Two hours of the best in Country Music. Roy Acuff to Townes Van Zandt and beyond, Acadian to Zydeco and EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN (except for "countrypolitan" and that wimpy "New Country" being made for line dancers and "the over the hill" rock & rollers).
This is REAL RADIO featuring the music written about in "No Depression", "Journal Of Country Music" and "Country Music News" magazines. A lot of this music is critically aclaimed but doesn't get nearly as much airplay as it should on commercial radio.
The show also features music by artists appearing "locally" (anywhere from Toronto to Detroit) such as
Rizdales ,
Georgette Fry, Prairie Oyster (Hugh's Room Toronto Fri Mar 26), Tom Russell (Hugh's Room Tue Apr 6th), Charley Pride (John Labatt Centre London Wed May 19) and Merle Haggard (JLC London Thur May 27)
Hard Core Country strongly recommends the ALL MUSIC GUIDE WEBSITE as a great reference source for all kinds of music. It provides biographies, discographies, reviews and album ratings as well as information regarding artist's roots, influences, info regarding song titles, related artists and the history of various genres of music. Venues of particular note are Ann Arbor's "The Ark" and Toronto's "Hugh's Room"
Hard Core Country would like to thank Troy at Dr. Disc Remastered, 357 Clarence St., 438-8494 for his assistance in obtaining some of the music heard on this program. If you have problems locating anything, give him a call.
If you have any questions, suggestions or requests, please contact the host, Fred Smith (member Americana Music Association), who is doing his best to put the "WESTERN" into RADIO WESTERN !!
