored five top 10 singles and a number 1 song, released 9 albums with various artists, and has worked closely with major industry players like 604 Records, The Feldman Agency, Frontside Group, Strut Entertainment, and Hive Management. He has toured with Def Leppard, Shinedown, Judas Priest and in 2019, plus shared the bill with The Rolling Stones.

As a lawyer, Kurt was an Associate at D’Eith and Company Entertainment Law for three years, providing comprehensive legal advice to a wide array of music clients throughout Canada and the US. He joined the team of experts at Murphy and Company in 2013, and have expanded his practice to include all aspects of the entertainment industry, with a focus on music, film, television, and technology.

EP49 Kurt Dahl

Scott grew up in a musical family. His dad played stand up bass in a big band, and could also play a little piano by ear. His mother is a skilled pianist and organist. Put those genes together and you've got a recipe for a unique blend of traditional musical sensibilities, mixed with intuitive gifts for hearing and comprehending all facets of the musical picture.
Scott fought traditional piano lessons, because he didn't like to read music. When his teacher would play a piece before he learned it, he always had an easier time getting motivated to work on it, especially if it was pleasing to his ears. After quitting traditional lessons, Scott spent a few years pursuing the normal pre-teen stuff, baseball, basketball, video games, etc. It's important to mention that as a kid he was definitely also a radio junkie.
Scott had the privilege of working with some incredibly talented artists in his career. In the past he worked with Bob Carlisle, Allies, Susan Ashton, Mark Schultz, and Steven Curtis Chapman. More recently, he was the Musical Director and keyboardist for Kenny Loggins, and still occasionally plays concerts with him. Scott played several shows with Richard Marx, and currently is touring with Carrie Underwood. Scott also works as a musical engraver. My most notable clients are Kelly Clarkson and David Foster. He also owns ClassicTributeBands.com, a collective of legacy tribute shows including 12 Against Nature (Steely Dan), Make Me Smile (Chicago), and Live From Ventura Boulevard (West Coast music '75-'85).
youtube.com/sasheriff  is the link for his main page.
youtube.com/lfvboulevard  is the link for the Live From Ventura Boulevard page
youtube.com/12againstnature is the steely dan tribute
youtube.com/makemesmileband1   Chicago tribute.

EP51 Scott Sheriff

He's the current drummer for Hall and Oates and have been touring the world with them for the past 7 years. As the drummer for Live From Daryl's House Brian has been fortunate enough to record shows with Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons, Sammy Hagar, Aloe Blac, Gavin Degraw, Cheap Trick, Wyclef Jean, Daughtry, Todd Rundgren, Patrick Stump, Booker T. Jones, Grace Potter, Parachute, Guster, Daryl Hall, Chiddy Bang, Rumer, Nick Waterhouse, Minus the Bear, Johnny Swim, Amos Lee, Brett Dennen, Darius Rucker, Ben Folds, Kandace Springs, Kitty Daisy and Lewis, Elle King, Anderson East, Grace, Mayer Hawthorne, Allen Stone, Butch Walker, Jason Mraz, Shelby Lynne, Kenny Loggins, The O'Jays, Rob Thomas, Neon Trees, Cee Lo Green...  

Brian has also had the good fortune to be a band member/perform/tour/record with many other artists before my tenure with Hall and Oates: AWB, Patti Austin, Chuck Loeb, Alana Davis, Bobby Caldwell, Jason Robert Brown, Ariana Grande, Nelson Rangel, Special EFX, Jeff Lorber, Everett Harp, Keiko Matsui, Michael Franks, Jeff Kashiwa, Willie Colon, Gerald Veasley, Bob James, Jay Beckenstein, Dave Samuels, Cory Glover, Chieli Manucci, Kim Waters, The Sax Pack, Steve Cole and Paul Jackson Jr.,

EP52 Brian Dunne

​Randy is a saxophone and woodwind artist residing in Nashville, TN.
With over forty years of playing, he has performed around the world on stage and television
​and in studio on a variety of instruments, with Grammy winners, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members,
Musician's Hall of Fame members and Country Music Hall of Fame 
Since 1989, Randy Leago has toured, performed or recorded on saxophone and woodwinds with;
THE BEACH BOYS, DUANE EDDY, MARTINA MCBRIDE, GARRY TALLENT, WAYLON JENNINGS, JANIS IAN,
TOMMY MCDONNELL & THE MAC 5, ZAC BROWN BAND, SHELBY LYNNE, KATHY MATTEA, DEANA CARTER, REBA MCENTIRE,
 LEE ANN WOMACK, ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, JENNIFER NETTLES, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, ARETHA FRANKLIN, 
TRACE ADKINS, BROOKS AND DUNN, ERIC CHURCH, HANK WILLIAMS JR., SARA EVANS,
TOBY KEITH, BOOKER T. & THE MGS, THE MEMPHIS BOYS, FELIX CAVALIERE,
MURIEL ANDERSON, THE DIXIE CHICKS, RAUL MALO, RODNEY CROWELL, JO-EL SONNIER, CARLENE CARTER,
 BOB SEGER, GUSTER, LARI WHITE, THE COASTERS, "GUESS WHO'S COMING TO SEDER",
 MIKE FARRIS, RGA PRODUCTIONS "ROCK & SOUL", THE ALTERED STATESMAN, 10,000 MANIACS, ANNE MCCUE,
BEKKA BRAMLETT, AMONG THE OAK AND ASH, REWIRING GENESISmembers.

EP53 Randy Leago

For 25 years Greg has been behind a mic or in front of a camera from Alberta to Saskatchewan, Ontario to BC. In the mid 90’s, when record company money was flowing like beer from a frat party keg and sponsorship dollars for Country music were at an all-time high, he co-created, co-wrote and hosted the nationally syndicated radio show Craven A Today’s Country. The show featured the biggest acts of the day including; Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Alabama, the Dixie Chicks and many Grammy nominated songwriters. In addition to scoring several New York Festival International Awards for the show, his wife Teresa and Greg started a family in a humble downtown Toronto condo.
The next stop was CMT, where a renegade team of TV virgins produced and hosted the CMT Request Line, a daily national video request show. That amazing opportunity lasted a scant two seasons and then, in the fear-filled year of Y2K, his growing family packed the banana-tired U-Haul for yet another glamorous Canadian relocation.
A few provinces and morning shows later, Greg joined CFCW sister station KG Country 95.5 in Red Deer, where his co-host and Greg were lucky enough to win Morning Show of the Year from the Canadian Country Music Association five times in a row! In June of 2014 Greg retired from day to day radio and joined the Community Relations Department of Red Deer College, but he’s very excited to come back into this crazy business and join Alberta’s Country Legend as morning show co-host with Stella Stevens!

EP54 Greg Shannon

Singer/songwriter/storyteller and multi-instrumentalist, Steve Wariner, is a troubadour in the music industry and continues to inspire artists today. More than 20 albums and five decades into his career, Wariner has become a modern-day multi-genre icon, earning 14 No. 1 hits, over 30 Top 10 singles, three RIAA-certified Gold albums, the Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award, four GRAMMY Awards, four CMA Awards, three ACM Awards, two TNN/Music City News Awards, a Christian Country Music Association Award, a CMA Triple Play Award, 15 BMI Million-Air Awards, and most recently, Country Radio Broadcasters bestowed Wariner as the recipient of the 2018 CRB Artist Career Achievement Award. In October 2019, he’ll be inducted into the prestigious Musicians Hall of Fame, and throughout his illustrious career, has been inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame, the National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame, the Music City Walk of Fame, and is one of only five guitar players in the world to be given the "Certified Guitar Player" (CGP) award by Chet Atkins.

EP60 Steve Wariner

2020 marks Exile’s 57th year as America’s longest running band.
On September 30, 1978, the award-winning band who had initially set out to play small clubs in Richmond, Kentucky back in 1963, skyrocketed to world-wide fame with their multi-week chart-topper “Kiss You All Over.” In fact, it made Billboard’s Year End Hot 100 Singles of 1978 (Top 5) and later placed in Billboard’s The 50 Sexiest Songs of All Time (Top 10) category. The iconic song has been showcased in feature films such as “Happy Gilmore,” “Employee of the Month,” “Zookeeper, “Wildhogs,” and is played in it’s entirety at the end of the 7th episode of “Mindhunter” currently available as a Netflix original.
In the early 1980’s, Exile began to focus on country music. During their run on the country charts Exile had 10 number one singles including “I Don’t Want To Be A Memory,” “Give Me One More Chance” and “She’s A Miracle.” The band wrote their own songs, played on all their recordings and also proved to be prolific songwriters composing hits for other artists such as Alabama, Restless Heart, Engelbert Humperdinck, Huey Lewis, Diamond Rio, Janie Fricke and many more.  During this country phase of their career, Exile received 11 nominations including Vocal Group of The Year and Best Instrumental Performance for the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards.
The 5 original Exile members re-formed in 2008 with J.P. Pennington, Les Taylor, Sonny LeMaire, Marlon Hargis and Steve Goetzman. The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame members continue to perform for legions of fans on the 2018 No Limit Tour and have appeared over 100 times on the Grand Ole Opry. Exile recently released their latest project Hits and the album contains 11 number one songs spanning three decades, along with four additional top ten’s. The ultimate, cross-over band has sold over 8 million records worldwide, with three Gold albums. Exile has lasted longer than most marriages.

EP61 Exile

A good-timing, honky-tonkin’, band-leading, song-writing, love-song-singing, blues-harp-blowing, tradition-nurturing, genre-busting, crowd-carrying, full-hearted flag bearer for all that’s true about music. That’s Heidi Newfield. And on her new solo album The Barfly Sessions — recorded without heed to music business convention — she’s finally captured her full range. “No one was telling me what to do,” Newfield says. “No one put me in a box. Anyone asking me, what is the new music like? Ummmmm, it’s like me!”
After recording three albums while fronting Trick Pony, charting eight singles and branching out for her first solo project with the platinum-certified smash “Johnny & June,” Newfield knows her way around a studio … and a stage. A bold stylist and true entertainer, she greets peers and fans alike with her small frame, big voice, friendly smile and a hug. Sharp and well read, she knows herself and her audience. She could be voted most likely to not give a damn about anything but the music by a stunning collection of collaborators and co-writers: Al Anderson, Randy Houser, Jim Lauderdale, Delbert McClinton, Jon Randall, Mickey Raphael, Rivers Rutherford, Leslie Satcher, Chris Stapleton, Matt King and Kenny Vaughan.

EP62 Heidi Newfield

MR. KANE CHURKO
PRODUCER • SONGWRITER • MIXER • ARTIST
website - www.kanechurko.com

Podcast Links - www.getmypodcast.com

Kane Churko is a multi platinum Juno award winning Canadian producer & songwriter best known for his work with artists such as Papa Roach, Five Finger Death Punch, In This Moment, Ozzy Osbourne, Skillet, Gemini Syndrome, As Lions, VAMPS, and more. He currently resides in Las Vegas where he works out of The Hideout Recording Studio.

EP63 Kane Churko

Mary Lou Metzger is an American singer and dancer best known as a cast member on The Lawrence Welk Show.

Metzger was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the only child of Ernie and Helen Metzger. The family moved to Havertown, Pennsylvania, where at the age of seven Metzger officially began her performing career, which included appearances on The Ted Mack Amateur Hour and acting in a national tour of The Music Man. While a student at Temple University, she went to Los Angeles, California to appear on the television program GE College Bowl; while there she auditioned for Lawrence Welk and was accepted in the show's apprentice training program.

During her twelve years on the show, she sang as part of a female trio with fellow Welk stars Gail Farrell and Sandi Griffiths, various group numbers, and song-and-dance numbers with Jack Imel; she also danced with the maestro himself at the end of each show. After the show ended its regular run on television, she continued to pursue acting, which included commercials, and parts on both the small and the big screen, such as Garry Marshall's 1999 film The Other Sister. She also co-founded the Actors' Conservatory Ensemble theater group in 1990.

Metzger continues to perform with Welk alumni on concert tours, and regularly appears on pledge drives for PBS, which now airs The Lawrence Welk Show on more than 250 stations. Through much of the late 2000s, she hosted the wraparounds of the show featuring interviews with members of the Musical Family, conducted by Metzger herself. (She has since been replaced by Bobby Burgess for most episodes, though episodes hosted by Metzger continue to air.)

EP64 Mary Lou Metzger

Danny Rader is a musician from Panama City, Florida. Born into a musical family, he began to play drums at age 2 and branched out into bass, guitar and piano in his early teens. Later he incorporated bazouki, mandolin, banjo, mandola, keyboards, accordion, melodica, and harmonica into his skill set.

Rader, along with the rest of his family, performed in The Ocean Opry Music Show in Panama City Beach, Florida, which operated from 1978-2005. With his family Rader performed over 200 shows a year, until moving to Nashville in 2004. Rader toured with Jason Aldean, LeAnn Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Carolyn Dawn Johnson and Julianne Hough. In 2010, he joined Keith Urban's touring band. He has appeared on The Grammy Awards, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Country Music Television Awards, and the Billboard Music Awards, among other TV appearances.

EP66 Danny Rader

For more than 50 years, their distinctive harmonies and stellar musicianship helped define the sound of country-rock. Still led by the band co-founder and multiinstrumentalist who wrote and sang their biggest hits, they are a dedicated unit of four formidable songwriters, vocalists, arrangers and players. And rather than rest on any of these considerable laurels, they instead hit stages coast-to-coast armed with the kind of classic songs and instrumental chops that puts performers half their age to shame.

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Kevin Williams enjoys over 45 years’ experience in the music industry and private postsecondary education system. An accomplished multi-instrumentalist/composer with an impressive catalogue of scores for film and television as well numerable album production credits, Kevin has an extremely diverse skill set which includes, musician, producer, audio engineer, studio owner, publisher, lecturer and a sought after mentor and speaker in the music business.

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From their beginnings in mid-Sixties Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the present-day unit featuring founding member/pedal-steel innovator John David Call, veteran bassist Mike Reilly, propulsive drummer Scott Thompson and guitar ace Donnie Clark, PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE continues to embellish the rich 43-year history of one of Country-Rock’s pioneering forces. As one reviewer recently wrote: “PPL’s sound combines sweet memories with edgy, contemporary muscle. Their vocals are as strong as Kentucky moonshine and the musicianship and performance skills are as sharp as a straight razor”.
Their eponymous first album – featuring the Norman Rockwell/Saturday Evening Post cover that introduced fans to PPL’s trademark cowpoke “Sad Luke” – has been hailed as a “major early influence in the emerging popularity of Country-Rock music”. Their second effort, the multi- platinum “Bustin’ Out” brought us the Craig Fuller-penned classic “Amie”, along with other gems of the genre. With “Two Lane Highway”, nine more albums and countless shows, a legacy has been forged and enriched during the
‘70s and 80’s, highlighting contributions from several noteworthy members, including original co-founder George Ed Powell, Cincinnati’s legendary Goshorn Brothers, Country Hall of Famers Gary Burr and Vince Gill, award-winning writer Jeff Wilson (3 Top-20 singles) and a host of other guest appearances from Chet Atkins, Johnny Gimble, Emmy Lou Harris, David Sanborn, Eagle Don Felder, Nicolette Larson, and many more.
Now in their fifth decade, Pure Prairie League continues to lead the way for the new generation of Country/Rockers such as Keith Urban, Nickel Creek, Wilco, Counting Crows and so many others that cite PPL as a major influence.
As crisp and clean as spring water and as comfortable as a well-worn cowboy shirt, Pure Prairie League still brings it all back home.

Pure Prairie League - Veteran Bassist Mike Reilly

Jesse Brewster is a roots-music Renaissance man — a singer/songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who's spent the better part of two decades sharpening his personal brand of West Coast Americana.

Jesse Brewster - A roots-music Renaissance man

As a best-selling author and Emmy-award winning television producer for nearly 20 years, Paula has produced health, wellness, and lifestyle segments with a range of top experts, including JJ Virgin, Jillian Michaels, and Deepak Chopra. She served as senior health producer for Fox News Channel in New York City for over a decade. Today, Paula works with experts, authors, and entrepreneurs on how to position themselves for media (traditional as well as blogs and podcasts), build their lists, and engage customers and fans for their brands, books and businesses.

Paula created the productivity site ListProducer.com and is the best-selling author of Listful Thinking: Using Lists to be More Productive, Highly Successful and Less Stressed, which has been translated into 12 languages and has been featured on many media outlets including Fox News, Fox Business, Prevention, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Brides and made it on Oprah.com’s list of “Self Help Books That Actually Help.”

Paula Rizzo - Best-Selling Author and Emmy-Award Winning Television Producer

The Galway, Ireland, and Nashville-based quartet––comprised of two sets of brothers, Enda & Fergal Scahill and Martin & David Howley––continually push musical boundaries while maintaining an unwavering devotion to the essential audience experience. WB3 seamlessly converge the shared and varied traditions of Americana, Bluegrass, and Celtic music with pop-sensible songcraft to create a truly unique and gratifying signature sound. Brilliantly commanded instruments––banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and percussion––effortlessly elevate lead singer David Howley’s propulsive voice. Live on stage, their songs carry the listener along until, at the perfect moment, the band crescendos into catchy choruses with pitch perfect harmonies. We Banjo 3 deliver their music with such palpable rapport, stunning precision, and infectious energy, it’s impossible to pigeonhole what kind of listener might suddenly consider themselves a WB3 fan

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