Country Fried Rock

Series produced by Sloane Spencer

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Country Fried Rock introduces exciting new music and lets you eavesdrop on the kinds of conversations that happen among artists at late-night diners after gigs.

Musicians inspired by American roots music discuss their influences ranging from early rock and roll, traditional country, bluegrass, R&B, to soul. Listeners hear personal conversations about the early days of a musician's development, from cover bands and school band all the way to getting dropped by a major label and owing more than they made--to finding pleasure in writing music for its own sake, and forging a career in a new media world.

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are today's music discovery portals, and Country Fried Rock curates the best roots music, connecting with familiar themes and music that make even the most unusual band accessible.


82 Pieces

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Caption: Scott Miller, Credit: Official Press Photo
Scott Miller is miles away from his days with the V-Roys, but Knoxville still claims him as their own, even if he has since returned to rural Virgi...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Jacob Furr, Credit: Official Press Photo
After just 3 years of marriage, Christina Furr passed away following an aggressive brain tumor. Her husband, songwriter Jacob Furr, recorded Trail...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, WYAP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Atlantic by Ben Glover, Credit: Official Album Cover
Only in Nashville would there be two noted songwriters named Ben Glover.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: The Mastersons, Credit: Official Press Photo
Chris Masterson & Eleanor Whitmore are first-class side musicians who joined together personally and professionally to write their own songs, bring...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KRPS, WYAP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Alex Culbreth & The Dead Country Stars, Credit: Official Album Cover
Alex Culbreth has self-released ten albums in less than five years, following a completely DIY path to music. He's just been added to the bill at ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Samantha Martin And The Haggard, Credit: Press Photo
Americana music is not the sole purview of the United States, as Canadian, Samantha Martin, the chief songwriter for Samantha Martin & The Haggard,...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KKRN, WLPR , WSLR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Official Press Photo
Sloane Spencer turns the tables on music journalist, Andrew Leahey, interviewing him about his latest release, Summer Sleeves.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , WSLR, KKRN, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Allen Thompson hails from Appalachia, and the well-read Virginian has meshed his mountain roots with his literary affinity to create comfortable mu...

Bought by WLPR , WSLR, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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What happens when half of a band does not go on their first long tour, and the rest of the band members bail while on the road? Find out how Ron G...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KKRN, KSRQ, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Press Photo, Credit: Poppi Photography
Seattle band, Science!, combines jazz and jam through a blues filter for accessible music with fun lyrics.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KKRN, KSRQ, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Debt'll Get 'Em, Credit: Album Cover
Bug Jennings never thought he'd leave Ft. Worth, Texas for Brooklyn and form a country band, but that's just what happened -- thanks to a chance me...

Bought by KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KFOK-LPFM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Can't Bury Your Past -- Turchi, Credit: Official Album Cover
Turchi's self-titled band develops songs via emailed snippets, since the 3 members live hundreds of miles apart. With a strict "no rehearsal" poli...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WLPR , WSLR, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: All Dies Down by Fire Mountain, Credit: Official Album Cover
Perry Brown is a graphic designer in Montgomery by day, and a musician in his hometown of Troy -- 90 minutes away -- by night. As a band currently...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KSRQ, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: David Mayfield Parade, Good Man Down, Credit: Official Album Cover
David Mayfield grew up in his family's bluegrass gospel band, touring the Midwest in their bus and feeling the weight of earning a livelihood from ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KRPS, KFOK-LPFM, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Caleb Caudle Paint Another Layer On My Heart, Credit: Official Album Cover
Caleb Caudle left North Carolina for New Orleans, but he's been on the road touring so much in the past year, that he almost forgot about the near-...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KRPS, WSLR, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: The Infamous Stringdusters Let It Go, Credit: Official Album Cover
Sloane Spencer talks with Chris Pandolfi and Andy Hall of The Infamous Stringdusters about self-producing their most recent album, Let It Go, and h...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: The Wild Feathers, Credit: Official Press Photo
Sloane Spencer finally caught a show from The Wild Feathers following her conversation with Joel King.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , KRPS, WSLR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Corb Lund, Credit: Official Press Image
Although Corb Lund is well-known within Canada, only select areas of the States have been turned on to his music, often via his friendship and co-w...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, WYAP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Year of October, Golden Days, Credit: Official Album Cover
What happens when you actually listen to a band suggested by a music discovery algorithm? Rarely, you get lucky.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Steelism, 615 To Fame, Credit: Official Album Cover
Jeremy Fetzer & Spencer Cullum, Jr. met while backing noted singer-songwriters touring Europe, but the fellow Nashville residents decided to put th...

Bought by KRPS, WSLR, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4