'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Hailing from Philadelphia, Mississippi, Hardy was born Michael Hardy. He headed to Nashville in the early 2010s with the intention of breaking into the country music industry. First, he attended Middle Tennessee State University as a student in their Recording Industry Management program; he wound up graduating with a degree in songwriting from the college. While he was studying, he self-released an EP called “Redneck Recipe”, in 2013; he also posted his songs to the Internet. Hardy landed his first charting hit with "Up Down”, a song he co-wrote with Brad Clawson and CJ Solar. Morgan Wallen recorded it with the support of Florida Georgia Line, taking it to number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart after its November 2017 release. Things began to happen swiftly for Hardy after that. FGL recorded "Simple" -- a tune Hardy wrote with the duo, along with Mark Holman. “This Ole Boy”, Hardy's debut EP, was produced by Joey Moi -- the producer behind FGL's hits -- and was issued in October 2018. “Where to Find Me”, arrived on its heels in January 2019. September brought the release of “Hixtape, Vol. 1”, a country variation on a hip-hop mixtape featuring cameos by Cole Swindell, Morgan Wallen, and Thomas Rhett. "One Beer”, a single pulled from “Hixtape, Vol. 1”, featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson, became Hardy's first Country Airplay single in 2020, leading to its appearance on “A Rock”, Hardy's debut full-length album. Arriving in September 2020, “A Rock”, also featured the hit "Give Heaven Some Hell”, which reached 11 on Country Airplay in 2021.In 2021, Hardy appeared on the Dierks Bentley single "Beers on Me", and Brantley Gilbert's "The Worst Country Song of All Time". On his own, he released “Hixtape, Vol. 2”, and a cover of Puddle of Mudd's "Blurry”, telegraphing his move toward hard rock in 2022, a transition marked by the Billboard Hard Rock chart-topper "Sold Out”. Despite his rock success, Hardy also concentrated on the country market, reaching the Country Airplay Top Ten with the Lainey Wilson collaboration "Wait in the Truck”. He brought these two musical personalities together on the 2023 double album “The Mockingbird & the Crow”; the former represented his country side, the latter his rock personality. Upon its release, Hardy chatted with Stuart Banford.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Jordan Davis was surrounded by music from a young age as both of his parents played instruments and he sang in his church choir. The middle of three children, he learned to play guitar around the age of 12 in between baseball and football games. Jordan's uncle, Stan Paul Davis, was a professional songwriter who composed two hits for Tracy Lawrence 1992's "Today's Lonely Fool", and 1997's number two hit "Better Man, Better Off". After graduating Louisiana State University with an Environmental Science degree, Jordan moved to Nashville in 2012, and secured a recording contract with Universal Music Group Nashville in 2016.Davis's debut single, "Singles You Up", came out in mid-2017. It hit number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in April 2018. His debut album, “Home State”, was released around the same time and the second single "Take It from Me", reached number two on the Country Airplay chart in March 2019. The album's third single, "Slow Dance in a Parking Lot", also topped the Country Airplay chart.Another new single called "Almost Maybes", wound up climbing into the Country Airplay Top Ten in 2020, it featured on a self-titled EP that appeared in May of that year. A second EP, “Buy Dirt”, arrived in May of 2021 featuring the title-track duet with Luke Bryan; the single hit number one on the Hot Country Songs Chart. "Buy Dirt", also went on to be named Song of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards.Davis reached number one again in 2022 with "What My World Spins Around”, the first single from his second album, “Bluebird Days”. It arrived in February 2023, and the following month Jordan chatted with Stuart Banford at C2C Dublin.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Hailing from Macon, Georgia, Jason Aldean fell under the spell of country music and first sang in public when he was 14 years old. He began pursuing a music career on a full-time basis following his graduation from high school and, with his father as a booking agent, was soon gigging in college towns throughout the Southeast and up and down the Eastern Seaboard.Aldean independently financed an eight-song CD during this period to sell at shows, recording it in Nashville in 1996. Michael Knox spotted Aldean at an Atlanta showcase a year or two later and signed the singer to a songwriting contract with Warner-Chapell Publishing, which allowed Aldean to move to Nashville in 1998. When a couple of recording deals fell through and his songwriting contract was about to expire, Aldean was on the verge of giving up on the music business when he attracted the attention of the independent label Broken Bow Records, which released his debut album, simply called “Jason Aldean”, in 2005. Aldean returned to the studio in January 2007 to work on his follow-up release, “Relentless”. “Wide Open”, followed in 2009 and produced three number one singles. Aldean upped the ante with 2010's “My Kinda Party”, an album that was even bigger than its predecessor thanks to the number one singles "Don't You Wanna Stay", "Dirt Road Anthem”, and "Fly Over States”, plus "Tattoos on This Town", and "My Kinda Party”, both of which peaked at number two.All of this raised expectations for “Night Train”, Aldean's fifth album, which arrived in the fall of 2012. Featuring the hit singles "Take a Little Ride", "Night Train”, and "When She Says Baby”, “Night Train”, was another number one hit for Aldean. He followed it up in 2014 with “Old Boots, New Dirt”, which partially due to the momentum of the hit single "Burnin' It Down”, also generated three other Top Ten hits -- "Just Gettin' Started”, "Tonight Looks Good on You”, and "Gonna Know We Were Here" -- that kept it on the charts into 2015. The next year, he delivered his seventh studio album, “They Don't Know”.In October 2017, while Aldean was on-stage performing at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, a gunman began firing on the assembled crowd, resulting in the deadly mass shooting that took the lives of many of the singer's fans. The following weekend on Saturday Night Live he performed a cover of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down”. In January 2018 he released "You Make It Easy”, the lead single from his “Rearview Town”, album. Completed prior to the Vegas tragedy, “Rearview Town”, appeared in April 2018, and spawned four Country Airplay Number Ones -- that kept the album on the airwaves into 2019. In November of that year, Aldean returned with his ninth album, “9”, and just before its release he chatted with Stuart Banford.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Lady A formed after members Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood met in Nashville, and after a few months of performing around the area, they signed with Capitol Nashville in 2007. The band’s first single, "Love Don't Live Here”, peaked at number three on the country charts. A self-titled debut album followed in April 2008, featuring the chart-topping single "I Run to You”, which also enjoyed crossover success as a Top 40 pop hit.Within a year-and-a-half, Lady A's debut had gone platinum and earned a Grammy nomination, and the group enjoyed their newfound success while putting the finishing touches on a second album. “Need You Now”, appeared in early 2010, and its title track became the band’s highest-charting song to date, topping the country charts and peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It eventually sold over three million copies. The album experienced similar success, going gold during its second week of release, and reaching platinum status soon after. The band took a break from recording a third studio album in order to attend the Grammys, where they took home five awards.Lady A’s third studio album, 2011's “Own the Night”, generated a hit single right out of the box, "Just a Kiss”, which became the trio's fastest-rising single yet and crossed over, topping Billboard's adult contemporary chart. Their next single, "Dancin' Away with My Heart”, reached number two on Billboard's country chart. Lady A then released the holiday album “On This Winter's Night”, in the fall of 2012; the record entered the Billboard Top Ten upon its release and was certified gold in the U.S.In May 2013, Lady A issued “Golden”, their fourth full-length studio album. Preceded by the hit single "Downtown”, the album entered the Billboard charts at number one. The trio quickly followed Golden with "747", in the fall of that year; the record's first single "Bartender", became a Top Ten smash prior to the album's release. "747", also produced two other modest hits -- "Freestyle" and "Long Stretch of Love". Lady A took a hiatus in 2016, with Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott both pursuing solo projects, and then returned in the summer of 2017 with the soft and mellow busbee-produced “Heart Break”, which was nominated for a Grammy Award. The band returned to Ireland to perform at Dublin’s 3Arena in October 2017 and chatted with Stuart Banford.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.A native of Alabama, Riley Green grew up with an equal interest in sports and music. Since first releasing his self-titled EP in 2018. His songs like the No. 1 hit “There Was This Girl”, the heart-tugger “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” and his chart-topping collaboration with Thomas Rhett, “Half of Me”, have made Riley synonymous with what Country music does best: making listeners feel something with his no-gimmick, relatable writing, and classic feel.Riley is riding a wave of success after being named the Academy of Country Music’s 2020 New Male Artist of the Year, and serving as direct support for both Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, the latter joins Riley on his current single “Different ‘Round Here”. His new album “Ain’t My Last Rodeo”, produced by Dann Huff, is more of the signature sound Riley Green’s fan have come to know and love from the good ol’ boy who still lives in his hometown of Jacksonville. The new project is heavily influenced by the rural, small town and slower way of life at home and time spent with his family.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Brad Paisley was born on October 28th, 1972, in Glen Dale, West Virginia. His passion for music began at age 8, when his grandfather gave him his first guitar. By the age of 12, the young musician was singing in church and playing in his first band. Paisley eventually secured a regular slot on Jamboree USA, a popular country music radio show. He was so popular with listeners that he was invited to join the program as a full-time musician, opening for acts such as The Judds and Roy Clark.After two years at West Virginia's West Liberty State College, Paisley transferred to Belmont University in Nashville. At Belmont, he studied under the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers scholarship and met Frank Rogers and Kelley Lovelace, both of whom would help Paisley later in his career. A week after graduation, Paisley signed with EMI Records as a songwriter. He made his debut as a solo artist after signing with Arista. He released his first album, “Who Needs Pictures”, in 1999. The record produced the No. 1 hits "He Didn't Have to Be", and "We Danced”. The album sold more than 1 million copies and catapulted Paisley to fame. The next year, the Academy of Country Music (ACM) named him the Best New Male Vocalist, and the Country Music Association (CMA) granted him their prestigious Horizon Award.In February 2001, Paisley was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Several months later, he received his first Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist. He also released his second album, Part II (2001), which featured his unforgettable No. 1 single "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishing Song)”. Paisley's next album, “Mud on the Tires” (2003), was also highly successful, hitting No. 1 on the Billboard chart and featured an acclaimed duet with Alison Krauss, called "Whiskey Lullaby”. Paisley's 2005 effort, “Time Well Wasted”, included a collaboration with Dolly Parton "When I Get Where I'm Going”. which won the CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year in 2006. The album also scored Paisley both ACM and CMA Awards for Best Album. That same year, Paisley embarked on a successful tour, with rising star Carrie Underwood serving as his opening act.His next release, “5th Gear” (2007). Reaching the top spot on the country album charts, the album featured several No. 1 hit singles, including "Online”, "Letter to Me" and "I'm Still a Guy”. Paisley also took home several major awards that same year, winning the ACM Award for Top Male Vocalist and the CMA Award for Male Vocalist of the Year. He also won his first Grammy Award for the instrumental track "Throttleneck”.In October of 2019 he returned to Ireland to play Dublin’s 3Arena and chatted with Stuart Banford.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Born on September 1st, 1985, in Jackson, Mississippi, music became Charlie Worsham’s main interest at a young age. He started on the banjo and was good enough by the age of ten to play on-stage at the Ryman Auditorium with bluegrass great Jimmy Martin, and after winning a Junior National Banjo Championship at the age of 12, he played on-stage at the Grand Ole Opry, an accomplishment for a musician of any age. He consequently learned to play fiddle, mandolin, and guitar, and while living and working as a musician in Nashville was always his goal, he opted to attend the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston following his graduation from high school. Eventually Worsham did relocate to Nashville, where he worked on his songwriting and did session work. He also joined the critically lauded and respected Nashville band KingBilly, remaining with the group for nearly three years before deciding to go solo. Signing with Warner Bros. Records, he began recording a debut album. A single from the project, "Could It Be", which Worsham co-wrote, was released early in 2013 and reached 28 on Billboard's Country charts.Worsham switched directions on his 2017 sophomore set “Beginning of Things”, emphasizing his sense of humour, storytelling, and penchant for soul. In 2019, Worsham released a witty single, "I Hope I'm Stoned (When Jesus Takes Me Home)", which found him backed by Old Crow Medicine Show. Worsham has also sat in on sessions for Vince Gill, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, and Carrie Underwood.Now as he releases his new project “Compadres”, he chats with Stuart Banford.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Born in New York City, Caroline Jones grew up in Connecticut and developed a love of music at an early age. When she was nine, she asked her parents to enrol her in singing lessons and at ten years old she wrote her first song. Jones also took piano lessons, and after mastering the keyboard, she learned to play guitar, banjo, and Dobro. She was 16 when she visited Nashville for the first time and attended a songwriters' night at the famous Bluebird Café. This experience then influenced a move to Florida and she began studying the compositional styles of country artists she admired, including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Hank Williams. While honing her songwriting skills, she relocated to New York City, and began performing regularly at schools and colleges as part of The Heart Is Smart, an educational program that encourages young people to use music and songwriting as a means of expression. She also became the host of Art & Soul, a satellite radio show in which she chats with fellow musicians about the art and craft of songwriting. In January 2011, Jones issued her first album, a self-released effort titled “Fallen Flower”, which was soon followed by “Nice to Know You” in January 2012, “Clean Dirt” in March 2012 and her fourth album, “The Heart Is Smart”, in September 2012. In 2016, she teamed up with acclaimed producer Ric Wake, who’s credits include working with artists such as Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. One of the first fruits of their collaboration was "Tough Guys", a song about female empowerment in a male-dominated world; it was released as a single in October 2016, and quickly turned Jones into one of country music's rising stars. She built on this momentum through touring as an opening act for the Zac Brown Band. Her appearance at a hurricane benefit concert put her in contact with the late Jimmy Buffett, who liked her style and signed her to his label Mailboat Records. Mailboat released her album, “Bare Feet”, in March 2018; The effort was her first to chart on Billboard, landing in the Top 20 on the Heatseekers, Independent, and Country Sales lists. Buffett, notorious for having no openers, brought Caroline out as an opening act and special guest in 2018 and 2019. Then following the pandemic, another major break came in 2022 when she was asked to join the Zac Brown Band as a permanent member.Here she chats with Stuart Banford as she prepares to release new solo material.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Born in Waldron, Arkansas and raised in Mammoth Spring, Ashley McBryde first showed an interest in music when she was just three years old when she tried to play her father's guitar. Her parents then decided to buy her one of her own and after learning to play it, years later she wrote her first song at 17. Initially, she was shy about performing in front of people, and it wasn't until she enrolled at Arkansas State University (where she played in the marching band) that she began performing her songs for those outside her immediate family.In 2005, McBryde recorded a self-titled album's worth of songs, and released it herself the following year. Since she was a teenager, her dream had been to go to Nashville and break into the music business and in 2007 she made the move and relocated to Music City. She assembled a band and played any club or bar that would have her and began making a name for herself. In 2010, she and her band won a state-wide "battle of the bands" competition in Tennessee and in 2011, she released her second album, “Elsebound”, again through her own label. More touring through the south followed, and in addition to headlining her own club dates, McBryde was opening shows for such stars as Willie Nelson, Chris Stapleton and Hank Williams, Jr. In 2016, she put out an eight-song EP, “Jalopies & Expensive Guitars”, this helped build a buzz around her music, and country star Eric Church began singing her praises, describing her as a "whiskey-drinkin' badass" and joining her on-stage to duet on her song "Bible and a .44”. After this more and more people began to take notice, and she finally broke through with the single "A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega", which found an appreciative audience on streaming services and led to her making her first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry in June 2017.A year later, she returned with her major-label debut, “Girl Going Nowhere”. The album earned McBryde her first Grammy nomination, for Best Country Album. At the beginning of 2019, she closed out that album cycle with the release of the title track as a single -- it earned Grammy nominations for Best Country Song and Solo Performance -- and at the end of the year, she launched her second album “Never Will”, with the hit single "One Night Standards”.In March of 2022 she returned to the UK and Ireland to perform at the C2C Festival and chatted with Stuart Banford in Dublin.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Born and raised in Tifton, Georgia, Kip Moore was the son of a golfer and a painter. He spent most of his school years playing sports, in fact he attended University on a golf scholarship but was soon lured away by music. He got his first gig at a local restaurant and after graduating he decided to live in Hawaii for a spell before heading to Nashville in 2004. Earning a pay check as a manager at Abercrombie & Fitch, Moore chipped away at music, starting to earn a reputation in song writing circles and placing songs with Jake Owen and Thompson Square. In 2008, Creative Artist Agency's Marc Dennis brought Moore to the attention of Joe Fisher at Universal Group Nashville, who paired him with songwriter Brett James, James then wound up producing Moore's 2012 debut album, “Up All Night”.First came the single "Mary Was the Marrying Kind”, which went to 45 on Billboard's Country chart, but the song that launched Moore's career was "Something' 'Bout A Truck”, a single released in September 2011, over the next few months, it climbed to number one and went double-platinum. In the wake of its success, Moore released “Up All Night”, in April 2012 and the next two singles were also Top Ten hits: "Beer Money" and “Hey Pretty Girl".The first sign of Moore's second album arrived in October 2013, when he released "Young Love”. This peaked at 26, which wound up better than his next single, "Dirt Road”, which flopped on the charts. As a result of this he and his label decided to scrap the planned second album and write and record a brand-new record. The album “Wild Ones”, came in August 2015. This was followed by his third album “Slowheart”, in September of 2017. This album included the huge hit singles "More Girls Like You" and "Last Shot”.Late in 2019, he released "She's Mine”. the first single from his fourth album, “Wild World”. A relatively inward-looking record, it peaked at 5 on the Country Albums chart.In March of 2022 Kip returned to the UK and Ireland to perform at the C2C festival and spoke with Stuart Banford.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Texas-born Eric Paslay started playing the guitar and writing songs at the age of 15. He relocated to Nashville a couple of years after graduating from high school to attend Middle Tennessee State University, where he studied everything related to the music business. He got an internship with a leading independent music publisher during his senior year, which led to a song publishing deal, which in turn led to a recording contract with EMI Records Nashville in 2011. That same year a song Paslay had written, "Barefoot Blue Jean Night", became a number one hit for country star Jake Owen. Paslay's own debut single, "Never Really Wanted", was also released that year with his self-titled debut album arriving in 2014. The album reached number four on the Billboard country charts, supported by the hit singles "Friday Night", "Song About a Girl" and "She Don't Love You". In 2017 while in London performing as part of Country Music Week Eric spoke with Chris Stevens.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Going deep into the Southern roots of various styles, Tennessee rapper/vocalist/songwriter Jelly Roll’s music explores themes of addiction, pain, and the struggle for better days.Born Jason DeFord, Jelly Roll was raised in the Antioch neighbourhood of Nashville, Tennessee. His father was a meat salesman who also worked as a bookie on the side, while his mother dealt with her own mental health and addiction issues. At the of age 14, Jelly Roll and several others were arrested and charged with multiple counts of possession of marijuana and attempted robbery.Before his transition into country music, he launched his career in hip hop. His 2013 mixtape "Whiskey, Weed, & Women", was originally named "Whiskey, Weed, & Waffle House", but was later changed after the restaurant threatened legal action over the use of their name and logo on the cover.He initially broke through on the underground scene before topping the independent albums chart in 2016 with his release "Sobriety Sucks". 2021 saw his first major label release "Ballads of the Broken", which featured his country cross-over smash "Son Of A Sinner", and in August of 2022 he chatted with Stuart Banford.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Lainey Wilson was born in Baskin, Louisiana, and caught the music bug at an early age. She started writing lyrics when she was just 9 years old and picked up the guitar at the age of 11. After finishing high school she moved to Nashville and lived in a trailer in the parking lot of a recording studio, where the manager helped support the aspiring artist by giving her an electrical hook up. After a few years of playing local shows her breakthrough came in 2021 with the release of her album 'Sayin' What I'm Thinkin'. it featured the No.1 single 'Things A Man Oughta Know'.Her latest album 'Bell Bottom Country' was released in October 2022, and the following March she made her way over to the UK and Ireland to perform at the C2C festival, which is when she spoke with Stuart Banford.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Born in Hokes Bluff, Alabama, Drake White grew up singing in the choir at his local church. He was given a guitar at the age of 14 from a neighbour and began writing songs and continued to do so while attending college and then university. After earning a degree in building science, he took a job with a general contractor in Nashville, working by day and playing the songwriter rounds at night. His mix of country, blues, funk, rock 'n' roll and reggae caught the attention of producer Jeremy Stover and this led to a record deal with MCA Nashville. In August of 2016, White's debut album 'Spark', was released and in March of the following year he made his way over to the UK and spoke with Chris Stevens.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Carrie Underwood was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and was raised alongside her two older sisters on their parents farm in the nearby rural town of Checotah. She began singing with her church when she was just 3 years old. As she got older she had an eye on a career in broadcast journalism and as a senior just a few credits short of her degree, she auditioned for the TV talent competition American Idol. She famously went on to be crowned the 2005 season winner. The same year saw the release of her debut album 'Some Hearts', which featured the massive hit singles 'Jesus Take The Wheel' and 'Before He Cheats'.Since then she's become one of country music's biggest stars and with the release of her 5th album 2015's 'Storyteller', she spoke with Stuart Banford.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Singer-songwriter Cam, was born and raised in California and growing up spent a lot of time at her grandparents ranch, which is where she was first introduced to country music. She went on to study psychology at university, which is where she formed an all-female acapella group called 'The Spokes'. After learning to play guitar while studying abroad in the Netherlands she began her career as songwriter, penning songs for the likes of Sam Smith and Miley Cyrus. She then signed a record deal herself with Sony and released her major label debut album 'Untamed', in December 2015. The album's second single 'Burning House', received widespread acclaim, including a 'Best Country Solo Performance', nomination at the 58th GRAMMY Awards.No stranger to visiting the UK, this is Cam in conversion with Chris Stevens.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series', is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Born in Sneedville, Tennessee, Morgan Wallen grew up in the Knoxville area. His mother was a teacher and father a preacher, in fact Morgan started singing in church when he was just 3 years old. He took up playing the violin when he was five and later learnt to play both piano and guitar. In high school though his passion was baseball and was good enough to earn offers of a college scholarship. Late in his senior year though an elbow injury put an end to his days as a pitcher and he began considering music as a career. In February 2014, he appeared as a contestant on The Voice USA but was eliminated in the playoffs. The platform though gave him nationwide exposure and motivated a more to Nashville. After settling in Music City and landing a record deal, in 2016 his debut single 'The Way I Talk', was well received at country radio and the following year his collaboration with Florida Georgia Line 'Up Down', went to No.1. Both songs featured on his 2018 debut album 'If I Know Me', the record also produced two of his biggest hits 'Whiskey Glasses' and 'Chasin' You'.January 2021, saw the arrival of Morgan's hotly anticipated follow-up 'Dangerous: The Double Album', and just before it's release Stuart Banford chatted with him.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'The CountryLine Songwriter Series' is where you'll hear from some of the most successful artists and songwriters working in Nashville today. Country music is all about storytelling and this is where you'll discover the stories from the people themselves of how they managed to find their way into such a competitive industry and rise to the top. What motivates and inspires them and what they've learnt along the way.Blending a love of classic country with southern-fried soul and a hint of modern R&B, this deadly combination made Luke Combs a hit right out the gate. His first single 2016's 'Hurricane", launched a series of 5 No.1's in a row. These songs feature on his debut album 'This One's For You', which was released in June 2017 and in March of the following year Luke made his first trip over to the UK which is when he spoke with Chris Stevens.CountryLine brings country music to the world through our radio stations, a TV show that reaches 90 million homes, countless interviews with massive stars and great live sessions. Download the CountryLine app to experience all this in one place:·     Live shows from the biggest names in country·     Interviews with our favourite artists·     News and gossip direct from music city itself·     Movies; TV shows·     Access to country music’s legends and the stars of tomorrow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.