the Troubadour Podcast

James Lann Texas Country artist James Lann is our featured guest this week on the podcast.  James has performed in 20 countries all over the world and has had 7 chart toppers on the Texas Country charts. However, in this interview, as you might imagine with current state of things

Wade Bowen is the featured guest and he talks about his live Wade’s World Quaranstream Concerts. How YOU can support the podcast! If you’re interested in supporting the podcast and helping us FREE CARLY from the bondage of editing every episode CLICK HERE and help us hand off this part

In the late 90’s and early 2000’s as Red Dirt and Texas Country Music was making it’s way north into my home state of Kansas some of the first bands I saw live were those like The Great Divide, Jason Boland & The Stragglers and Cross Canadian Ragweed.  Through those

Randall King is yet another one on the long list of great artists hailing from West Texas.  While Randall isn’t necessarily a newcomer to Red Dirt and Texas Country Music, I have to admit I was relatively unfamiliar with his music and career until about a year ago.  And, when

On this episode Carly and I get to have a great conversation with Kevin “Frenchie” Blues of the guitar driven blues/rock duo, Frenchies Blues Destroyers.  The 2nd half of this two-piece is drummer, Brother Pete Coatney.  Frenchie and Brother Pete have both been long-time members of Jack Ingram’s band.  After

Pete and Carly talk Red Dirt, Texas Country and the upcoming season of the podcast. How YOU can support the podcast! If you’re interested in supporting the podcast and helping us FREE CARLY from the bondage of editing every episode CLICK HERE and help us hand off this part of

Hey everybody – welcome to Episode # 66 of The Troubadour Podcast.  We’ve got a great interview for you today.  Anyone who knows anything about the greatest guitar players to ever live are familiar with names in the Rock wold like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Albert Lee.  If you

Drew Fish Drew Fish comes from a musical family and was hanging out with legends in the Texas Music Scene like producer Lloyd Maines before he even considered a career in music. After being called on-stage to help Cory Morrow sing one of his signature tunes, “Drink One More Round”,

As songwriters, we’re really nothing more than storytellers who add music to our various tales.  That’s where it all begins for me – “stories”.  Stories about lost love, gained love, unreciprocated love.  Stories about depression, happiness and amazing larger than life characters.  And on top of that it’s not only

Every now and then in the course of my life I’ve came across talented people and I’m literally shocked that up to that point, I’d never heard of them or been aware of their work.  Carin Mari was one of those cases for me.  The first time I saw Carin