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Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio Hardcore Country plays everything Roots – Country Related from Alternative Country to Zydeco

Hardcore Country has been on the Airwaves on CHRW for over thirty years and has been promoting alternative country and Americana music since its launch. The show is currently heard on Wednesday evenings from 10:00 to Midnight as part of Roots programming at the station along with the Blues Never Die from 8 pm to 10 pm
Americana as a format developed in the mid 1990s as an alternative to mainstream

country music which many people felt had become too commercial and no longer represented “real” country music. Tulare Dust, a song writer's tribute to Merle Haggard was produced by Tom Russell and Dave Alvin (of the Blasters) and helped initiate the Americana Charts back in 1994. Along with Tom Russell and Dave Alvin we’ve been playing Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam since they debuted on the music scene back in 1986. Ameripolitan arose as a genre in 2013 stressing a prominent Roots Influence including H***y Tonk, Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Western Swing and Outlaw music. Dale Watson, a strong proponent of H***y Tonk and the Bakersfield sound was the driving force behind the format which had it's first Music Awards Show in Austin in February 2014. The Bakersfield Sound developed in and around Bakersfield California and although rock and roll was also a major influence, it stayed true to it’s H***y Tonk roots and was a predecessor of both country-rock and outlaw music. Western Swing is a widely eclectic music incorporating both Jazz and Blues and came to the forefront in the 1930s during the heyday of Bob Wills (a major influence on Merle Haggard) and Milton Brown and his Brownies. Although it became less popular after World War it has seen a revival since the 70s when Merle Haggard released “A Tribute to the Best Damned fiddler in the World" and Ray Benson formed Asleep at the Wheel. Along with both kinds of music noted above (Country & Western) the show also features Cajun music (Zydeco’s country sibling) and well as traditional country. The show also plays tracks by Roots artists appearing locally and in the area (Ann Arbor to Buffalo and Toronto) It’s the place to get your fix of country music in London. Hard Core Country reports to Alt.Country Specialty Chart * Roots Music Report (RMR) Chart *CHRW Chart

19/10/2024
Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio HC 2024-10-02-16 PlaylistThe Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Mo...
15/10/2024

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio
HC 2024-10-02-16 Playlist
The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning” CCL
CONCERT CALENDAR
Dan Mangan - Being Elsewhere Mix (Arts & Crafts/BC-Sep 30) “Find New Ways (acoustic)” at The Meteor in Windsor Thu Oct 17 at Old Town theatre Aylmer Fri Oct 18 at The Sanctuary Centre for the Arts Ridgeway Sat Oct 19
Fred Eaglesmith – Drive-In Movie (Vertical-1996) “White Rose” at the Victoria Jubilee Hall in Walkerton Fri Oct 18 at 7:30 pm
The Western Swing Authority – 12 to 6 Central (Curve-Feb 9) “New Favourite Whiskey Song” at Music for UX: at the Music Hall in Uxbridge Fri Oct 18 at 8 pm
Reynolds, Robinson & Lodge - Haze Around the Moon: The Livery Session (Self 2017) “Only Half Crazy” CC at Colborne Street United Church, London Sat Oct 19 at 5:30 pm
Amanda Keeles Music - Can't Stop Me Now (Self-Mar 23) “Blame It On the Moonlight” CCL
Donovan Woods - Things Were Never Good If They're Not Good Now (End Times Music-Jul 19) “Trompsingel (Another Life)” (Radio edit) CC at the Forest City Film Festival Opening Night: A Celebration of Music and Film Also feat, Jenny Berkel and more at The Wolf Performance Centre, London Sat Oct 19 at 7 pm
Breabach – Fàs (Self-2022) “Fàs” Sunfest & Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club presentation at Metropolitan United Church Sat Oct 19 at 7 pm
6 PM > ----------------------
Newport Electric – Single (Self-Jun 28) "Yippie-i-o" CCL At the Richmond Tavern Sun Oct 20 from 3 to 6 pm
NEW RELEASES
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus – Harbortowne (Self-BC-Jun 14) “Sally Brown” # 65 on the current Alt.Specialty Chart
Larry & Joe - Manos Panamericanos (Self/BC-Sep 10) “Ya Volveré a la Sierra Blue Ridge”
Larry LJ Folk – Lessen The Blue (Self/BC-Sep 12) “The Real Me” CC
Anthea Feaver – Summer Morning (Self/BC-Sep 20) “Hard Times” CC Album Release w/ Alexander Gallant at Next Church in Kingston Sat 19 Oct at 7 pm
West of Texas – Hot Motel Nights (Pleasant Valley Ranch Records-Nov 1) “Wall of Memories”
ROUTE 3 – Just Believe (Pinecastle-Oct 18) Oct 18 /
“Boy From West Virginia”
7 PM >--------------------
Gurf Morlix Music – In Love At Zero (Self/BC-Oct 8) “Let\s Talk About Love”
Earshot Top 30 Radio Western 94.9 FM CHRW Tue Oct 9, 2024
# 2 Galea And The Galvanizers – Single (BandCamp-Sep 1719) “Hittin’ On Nothing”
# 18 Julian Taylor – Pathways (Howling Turtle-Sep 27) “Love Letters” CC At the Aeolian Thu Dec 5 at 8 pm
# 23 Falcon Jane (Sara May) - Legacy (Darling/BC-Aug 23) “Goodbye Moonlight” CC
# 25 Bella White - Five For Silver EP (Rounder/Concord-Aug 16) “Luxury Liner” CC
! Magazine National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart Tue Oct 8, 2024
# 2 The Fretless - Glasswing (Birthday Cake/BC-Sep 13) “Pipe Dream” CC feat Madeleine Roger)
# 8 JP Harris - JP Harris Is a Trash Fire (Bloodshot/BC- Sep 20) “Old Fox”
CFBX 92.5FM – Kamloops Folk/Roots/Blues Tue Oct 8, 2024
#5 Old Man Luedecke – She Told Me Where To Go (Outside/BC-Apr 24) “She Told Me Where To Go” CC At The Aeolian Tue Oct 29 at 7:30 pm
7:30 . -----------------------------------------------------------
CFUV 101.9 MHz – Victoria - Folk/Roots/Blues Chart Tue Oct 1, 2024
# 3 Blue Moon Marquee - New Orleans Sessions (Self/BC-Sep 21)
“Trickster Coyote” CC
CJSW 90.9 MHz – Calgary Folk/Roots/Blues Tue Oct 8, 2024
* # 5 Jason Andrew Griffith - Voice of Marie (Self/BC-Sep20) “Voice Of Marie” CC
Alt. Country Specialty Top 50 Americana Chart 2024-10-02
# 1 Mac Leaphart - Motel Breakfast (Self- Sep 13) “Blue Ridge Blue””
# 4 Pony Bradshaw – Thus Spoke The Fool (Black Mountain/Soundly-Aug 16) “Going to Water”
# 8 Billy Strings – Highway Prayers (Warners-Sep 27) “Gone a Long Time”
# 48 Ryan David Green - Off and Running (Self – Jun 16) “Afterlife”
# 49 Toria Richings - Bend and Break EP (Self-Sep 17) “Dark Times”
* # 69 Ivan Strunin - The First Day of December (Red Fiddle/BC-Feb 23) “La Valse J'aime”

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14/10/2024

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London Morning kicks off the CBC day in London with compelling, relevant, must-hear stories. Reflecting the full diversity of our city, the show provides a local lens on the country and world, and showcases our original journalism.

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio HC 2024-10-02 Playlist The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Mor...
01/10/2024

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio
HC 2024-10-02 Playlist
The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning” CCL
Monday was National Day of Truth & Reconciliation
Bilingual song protesting contaminated water crisis in Attawapiskat
Adrian Sutherland & Rodrigo Massa – Single (Midnight Shine Music/BC-Sep 6) “Don Politico (Politician Man)”
IN MEMORIUM RIP Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) 88 yr
Kris Kristofferson – Feeling Mortal (KK Records-Nov 2012) “Feeling Mortal”
CONCERT CALENDAR
Bobby Dove – Hopeless Romantic (Bandcamp 2021) “Chance In Hell” feat Jim Cuddy
w/ Barry James Payne at The Bunker – Stratford Thu Oct 3 at 8 pm
w/ Kwiat at the Cameron House - Toronto Sun Oct 6 at 9 pm
Russell deCarle TRIO – The End of the Road – (Rusty Car-Mar 18) ‘Take Away the Blues” with Russ Boswell and Steve Briggs at The Moonshine Cafe in Oakville Thu Oct 3 at 8 pm
Lori Yates Music – Matador (Self/BC-Jan 29) “Matador” CC
with Gold Dust Women feat Kylie Fox & Paige Warner
at The Cameron House in Toronto Thu Oct 3 at 8 pm / at The Bunker in Stratford Fri Oct 4 at 8 pm / At The Casbah in Hamilton at 7:30 pm / at The Homegrown Hideaway in Norfolk at Sun Oct 6 at 3 pm
Hector James Sturgeon – Rainmaker’s Country (self-???) “The Race Is On” Appearing at the Canadian Country Opry Show at Purple Hill in Thorndale Sun Oct 6th
Ryan Young – Just a Second (Self/BC-Oct 23) “The Rock And Wee Pickle Tow” at Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club at Chaucer’s Sun Oct 6
6:30 > --------------------------------------------------------
NEW RELEASES
Bubbling under the top 50 on the Alt.Speciality Americana top 50 chart
# 52 Shawna Thompson - Lean on Neon (Sun- Sep 13) “Burn It Down”
# 54 Toria Richings - Bend and Break EP (Self-Sep 17) “Cheap Talkin’ blues”
# 55 Gary Nicholson - Common Sense (Qualified/BC-July 19) “What a Little Love can Do:”
# 62 Bella White - Five For Silver EP (Rounder/Concord-Aug 16) “Unknown Legen”
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Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors - Strangers No More: Volume Two (Magnolia Music-Jul 20) “Green Light (feat Vince Gill)
Ray LaMontagne – Long Way Home (9th Lula-Aug 16) “And They Called Her California”
Jim Stanard – Magical! (Self-Jan??) “You Turned Red (That Made Me Blue)” Single Sep 24
7 pm >----------------------
Whitehorse – Single (Six Shooter/BC-Sep 27) “Sweet Surender”
Blue Moon Marquee - New Orleans Sessions (Self/BC-Sep 21) “Ain’t Going Down”
Chris Gostling Music – Forest City Town Country (Self/BC-Oct 4) “The Lesson” w Ryan Naismith at The Rosewood Room at London Music Hall Fri Oct 25
Earshot TOP 30 Radio Western 94.9 FM CHRW Tue Sep 23, 2024
# 1 Galea And The Galvanizers – Single (BandCamp-Sep 1719) “Hittin’ On Nothing”
# 20 Rick White Archive – Rick White and The Sadies – (Blue Fog/BC-Jun 6) “Sing”
# 25 Katy J Pearson - Someday, Now (Heavenly/PIAS/BC-Sep 30) “It’s Mine Now”
!earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart Tue Sep 23, 2024
# 4 Old Man Luedecke – She Told Me Where To Go (Outside/BC-Apr 24) “She Told Me Where To Go” at The Aeolian Tue Oct 29
# 9 Dan Mangan - Being Elsewhere Mix (Arts & Crafts/BC-Sep 30) “Maggie’s Farm” He’s touring SWOntario between Wed Oct 16 to Sat Oct 19 playing in Cambridge, Windsor, Aylmer & Ridgeway
7:30 . -----------------------------------------------------------
CFUV 101.9 FM – Victoria - Folk/Roots/Blues Chart Tue Sep 23, 2024
# 4 Bob Sumner Music - Some Place To Rest Easy (Fluff & Gravy/BC-Sep 6) “Motel Room”
# 7 Falcon Jane - Legacy (Darling/BC-Aug 23) “Oh My God”
CKUA 94.9 MHz – Edmonton - Folk/Roots/Blues Chart Tue Sep 23 , 2024
# 3 Julian Taylor – Pathways (Howling Turtle-Sep 27) “Pathways” feat Allison Russell at the Aeolian Thu Dec 5 at 8 pm
Alt. Country Specialty Chart Top 50 Americana Chart 2024-09-25
# 18 Hannah Juanita - Tennessee Songbird (Self/BC-Aug 30) “Loose Caboose”
# 21 The Deslondes - Roll It Out (New West/BC-Sep 6) “Take Me Back”
# 27 India Ramey – Baptized by The Blaze – (Mule Kick-Aug23) “Down For the Count” at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto Sun Oct 20 at 7:30
# 43 Amy Speace – the American Dream (Windbone-Oct 18)
# 58 Ivan Strunin - The First Day of December (Red Fiddle/BC-Feb 23) “Coquette”

IN MEMORIUM RIP Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) 88 yr KRIS KRISTOFFERSON – Feeling Mortal ...
01/10/2024

IN MEMORIUM RIP Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) 88 yr KRIS KRISTOFFERSON – Feeling Mortal (KK Records-Nov 2012)

I had the pleasure of meeting Kris Kristofferson about 11 years ago, not as a somewhat known Country Music artist, but as a 25 year old intern working for (a legend in her own right). That is actually the first and last time we ever met, believe it or not. Still, he treated me like a person. We were in the waiting room for his interview with SiriusXM Outlaw Country, and Merle Haggard was playing on the radio. I remember we sat there and talked about his friend Merle, and his eyes seemed to light up that I knew so much about the Hag. And he smiled that smile. He was promoting a new album then called “Feeling Mortal”. I remember thinking how inspiring it was to me that he was 76 years old and had just released an album of all original material. It still inspires me. He has had a profound influence on my songwriting. He was a beautiful architect of songs, and his lyrics transcended genre. I was way too shy to tell him that then or even get a photo. I am thankful to have met this beautiful renaissance man, either way. What a giant to us all. Always loved this iconic photo by Jim McGuire.

“Because life is a song for the dying to sing
And it’s got to have feeling to mean anything”

RIP, Kris Kristofferson. 🕊️

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio HC 2024-09-25 Playlist The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morn...
24/09/2024

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio
HC 2024-09-25 Playlist
The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning” CCL
Kathryn Dawn Lang was finally inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame on Sat Sep
k.d. lang – Shadowland (The Owen Bradley Sessions) (Sire 1988) “H***y Tonk Medley” (In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down),
You Nearly Lose Your Mind, Blues Stay Away From Me)
IN MEMORIUM John David Southern (NoV 2, 1945 – Sep 17, 2024) aged 78
JD Souther – Home by Dawn (Omnivore 2005) “Home By Dawn”
CONCERT CALENDAR
Chris Spedding - The Very Best of Chris Spedding (EMI 2005) "Rock and Roll Band"
Lori Yates Music – Matador (Self/BC-Jan 29) “Time After Time”
with Gold Dust Women w/ Kylie Fox & Paige Warner at The Midnight Run in Waterloo Fri Sep 27 at 8 pm
at The Moonshine Cafe in Oakville Wed Oct 2 at 8 pm
Pete Denomme Music – All These Miles (Self/BC Mar 30) “All These Miles” w/ his Old School rock ‘n’ roll band at the Richmond Tavern Sun Sep 29 at 3 pm
Willie Watson - Willie Watson (Little Operation-Sep 13) “Already Gone” wsg Jack Vance at the Ark Ann Arbor Sun Sep 29 at 7:30 pm
Bobby Dove – Hopeless Romantic (Bandcamp 2021) “Hopeless Romantic” w/ Ally Corbett + Heart & Clark at the Casbah Lounge · Hamilton Mon Sep 30 at 8 pm
Also w/ Barry James Payne at The Bunker in Stratford Thu Oct 3
Chris Gostling Music – Forest City Town Country (Self/BC-Oct 4) “Bleed” Album release at the Local Pub in Toronto Tue Oct 1 at 9 pm + w Ryan Naismith at The Rosewood Room at London Music Hall Fri Oct 25 at 8 pm
6:30 > ---------------------------------------------------------------
Bubbling under the top 50 on the Alt.Speciality Americana top 50 chart
* # 53 Toria Richings - Bend and Break EP (Self-Sep 17) “Cowboys and Moonshine”
# 56 (Tie) Heather Pierson - Back to the Light (Vessel-Sep 27) “Gutter”
# 56 (Tie) Sarah Pierce - Blessed By The West (Self-Sep 13) “Rough Stock”
# 56 (Tie) Emily Hicks – Weird Wild Wonderful (Self/BC-Sep 6) “Hickory Lane”
NEW RELEASES
Terri Clark – Take Two (Universal-May 31) ““Better Things To Do” (featuring Ashley McBryde)
Larry "LJ" Folk - Lessen the Blue (Self/BC-Sep 13) “Hey Politician”
Album release Sun Oct 27 w/ Dyland Bell and Sub Sankaran at the Olde Stone Cottage Pub Scarborough
Galea And The Galvanizers – Single (BandCamp-Sep 1719) “Hittin’ On Nothing”
Anthea Feaver – Summer Morning (Self-Sep 20) “Hard Times” CC
7 pm >-------------------------------------------------------------
Blue Moon Marquee - New Orleans Sessions (Self/BC-Sep 21)
“Let’s Get Drunk Again”
Kelley Mickwee - Everything Beautiful (Amco Music-Sep 27) “Verge of Tears”
Earshot Top 30 Radio Western 94.9 FM CHRW Tue Sep 17, 2024
# 10 Maggie’s Wake – Maggie’s Wake (Self-Mar 17) “Grosse Isle (Far Away)”
# 18 Jim Cuddy - All The World Fades Away (Warner Canada- Jun 14) “Good News” CC
# 20 CALICO Music - Northern Girl (Self/BC-Apr 25) “Ode To You”
!Earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart, Sep 17, 2024
* # 6 Falcon Jane - Legacy (Darling/BC-Aug 23) “I Own The Road”
7:30 . -----------------------------------------------------------
# 9 Bella White - Five For Silver EP (Rounder/Concord-Aug 16) “Nobody Die Anymore”
# 10 Hannah Juanita - Tennessee Songbird (Self/BC-Aug 30) “Hardliner Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
Alt.Country Specialty Top 70 Americana Chart 2024-09-18
# 22 Jeffrey Foucault - The Universal Fire (Fluff & Gravy-Sep 6)
“Crushed Ice and Gasoline”
# 23 George Strait - Cowboys And Dreamers (MCA Nashville-Sep 6)
“Rent”
# 32 Steep Canyon Rangers - Live At Greenfield Lake (Yep Roc/BC-Aug 30) “ As I Go (Live)”
# 33 Reckless Kelly – The Last Frontier (No Big Deal-Sep 13) “The Last Frontier” feat Kelly Willis
# 44 Shawna Thompson - Lean on Neon (Sun- Sep 13) “H***y Tonk Hurtin'’ feat Pam Tillis

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Hardcore Country has been on the Airwaves on CHRW for thirty years as of June 2018 and has been promoting alternative country and Americana music since its launch. The show is currently heard on Wednesday evenings from 10:30 to Midnight as part of Roots Programming at the station on Wednesdays along with Shakin’ Katz Show (Rockabilly/Surf) which is now on from 7 to 9 PM, For the Folk alternates with the Blue Never Die in the 9 to 10:30 time slot

Americana as a format developed in the mid 1990s as an alternative to mainstream country music which many people felt had become too commercial and no longer represented “real” country music. Tulare Dust, a songwriter's trubute to Merle Haggard was produced by Tom Russell and Dave Alvin (of the Blasters) and is helped initiate the Americana Charts back in 1994. Along with Tom Russell and Dave Alvin we’ve been playing Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam since they their debut on the music scene back in 1986. Ameripolitan arose as a genre in 2013 stressing a prominent Roots Influence including H***y Tonk, Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Western Swing and Outlaw music. Dale Watson, a strong proponent of H***y Tonk and the Bakersfield sound was the driving force behind the format which is scheduled to have its first Music Awards Show in Austin in February 2014. The Bakersfield Sound developed in and around Bakersfield California and although rock and roll was also a major influence, it stayed true to it’s H***y Tonk roots and was a predecessor of both country-rock and outlaw music. Western Swing is a widely ecletic music incorporating both Jazz and Blues and came to the forefront in the 1930s during the heyday of Bob Wills (a major influence on Merle Haggard) and Milton Brrown and his Brownies. Although it became less popular after World War it has seen a revival since the 70s when Merle Haggard released “A Tribute to the Best Damned fiddler in the World and Ray Benson formed Asleep at the Wheel. Along with both kinds of music noted above (Country & Western) the show also features Cajun music (Zydeco’s country sibling) and well as traditional country. The show also plays tracks by Roots artists appearing locally and in the area (Ann Arbor to Buffalo and Toronto) It’s the place to get your fix of country music in London. Hard Core Country reports to John Conquest’s Third Coast Magazine’s /Freeform American Roots (FAR) Chart * Roots Music Report (RMR) * The Alternate Root- Roots 66 International Airplay(ARC) Chart *CHRW Chart * Twang DJ Report