Cedar Country

RJ is back (albeit delayed, again) to share what country music he listened to the most in 2024, both from new releases and from all country (and related) music! Unlike the previous episode, this one is solely focused on that, and does not cover any country music charts from 2024. Note: this episode was recorded in mid-January 2025 Playlists of the music discussed [to be added later]: Most-Listened to New Country 2024 on Spotify Most-Listened to New Country 2024 on YouTube Most-Listened to All Country 2024 on Spotify Most-Listened to All Country 2024 on YouTube Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray (absent this episode) and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our twentieth episode, RJ discusses what country (and related) music he listened to the most in 2024! Check out the Red Flannel Coffee Co. here for premium coffee! Join my Patreon! ADD COUNTRY & RELATED SONGS FOR US TO LISTEN TO AND DISCUSS (SPOTIFY) Join the Discord community! Listen to the Realms & Nerds podcast (contains explicit material) If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends! You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well! Thanks for listening! Podcast music by RJ Moore

This episode was intended for release back in January, but was delayed several times, for which I apologize. The episode's length is due in part to the samples of each song in the chart countdowns. To listen to a shortened version of the episode without the song samples, listen to the episode on YouTube here (link to be added later). Check out the official full versions of the songs on Spotify or on YouTube here: Bluegrass Top 2022 on Spotify or YouTube Americana Airplay 2022 on Spotify or YouTube Australian Airplay 2022 on Spotify or YouTube U.S. Digital Sales 2022 on Spotify or YouTube U.S. Streaming 2022 on Spotify or YouTube U.S. Airplay 2022 on Spotify or YouTube U.S. Hot 100 2022 on Spotify or YouTube RJ's Favorite New Releases 2022 on Spotify or YouTube RJ's Favorites All Country 2022 on Spotify or YouTube Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray (absent this episode) and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our nineteenth episode, RJ discusses country music news and concerts he attended since our last episode (first third of the episode), then goes into countdowns for the most-listened-to country music last year for several charts. Check out the Red Flannel Coffee Co. here for premium coffee! Check out the Christian Music Bros. Podcast here! Join my Patreon! ADD COUNTRY & RELATED SONGS FOR US TO LISTEN TO AND DISCUSS (SPOTIFY) LISTEN TO THE SONGS DISCUSSED (YOUTUBE) LISTEN TO THE SONGS DISCUSSED (SPOTIFY) [WILL ADD LATER] Join the Discord community! Listen to the Realms & Nerds podcast (contains explicit material) If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends! You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well! Thanks for listening! Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our eighteenth episode, RJ reads some country news from the first half of 2021, as well as listing off some then-newly released music. Ray and RJ then listen to songs added to our collaborative Spotify playlist and briefly discuss them. You can find the playlist to add songs below, as well as playlists through Spotify and YouTube to listen to the songs discussed in today's episode. ADD COUNTRY & RELATED SONGS FOR US TO LISTEN TO AND DISCUSS (SPOTIFY) LISTEN TO THE SONGS DISCUSSED (YOUTUBE) LISTEN TO THE SONGS DISCUSSED (SPOTIFY) [WILL ADD LATER] Join the Discord community! Listen to the Realms & Nerds podcast (contains explicit material) If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends! You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well! Thanks for listening! Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our seventeenth episode, we discuss some new music we got! Ray bought some used vinyls while antiquing, and RJ bought some CDs at the store. RJ also discusses the analog/digital format "war". Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2 Listen to the Realms & Nerds podcast (contains explicit material): https://realmsnerds.podbean.com If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends! You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well! Thanks for listening! Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! In our sixteenth episode, RJ relates his (sort of) interesting day leading up to recording and brief thoughts on music formats, and then Ray and RJ share country songs that are covers! Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2 Listen to the Realms & Nerds podcast (contains explicit material): https://realmsnerds.podbean.com If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends! You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well! Thanks for listening! Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! Apologies: This episode was recorded toward the beginning of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic back, and to keep us socially distanced and simultaneously test remote recording quality, Ray's audio was recorded over a video call, hence the lower quality of his microphone. In our fifteenth episode, Ray and RJ discuss: The Blue Collar Comedy Tour & Grand Rapids' annual LaughFest event, cancellations of and changes to events and shows due to the pandemic, Brad & Kimberley Paisley's Instagram & Facebook livestream concert, The Grand Ole Opry, the 2020 ACM Awards, and new music the week of 3/19/2020. GILDA'S CLUB: Gilda's Club (officially the Cancer Support Community as of 2009, although most branches still go by Gilda's Club) is a non-profit community organization for people with cancer, their friends, and families. There are locations across the U.S. and Canada. Gilda's Club Grand Rapids, MI: https://www.cancersupportcommunity.org/location/gildas-club-grand-rapids LAUGHFEST: Gilda's LaughFest is a 10-day comedy festival held every March in Grand Rapids, MI in support of Gilda's Club/Cancer Support Community. Visit their website here: https://www.laughfestgr.org Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2 Listen to the Realms & Nerds podcast (contains explicit material): https://realmsnerds.podbean.com If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends! You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well! Thanks for listening! Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to this very special episode of the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons and Dragons podcast, "Realms & Nerds"! On this episode of the show, we had the absolute pleasure of interviewing up-and-coming country music artist Daniel Borge, who is gearing up to release his next single, "Time", releasing tomorrow, Friday, May 28, 2021! From the song's press release: "...“Time” tells a thought-provoking and relatable story of a narrator experiencing regret and wanting to go back in time. Borge and Branch put a clever spin on the concept, personifying “time” as a man that the narrator wishes he could reason with to turn the back the clock... The mid-tempo country track features modern, radio-ready production as well as a melody that evokes nostalgia. “Time” also highlights Borge’s rich voice and ability to convey emotions with his vocal delivery. Borge said his feelings about this past year inspired him to write the song with Branch. He explained, “I believe the lyrics are especially relatable because of the pandemic. We ́ve all had a lot of extra time to think and reflect on life and the choices we’ve made in the past...”“Time” follows Borge’s previous singles, “There I Was” and “Room 208,” all three of which Borge plans to include in his upcoming album, due out later this year." Apologies for the audio balance issues during the interview. RJ accidentally had the volume settings reversed, so Daniel may be a little hard to hear at points. This is definitely something we'll fix for any other interviews we may have on the show. We had a wonderful time interviewing Daniel on the show, and think that this song is definitely worth your time! We'd also love to hear it get played on the radio. Let your local country stations know about the song! Help it rise on the streaming charts as well! PRE-SAVE TIME HERE: https://orcd.co/danielborge-time-presave FOLLOW DANIEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MORE: Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Spotify Website Thanks for listening! If you like the podcast, be sure to subscribe/follow for more, and share the show with others you think may like it as well! Join the Red Blade Productions Discord community: https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2 You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well! "Time" by Daniel Borge. Used with permission. Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore.

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! ANNOUNCEMENT: PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR OUR NEXT EPISODE! IT'S A HUGE EPISODE FOR US! WILL BE RELEASED ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY! Apologies: This episode was recorded during a timeframe when our microphone mixing board accidentally had some knobs turned up on some reverb effects, which can't be removed easily in post, so that's why things sound echoey at points. In our thirteenth episode, Ray tells RJ about his experience at the Garth Brooks concert at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on February 22, 2020. This was the last episode recorded prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, and therefore includes discussion of then-upcoming events that may have been cancelled, postponed, or altered due to the pandemic. Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2 If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends! You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well! Thanks for listening! Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds! A few warnings for this episode: First and foremost, we do discuss a few songs that contain racist themes and elements. As always, we do this as a means to educate on history. Second, this episode was recorded during a timeframe when our microphone mixing board accidentally had some knobs turned up on some reverb effects, which can't be removed easily in post, so that's why things sound echoey at points. In our twelfth episode, we continue our journey through the history of popular country music songs. However, we're still way back in 1812-1849 (between approximately 106-69 years before country music's official inception). Essentially, we're looking at popular (at the time they were published, at least) music that helped lead the way to the birth of country music. Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2 If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends! You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well! Thanks for listening! Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!Apologies for the weird echoing you may hear in this episode. Our mixing board had a reverb effect turned on that we weren't aware about at the time of this recording, which is nearly impossible to undo in post. Hopefully it's not too bad, though.In our eleventh episode, we present the first of our episodes highlighting a country music icon. We discuss the music, television, film projects, food company, and life of country music star Jimmy Dean. Focal points on The Jimmy Dean Show, the Jimmy Dean sausage & breakfast sandwich company, and hits such as "Big Bad John", "Cajun Queen", and "PT-109".Information in this episode gathered from Wikipedia and IMdB.Follow us on Social Media:https://twitter.com/Cedar_Countryhttps://instagram.com/CedarCountryhttps://facebook.com/CedarCountryJoin the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel and on Spotify to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!A few apologies about this episode. First, for the weird echoing you may hear in this episode. Our mixing board had a reverb effect on that we weren't aware about at the time of this recording, which is nearly impossible to undo in post. Hopefully it's not too bad, though. Second, for the plethora of noise in the background caused by RJ's family's dogs vying for our attention and being a little noisy in the background. Third, that we spent so much time on RJ's tangent about his (now slightly outdated) view on "pop" as a music genre. We promise to do better.In our tenth episode, RJ dishes out some (then) recent news involving country stars and awards shows to Ray, Ray inquires about RJ's thoughts on up-and-coming country music artists, and then RJ derails most of the rest of the episode trying to explain his thoughts on "pop" as a music genre. Finally, the boys briefly discuss the idea of doing the next episode on Country Christmas music... which, spoiler alert, didn't happen (yet).Follow us on Social Media:https://twitter.com/Cedar_Countryhttps://instagram.com/CedarCountryhttps://facebook.com/CedarCountryJoin the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel and on Spotify to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!Boo! In our ninth episode, aka our 2020 Halloween special, we discuss country and country-adjacent artists and songs with ties and references to the myth of The Faustian Pact, aka "The Man at the Crossroads".Follow us on Social Media:https://twitter.com/Cedar_Countryhttps://instagram.com/CedarCountryhttps://facebook.com/CedarCountryJoin the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel and on Spotify to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ MooreCheck Out: Force of Habit by The Inevitable!Bandcamp - https://theinevitablemi.bandcamp.com/album/force-of-habitOther platforms - https://album.link/i/1507223193Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheInevitableMIFacebook - https://facebook.com/TheInevitbaleMIInstagram - https://instagram.com/TheInevitable_Band"Force of Habit" and "We Are Inevitable" written and performed by The Inevitable. © Copyright 2020, 1859665 Records DK. Used with permission.

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!Listen to the show: https://pods.link/mjts8c7x2ctz3Follow us on Social Media:https://twitter.com/Cedar_Countryhttps://instagram.com/CedarCountryhttps://facebook.com/CedarCountryJoin the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2Thanks for listening!Music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!Apologies for the weird echoing you may hear in this episode. Our mixing board had a reverb effect on that I wasn't aware about at the time of this recording, which is nearly impossible to undo in post. Hopefully it's not too bad, though.In our eighth episode, recorded the day after the 2019 CMAs aired, Ray describes his experience watching the show at a newly-built movie theater, and relays his favorite performances and moments from the night. Later, he has RJ (who missed watching the show entirely) try and guess the winners of each category!Follow us on Social Media:https://twitter.com/Cedar_Countryhttps://instagram.com/CedarCountryhttps://facebook.com/CedarCountryJoin the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel and on Spotify to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ MooreCheck Out: Force of Habit by The Inevitable!Bandcamp - https://theinevitablemi.bandcamp.com/album/force-of-habitOther platforms - https://album.link/i/1507223193Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheInevitableMIFacebook - https://facebook.com/TheInevitbaleMIInstagram - https://instagram.com/TheInevitable_Band"Force of Habit" and "We Are Inevitable" written and performed by The Inevitable. © Copyright 2020, 1859665 Records DK. Used with permission.

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!In our seventh episode, we once again come to the table just a bit unprepared. Granted, this was recorded shortly after a local play RJ was involved in finished up and Ray got married, so to say we had been a bit busy as of late is putting it mildly. We end up discussing the then-upcoming CMAs (and female country artists' representation on country music radio), a Randy Travis concert post-stroke, an interesting then-new music video by Chris Stapleton, and reminisce about Ray's recent nuptial and country music played at the reception.Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!In our sixth episode, we attempt to discuss country music's ties to summertime and the beach, but are wildly unprepared for the topic. So about fifteen minutes in (which is conveniently the halfway point of the episode, since we couldn't find enough to talk about to fill more than a half hour this time), we kind of derail into topics that tie into this episode's theme at varying degrees of relevance.Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!In our fifth episode, we continue our journey through the history of popular country music songs. However, we're still way back in 1776-1818 (between approximately 145-100 years before country music's official inception). Essentially, we're looking at popular (at the time they were published, at least) music that helped lead the way to the birth of country music.Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!In our fourth episode, we take a brief look at several artists and songwriters that hail from our home, the Mitten state. (This is by no means a comprehensive list, and we plan on doing a dedicated episode or series taking a deeper look at the ties between Michigan and country music, from the artists and songwriters to the songs and stories.)Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!In our third episode, we start by trying out reading country music news via our Twitter feed, which isn't as much fun as RJ thought. We then spend the second half discussing the Johnny Cash Forever Words album, and the fact that one of us has never heard the George Jones song "Saginaw, Michigan". Also included is a bit about "discount Willie Nelson".Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!In our second episode, we begin our journey through the history of popular country music songs. However, we're starting way back in 400 A.D., a little over 1500 years before country music's official inception. Essentially, we're looking at popular (at the time they were published, at least) music that helped lead the way to the birth of country music.Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!Intro, outro, and commercial break music by RJ Moore

Howdy! Welcome to the Cedar Country podcast, where we talk about country music! Hosted by Ray and RJ from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast Realms & Nerds!In our first episode, we introduce ourselves to you, talking about some of our favorite country songs, artists, and albums. We also don't even make it five minutes without bringing up Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road", so there's that.If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and leaving a thumbs-up/rating/review, and share our show with your friends!Join the Discord community! https://discord.gg/qcv2dx2You can find a playlist of songs based on this episode over on our YouTube channel to listen to for yourselves as well!Thanks for listening!This episode of Cedar Country's opening and closing themes by RJ Moore