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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

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio 2024-07-31 Playlist The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning...
30/07/2024

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio 2024-07-31 Playlist
The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning”
RIP John Brumwell Mayall OBE (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024)
John Mayall – Talk About That (Forty Below-Jan 1, 2017) “Cards On The Table”
RIP Harry Peter "Happy" Traum (May 9, 1938 – July 17, 2024)
Happy Traum – For The Love Of It (Lark’s Nest-Jul 1-2015) “In The Pines” (Leadbelly) feat Teresa Williams
CONCERT CALENDAR
'63 Monroe - N.F.G. (Yeah Right!BC-Apr 30) “After” at the Richmond London Fri Aug 2
Dan Walsh Beardzone - The Booker (Busted flat/BC-Jul 21,2023) “Moving On” at Simcoe Heritage Festival Sat Aug 2 at 12:15
Buttonfly - The Distance Between Us (Bandcamp-2018) “beech street I” at the Richmond Sat Aug 3 at 9 pm
Ray Materick – Neon Rain (Aylum 1975) “Linda Put the Coffee On” w/ Daniel Lanois at Festival of Friends on the Main Stage at 6:30 pm
NEW RELEASES
Bubblin Under Alt.Speciality Americana top 50 chart
# 51 Beppe Gambetta - Terra Madre (Self/BC-Apr 12) “Mis Amour”
# 52 (Tie) Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland (Acony-Aug 23) “Empty Trainload of Sky”
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# 66 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats - South of Here (Stax/Concord/BC-Jun 28) “South of Here”
# 69 Jake Neuman and The Jaybirds - Little Bitty Town (Peacedale-Jun 14) “Clocks and Spoons” (John Prine)
#71 Erin Ash Sullivan - Signposts and Marks (Self-Jul 26) "Goat on a Stone Wall'
Rick Estrin and The Nightcats - The Hits Keep Coming (Alligator-May 10) “Everybody Knows” Lyrics Leonard Cohen, music Sharon Robinson
Chris Castle – Long Way to the Bottom (self/BC-May 17) “Even Losers Win”
Steel Saddle – Steel Saddle (Self/BC-Jul 5) “Donny the Satanist”
Boy Golden (Liam Duncan) – For Eden (Six Shooter/BC-Jul 19) “Toyota”
Red Clay Strays - Made By These Moments (RCA-Jul 26) |“Wanna Be Loved”
7 pm >------------------------------------
American Aquarium - The Fear of Standing Still (Losing Side/BC-Jul 26) “Messy As A Magnolia”
Jason Charles Miller – Knives In The Dark (OneOpportunity-Aug 16) “Digging in the Dust”
Radio Western CHRW 94.9 MHz – Current Earshot London Top 30
# 15 Jay Gavin – Road Ready (Good Time Charlies/BC-May 3) “Government Tobacco”
# 18 Grievous Angels - Last Call For Cinderella (Self/BC-May 7) “The Last Wedding Band”
# 26 Steve Earle – Alone Again (LIVE) (Howe Sound ecords/Missing Piece Records-Jul 12) “Devil’s Right Hand”
# 30 FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS - Struck Down (Stony Plain-Jun 28) “Don't Make No Sense”( Steve Strongman/Kim Wilson) feat Terrance Simien
Current ! Earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart
# 2 Sammy Volkov & Dana Wylie - The Day Had To Come (Self.BC-May 17) “The Day Had To Come” feat Ray Funk on the pedal steel
7:30----------------------------------------
# 3 Romi Mayes Band - Small Victories (Self/BC-Jun 28) “When You Ask” Song is from Side A “The Soft Side”
Current Alt. Country Specialty Chart Top 50 Americana
# 3 Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Petty Country: Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty Big Machine-Jun 21) “I Need To Know”
# 6 Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) - Passage Du Desir {High Top Mountain-Jul 12) “Who Am I”
# 26 Melissa Carper – Borned In Ya (Mae Music/BC-Jul 19) “Lucky Five”
# 34 AJ Lee & Blue Summit - City of Glass (Signature Sounds/BC-Jul 19) “Solicitor Man”
# 35 Neil Young & Crazy HorseE- Early Daze (Reprise-Jun 28) “Everybody’s Alone”
# 48 Marques Morel - Tales & Tellings (Edgewater-Jun 28) “Lone Rooster Blues”
# 50 Amy Annelle (Dziewanna) – The Toll (High Plains/BC-Jul 27) “Pull Tabs & Broken Glass” feat. Jolie Holland

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio 2024-07-24 Playlist The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning...
23/07/2024

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio 2024-07-24 Playlist
The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning”
Bill Durst - The Wharncliffe Sessions (Self 2005) “Jenny's In the Gin”
at MacKenzie Creek Music Festival – Brantford Sat Jul 27
Pete Denomme – All These Miles (Self/BC Mar 30) “All These Miles”
w/ his Old School Bandat the Richmond Sun Jul 28 at 3 pm
# 10 on Radio Western Top 30 Chart
'63 Monroe - N.F.G. (Yeah Right!BC-Apr 30) “Teenage Kicks” CCL
# 3 on Radio Western’s Top 30 Chart at the Richmond London Fri Aug 2 at 9 pm
NEW RELEASES
First up 5 albums that are bubbling under Alt. Country Specialty Chart Americana top 50
# 60 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - South of Here (Stax/Concord/BC-Jun 28) “Get Used to the Night”
# 62 Maya de Vitry - The Only Moment (Mad Maker/BC-Jul 12) “Addicted”
# 65 Robert Earl Keen - Western Chill (Scriptorium Rex-Jun 7) “Walking On”
# 67 Nicolette & The Nobodies - The Long Way (ArtHaus/BC-Apr 12) “I Didn’t Know”
# 70 Stephanie Lambring – Hypocrite (Tone Tree/BC-Apr 19) “Confessional”
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Noel McKay - You Only Live Always (Self-May 2) “The Motel King”
Martha Fields - Bramble Bridge (Self/BC-Jun 1) “All I Know ”
Romi Mayes Band - Small Victories (Self/BC-Jun 28) “Right Now”
T. Buckley -Single (Fallen Tree- Jul 10/BC-Jul 10) “Dust Down a Country Road” (John Hiatt)
Johnny blue skies (fka Sturgill Simpson) - Passage Du Desir {High Top Mountain-Jul 12) “Mint Tea”
Steve Earle – Alone Again (LIVE) (Howe Sound Records/Missing Piece Records-Jul 12) “My Old Friend the Blues”
Rainy Eyes (Irena Eide) -Lonesome Highway (Royal Potato Family/BC-Jul12) “Lonesome Highway” *
Kiely Connell – My Own Company (Calumet Queen/TT-Jul 19)
“Damn Hands”
7 pm >----------------------------------------------------------------
Connor Daly - Colors Fade (Self-Jul 26) “You In Tennessee”
Mike Graham - The Innocence We’ve Lost (Self-Aug 9) “Had Enough”
@!Earshot Magazine Radio Western CHRW 94.9 FM - Latest TOP 30 Chart 9 July 2024
# 8 The Wabi Sabis - The Patron Saint Of Freaks, Geeks, Nerds, And Weirdos (Sel/BC-Jun 17) “You Lucky Bastard”
# 14 Jay Gavin – Road Ready (Good Time Charlies/BC-May 3)
“Rhythms & Rhymes” #33 on Alt.Specialty Americana Chart
# 15 Grievous Angels - Last Call For Cinderella (Self/BC-May 7) “I Could Tell” feat Janet Mercier on vocals
# 29 Anna Tivel - Living Things (Fluff & Gravy/BC-May 31)
“Disposable Camera
@!Earshot Magazine's National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart Tue Jul 16, 2024
# 10 Ben Vallee - Introducing... (Self/BC-Jun 7) “One More Time Before We Go” *
# 8 Sonya Cohen Cramer - You've Been a Friend to Me ( ( Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/BC-May 17) “No Place to Fall” (Townes VanZandt)
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# 1 Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Texicali (Yep Roc/BC-Jun 21) “Why I’m Walking”
# 20 George Ducas - Long Way From Home (Loud Ranch/Xstream-Jun 21) “Hello Fool”
# 24 SILVERADA – Silverada (Sitcom Universe/BC-Jun 28) Silverada
“Anywhere but Here”
# 26 DALLAS MOORE - Gems and Jams (Sol-Aug 9) “Sing My Song”
# 32 CRIS JACOBS - One of These Days (Soundly-Apr 28) “Lifetime To go” feat Lee Ann Womack
#33 JUBAL LEE YOUNG - Wild Birds Warble (7 Bridges- Jun 28)
“Rock, Salt & Nails ” Another cover of one of his dad’s most popular songs
# 47 WYLY BIGGER - Broken Telephone (Madjack/BC-May 24)
“Ain’t The First Time”

21/07/2024

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HaHard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio024-07-17 Playlist  CONCERT CALENDARThThe Rizdales Demo “Theme for a...
17/07/2024

HaHard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio024-07-17 Playlist
CONCERT CALENDAR
ThThe Rizdales Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning”
CONCERT CALENDAR
KaKaren Emeny The Right Mistakes (Self 2010) “Meant For This”
With Maddy McKenzie, Julianne Hobby at PaPalasad Socialbowl Fri Jul 19 at 9 pm
JeJesse Daniel Countin' The Miles (Lightning Rod/BC-Jun 7) “Steppin' Out” feat Jodi Lyford) at the Horseshoe Tavern Toronto Fri Jul 19 at 8:30 pm
JWJW-Jones Everything Now (Stony Plain-May 2023) “To Tell You The Truth (I Lied)” at The Back Alley Bar & Grill, St Thomas Sat Jul 20 at 8 pm
RiRichard Thompson - RT Ship to Shore (New West-May 31) “The Day I Give In” at Hillside Festival Guelph Sun Jul 21 at 7:45
BlBlackie and The Rodeo Kings O Glory (Warner Music-Jul 2022)
“O Glory Lost Those Blues Again”with Daniel Lanois and Terra Lightfoot at Hillside Festival in Guelph Sun Jul 21 at 9:30
CaCarolyn Striho Carolyn Striho EP (Self-TBD) “14 Miles of Bad Road” feat Scott Dailey) At Don Was Detroit All Star R***e: 33rd Annual Concert of Colors Peace Love and Understanding Free Festival along with Marchall Crenshaw, , Corktown Popes and more at The Institute of Art – Detroit Sun Jul 21 at 8 pm
NEW RELEASES
First up albums bubbling under the top 50 on the Alt.Speciality Americana top 50 chart
# 52 ReReckless Kelly Single (No Big Deal-Jun 21) “Keep Lookin’ Down The Road”
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# 53 NaNathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats South of Here (Stax/Concord/BC-Jun 28) “Heartless”
# 55 MaMaya de Vitry The Only Moment (Mad Maker/BC-Jul 12) Alt “Odds Of Getting Even”
# 64 JaJake Neuman and The Jaybirds Little Bitty Town EP (Peacedale Records-Jun 14) “Two Days Ago”
# 68 CaCaleb Caudle Sweet Critters (Self/BC-Aug 16) “Knee Deep Blues”
GrGrievous Angels Last Call For Cinderella (Self/BC-May 7) “The Last Wedding Band”
PoPokey LaFarge Rhumba Country (New West-May 10) “Made To Be Loved”
MaMartha Fields Band Bramble Bridge (Self/BC-Jun 1) “Biscay Blues ”
7 pm >-----------------------------------------------------------
16 WiWill Gillespie Music MINE! True Stories and Legends of the Porcupine Gold Rush (Self/BC-Jun 7) “The Lady Prospector”
RoRomi Mayes Band - Official Music Pagemall Victories (Self/BC-Jun 28) “When I’m With You”
THTHE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS FEATURING JIMMY VAUGHN Struck Down (Stony Plain-Jun 28) “Nothing in Rambling” feat & Bonnie Raitt & Keb' Mo & Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood
JoJohn Gogo Western Balladeer (6th Album Self -Jul 3) “The Morning After"
STEVE EARLE – Alone Again (LIVE) (Howe Sound Records/Missing Piece Records-Jul 12) “Guitar Town”
!earshot RADIO WESTERN CHRW 94.9 FM - Latest TOP 30 Chart 9 July 2024
# 4 '6'63 Monroe N.F.G. (Yeah Right!BC-Apr 30) “Teenage Kicks” I’M Sorry Now
# 5 WeWestminster Park Dear Honored Listener 10th Anniversary - Remixed, (Self/BC-Jun 28) “I’m Sorry Now”
# 21 WiWilco Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP (dBpm/BC -Jul 5) “Hot Sun”
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!earshot The National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart 9 July 2024
# 2 Big DaDave McLeanThis Old Life (Cordova Bay-May 3) “You Mean So Much To Me”
# 8 NoNorine Braun Journey Toward Wholeness (Self/BC- May 24) “Grandma's Jig”
# 9 BeBerk Jodoin music Fly Away (Merilainen Music/BC-Jun 7) CC "Aces & 8s"
# 10 SpSpencer Jo The Water (Moments Fest/BC-May 29) “Talking to Myself”
AlAlt. Country Specialty Chartmericana Top 50 10 July 2024
# 7 JuJubal Lee Young Music Wild Birds Warble (7 Bridges- Jun 28)
“Carmelita ” (Warran Zevon)
# 18 ChChristian Parker Music Change Is Now: A Tribute to the Byrds (Edgewayer-Mar22) “Ballad of Easy Rider
# 28 BrBronwyn Keith-Hynes I Built A World (Self-May 24)
“Will You Ever Be Mine” feat Dudley Connell
# 33 JaJay GavinRoad Ready (Good Time Charlies-May 3) “Feels Like Rain”

HaHard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio024-07-10 PlaylistThThe Rizdales Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning”...
09/07/2024

HaHard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio024-07-10 Playlist
ThThe Rizdales Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning”
IN MEMORIUM R.I.P. Mark R. Germino (August 12, 1950 - July 3, 2024) 73 Yr Old
MaMark Germino– Midnight Carnival (Red Parlor Records – 2021)
CONCERT CALENDAR
TyTyler Childers Rustin’ In The Rain (Hickman Holler/RCA-Sep 8) “Rustin’ In The Rain”
ChCharles Wesley Godwin- Family Ties (Big Loud-Sep 22) “Miner Imperfections” at Rock the Park at Harris Park Thu Jul 11
MaMarie Bottrell The Star (Mercey Brothers-1980) “The Star”
at Mud Creek Bluegrass Festival Parkhill Fri Jul 12 at 8 pm
NeNew Cumberland Fishing For Compliments (Self – 2015) “On and On” at Mud Creek Bluegrass Festival Parkhill Sat Jul 13 at 1 pm & 5:45 pm
Alan Doyle Welcome Home (Skinner’s Hill-Feb 19) “Best I Never Had”Rock The Park w/ Bryan Adams, & the Sheepdogs at Harris Park Sat Jul 13
PaPaul Langille Live at the Princess Ave Playhouse ( Broken Strin Solutions-2018) “H***y Tonk” w/ David Wright AT Springbank Gardens – London Sun 14 at 2 pm
6:30----------------------------------------------------------------------
John Krische - Old Hay for the Horses (Bandcamp-Apr 30) “Big Ole Lie”at JiJim Chapman weekly Unity Centre Concert Series - London Wed Jul 17 at 8 pm
NEW RELEASES
Bubbling under the Alt.Country Specialty Chart Top 50 Americana
10 # 63 Ryan David Green Off and Running (Self – Jun 16) “Afterlife”
# 65 Chris Kasper Sunlight in an Empty Room (Royal Potato Family/BC-May 10) “Shuffle On Through”
# 67 LoLost Dog Street BandAND – Survived (Annti/TT-Apr 26)
“Son of Tennessee”
The FAFABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS Struck Down (Stony Plain-Jun 28)
“Payback Time” feat Billy Gibbons
RoRomi Mayes Band - Official Music PageSmall Victories (Self/bc-Jun 28) “Please Tell My Heart”
JoJohn Gogo Western Balladeer (6th Album Self -Jul 3) “Cougar Annie”
Zach Bryan The Great American Bar Scene (Belting Bronco-Jul 4) "Sandpaper" feat Bruce Springsteen)
7 pm >---------------------------------------------------------------
Steve Earle Alone Again (LIVE) (Howe Sound Records/Missing Piece Records-Jul 12) “Copperhead Road” Live Acoustic Solo
Bob Sumner Music Some Place to Rest Easy (North Country Collective-Sep 6) “Motel Room”
!EaEarshot Magazineadio Western CHRW 94.9 FM - Latest TOP 30 Chart Jul 2. 2024
# 4 Westminster Park Dear Honored Listener 10th Anniversary - Remixed, (Self/BC-Jun 28) “Girl In The Navy Blue Cardigan”
# 6 Galea And The Galvanizers Single (Self/BC-Jun 14) “Sam Lay’s Pistol”
# 11 Pete Denomme Music All These Miles (Self/BC Mar 30) “One Wish”at Firerock Golf Course Sat Jul 13 at 6 pm
#18 GrGrievous AngelsLast Call for Cinderella (self/BC-May 7)
“Sleepwalking”
# 20 Steve Ketchen & The Parkdale Rebelspellbound (Self/BC-Apr 19) “Savannah” CC
CD release at the Richmond Tavern Sat Nov 23 from 3 to 6 pm
7:30---------------------------------------------------------------------
AlAlt. Country Specialty Chartmericana Top 50
# 11 Kaitlin Butts Roadrunner (Soundly-Jun 28) “Buckaroo”
#20 Jubal Lee Young Music Wild Birds Warble (7 Bridges- Jun 28) “Seven Bridges Road”
# 21 The Grng0 Pistoleros The Rise and... Subsequent Fall of the Texas Alien "One |Step Further"
# 22iJim Lauderdale My Favourite Place (Sky Crunch/BC-Jul 21) “Don’t You Treat ‘Em That Way”
# 33 George Ducas Long Way From Home (Loud Ranch/Xstream-Jun 21) “Drifter”
# 34 Eddie Lightner - Notes Of Life (Self-May 31) “Watermelon Moon”
# 48 Silverada Silverada (Sitcom Universe-Jun 28) “Wallflower”
# 49 Johnny Cash Songwriter (Mercury/Ume-Jun 28) “Poor Valley Girl”

Vancouver's Bob Sumner just announced his upcoming album, Some Place To Rest Easy this past Thursday alongside the relea...
06/07/2024

Vancouver's Bob Sumner just announced his upcoming album, Some Place To Rest Easy this past Thursday alongside the release of his new single, "Motel Room."

Official Video for Bob Sumner's 'Motel Room' off his forthcoming record 'Some Place to Rest Easy' due September 6, 2024 via Fluff & Gravy Records (World) & N...

Mandolin Orange: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (from 4 years ago)
06/07/2024

Mandolin Orange: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (from 4 years ago)

Watch Mandolin Orange play "Golden Embers", "The Wolves" and "Wildfire" at the Tiny Desk.More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.npr.org/tinydes...

HC 2024-07-03 Playlist Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW RadioThe Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morni...
02/07/2024

HC 2024-07-03 Playlist Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio
The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning”
IN MEMORIUM
Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman (October 31, 1944 – June 26, 2024) 79 yr old singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist for Texas Monthly
Kinky Friedman - The Loneliest Man I Ever Met (Avenue A- 2015) “The Loneliest Man I Ever Met”
IN MEMORIUM
Martin Eugene Mull (August 18, 1943 – June 27, 2024) 80 yr old American comic actor whose career included contributions as a musician and painter May be best known as his character Barth Gimbleon Fernwood 2 Night
Martin Mull – Normal (Capricorn-1974) “Jesus Christ Football Star”
AWARD
The Canadian Country Music Association will be Inducting k.d. lang Into The Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in September at their convention in Edmonton AB
k.d. lang and the reclines- Absolute Torch and Twang (Sire 1989)
“Trail of Broken Hearts” last bona fide country album of her career
CONCERT CALENDAR
Steve Earle - Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty (Big Machine-Jun 11) “Yer So Bad”
Alone Again 2024 Tour at Centennial Hall Fri Jul 5 at 7:30 pm
The Barra MacNeils - 20th Anniversary Collection (Barra Music-2007) “Darling Be Home Soon”
Lucy MacNeil Music - Angels Whisper (Self/BC-Jun 14) “Radio Sweethearts” at the Grand Theatre – Fergus Sat Jul 6 at 7:30
The Mongrels – S**t & Such (Self-2022) “Drunk In the Dark”
At the Richmond Tavern Rent Party # 109 Sun Jul 7 Matinee 4 to 7
6:30 pm -------------------------------------------------------
TD Sunfest Canada runs from Thu Jul 4 to Sun July 8 in Victoria Park
Angelique Francis - Long River (Self-2022) “My Love”
On the Jazz Stage Victoria Park Sun Jul 7 at 7:30 pm
Le Diable à Cinq – Bien Déçus (Self/BC-2018) “Bien déçus
NEW RELEASES
Bubbling under the top 50 on the Alt.Speciality Americana top 50 chart
# 59 Robert Earl Keen - Western Chill (Scriptorium Rex-Jun 7) “Bones and Flowers”
# 67 Jake Neuman and The Jaybirds - Little Bitty Town EP (Peacedale Records-Jun 14) “Little Bitty Town”
# 53 AJ Lee & Blue Summit - City of Glass (Signature Sounds/BC-Jul 19) “Can’t Find You” feat Mollly tuttle
# 54 The Cactus Blossoms - Every Time I Think About You (Walkie Talkie-Aug 30) “There She Goes”
Larry & Joe - Manos Panamericanos (Self-Sep 10)
“Runnin’ From the Weather” feat Sophie Wellington
7 pm >---------------------------------------------------------------
Verlon Thompson - If It Weren’t for You: A Tribute to Walt Wilkins (Eight 0 Records- Summer 2025) "If It Weren't For You" (Jun 7)
Rory Block - Positively 4th Street (Stony Plain/BC-Jun28)
“Mr. Tambourine Man”
! Earshot RADIO WESTERN CHRW 94.9 FM - Top 30 Chart Jun 25
# 9 Maggie’s Wake – Maggie’s Wake (Self-Mar 17) “The Life that You Made”
# 10 Galea And The Galvanizers – Single (Self/BC-Jun 14) “Sam Lay’s Pistol”
# 11 Pete Denomme – All These Miles (Self/BC Mar 30) “All These Miles”
#18 Grievous Angels– Last Call for Cinderella (self/BC-May 7) “Bells Of Pontecorvo”
CFBX Radio Kamloops 92.5 FM !earshot Folk/Roots/Blues Chart
# 2 Allen Dobb - Alone Together (Self/BC-Feb 9 ) “Alone Together”
CKUA Radio 94.9 FM– Edmonton !earshot Folk/Roots/Blues Chart
# 2 Sammy Volkov & Dana Wylie - The Day Had To Come (Self-May 17) “Long Long Gone”
7:30 pm -----------------------------------------------------------
Alt. Country Specialty Chart Americana Top 50
# 6 Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Texicali (Yep Roc-Jun 21) “Death of the Last Stripper”
# 8 Jim Lauderdale – My Favourite Place (Sky Crunch/BC-Jul 21) “I’m a Lucky Loser”
# 17 Keegan Mcinroe - Dusty Passports and Empty Beds (Self-Dec 8) “Big Year”
# 23 Nichole Wagner - Plastic Flowers (Self/BC-Jun 7) “Monsters”
# 24 Kaitlin Butts – Roadrunner (Soundly-Jun 28) “Wild Juanita's Cactus Juice”
# 34 Matt Hillyer - Bright Skyline (State Fair-Jun 21) “If I Didn’t Have You”
# 36 Martha Spencer - La La Land (Music Maker/BC-May 17) “Sometimes”

28/06/2024

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Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio Playlist Wed Jun 19, 2024The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Mo...
18/06/2024

Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio Playlist Wed Jun 19, 2024
The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning”
Today is Juneteenth celebrating the ending of slavery in the United States
Guy Davis - American Roots Artist - Be Ready When I Call You (M.C. Records June 2021) ““God’s Gonna’ Make Things Over” Song is about the Tulsa Race Massacre which occurred in 1921
CONCERT CALENDAR
Will Gillespie Music – MINE! True Stories and Legends of the Porcupine Gold Rush (Self/BC-Jun 7) “Butch Burns”
Barry James Payne (String Bone) Single (Self/BC-May 2021) “Waitin’ For My Dyin’ Day)”
Album Release Show at the Richmond Tavern Thu Jun 22 at 9 pm
Maggie’s Wake – Maggie’s Wake (Self-Mar 17) “Louisiana”
at the London Irish Club - Sat Jun 22 at 7 pm
Lowdown Dirty Mojos– Down’n’Dirty (3rd Hand Down/BC -Aug 23)
“Nobody’s Gona Change My Mind”
At International Food festival Victoria Park Fri Jun 21 at 9:30 pm
Ian Thomas- How We Roll (IAN Records-May 17) “This Is How We Roll” at the Imperial Theatre – Sarnia Sat Jun 22 at 7:30 pm
Hawksley Workman – Single (Bandcamp-Dec 2020) “Smoke Baby (Acoustic)” wsg Michael Trudgen Music at Quiet Earth – Dorchester Sun, Jun 23 at 7 pm
6:30---------------------------------------------------------------------- – Hard Working Man (WEA Canada 1991) “Blue Train” at The Back Alley Bar & Grill in St Thomas Sun Jun 23 At 2 pm
NEW RELEASES
Grievous Angels - Last Call For Cinderella (Self/BC-May 7) “J'ai Passé la Nuit (sur la cord a'linge) En Anglais “I spent the night (on the clothesline)
Nichol Robertson – Mimico Moonlight (Nickel & Dime-May 17) “Song For Adele”
Martha Fields Band - Bramble Bridge (Self/BC-Jun 1) “Country Roads of France”
Tony Trischka – Earl Jam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs (Down the Road Records-Jun 7) “Roll On Buddy” feat Del McCoury ),
Michael Lawson Music - Tennessee River Shakedown (You’re My Champ-Jun 14) ‘Change Will Come”
The Commoners – Restless (Self-Jul 5) CC “See You Again”
7 pm >------------------------------------------------------------------
Amy Annelle – The Toll (High Plains-Jul 27)
“Pull Tabs & Broken Glass” feat. Jolie Holland
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets – Indoor Safari (Yep Roc/BC - Sep 13) “Went to a Party”
! Earshot Magazine 94.9 FM Radio Western CHRW 94.9 FM - Latest TOP 30 Chart Jun 11. 2024
# 4 Galea And The Galvanizers – Single (Self/BC-Jun 14) “Sam Lay’s Pistol” CCL
# 5 The Deep Dark Woods -Broadside Ballads Vol. III (Victory Pool/BC-May 3) “The Banks of the Sweet Lough Erne”
#7 Pete Denomme Music – All These Miles (Self/BC Mar 30) “All These Miles” 2024 FCLMAwards Folk / Roots Artist of the year
# 21 The Parkdale Rebels – Spellbound (Self-Apr 19) “Safe With Me”
Album Release at the Richmond Tavern Sat Nov 23 at 3 pm
# 23 Sue Decker Music - Keeping Time - (Self/BC- Mar 22) “Nobody’s Mother”
# 28 Connie Smith – Love, Prison, Wisdom and Heartaches (Fat Possum Records /BC-Apr 19) “End Of The World”
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Alt. Country Specialty Chart Top 50 Americana Jun 12, 2024
# 1 Emily Nenni – Drive & Cry (New West-BC – May 3) “We Sure Could Two Step”
# 2 The Mavericks – Moon & Stars (Mono Mundo-May 17) “A Guitar and a Bottle of |Wine”
# 9 Jesse Daniel - Countin' The Miles (Lightning Rod-Jun 7) “Steppin’ Out” feat. Jodi Lyford
at the Horseshoe Tavern Toronto Wed Jul 19 at 8:30 pm
# 11 Willie Nelson – The Border (Legacy- May 31) “Made In Texas"
# 15 Monte Warden and The Dangerous Few -Jackpot (Break a Leg Records-May 17) “Lowdown City”
# 23 Jenny Don't And The Spurs - Broken Hearted Blue (Fluff & Gravy/BC – Jun 14) “My Baby’s Gone”
# 27 Jim Lauderdale – My Favourite Place (Sky Crunch/BC-Jul 21) “You’ve Got A Shine”
# 32 Jesse Dayton - The Hard Way Blues (Blue Elan-May 31) “Angel In My Pocket”

HC 2024-06-12 Playlist Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW RadioThe Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morni...
11/06/2024

HC 2024-06-12 Playlist Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio
The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning”
CONCERT CALENDAR
Galea And The Galvanizers – Single (Bandcamp-Jun 14) “Sam Lay’s Pistol”at Wildwood Flowers St Thomas Fri Jun 14 at 5 pm + FCLMA Super Saturday at Market Square Sat Jun 16at 2 pm
The Rizdales – Lucky Enough (Self 2018) “Wine Is Waste of Time”
at the Richmond Taver Sat Jun 15 at 3 pm
$2 Bill and his Bad Pennies – No Cents (Self) “Newfoundland Bullet”
at The Richmond! – Sat Jun 15 at 9 pm
Will Gillespie Music – MINE! True Stories and Legends of the Porcupine Gold Rush (Self/BC-Jun 7)-19(Self/BC-Jun 7) “Hurricane of Fire” Release Show w/ Barry James Payne at the Richmond Tavern Thu Jun 22 at 9 pm
NEW RELEASES
Chip Taylor (James Wesley Voight) – Behind The Sky (Train Wreck/BC-Feb 7) “Do Something Good”
Marcus King - Mood Swings (Republic-Apr 5) “Hero”
Stephanie Simmons - Time and Evolution (Self/BC-May 3) “Mend”
Grievous Angels - Last Call For Cinderella (Self/BC-May 7) “Barcelona (I’ll Be Free)”
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Nichol Robertson – Mimico Moonlight (Nickel & Dime-May 17) “Reposado Boogaloo”
Bart Moore Music - Wild Flora (Self-May 19) “God Is Just Plain Lazy”
Lynne Hanson – Just a Poet (Self/BC-May 24) “Princess And Her Pea”
Grant Peeples – Single (Self/BC-May 24) “Some Time” (M Gauthier & V Gill)
Marc Douglas Berardo – The Beauty Of This Now (Self - May 30) “Let Nothing Come Between Us”
Carson Peters – Silver Bullet Bluegrass (Lonesome Day/Sony-Jul 12)
“Long Twin Silver Line”
CJSR 88.5 FM – Edmonton – Folk/Roots/Blues Chart June 4, 2024
# 3 Mia Dyson - Tender Heart (Self-Feb 23) “Dare”
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! Radio Western CHRW 94.9 FM - Latest TOP 30 Chart Jun 4. 2024
# 6 The Deep Dark Woods -Broadside Ballads Vol. III (Victory Pool/BC-May 3) “The Cocky at Bungaree”
# 7 Maggie’s Wake – Maggie’s Wake (Self-Mar 17) “Grosse Isle (Far Away)”” at the London Irish Club - Sat Jun 22 at 7 pm
# 9 Big Fancy & The Shiddy Cowboys - The Legendary Loser Wins Again Self/BC-Mar 24) “Let Me Fade”
# 24 Steve Ketchen & The Parkdale Rebels – Spellbound (Self-Apr 19) “No Good For Anything” Album Release at the Richmond Tavern Sat Nov 23 at 3 pm
# 25 The Western Swing Authority - 12 to 6 Central (Curve Music- Feb 9) “Milk Cow Blues”
!earshot CFBX 92.5FM - Kamloops Folk/Roots/Blues Chart
# 5 Ox - Ktel (Self – Nov 3) “Continental”
CJUM 101.5 MHz – Winnipeg - Folk/Roots/Blues Chart June 4, 2024grit and gravel voice
# 6 Old Man Luedecke - She Told Me Where To Go (Outside/BC-Apr 24) “She Told Me Where To Go”
CKUA 94.9 MHz – Edmonton - Folk/Roots/Blues Chart June 4, 2024
# 10 Big Dave McLean –This Old Life (Cordova Bay-May 3) “I’ve Had My Fun”
7:30-------------------------------------------------------------------.COUNTRY SPECIALTY Alt. Country Specialty Chart Top 50 Americana Jun 5, 2024
# 1 The Mavericks – Moon & Stars (Mono Mundo-May 17) “And We Dance”
# 4 Willie Nelson – The Border (Legacy- May 31) “The Border” (R Crowell)
# 12 WARDEN & THE DANGEROUS Monte Warden and The Dangerous Few -Jackpot (Break a Leg Records-May 17) “Not that Girl”
# 17 The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers (Ramsey/TT-May15) “Love of a Girl”
# 20 Jenny Don't And The Spurs - Broken Hearted Blue (Fluff & Gravy/BC – Jun 14) “Pain In My Heart”
# 21 Nick Taylor Music - Not Alone (Self-Jun 21) “Heart On the Run”
# 49 Billy Ebeling - Trailer Park Sonatas (Self- Apr 19) “Bartender Boogaloo”
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2024-06-05 Playlist Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning...
04/06/2024

2024-06-05 Playlist Hard Core Country Radio Western fm 94.9 CHRW Radio
The Rizdales – Demo “Theme for a Saturday Morning”
Radio premiere
Follow up to “BEV CAMP!” single Film Noir video also being released next week
Galea And The Galvanizers – Single (Bandcamp-Jun 14) “Sam Lay’s Pistol” at the Market Square Sat Jun15 at 2 pm as part of FCLMA Music Week Band has been nominated for a FCLM Award in the Blues Category. The Awards ceremony is being held on Sun June 16 at the London Music Hall
CONCERT CALENDAR
Lowdown Dirty Mojos – Down’n’Dirty (3rd Hand Down/BC -Aug 23) “True Love” at The Moonshine Cafe in Oakville Sat Jun 8 at 8 pm
Grievous Angels - Last Call For Cinderella (Self/BC-May7) “Friday Night” Record Release w/ John Borra at the Horseshoe Tavern Toronto Sun Jun 9 at 1 pm
Dale Watson & His Lone Stars - Starvation Box (Cleopatra-Jul 7) “Adios” at the Sportsmen’s Tavern Buffalo NY Mon Jun 10 at 7 pm
Mississippi Bends – EP (Self-2014?) “Tonight's The Night”monthly residency at the Casbah – Hamilton Tue Jun 11 + Tue Jul 9 at 8 pm
NEW RELEASES
Danielle Nicole - The Love You Bleed (Forty Below-Jan 26) “Love On My Brain”
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Bart Moore Music - Wild Flora (Self-May 19) “Comanche Land”
Tim Isberg - Prairie Fire (Self-Mar 22) “Prairie Fire ” CC
Will Gillespie Music – MINE! True Stories and Legends of the Porcupine Gold Rush (Self/BC-Jun 7) “Find Your Silver Lining”
Album Release Show w/ Barry James Payne at the Richmond Tavern Thu Jun 22 at 9 pm
Connie Smith – Love, Prison, Wisdom and Heartaches (Fat Possum Records /BC-Apr 19) “Beneath Still Waters”
Monte Warden and The Dangerous Few -Jackpot (Break a Leg Records-May 17) “Lake McLeod”
John Gogo - Western Balladeer (6th Album Self -?????) “Tom Three Persons (Indian Cowboy”
Howard Parker's Music - Music Daddy - A Sideman and Friends (Waiting For Lester Records/BC-May 17) “Last Train” feat David Biter
Lynne Hanson – Just a Poet (Self/BC-May 24) “Weeds”
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Radio Westerns\s Latest Earshot Top 30 Tue May 21, 2024
# 2 Maggie’s Wake – Maggie’s Wake (Self-Mar 17) “Louisiana”
at the London Irish Club - Sat Jun 22 at 7 pm Band is nominated for a FCLMA award in the World Music category The Awards Ceremony is at the Aeolian Hall Sun June 9
17 # 7 Pete Denomme – All These Miles (Self/BC Mar 30) “Still Alive” He’s nominated for a FCLMA award in the Folk/Roots Category The Awards ceremony is on Sun June 16 at the London Music Hall
# 15 Sue Decker Music" - Keeping Time - (Self/BC- Mar 22) “Cheatin’ Side of Town|.
# 17 Parkdale Rebels – Spellbound (Self-Apr 19) “Skeleton Crew”
Album Release at the Richmond Tavern Sat Nov 23 at 3 pm
!earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart Tue May 28, 2024
# 2 The Deep Dark Woods -Broadside Ballads Vol. III (Victory Pool/BC-May 3) “Bridget O'Malley”
# 4 Emily Triggs - The Great Escape (Self/BC-Mar 28) “Summer In Nevada”
# 10 Big Fancy & Thr Shiddy Cowboys - The Legendary Loser Wins Again “Excuse These Blues”(Self/BC-Mar 24) “Nothin' Good Happens After Midnite”
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Alt. Country Specialty Chart Top 50 Americana May 29
# 1 The Mavericks – Moon & Stars (Mono Mundo-May 17) “The Years Will Not Be Kind”
# 7 Kelsey Waldon – There’s Always a Song (Oh Boy – May 10)
“Hello Stranger” (A.P. Carter) feat S.G. Goodman
# 10 T Bone Burnett - The Other Side (Electro Magnetic/Verve-Apr 19) “Waiting For You” feat Lucius
# 11 WILL KIMBROUGH - For the Life of Me (Daphne/Soundly-May 3) “When This Is All Over”
# 32 Nicolette & The Nobodies - The Long Way (ArtHaus/BC-Apr 12) “Better Days”
# 34 Jesse Daniel - Countin' The Miles (Lightning Rod/BC-Jun 7) “Ol’ Montana” at The Horseshoe Fri Jul 19
# 47 Kaitlin Butts – Roadrunner (Soundly-Jun 28) “Roadrunner”
# 49 Kiely Connell – My Own Company (Calumet Queen/TT-Jul 19) “Damn Hands”
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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