Country star Thomas Rhett grew up in Valdosta, Georgia, with a father and grandfather who primed him to be a Bulldogs superfan. Meanwhile, his wife, Lauren Akins, bleeds the orange of the Tennessee Volunteers. Somehow they’ve managed to build a lasting romance and a loving family in spite of rooting for teams on opposite sides of the field. In this episode, they talk about where they grew up, how they came to love their favorite teams, and the one thing they can always agree on - Frito Pie. For ...
Aug 15, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 20
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, interviews Chrissy Metz, an actress, author, and musician whom many of you know from the hit television show This Is Us. Today, Chrissy talks about her mother’s baking, her Grandmother’s influence on her faith, her new wine label Joyful Heart, and the response she gets from fans of her character and her story. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...
Aug 08, 2023•37 min
Lukas Nelson grew up splitting his time between the family ranch in Texas and the family home in Hawaii – that is, when he wasn’t on the road with his famous Dad, Willie. He spent his time surrounded by instruments, spending time with legendary musicians, and listening to a wide range of blues, gospel, country, and rock. He has a voice that can sound eerily similar to his father’s, but his journey has also relied on a natural songwriting and guitar-playing ability that’s uniquely his own. For mo...
Aug 01, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 19
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living, chats with legendary pitmaster Ed Mitchell and his son, Ryan, who’s helping to bring the family business to a new generation. In addition to a long-awaited barbecue joint set to open in 2024, the duo have a new book out with co-author Zella Palmer called Ed Mitchell’s Barbeque, which delves into the deep history and traditions of whole-hog cooking in North Carolina. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscu...
Jul 25, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Nora Brown, a young musician who’s devoted her time and talent to learning and playing old time music. Though she grew up in Brooklyn, New York, herself, her family is from Tennessee and she’s spent time with old time musicians down in Tennessee and Kentucky. Her most recent album, 2022’s Long Time to Be Gone was called “a disarming collection of traditional laments and exquisite banjo instrumentals” by th...
Jul 18, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 17
On this episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram about his latest album, "662”, the story of how he got his blues name, and what he learned being on the road with his mentor Buddy Guy. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 11, 2023•25 min
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Chase Rice about his circuitous path to country stardom. It began after the death of his father led him to write his first song and his promising football career was cut short due to an injury in college. Even then, though, he still worked in NASCAR pit crews, was a contestant on ‘Survivor,’ co-wrote a hit song with the fellas from Florida Georgia Line, had early success, and did some soul searching during...
Jul 04, 2023•39 min
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay, a singer who’s lent her voice to some of the most well known music of the last 60 years. She got her start as a session singer when just a teenager in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and her voice helped songs from Percy Sledge and Elvis Presley become #1 hits. Eventually, she headed to California and made the transition from the studio to live performance after befriending Jerry Garcia...
Jun 27, 2023•47 min•Season 4Ep. 16
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Aaron Franklin, the proprietor of a barbecue spot that’s become so well-known that President Obama visited there back in 2014. Growing up in College Station, Aaron worked at his grandparents’ music shop and it was during his lunches there, when he’d head to their home next door, that he acquired his taste for slow-cooked meals. That’s also when he got into playing the music that led him to move to Austin, ...
Jun 20, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 15
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Meherwan Irani, the chef behind Chai Pani, which in 2022 was recognized as the most outstanding restaurant in America by the James Beard Foundation. Serving Indian street food in Asheville, NC, it draws on Irani’s childhood in India, where his family welcomed travelers from the West into their home, and he’d sometimes play hooky from school to go out and sample the delicious street food of his hometown. Fo...
Jun 13, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 14
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Jason Isbell, , a four-time Grammy-Award-winner who’s known as one of the best songwriters of his generation. Jason Isbell was born to parents who were still teenagers in a small town in North Alabama, and as a result he spent a lot of time with his grandfather, who was a Pentecostal preacher and a guitar player. By high school he was immersed in the music culture of Muscle Shoals, and in his early 20s he ...
Jun 06, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 13
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with country music star and actor Lainey Wilson. Today on the show, Lainey talks about her new album Bell Bottom Country, her first acting gig on the hit tv show Yellowstone, and how the song “Heart Like a Truck” has taken on a whole new meaning. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Li...
May 30, 2023•30 min
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Miranda Lambert, a woman who’s fearlessly blazed her own path through country music. Growing up in small town Texas, where there were seemingly more churches than people, she encountered every aspect of life thanks to her supportive parents and family. Her loving parents were private investigators and often opened their home to clients and other people in need – especially women who needed a safe place to ...
May 23, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 12
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Steven Satterfield. Raised in Savannah, Georgia, he grew up as the only member of his family allowed in his grandma’s kitchen. But while he was interested in cooking from a young age, in a way, it was his time as a touring musician in the ‘90s dream pop band, Seely, that led him to be a career restaurant worker. He went on to open a James Beard recognized restaurant called Miller Union in Atlanta and just ...
May 16, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 11
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Lauren Daigle, a musician who began her career as a Christian artist, but who’s more recently become a crossover sensation. Lauren Daigle grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, where she enjoyed fishing with her dad, dancing to Cajun music with her grandparents, and rooting for LSU with her entire family. And while the rich musical traditions of Cajun country influenced her, it was really the two years she spent...
May 09, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 10
On this very special Hometown Pride episode of Biscuits & Jam, we are featuring conversations with guests like Robert Earl Keen, Ashley McBryde, and Walker Hayes about where they grew up, what made their hometown special, and some of their favorite childhood memories. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Dominique Arciero ...
May 02, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Hoda Kotb, one of the anchors of ‘The Today Show’ on NBC and an author. She was raised in West Virginia while visiting family in Egypt. Unfortunately, her father passed away while she was in college, which of course took an emotional toll, but the lessons she took from the experience has helped her to move through her life successfully. Before her time covering world events, she spent time as a local news ...
Apr 25, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 8
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Nikki Lane, the artist who some call the “First Lady of Outlaw Country.” She grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, running around outside and riding four-wheelers before heading off to LA to pursue a career in fashion. Then, while living in New York City, a breakup led her to write her first batch of songs and she was on her way to Nashville. We’ll also talk about her friendship with Loretta Lynn and her ...
Apr 18, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 7
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Ruston Kelly, a singer-songwriter with a remarkable talent for channeling his life experiences into his music. Born in South Carolina, he moved all over with his family, eventually ending up in Belgium before he moved to Nashville to start his career. But before that, he pursued a figure skating dream that left him feeling alone, but also led him to writing songs. Since then, he’s struggled with addiction ...
Apr 11, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 6
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Danielle Bradbery. Since winning the fourth season of ‘The Voice’ at the age of 16 – still the show’s youngest winner ever – the Texas native has released a number of singles, a couple of studio albums, and collaborated with the likes of Thomas Rhett and Jordan Davis. She’s also toured with Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, and Kane Brown, among others. And now she’s out on her first headlining tour in suppor...
Apr 04, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 5
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Dalton Dover, a relative newcomer to the national country music scene, who hails from a small town in Georgia. His rise from playing in bars for a “couple people, making a couple hundred dollars” to playing his first ever show at the famed Grand Ole Opry was propelled by a 2019 appearance on ‘The Voice’ that earned him the backing of Blake Shelton. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Bis...
Mar 28, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Chase Rice about his circuitous path to country stardom. It began after the death of his father led him to write his first song and his promising football career was cut short due to an injury in college. Even then, though, he still worked in NASCAR pit crews, was a contestant on ‘Survivor,’ co-wrote a hit song with the fellas from Florida Georgia Line, had early success, and did some soul searching during...
Mar 21, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 3
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with John and TJ Osborne about their career as country music duo, the Brothers Osborne. Their parents showed them the way to playing music in their waterside hometown in Maryland, amidst a culture that seemingly straddled the North and South. More recently, TJ has come out as one of the only openly gay musicians in country music and the brothers have lent their name to a rye whiskey as part of a partnership wit...
Mar 14, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 2
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, shares stories from past guests about relocating to Nashville and what it was like starting out in Music City. You’ll hear stories from Lainey Wilson, Anderson East, Walker Hayes, Keb’ Mo’, and more! For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Dominique A...
Mar 07, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Biscuits & Jam will be returning for Season 4 on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 with country music duo Brothers Osborne. Every Tuesday, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, will be chatting with musicians, chefs, and other Southern icons about where they grew up, their family traditions, meals that remind them of home, and of course, what it means to them to be Southern. Find us online at southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...
Feb 21, 2023•2 min
Description: In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, talks with legendary Bluegrass musician, Del McCoury, about his early days playing with Bill Monroe, the return of Delfest, and digging through boxes of demos to create his latest album, Almost Proud. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 31, 2023•31 min
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, talks to country music superstar Carly Pearce about her small town roots, performing at Dollywood in High School, the loss of her producer Busbee, her induction into the Grand Ole Opry, and more! For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 24, 2023•29 min
In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, welcomes songwriter and performer, Margo Price. Today, Margo talks about her grandmother’s cooking, rolling into Nashville with all her possessions packed on a flatbed trailer, and how she went from playing gigs at dive bars to singing with Loretta Lynn. She also talks about her new memoir, Maybe We’ll Make It, which is coming out this fall from the University of Texas Press, and becoming the first female artist to s...
Jan 17, 2023•36 min
Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, talks to Johnson City, Tennessee based guitarist, singer and songwriter, Amythyst Kiah about studying Bluegrass, Old Time and Country at East Tennessee State University, her work with Our Native Daughters, her father’s support, the loss of her Mother, and her experience as a Black artist in country music. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Kr...
Jan 10, 2023•34 min
On the very last episode of Season 3, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. Today, Kingfish talks about his latest album, 662, the story of how he got his blues name, and what he learned being on the road with his mentor Buddy Guy. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer D...
Dec 20, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 26
