Kansas City-based Katy Guillen & The Drive dropped by to chat about their upcoming album Another One Gained and to premiere a new music video for their latest single, “Bottom of Your Belly,” inspired by Thelma & Louise and filmed around Kansas City in a vintage Chrysler LeBaron. We also dig into the current KC music scene, how Katy and Stephanie met, and much more. 5 Questions with Katy Guillen & The Drive All answers belong to Katy Guillen 1) Let’s dig into your upcoming album, Another One Gained, which was

Join DittyTV and Jake La Botz for a quick Q&A on his upcoming studio album Hair On Fire and brand-new single, “Let It Fall,” which is premiering today. La Botz shares about his collaborators for the new album and how they connected in the studio, how art can quell fear, how his Chicago upbringing affected the way he sees the world, and much more. 5 Questions with Jake La Botz by Sam Shansky 1) Mind sharing about your collaborators on your new album Hair on Fire and how you connected while

A blown transmission and a love for Lynyrd Skynyrd aren’t the only things the fellas in The Red Clay Strays have in common; they have an intense drive to create and deliver music as authentically as possible. Today, we’re getting a no-frills look at the Alabama-based band’s life on-the-road via their new music video, “Stone’s Throw,” a tune inspired by homesickness and a longing to see the “Dolly Parton Bridge” again. 5 Questions with The Red Clay Strays by Sam Shansky 1) We’re lucky to lead today with the World

Ahead of The Infamous Stringdusters’ appearance at Grind City Fest in Memphis later this month, we caught up with band member Travis Book to learn about the making of the acclaimed bluegrass group’s latest studio album, Toward the Fray. Plus, we’re offering the World Premiere of the Stringdusters’ heartwarming new music video, “I’m Not Alone.” 5 Questions with The Infamous Stringdusters All answers belong to Travis Book 1) What’s something new you guys tried in the studio for Toward the Fray that you hadn’t on any previous recordings? We didn’t

See what’s new with Grammy-nominated artist Garrison Starr as she celebrates the 25th Anniversary of her major-label debut album, Eighteen Over Me. We talk about her recent run of shows with Meg Toohey, a new single on the way in which Starr reclaims her spirituality and gospel roots, and the up-and-coming songwriters she’s keen on right now. 5 Questions with Garrison Starr by Sam Shansky 1) You just went out on the road for a short run with Meg Toohey to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of your major-label debut album, Eighteen Over

Along with an insightful Q&A, we’re thrilled to offer a new performance video of “If You Love Me” from Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light, a Boston-based ensemble with a new album on the way this week. “The video was made at The North American Guitar in Nashville, where the song resonated beautifully through all of the guitars hanging on the walls,” says Sumner, who penned the tune using a Johnny Cash poem she found in his book Forever Words. 5 Questions with Rachel Sumner by Sam Shansky 1) Congrats on the upcoming release of

“I think writing and recording music is a tricky thing,” says Ewan Currie, founding member of acclaimed Canadian, classic rock-inspired band The Sheepdogs. “Overthinking is a killer, and learning to trust in simplicity is a good thing for Rock N Roll.” We caught up with Currie to get some info on Outta Site, the band’s latest album, cut during the pandemic as a way of transferring the onslaught of negativity into feel-good music. “I don’t think people are going to want to recount social distancing and missing their loved ones.

“My grandmother [Nina Simone] always said an artist’s duty is to reflect the times. I make sure I utilize that in everything I do,” says Alexander Simone, a need-to-know artist rooted in the Asbury Park, NJ, music scene. We touched base with Simone to learn about his collaborators in Whodat? Live Crew, what it’s like to be born into musical royalty as the son of Lisa Simone and grandson of Nina, and what some of his favorite hymns and Memphis soul songs are. He went with tunes from Otis Redding,

For those that love The Deslondes – we have something unique to share with you – the very rare occurrence of having every band member participate in an interview. We cover the making of the group’s latest album for New West Records and what it was like to work again with producer/engineer Andrija Tokic, their impromptu photoshoot with Bobbi Rich (aka Mama Hot Dog), how parenthood and living in New Orleans has changed their outlook on life, and much more. We also have the honor of offering the World Premiere

We caught up with California native and Nashville-based artist Stacy Antonel in 5 Questions to discuss her new album Always the Outsider and to learn more about the making of the video for the album’s title track. Directed by Oceanna Colgan and shot at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge in Madison, TN, the song itself was inspired by a lonely night at Dee’s, and the video speaks to this experience by having every character played by the Antonel. “Having this particular song out in the world has taught me that I’m

“Being able to help someone with a song I wrote is the greatest feeling I’ve ever felt,” says Roland Roberts, a Memphis native now rooted in Alaska. Set to release his sophomore album So It Goes on July 29th, Roberts reveals that he experienced his lowest lows and highest highs all in the same year, losing his father and brother within a few months. That profound level of grief helped to shape his new album and brought him to the realization that “…there is no right or wrong way of

This week, we’re looking into Kingmaker, the latest studio album from award-winning, New Zealand-based artist Tami Neilson. “I use my music to keep the conversation of equality for women and people of colour at the forefront,” says Neilson, adding, “Kingmaker particularly addresses the huge disparity in female and BIPOC representation in country music specifically but it all relates on a broader scale to how we are treated in society as a whole.” Dig into our 5 Questions feature below to learn more, including what it was like to honor her

You may have already heard Georgia native and Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kristina Murray melding her voice seamlessly with Rounder Records artist Logan Ledger in their newly released duet cover of Vern Gosdin’s “That Just About Does It,” but now you get to go behind-the-scenes and glimpse the actual recording in a new grin-inducing documentary-style music video premiering on DittyTV. We also invite you to learn more about Murray’s musical tendencies in 5 Questions. “Country music is a never ending treasure chest of discovery; I think I’ve heard it all and then

“I remember the first time someone asked me to ‘take one’ at a jam, ‘one of what?’ I panicked,” recalls David Howley of his introduction to American roots music as someone raised on traditional, non-improvisational Irish stylings. As one-fourth of acclaimed Irish act We Banjo 3, Howley is checking in with DittyTV to talk about the group’s latest musical offering, Open the Road, a gorgeous new studio album set to release this Friday followed by a month-long string of live dates around the U.S.A. “We love seeing people at shows

“On That Was You and Me,” says Fortunate Ones founding member Andrew James O’Brien, “we wanted to get back to what makes our work special – two of us, singing together unadorned and unencumbered.” To pair with the premiere of a new video to support the album’s title track, we caught up with the Canadian act to learn about the new record and what vibe the duo sought to create. “We wrote unflinchingly personal songs and with producer Joshua Van Tassel, made the conscious decision to give the songs space,

Joining us for 5 Questions this week is Judy Blank, an easy-to-love, heart-on-her-sleeve songwriter from Utrecht in the Netherlands. Blank’s newly-released EP Saddies continues to create a buzz with the premiere of a colorful new music video for “The Magic,” a standout track from the EP produced by Roy van Rosendaal. The video was directed by Edgar Berry and features a host of Mexican punk rockers that Judy met while traveling. “I know they look pretty tough, but they were literally the sweetest guys ever,” says Blank. “This experience was

Creemore-based singer-songwriter Ken Yates is on the line with insight into the making of this latest studio album, Cerulean, which DittyTV recommends you hear as soon as possible. Marking his fourth studio album, Cerulean sees Yates working again with producer Jim Bryson, though in a more distant manner than on Huntsville (2016), which Bryson also produced. “Jim and I worked on most of this record while we were on lockdown in Ontario,” says Yates. “We found a few days in between lockdowns to record at his home studio in Stittsville,

Along with the broadcast premiere of their in-depth Insights interview on Wednesday, July 6th at 10/9c, The Bacon Brothers have partnered with DittyTV this week to premiere the title track of their upcoming EP, Erato, which hits the streets this Friday via the brothers’ own FOROSOCO label and Soundly Music. They’ve also touched base for a quick Q&A on the making of the EP and what soundtracks have impressed them lately. For Kevin, it’s his wife, Kyra Sedgwick’s upcoming film Space Oddity, which he acts in and says features a

Rob Ingraham, sax player for acclaimed New Orleans-based band The Revivalists, has touched base with DittyTV to chat about the group’s latest offering, Made In Muscle Shoals Vol. 2, a live studio EP released on June 17th via Concord Records as the follow up to the initial 2020 Made In Muscle Shoals release that included the band’s breakout platinum crossover smash “Wish I Knew You,” #1 Triple A and Top 5 Alternative hit “All My Friends,” a cover of the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody,” and a mini-documentary directed by

Pittsburgh-based gospel/alt-R&B artist Kenny Stockard has teamed up with DittyTV to deliver a brand-new music video for his single, “Getting Out of Here.” Coming from his recently released EP, Chasing Chance, this tune was written during a time in Stockard’s life when a dead-end job was driving him to drink more than he desired. He eventually changed his way of living and channeled that frustration into this inspirational song, and now has a music video to support it. “I wanted to make sure that the video was as authentic as