Country Music Success Stories | Season 3 Episode Nine - Sylvia: Award-Winning Artist The first time I sang was at Pilgrim Holiness Church. I was 3 years old and there were only 20 people in the pews. I got a lot of pats on the head but the most memorable thing was I heard this voice inside of me say: “this is what you do.” - Sylvia Recorded in Nashville at the home studio of producer John Mock, this interview with Sylvia is full of stories. Born and raised in Kokomo, Indi

Country Music Success Stories | Season 3 Episode Eight - Candy & Jacy: Looking Back On 2022 Our goal has always been to take you with us as we go inside the homes and onto the back porches of country music icons as we discover what makes these talented people tick! - Candy O’Terry & Jacy Dawn Valeras Welcome to a recap of some of Candy and Jacy’s favorite 2022 interviews. Chockfull of behind-the-scenes stories that didn’t make the final cut, this episode includes Jacy’s terri

Country Music Success Stories | Season 3 Episode Six & Seven - Pam Tillis: Grammy & CMA Award-Winning Artist You can’t record a good song. You have to record a great song. I don’t want a song, I want an event. I knew that’s what it would take to get me off the ground. - Pam Tillis This week, we’re sitting down with Pam Tillis who is not only the daughter of country music legend Mel Tillis but an icon in her own right. Pam is a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry and a 2-time G

Country Music Success Stories | Season 3 Episode Five - Julie Roberts: Platinum selling singer & songwriter If something fills your soul like music fills mine when I’m singing on stage, the feeling that I feel driving back home is I don’t wanna go back home, I wanna go to the next town and that’s how I’ve always been. - Julie Roberts Welcome to the story you probably never knew about platinum-selling singer/songwriter Julie Roberts. We jumped in the car for a ride to her ho

Country Music Success Stories | Season 3 Episode Four - Brennley Brown I believe that when you have a dream and a calling is put on your life, no matter what you have to endure to pursue it, God will give you the strength to do it. - Brennley Brown We’re back at the Glen Campbell Museum for CMA Fan Fest to interview emerging artists from the Rhinestone Stage. When Brennley Brown arrived for soundcheck with her guitar and a smile as big as the room, we knew we were in for a g

Country Music Success Stories | Season 3 Episode Three - Darin & Brooke Aldridge & Dustin Collins - Emerging Artists, live from the Glen Campbell Museum Welcome to a very special episode of our podcast, taped on the Rhinestone Stage at the Glen Campbell Museum…the jewel of Broadway. There is so much talent in Nashville and we wanted to introduce you to some uber-talented emerging artists who are this close to making it big. First up, our interview with Darin and Brooke Aldrid

Country Music Success Stories | Season 3 Episode Two - Rita Wilson: Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Producer. Music was always my first love. I had an aching, a longing to get on a stage as a very young age. - Rita Wilson Get ready for an up-close and very personal interview with Rita Wilson. Recorded in the green room at CMA Fest 2022, this is a rare look at one of the entertainment industries’ most versatile artists. From her early career on legendary TV shows like The Brady

Country Music Success Stories | Season 3 Episode One - Kara DioGuardi: Grammy Nominated Songwriter (Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, Britney Spears) & former American Idol judge. I really want to help artists who want to help themselves. If you give me 100%, I’m gonna give you 100%. If you’re only in at 20, that’s all I can meet you at. - Kara DioGuardi When you’ve got record sales of 160 million worldwide, the chances are pretty high that you know the words to the mega-hits Kar

Country Music Success Stories | Season 2 Episode Seventeen - H Jack Williams: Highly Acclaimed Singer / Songwriter When I set my mind out to do something, I do it. - H. Jack Williams For this episode, we’re at Anthem Entertainment in Nashville with singer/songwriter H. Jack Williams. Anthem is one of the world’s leading independent music and entertainment content and services companies with publishing, production, the iconic Anthem Records, Film & Television, Music Licensin

Country Music Success Stories | Season 2 Episode Sixteen - Glen Campbell Tribute: Part Two: Kim Campbell Dear God, please send me a southern, good looking Christian millionaire who I can be in love with and he can be in love with me…and there I was, having dinner with Glen Campbell. — Kim Campbell Welcome to part two of our interview series on the life and music of Glen Campbell, recorded before a live studio audience at the Glen Campbell Museum in Nashville, Tennessee on Ap

Country Music Success Stories | Season 2 Episode Fifteen - Glen Campbell Tribute: Part One - TK Kimbrell, Mike Borchetta & Julian Raymond There was never a more wonderful human being on the planet than Glen Campbell. - Mike Borchetta Generations of artists count Glen Campbell as one of the greatest artists who ever lived. He was gifted with the kind of voice that connected to the lyric and the listener in a memorable way. Experts say that Glen Campbell was the greatest guitar

Country Music Success Stories | Season 2 Episode Fourteen - Candy & Jacy: Manifesting & Wish Boards Manifesting your dreams and visualizing your success works. We’re proof of that. -Candy & Jacy This episode is a little bit different from the others. While together in Palm Springs, California for a west coast swing of interviews, we decided to sit down with cozy blankets and glasses of vodka and soda to talk about our career paths in music. Trust us, the road has been fil

Country Music Success Stories | Episode Eighteen - Meet the Hosts Sometimes we have to pinch ourselves because the creation of Country Music Success Stories combines both of our talents and checks all of our boxes! -Candy O’Terry & Jacy Dawn Valeras We’ve been getting lots of messages from listeners (and please keep ‘em coming @countrymusicsuccessstories). They tell us that they love hearing about the country music icons we interview, but they wish they knew more about the