Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday, featuring independent and emerging artists from across Canada and their songs! In this spotlight this week is award nominated roots artist, Ryan Langlois from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada! Formerly fronting the multiple-award-winning Boom Chucka Boys, Langlois is no stranger to the stage. Long renowned for his performances carrying an unprecedented electricity, he is a master of his surroundings, regardless of the space. The songs hold heavy in a soft-seater venue...
Jun 09, 2021•33 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta! Featuring the rising stars of Alberta country music and their songs! In the spotlight this week is the award winning country crooner out of Wainwright, Ryan Lindsay. Born and raised Albertan, he's country to his core. Lindsay began playing shows at 15 and has loved it ever since. He tells you all about his love of playing live! Lindsay took a degree in Outdoor Education in Camrose at the University of Alberta, worked as a backcountry guide and traveled extensively...
Jun 08, 2021•22 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday! Featuring independent and emerging artists from across Canada! Available everywhere now! Playlist available on Spotify In the spotlight this week is Ajax, Ontario's own country songstress, Emily Clair! "WITH AN INVITING STYLE THAT RESONATES FROM THE CHERISHED STORYTELLING ROOTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC, EMILY CLAIR’S SOULFUL SOUND IS STEALING HEARTS, GAINING FANS, AND LEADING HER TOWARDS THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGH IN AN EVER-REWARDING CAREER. - (emilyclair.com)" We talk abo...
Jun 02, 2021•25 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta, featuring the rising stars of Alberta country and their songs! In the spotlight this week is the super fun and talented Christina Rogers from Grande Prairie! Christina Rogers is an musically HomeMade in Northern Alberta. She is a dynamic vocal powerhouse that will leave you speechless and gives a high energy live performance that will keep you on the dance floor all night. We talk about her early start in singing at 8 years old, her previous job as a radio host an...
Jun 01, 2021•29 min
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 t...
May 26, 2021•25 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta, featuring the rising stars of Alberta country music and their songs! This week the spotlight is on the Edmonton band, Dirt Road Angels! Dahlia Wakefield, Danita Lynn, Karen Claypool and Shila Marie make up this dynamic and fun four piece band! " The Dirt Road Angels are a rockin’ country female group who deliver deliciously layered harmonies and an undeniably hefty dose of charisma along with a high energy stage performance. Individual recording artists Danita Lyn...
May 25, 2021•28 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday, featuring independent and emerging stars across Canada and their songs! This week a very special guest is in the spotlight! It's B.C.'s award winning country artist, Karen Lee Batten! We talk about her love of the country genre, her experience on Canadian Idol, he love of co-writing and collaboration, you'll learn something about her that you wouldn't know from just following her on socials, and MUCH more! You're also going to hear her two songs, "Too Strong" a...
May 19, 2021•36 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta, featuring the rising stars of Alberta country music and their songs! This week Hay Lakes, award winning Travis Dolter is in the spotlight! Travis Dolter was raised on a working farm right in the middle of the Alberta prairies and far from the bustle of the big cities of Eastern Canada. Growing up playing in the family band, the Polka Ramblers, Travis recalls packing his sleeping bag so he could sleep on stage while the family finished performing! He has raced stoc...
May 18, 2021•18 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday, featuring independent and emerging stars across Canada and their songs! This week a very special guest is in the spotlight! It's Newfoundland's Jason Benoit! He is one heck of a country artist! We talk about his Friday Night Lockdown livestreams, how his first song he got on the charts was a cover of a dance EDM song, conspiracies and comics, how he's going in a different direction with his music these days and the inspiration behind that, and MUCH more! You're...
May 12, 2021•26 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta, featuring the rising stars of Alberta country music and their songs! This week the spotlight is on Wiklund vs Wiklund. " Based in Red Deer, musical soul mates Dan & Melody Wiklund have harmonized and traveled all over central & western Canada, playing, writing and recording original music with their award winning, acoustic duo. Heavily influenced in southern country soul, roots, blues and rock n’ roll - this fun-lovin’ pair will kick up yer heels and hit y...
May 11, 2021•20 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday! Featuring the independent and emerging artists from across Canada and their songs! This week the the spotlight is on very talented and fabulous, award nominated and winning Country artist, Emma Peterson. out of Manitoba! You hear about how she got her start by hearing Taylor Swifts new album, her song inspirations, being a nurse and much much more! You also hear her two beautiful songs "Maybe Tonight" and her latest release, "Hurt Like Hell." Big thanks going o...
May 05, 2021•26 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta! Featuring the rising stars of Alberta country music and their songs! This week the spotlight is on Fort McMurray's, Shantelle Davidson! She is so wonderful! You're going to learn more about Her time down in LA, her theatre background, working wth Juno Award winning artists and producers, about her musical influences and so much more! You're also going to hear her new song, "Everywhere." Big big thanks going out to her for hanging out this week! You can find Shante...
May 04, 2021•14 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday! Showcasing Canadian independent and emerging artists and their music! This week the spotlight is on Chloe Albert! And incredible folk pop artist from Edmonton, Alberta! She is known for her honest, bold and beautiful songs! Chloe is an award winning songwriter and performer, and it’s only the beginning for this talented singer songwriter! We had such a fun conversation about who and what inspired her to pursue music, collaboration and community, her very well d...
Apr 28, 2021•26 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta! Putting the spotlight on Alberta's rising stars in country! This week, the spotlight is on Morinville's, Justin Hogg! Having journeyed through various musical styles over the years from rock to acoustic indie, Justin has truly found his roots in the country music scene. (justinhoggmusic.com) You'll get to know him better, how his favourite stage to play on was a hometown stage and who is musical influences are. You're also going to hear his amazing brand new song,...
Apr 27, 2021•15 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday! Featuring the ndependent and emerging artists from across Canada and their songs! This week the the spotlight is on very talented award nominated, Calgary pop artist, Danny Randell! You hear about his start in music, his influences, his passion for songwriting, his accolades and much much more! You also hear his two great songs "Carry On" and his latest release, "Don't Come Back." Big thanks going out to Danny Randell for hanging out on One to Watch Wednesday t...
Apr 20, 2021•26 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta! Putting the spotlight on Alberta's rising stars in country! This week, the spotlight is on Airdries, Flaysher! Based on the last name of two “born and raised” Albertan brothers, Flaysher is a CMAB Award-nominated Canadian country duo with grit in their blood harmonies and unvarnished truths in their lyrics. (From their website: flaysher.ca.) You'll get to know them better and about how they started in rock and why they turned to country. You'll also hear their new...
Apr 20, 2021•12 min
Welcome to Studio B - a music industry education podcast for independent and emerging artists and for people who just love and want to know more about the behind the scenes action of the music business! The episode, the topic is about making music videos! The very talented music video director, AJ Astle of Road House Productions is the industry expert! A music video is great becaucan help you promote your band through social media channels such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and many m...
Apr 17, 2021•55 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday! Showcasing independent and emerging artists and their music! This week the spotlight is on Jade Turner! An incredible country artist out of Manitoba who writes from her heart and soul! She is known for her honest, bold and beautiful songs! Jade is an award winning songwriter and performer, and it’s only the beginning for this charming rising star. We had such a fun conversation about who and what inspired her to pursue music, her day job that she loves as a mil...
Apr 14, 2021•25 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta brought you by Studio B., featuring the rising stars of Alberta Country and their music! This week the spotlight is on the super sweet, talented and fun, Alecia Aichelle, out of Red Deer! The past few years has been pivotal in Alecia Aichelle’s career with the release of seven singles, many significant shows, and a sponsor car from Scott Subaru of Red Deer for her Western Canadian Hooked On Us 2018 radio tour which included visiting over 40 radio stations. Some hig...
Apr 12, 2021•18 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday! Showcasing independent and emerging artists and their music! This week the spotlight is on Kayla Williams! In her words, she's a "Souful-pop singer songwriter, so inspired by the '70s I'm practically 70." We had such a fun conversation about her musical inspirations, her comedy, her performance at the Winter Games, her vocal coaching/teaching and much much more! You also hear her songs, "Parking Lot" and "Stealing From My Youth." Big thanks going out to Kayla f...
Apr 07, 2021•26 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta brought you by Studio B., featuring the rising stars of Alberta Country and their music! I had the absolute pleasure of meeting The Prairie States about three years ago when they released their debut song Tongue Tied. Ever since then, it's been such a cool experience to watch them makes huge waves across the Alberta country music scene. I had a quick chat with Jay and Mat of the band for this weeks feature and you are also going to hear their new song, "High That I...
Apr 06, 2021•15 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday! A showcase feature for independent and emerging artists and their songs. This weeks feature guest is out of Edmonton: Brandon Baker of Electric Religious! Electric Religious is the project of Edmonton-based Métis singer-songwriter, Brandon Baker, whose guitar-driven music has been described as “bursting with inspiration, insight, and hope.” Deeply influenced by the psychedelic sounds of Jimi Hendrix, Baker took his moniker from a Hendrix quote. - Info from his ...
Mar 30, 2021•29 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta featuring the rising stars of country in Alberta, Canada and their music! This week the feature guest are the very fun and very outgoing duo out of Central Alberta, The Rural Routes! Husband and wife Duo, Brandon and Alesha Bondy and I chat about their early beginnings, sharing the stage and making connections with Canadian mega stars, their kitchen jams and much more! You also hear their brand new love song, "Love Me Better." Big thanks going out to Alesha and Bra...
Mar 30, 2021•17 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday! A showcase feature for independent and emerging artists and their songs. This weeks feature guest is country artists out of Central Alberta, Cole Malone. We're talking about his love of Nirvana and how he incorporates his love of rock music into his country sound, his musical and personal growth, when he realized he was more than just a performer and that he was a musical artist and much more. We hear his songs "Next to Me" and brand new one, "One Man Army." Bo...
Mar 24, 2021•26 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta, where I feature the rising stars of Alberta country music and their music! NewLaw is the feature band this week! NewLaw is a brother band from Calgary, Ty, Dayne and Cayd. AB, 3x GMA Nominee, 2x Breakforth Nominee, 2x YYC Music Award Nominee, 1x Western Canadian Music Award Nominee. Original music available on all platforms and two EP’s ‘Show You There’s Hope’ and ‘You + Me’. NewLaw prides themselves on their harmonies, songwriting and covers. We're talking about ...
Mar 23, 2021•15 min
Welcome to Studio B, a music industry educational podcast for independent and emerging artists...and for anyone who wants to know the behind the scenes action of the music business! We have pop artist and social media manager (founder of Jelly Socials) Hayden McHugh and Concert & Artist Photographer and Social Media Manager Katherine Marie Colwell to share information on how to have the best social media! We specifically talk about Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and YoutTube...
Mar 20, 2021•51 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday, where I feature independent and emerging Canadian artists and their music! This week our feature guest is Ontario's EDM/Pop trio, Soundhaven! I chat with Adam, James and David about their beginnings, their sound influences, who they'd love to collaborate with and much much more! You also hear Soundhaven's amazing songs, "Got the Feeling" and "Thirst Trap." These songs and all their music is available anywhere you get your music right now! Thank you so much for ...
Mar 17, 2021•24 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta where I feature the independent and emerging rising stars of Alberta, Canada, country music! This week the feature guest is the stunningly talented award winning and nominated, sing-songwriter originally from Elk Point, now living in Edmonton, Olivia Rose! Olivia Rose’s presence within the Canadian music scene has only continued to grow with the release of her new single, "Gold." We talk about her music career, Project Wild, her CMI Program experience, honing her s...
Mar 15, 2021•20 min
Welcome to One to Watch Wednesday, where I feature independent and emerging Canadian artists and their music! This week our feature guest is country songstress Elyse Saunders. From the dynamic stages of Toronto to the bright lights of Nashville, the Peterborough, Ontario native joins us to talk about her musical journey, what it's like to release music to the world, hearing her songs on the radio for the first time and what she has planned for 2021! You also hear her amazing songs, "Free" and "W...
Mar 10, 2021•25 min
Welcome to HomeMade in Alberta, where you hear the rising stars of Alberta, Canada's country music scene! This week, Chris Brien out of Calgary is our guest. Known for his summer anthem, "Booze Control" and outlaw styled, "Someone to Blame," he released a new song in January that will tug on your heartstrings called, "One Sunrise At A Time," co-written with Chard Morrison. We get to know Chris better and hear is new song, "One Sunrise At A Time." You can find Chris on all social media and on his...
Mar 08, 2021•11 min
