Podcast appearances and mentions of joey rory

From Texas, the US & Canada 1st for Weekly neo-traditonal & classic Country program Fred's Country 2024 w # 34: Part 1: - Easton Corbin, Roll with It - Easton Corbin - 2010 - Sheyna Gee, Younger - S - 2024 - Cody Hibbard feat Aaron Watson, Long Ride In A Short Bed - Long Ride In A Short Bed - 2024 - Conner Smith feat Hailey Whitters, Roulette On The Heart - Smoky Mountains Sessions - 2024 Part 2: - Brennen Leigh, Mississippi Rendezvous - Ain't Through Honky Tonkin' Yet - 2023 - Amanda Kate, Rope the Wind - Rope the Wind - 2024 - Midland, Vegas - Barely Blue TBR 09/20 - 2024 - Tracy Byrd, Watermelon Crawl - No Ordinary Man - 1994 - Noelle Toland, Watermelon Crawl - Memory Lane - 2023 Part 3: - The Band Perry, If I Die Young - The Band Perry - 2012 - George Dearborne, Huggin' Thin Air - Lotta Honky Tonkin' Left In Me - 2024 - Donice Morace, Wait Til I'm Gone - This Life I Love - 2023 - Joey + Rory feat Zac Brown Band, This Song's for You - Album Number Two (Deluxe Version) - 2010 Part 4: - Justin Holmes, Heartbreak Honky Tonk - S - 2024 - Hayden Haddock, Front Porch in the Rain - S - 2024 - Jon Wolfe, What a Cowboy Was - S - 2024 - Lonestar, Amazed - Lonely Grill - 1999

On this episode of The Chris and Amanda Show, we each share 3 new songs for each other to react to and rate!  Amanda's List: "Shine" by Dolly Parton "When I'm Gone" by Joey + Rory "The Keeper of the Stars" by Tracy Byrd Chris's List: "Mean Old Coot" by Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer "She's My Ex" by ALL "Nothing but a Good Time" by Poison Watch the video version -https://youtu.be/GCs8rmH95XQ *U-Pick the songs - Commission an episode: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tcas/e/54858 Listen to The Chris and Amanda Show 2022 Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z01XtclcvvP2zc3u508M8  *Connect with us at - https://campsite.bio/thechrisandamandashow *Listen to the show LIVE on Mondays at 2:15 pm Support the show over at Buy Me A Coffee and join our membership group for exclusive content https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tcas Join our Mailing List to stay updated on all things TC&AS Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @thechrisandamandashow Honorable Send us an email @ thechrisandamandashow@gmail.com   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/songswapshowdown/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/songswapshowdown/support

“One of the best things about country music was that it was adult music,” Erin Enderlin says. “It was real music that dealt with hard issues in life so that people going through those things don't feel so alone.” The observation is signature Enderlin: She has a way of turning a song or even just a thought into an outstretched hand to the lonely or ashamed. While she first turned heads as a godsend to those aching for an artist with some golden-era country backbone, she has since emerged as a literary songwriter and superb vocal stylist with a knack for sharply drawn––and often sad––characters. Backsliders, avengers, lovers, and victims––they're all in her acclaimed albums, such as 2019's Faulkner County and 2017's Whiskeytown Crier. Enderlin remains a go-to writer for stars and legends as well. Her catalog includes Alan Jackson's “Monday Morning Church,” Lee Ann Womack's “Last Call,” Luke Bryan's “You Don't Know Jack,” and a host of other songs for Randy Travis, Joey+Rory, Reba, Terri Clark, Whisperin' Bill Anderson, and more.

An accomplished singer/songwriter, Erin Enderlin is also one of the best storytellers in music today. A member of the 2018 CMT Next Women of Country and recipient of the Arkansas Country Music Awards Songwriter and Album of the Year, Enderlin is also one of Nashville's most in-demand songwriters. She has penned mega country hits such as Alan Jackson's “Monday Morning Church,” Lee Ann Womack's “Last Call,” Luke Bryan's “You Don't Know Jack,” and a host of other songs for Randy Travis, Joey+Rory, and more. Jamie is honored to welcome the unique trailblazing talent of Erin Enerling to the show. For more: www.erinenderlin.com

This week, nationally renowned Arkansas singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews with this award winning wordsmith. “‘One of the best things about country music was that it was adult music,’ Erin Enderlin says of the country songs she grew up listening to in Arkansas. ‘It was real music that dealt with hard issues in life so that people going through those things don’t feel so alone.’   “The observation is signature Enderlin: She has a way of turning a song or even just a thought into an outstretched hand to the lonely or ashamed. While she first turned heads as a godsend to those aching for an artist with some golden-era country backbone, Enderlin’s acclaimed 2017 record Whiskeytown Crier firmly cemented her as something more. She’s a literary songwriter and superb vocal stylist with a knack for sharply drawn––and often sad––characters. Backsliders, avengers, lovers, and victims––they’re all swapping forlorn tales on the collection, which is a fresh take on the concept album set in a small Southern town.    “Now, Enderlin is home in Nashville, reflecting on that record and the past couple of years as she enjoys a little downtime after opening a run of shows for Jamey Johnson. 2018 was an especially busy year for the singer-songwriter. She was named a member of the 2018 CMT Next Women of Country, a recipient of the Arkansas Country Music Awards Songwriter and Album of the Year recognitions, and runner-up to Jason Isbell in the Best Singer-Songwriter field in the Nashville Scene’s touchstone Best of Nashville issue. Already a go-to writer for stars having penned mega country hits such as Alan Jackson’s ‘Monday Morning Church,’ Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Last Call,’ Luke Bryan’s ‘You Don’t Know Jack,’ and a host of other songs for Randy Travis, Joey+Rory, and more. Enderlin continues to add marquee cuts to her catalog including, ‘The Bar’s Getting Lower’ recorded by Reba for her upcoming album Stronger Than the Truth. Terri Clark also featured five Enderlin-written gems on her Raising the Bar album and Whisperin’ Bill Anderson recorded and released her ‘Waffle House Christmas,’ then featured her in the song’s beloved video. After hearing Enderlin perform on the radio broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry while en route there herself, Jeannie Seely decided to sing the song she heard Enderlin deliver, the gut-punching ‘I Let Her Talk.’ This summer, Enderlin is up for six more Arkansas Country Music Awards.” - https://www.erinenderlin.com/bio In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers a 1978 archival recording of Ozark originals Jim & Denise Lansford performing the song “My Dear Old Southern Home,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. Author, folklorist and songwriter Charley Sandage presents an historical portrait of the people, events and indomitable spirit of Ozark culture that resulted in the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and its enduring legacy of music and craft. In this episode, Charley contemplates the promise of rain for those who’s lives and livelihoods are tied to the land.

This week, nationally renowned Arkansas singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews with this award winning wordsmith. “‘One of the best things about country music was that it was adult music,’ Erin Enderlin says of the country songs she grew up listening to in Arkansas. ‘It was real music that dealt with hard issues in life so that people going through those things don’t feel so alone.’   “The observation is signature Enderlin: She has a way of turning a song or even just a thought into an outstretched hand to the lonely or ashamed. While she first turned heads as a godsend to those aching for an artist with some golden-era country backbone, Enderlin’s acclaimed 2017 record Whiskeytown Crier firmly cemented her as something more. She’s a literary songwriter and superb vocal stylist with a knack for sharply drawn––and often sad––characters. Backsliders, avengers, lovers, and victims––they’re all swapping forlorn tales on the collection, which is a fresh take on the concept album set in a small Southern town.    “Now, Enderlin is home in Nashville, reflecting on that record and the past couple of years as she enjoys a little downtime after opening a run of shows for Jamey Johnson. 2018 was an especially busy year for the singer-songwriter. She was named a member of the 2018 CMT Next Women of Country, a recipient of the Arkansas Country Music Awards Songwriter and Album of the Year recognitions, and runner-up to Jason Isbell in the Best Singer-Songwriter field in the Nashville Scene’s touchstone Best of Nashville issue. Already a go-to writer for stars having penned mega country hits such as Alan Jackson’s ‘Monday Morning Church,’ Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Last Call,’ Luke Bryan’s ‘You Don’t Know Jack,’ and a host of other songs for Randy Travis, Joey+Rory, and more. Enderlin continues to add marquee cuts to her catalog including, ‘The Bar’s Getting Lower’ recorded by Reba for her upcoming album Stronger Than the Truth. Terri Clark also featured five Enderlin-written gems on her Raising the Bar album and Whisperin’ Bill Anderson recorded and released her ‘Waffle House Christmas,’ then featured her in the song’s beloved video. After hearing Enderlin perform on the radio broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry while en route there herself, Jeannie Seely decided to sing the song she heard Enderlin deliver, the gut-punching ‘I Let Her Talk.’ This summer, Enderlin is up for six more Arkansas Country Music Awards.” - https://www.erinenderlin.com/bio In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers a 1978 archival recording of Ozark originals Jim & Denise Lansford performing the song “My Dear Old Southern Home,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. Author, folklorist and songwriter Charley Sandage presents an historical portrait of the people, events and indomitable spirit of Ozark culture that resulted in the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and its enduring legacy of music and craft. In this episode, Charley contemplates the promise of rain for those who’s lives and livelihoods are tied to the land.

Joe West Interview: Joe started sweeping floors in a studio in Pittsburgh, and over the next 20 years, hustled his way to the top. Being able to pivot when needed, career-wise… working with Jimmy Wayne, Indigo Girls, Justin Timberlake, Warren Zevon, Keith Urban, low points living in NYC and just scraping by… cigars, choosing to be happy for others, backing off and letting people do their own thing, and THE most classic “Music Business Story” ever heard on this show. LOADS of really cool stuff! Joe West Interview: Joe West is a Grammy Award Winning Producer/Mixer & Hit Songwriter: As a songwriter he’s had multiple #1 singles & cuts with Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Jimmy Wayne, Warrant & many others. His music has als been featured in over 100 network, cable & feature films. As a producer and mix engineer, he’s worked with Joey + Rory, Emmy Lou Harris, Warren Zevon, Shakira, Justin Timberlake, Steve Earle, Matthew Sweet, Indigo Girls & other Grammy Winning and Multi Platinum selling artists. Joe wrote, produced & mixed Jimmy Wayne’s #1 hit & title track "Do You Believe Me Now,” Toby Keith’s fastest rising #1, “American Ride,” and Keith Urban’s #1 “Without You.”  Support this Show: http://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/support  Subscribe https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/subscribe/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EveryoneLovesGuitar/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everyonelovesguitar/ 

Rory is one-half of the Grammy award winning country-music duo Joey+Rory. As a songwriter, he's written multiple number-one songs including "Some Beach" by Blake Shelton and "Little More Country Than That" by Easton Corbin. His memoir This Life I Live is a New York Times Bestseller. As a blogger, Rory shares his heart and story with the world in real-time through his personal blog that has over 2.3 million Facebook followers. And as a filmmaker and storyteller, he recently signed on as the chief-creative-officer for the television cable network RFD-TV and oversees all new shows and production. He also writes, shoots, and edits his new television docu-series This Life I Live, that brings his blog-style storytelling to life in 50 million homes each Sunday night.Rory and his 6-year-old daughter Indiana live an hour south of Nashville on a historic farm where she attends a one-room schoolhouse with a dozen other children from the community that was built on the farm. ------------------- Are you ready to start dreaming big? Click HERE to receive your free Dream Big Workbook. It's a user-friendly guide to defining your core values and fundamental beliefs- the essential building blocks to discovering in which dreams you should invest.  On the episode: Producers : Tatave Abeshyan Engineer : Jackson CarpenterProducer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

Rory is one-half of the Grammy award winning country-music duo Joey+Rory. As a songwriter, he’s written multiple number-one songs including “Some Beach” by Blake Shelton and “Little More Country Than That” by Easton Corbin. His memoir This Life I Live is a New York Times Bestseller. As a blogger, Rory shares his heart and story with the world in real-time through his personal blog that has over 2.3 million Facebook followers. And as a filmmaker and storyteller, he recently signed on as the chief-creative-officer for the television cable network RFD-TV and oversees all new shows and production. He also writes, shoots, and edits his new television docu-series This Life I Live, that brings his blog-style storytelling to life in 50 million homes each Sunday night.Rory and his 6-year-old daughter Indiana live an hour south of Nashville on a historic farm where she attends a one-room schoolhouse with a dozen other children from the community that was built on the farm.  Bob’s new book is now available.Also on the episode:Producer: Tatave AbeshyanEngineer: Jackson CarpenterProducer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

Rory is one-half of the Grammy award winning country-music duo Joey+Rory. As a songwriter, he's written multiple number-one songs including "Some Beach" by Blake Shelton and "Little More Country Than That" by Easton Corbin. His memoir This Life I Live is a New York Times Bestseller. As a blogger, Rory shares his heart and story with the world in real-time through his personal blog that has over 2.3 million Facebook followers. And as a filmmaker and storyteller, he recently signed on as the chief-creative-officer for the television cable network RFD-TV and oversees all new shows and production. He also writes, shoots, and edits his new television docu-series This Life I Live, that brings his blog-style storytelling to life in 50 million homes each Sunday night.Rory and his 6-year-old daughter Indiana live an hour south of Nashville on a historic farm where she attends a one-room schoolhouse with a dozen other children from the community that was built on the farm.  Bob's new book is now available.Also on the episode:Producer: Tatave AbeshyanEngineer: Jackson CarpenterProducer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

Erin Enderlin est une artiste et compositrice américaine. Ses chansons ont été enregistrées par Luke Bryan, Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack, Randy Travis et Terri Clark, Joey + Rory..etc. Elle a également participé à deux reprises au ‘’Country Throwdown Tour’’ et a fait la scène du Bluebird Cafe, en tant qu’auteure-compositrice et interprète. Originaire de Conway en Arkansas, Erin Enderlin est tombée amoureuse de la musique country en écoutant Willie Nelson, Conway Twitty et Johnny Cash sur le tourne-disque de son père lorsqu'elle était enfant ; ses parents l’ont élevée en écoutant Conway Twitty (guitariste et chanteur de rock, rockabilly et country, né à Friars Point-Mississippi). A 10 ans Erin écrit déjà des chansons, elle raconte : ‘’J'ai toujours aimé chanter et jouer. En fait, quand j'avais environ trois ans, je me suis faufilée sur scène dans un restaurant où nous étions en famille et j'ai essayé de voler le microphone à un vieil interprète de blues pour chanter, c’était ma première performance en public ’’. A cinq ans, elle apprend le piano avec son professeur Terry Holmes, puis commence des cours de guitare à 13 ans.

Christian country artists Joey & Rory Feek, 2008 - 2016, will be the featured artists this week on The Gospel Jubilee.In 2008, a friend suggested that Joey and Rory try out for "Can You Duet," a talent show airing on CMT with the purpose of finding the next great countryduo.They made an audition tape and came up with the name "Joey + Rory," and finished in third place on Can You Duet.The duo were signed to Sugar Hill/Vanguard Records, who released their first three studio albums.  Together they produced 8 albums.On February 17, 2014, their first child, Indiana, was born at home with midwives, surrounded by Rory, Joey's big sisters, and Grandma June.In the days immediately following Indy's birth, the couple learned that she had "Down Syndrome."A few months later in May 2014, Joey was diagnosed with "Cervical Cancer."After surgery and treatment, she was declared cancer free and did not receive any radiation or chemotherapy as her surgeons declared the surgery to bea success with the cancer removed with clean margins.In June 2015, after the family had finished filming their movie,  Joey was not feeling well again and sought medical advice.After undergoing further medical testing, it was discovered that the cervical cancer had returned and metastasized to her colon.While undergoing treatment at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Joey would record hymns in their hotel room for the last CD the couple would createtogether.Joey was pronounced dead on March 4, 2016, at approximately 2:30pm.  She was 40 years old.Honoring her wishes, Rory held a private funeral on their farm in Tennessee and Joey was buried in the family cemetery on the Feek farm, where Rory's motherhad been buried in 2014 and where Rory himself will be buried.Go to: http://encouragement.podhoster.com/orTo listen anytime on your computer or smart phoneOr if you have an Echo you can say, Alexa, tell Spreaker to play the Gospel Jubilee.Playlist: 01. Mike Manuel - Made up my mind02. Kali Rose - I wouldn't be got dead without Him03. Craig Morgan - That's what I love about Sunday04. Joey + Rory - It'll get you where you're going05. Joey + Rory - A Bible and a belt06. Tammy renee - In my Bible07. T Graham Brown & Vince Gill - He'll take care of you08. Lulu Roman - When I don't call Your name09. Jimmy Fortune - I believe10. Skip Ewing - The Gospel according to Luke11. Joey + Rory - In the time that You gave me12. Joey + Rory - Amazing grace13. Jane Carter - Why they call it heaven14. Gail Cogburn - Bridegroom comingSend your request to:request@gatewayfortheblind.com

JUGGERNAUT JUG BAND based out of Louisville, Kentucky have proudly kept early twentieth century jug music alive and well since 1965. The band blends an eclectic, fun mix of jazz, blues ragtime, swing and original music with washboards, washtubs, kazoos, jugs and various other sundry hardware. The band hosts the annual National Jug Band Jubilee in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky the birthplace of jug music. They plan on releasing a new EP around the time of the next Jubilee in September 2018. ERIN ENDERLIN is an in-demand Nashville songwriter. She penned Alan Jackson's "Monday Morning Church," Lee Ann Womack's "Last Call," and others for Luke Bryan, Randy Travis, Terri Clark, Joey + Rory, and many more. She was named to CMT's Next Women of Country class of 2018 and her critically acclaimed albums have positioned her as one of county music's brightest torch bearers. Enderlin's highly-anticipated sophomore album ‘Whiskeytown Crier' puts all the sad souls she's become known for singing and writing about in the same tiny, fictional city. The result is unprecedented: a concept album devoted to women's experiences in small town, America. WoodSongs Kid: Brannock McCartan is a twelve-year-old banjo player from Crestwood, Kentucky influenced by Earl Scruggs and J.D. Crowe. .

JUGGERNAUT JUG BAND based out of Louisville, Kentucky have proudly kept early twentieth century jug music alive and well since 1965. The band blends an eclectic, fun mix of jazz, blues ragtime, swing and original music with washboards, washtubs, kazoos, jugs and various other sundry hardware. The band hosts the annual National Jug Band Jubilee in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky the birthplace of jug music. They plan on releasing a new EP around the time of the next Jubilee in September 2018. ERIN ENDERLIN is an in-demand Nashville songwriter. She penned Alan Jackson's "Monday Morning Church," Lee Ann Womack's "Last Call," and others for Luke Bryan, Randy Travis, Terri Clark, Joey + Rory, and many more. She was named to CMT's Next Women of Country class of 2018 and her critically acclaimed albums have positioned her as one of county music's brightest torch bearers. Enderlin's highly-anticipated sophomore album ‘Whiskeytown Crier' puts all the sad souls she's become known for singing and writing about in the same tiny, fictional city. The result is unprecedented: a concept album devoted to women's experiences in small town, America. WoodSongs Kid: Brannock McCartan is a twelve-year-old banjo player from Crestwood, Kentucky influenced by Earl Scruggs and J.D. Crowe.

Rascall Flatts surprise a couple on their wedding day, Rory Feek returns and Kelsea Ballerini's got girl power. FOX's Michelle Pollino has 'FOX Country': I'm Michelle Pollino. A Wisconsin bride a groom got the surprise of their lives on their wedding day... (Rascal Flatts) "It's been an awesome journey to get here, we heard your journey's been awesome." When Rascal Flatts showed up to perform... The band performed 'Bless the Broken Road' for newlyweds Sara and Brandon McInnis' first song together. The band was contacted by a family friend who had secretly asked them to play in person on their way to a country music festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Rory Feek one half of the Grammy-winning country duo Joey + Rory, announced he will perform publicly for the first time since his wife Joey passed last year. Feek will raise funds for the music health alliance, a nonprofit that helped his family with insurance and medical bills during Joey's cancer treatments. He plans to perform at a barn at his home in Tennessee Sept. 8 and 9 to celebrate what would have been his wife's birthday. That's FOX Country on FOX News. Follow Michelle Pollino on Twitter: @MichellPollino

Guess who's back, this time with a Grammy Award win for his work on the Joey + Rory, “Hymns That Are Important to Us” album, Joe West! Joe is bringing stories from his experience at the Grammy's this year, along with news about a new apprenticeship program and school he has developed. You won't want to miss this episode with one of the industries very best and passionate producer, songwriter and engineer, Joe West.

Singer/songwriter Rory Feek has written multiple #1 country hits for other artists, including Collin Raye's "Someone You Used to Know,” Clay Walker's "The Chain of Love," Blake Shelton’s “Some Beach,” and Easton Corbin’s “A Little More Country Than That.” Other songs from his catalog that have landed in the Top 20 are Tracy Byrd’s “The Truth About Men,” Blaine Larsen’s “How Do You Get That Lonely,” and Jimmy Wayne’s “I Will.” Additionally, his songs have been recorded by Kenny Chesney, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Mark Wills, Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, The Oak Ridge Boys, John Michael Montgomery, Terri Clark, and Lorrie Morgan. In 2008 Rory formed the duo Joey + Rory with his wife, Joey Martin Feek, for the CMT show Can You Duet. Their popularity led to an ACM award for Top New Vocal Duo of the Year, their own TV show, eight successful albums, and a handful of charting singles, including the self-penned songs “Cheater Cheater” and “That’s Important to Me.” Rory’s identity as a storyteller extends beyond his songs to include screenplays, TV scripts, and a popular blog, which earned a loyal following as he shared his family’s pain, triumphs, fears, and deep personal faith during Joey’s battle with terminal cervical cancer. The duo’s final album, Hymns That Are Important to Us, was released in 2016, less than a month before Joey passed away at age 40. It debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart, was certified Gold, and earned the duo a Grammy for Best Roots Gospel Album. Rory’s memoir, This Life I Live, chronicles his spiritual journey, his love story with Joey, and his disarmingly vulnerable musings on his role in what he calls “God’s larger story.”

Joey + Rory are a GRAMMY nominated country music duo whose music weaves beautiful stories that are important to them. Life drastically changed for the couple when Joey was diagnosed with cancer, but they continued to share their painful and beautiful journey with the world. Rory Feek gives us a glimpse into his new book about his life with Joey and the greatest love story he would ever know.   “My rays of Light will reach you through the darkness.” - Jesus Calling

Hit songwriter, producer and mixing engineer to the likes of Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban, Shakira, Tim McGraw and more, Joe West joins us to speak about his career and how he got his start. We're talking about career successes, how he has kept himself grounded, songwriting, working on the final Joey + Rory album and so much more! Did I mention Joe addresses certain rumors that involve Waves plugins... 

“I'm having the time of my life. I have a love affair with music, but being able to entertain people is what I get out of it.”So says Country artist Jake Clayton, the gifted singer, thought-provoking songwriter and talented multi-instrumentalist who is attracting the attention of Country fans and radio programmers everywhere with his hot new single, “What Not to Do.” Jake is the rare artist who is able to enthrall a packed house with not just his vocals, songs and showmanship, but with his amazing instrumental ability as well. Playing over 20 instruments as an in-demand Nashville session musician, he is now stepping out on his own to take his place among the greats of Country music. “What Not to Do,” a song about the consequences of poor decision-making from his album By the Light of the Moon, is an uptempo, guitar-and-fiddle-driven romp that brings Charlie Daniels to mind. But Jake's highly-recognizable tenor is all his own, inviting comparisons to Garth Brooks, The Eagles and Tim McGraw.A native of rural Mexico, Missouri, Jake was raised by musical parents who sang professionally in the area. He was given his late grandfather's fiddle – which he still plays to this day – when he was 13. But he wasn't able to stop there, soon taking up just about any instrument with strings or keys, including banjo, organ, pedal steel guitar and more, while developing his singing and stage chops. “I learned about playing music by watching VHS tapes of concerts that really captivated me, like Garth's show in Central Park,” he recalls. “But most importantly, they showed me how an artist entertains an audience.”As he learned every instrument in sight, Jake also began to understand the importance of delivering captivating vocals and crafting a good song. “The Dixie Chicks picked great, but their songs and their harmonies were powerful, too,” he remembers. “That's when I started to take singing and songwriting more seriously.”At 17 Jake was fronting his own shows. “I actually had my own theater in Missouri for a couple years, an old restaurant we converted into a venue where I could perform,” he recalls fondly. “I was doing mostly classic Country for older people who understood and loved music, which was great. Because of my age I really didn't do bar gigs much. Then I took a fill-in job playing fiddle with The Oak Ridge Boys at 19 and moved to Nashville when I was 20.”Jake has since been a utility man in the live bands of Tanya Tucker, Collin Raye, Jimmy Wayne, Joey & Rory and Jamie O'Neal, and travelled for several years with singer Sunny Sweeney on two major tours. And in 2015, Sweeney enlisted Jake and his own band to support her on Miranda Lambert's 2015 Certified Platinum Tour. Opportunities like this have made it possible for him to be part of opening slots with such Country music headliners as Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, George Strait, and many more.As an in-demand studio musician, Jake's credits include playing violin and cello on Thompson Square's #1 single, “If I Didn't Have You,” and playing fiddle, dobro and lap steel on Sunny Sweeney's critically acclaimed album, Provoked. He was the featured dobro player on Joey & Rory's Inspired DVD and TV special, and he recorded and co-produced the theme song for The Sportsman Channel's Legacy Trails TV. Jake also recorded an acclaimed instrumental album, Barnyard Stomp, which was distributed by Rock guitar legend Steve Vai's Favored Nations label.As a solo artist, Jake has opened for Charlie Daniels, Jon Pardi, and Jerrod Niemann. He's seen his childhood dreams come true as he's graced the stages of Madison Square Garden, The Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and other legendary venues.Jake is a natural singer, with a distinctive voice that is right at home on today's Country radio. “My vocals are one of the reasons I get hired to work with other artists, besides the fact that I play so many instruments,” the gregarious artist says. “I've been influenced by the best. I could listen to Don Henley sing the phone book, and Garth, of course, really knows how to deliver a lyric. I love Collin Raye, and Jared Leto from the band 30 Seconds to Mars. And I learned so much from being on the road with Tanya about how to do things inside a melody, and how to connect with people.”Every song on By the Light of the Moon was written or co-written by Jake, whose songwriting heroes include some of the legends of Country as well as today's most successful young writers. “I'm a fan of Kacey Musgraves' writing, and I really love Sunny's writing,” he says. “I think Bob DiPiero (David Nail, Martina McBride) is one of the greats. I love Tom T. Hall. And you can't beat Marty Robbins, who was the pinnacle of what an artist and writer should be.”Jake and his band play about 50 shows a year right now, and he looks to do more with the success of his new single. “We play all over the country and have been received really well everywhere we go,” he says. “While I still play for other artists, I see myself doing less and less of that in the future, because my main goal is to continue to release my own music and to give people a show they won't forget. We're all about the music and getting it out to the fans.”

Compiling a long list of hits and chart toppers in the traditional country world, Richard Lynch is an award-winning American country music artist, reminiscent of the classics that started it all. The same passion and raw truth that fueled the likes of Conway Twitty, Keith Whitley, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, and Hank Williams is sewn into the fabric of Richard Lynch. In a world of fabricated country stars, Richard Lynch stands out in the crowd as a proud member of the last of a dying breed, the pure country music artist. An Independent Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee, Richard's rock solid country roots span 3 decades; it comes up with the sun each morning, and it settles in the music he writes and the songs he sings.. The spirit of Richard Lynch is that which is attached to the working man's soul. It's real and it's timeless. It's country, the way country was meant to be.Now Richard is releasing his brand new single, the poignant title track to his latest Billy Yates-produced album, A Better Place. Written by Yates and Trent Tomlinson (“One Wing in the Fire”), “A Better Place” features Lynch's hauntingly beautiful and emotional vocal alongside a who's who of the best musicians in country music: Eddie Bayers, drums (Garth Brooks, George Strait); Eli Beaird, bass (Joey+Rory, Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard); Scotty Sanders, steel and dobro (Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley); Jeff King, electric guitar (Reba, Luke Bryan); Steve Nathan, piano, keys, synth (Tim McGraw; Toby Keith); Hyram Posey, fiddle (Grand Ol' Opry); Larry Franklin, fiddle (Lorrie Morgan, Alan Jackson); Larry Beaird, acoustic guitar (Rascal Flatts, Brooks and Dunn); Billy Yates (Sara Evans, Kenny Chesney) and Russell Terrell, backing vocals (Clint Black, Darius Rucker.)Preview “A Better Place” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnKDkTqAEt0.A Better Place was released on the MOD Label. Promotions are by Twang Thang Country – Nashville, TN. Publicity by MTS Management Group – Pittsburgh, PA.Living the life he sings about is what gives Richard Lynch the edge as a singer/songwriter. Richard is a hard working, blue collar man. He is a designer and builder of amazing barns, and as should be expected, he is an American farmer. His everyday life and paying his musical dues by performing at 100′s of events & shows a year, all across the country, is that which shaped him into a one-of-a-kind performer. Richard's style is true and it carries into his live shows. Much like his music alone, a live performance of the Richard Lynch Band is something you feel. It's something you carry with you when you walk away. If country music is a gift that sustains in our lives wherever we go, Richard Lynch is the messenger.

This is a sad but sweet story of Christian singer Joey Feek’s recent death due to cancer. But her husband Rory says that this really just Joey’s greatest dream coming true. Find out more about Joey’s courageous and unwavering faith.

Rory Lee Feek né en 1966 à Atchison, a grandi à Highland, dans le nord du Kansas; c’ est un artiste Américain, chanteur et auteur-compositeur qui se positionne dans la ‘’Country Music’’. Joey Martin, née le 9 Septembre 1975 à Alexandria dans l’Indiana, est la troisième de cinq enfants. La famille vit dans une communauté agricole à Alexandria. Son père, un ancien vétéran de la guerre du Vietnam, est ouvrier agricole et sa mère femme au foyer. Le dimanche Joey chante du Gospel à l’église. Dans le cadre du loisir, ses parents créent un band et font localement quelques concerts. http://www.radiocountryfamily.info/doc/Bio-Rory%2BJoey.pdf

Monday Night 8 PM CST  Belinda Gail talks with Joey Feek of JOEY+RORY... We have been blessed over the years to have great guest share their stories and music.  There are some people that leave a special impact on us...this was a visit with a special lady that did just that. We wanted to share this visit  with you. Rebroadcast from May 2015 on 'BLESSED TRAILS with BELINDA GAIL" on EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO Please continue to keep Joey and Rory and their family in your prayers. Listen Live or Anytime in our Archived Podcast at www.equestrianlegacy.net  

Sunday May 10th 9 AM CST  * A Mother's Day Special with JOEY + RORY * on                                   "BLESSED TRAILS with BELINDA GAIL" on Equestrian Legacy Radio Join BELINDA GAIL this Mother's Day with her very special guest, the multi award winning JOEY + RORY (Feek).  Joey shares a mother's story, her story, and a very special gift from God...this is a show that will touch your heart, encourage and inspire you. Join Belinda every Sunday for an inspiring hour of conversation and music that will bless your heart and lift your spirits. EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO is Heard Around the World Online at www.equestrianlegacy.net . Join us for our Live shows or Listen to the archived podcast On Demand 24/7 Visit our Website and download our FREE Mobile App and Listen on your Smartphone or Tablet on the Go!

Bill Cody with Joey + Rory, recorded November 2, 2009 at WSM radio in Nashville.  Joey + Rory had just been nominated for a CMA Award and would be on the bill for our 84th Anniversary Listener Appreciation concert at the Ryman.  For more on Joey + Rory, visit www.joeyandrory.com  

Welcome to the latest episode of Across The Pond with me; John Cutliffe. On this week's show new music from Maura O'Connell as well as tracks from Joey + Rory, The Afro Celt Sound System, Athena Tergis and many more.

Joey and Rory were introduced to America through the hit television show "Can You Duet" on CMT. Although they didn't win the competition, the show did help launch their budding career. We caught up with them as they celebrated the release of their new CD "The Life Of A Song"

Nashville Country Music News that includes, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Rascal Flatts, Dierks Bentley, Reba McEntire, Kenny Chesney, Joey + Rory, Kid Rock, Jason Meadows, we go Inside The Song with Heidi Newfield as she talks about her song Johnny and June