Biscuits & Jam

Gabby Barrett Is Finding a New Kind of Hope

You might know Gabby Barrett from her 2018 run on American Idol that introduced her powerful vocals to the world when she was still a teenager. In 2019, after releasing h

Kaitlin Butts Wants to Be Bad

Kaitlin Butts was born and raised in Tulsa, where she grew up singing, dancing, and performing in musical theater. Her debut album, Same Hell, Different Devil, arrived in

Ty Myers Wants You to Listen to Willie

At just 19 years old, Ty Myers has already become one of country music’s biggest breakout stars. He first reached a wider audience with his viral song “Tie That Binds” in

Encore: George Motz Is Saving the American Hamburger

George Motz is a self-proclaimed Burger Scholar, as well as an author, filmmaker, and TV host who’s been called the “foremost authority on hamburgers” by The New York Tim

Miranda Lambert Is Cooking with Crisco

Miranda Lambert has Texas roots that run deep - she grew up in Lindale, just east of Dallas - but Tennessee has become her home. In this episode, Sid interviews the count

Lanie Gardner Has Music in Her Blood

Lanie Gardner was born and raised in Burnsville, North Carolina, in a family where music was a big part of life. Her grandfather, JD, was a musician, as was her Dad, and

Mae Estes Misses the 90s

Mae Estes was born and raised in Hope, Arkansas, and she got her start on stage singing the national anthem at rodeos as a kid. After becoming the first person in her fam

Hector Garate Is One of the Next Legends of Barbecue

Hector Garate is the owner and pitmaster behind the acclaimed Charleston, South Carolina, restaurant Palmira Barbecue. Born in Puerto Rico, he grew up with a deep love fo

Karen Fairchild on the Dying Art of Country Music

Karen Fairchild was born to Southern parents in Gary, Indiana, but whether she was living in the Midwest or the South, that Southern influence was always there. She event

Encore: Dolly Parton Is a Rockstar

 Dolly Parton was last on the show back in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, and we talked on the phone about her Christmas traditions, her childhood in East Tennessee,

Lauren Alaina Was Made for the Stage

Lauren Alaina was born in Rossville, Georgia, where she discovered her love of music at a very early age. In 2011, she was introduced to millions of viewers on American I

Encore: Maggie Rose Should Not Be Underestimated

Maggie Rose was born and raised in Potomac, Maryland, where she grew up eating blue crabs, attending Catholic school, and singing solos in front of her church’s congregat

Duane Betts Thinks “Hope” Is a Beautiful Word

 Duane Betts is the son of legendary Allman Brothers Band cofounder Dickey Betts, and he's even named after another of the band's founding members, Duane Allman, whose li

Ashley Cooke Is Ready to Tell the Truth

Ashley Cooke grew up in a family that moved around a lot, from Wisconsin to California to Florida. But wherever she lived, music was always a constant, and she developed

Cedric the Entertainer and Anthony Anderson Are the Kings of Barbecue

Cedric the Entertainer first rose to national fame as one of The Original Kings of Comedy before starring in films like Barbershop and the hit sitcom The Neighborhood, wh

Willow Avalon Is a Pistol-Packin’ Outlaw

Willow Avalon was born and raised in a part of rural Georgia that she says “felt like the Wild West.” She got her start performing in the Baptist church choir, where she

Clint Black Is Still Killin' Time

Clint Black spent years honing his craft in Texas clubs and honky-tonks before breaking through with his landmark 1989 album, Killin' Time, which became one of the bigges

Steve Earle’s Fearless Heart

Steve Earle is a Grammy-winning songwriter, performer, author, actor, activist, and storyteller whose career has been defined by honesty, grit, and fearless songwriting.

Encore: Shuai Wang’s Journey from China to Charleston

Chef Shuai Wang was the runner-up on the 22nd season of Bravo’s Top Chef and is the force behind two standout restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina—Jackrabbit Filly a

Breland Has a Thing for Truck Songs

Daniel Gerard Breland, better known simply as BRELAND, grew up as the son of ordained ministers in a household deeply rooted in music and faith. As a student at the prest