Backstory Sessions

🎙️ BACKSTORY SESSIONS — SEASON 18 FINALE

We’re closing out Season 18 with Lee Newton and Heidi Parton for a fun conversation celebrating their new music video for the country classic “Silver Threads & Golden Needles.”

Lee and Heidi take us behind the scenes of the collaboration, share stories from making the video, and talk about the special cameos that helped make it such a memorable project. We also hear about their individual musical journeys, the friendships and connections behind the music, and what it means to breathe new life into a song that has been loved for generations.

It’s the perfect way to wrap up another season of Backstory Sessions: Conversations with Creatives—with plenty of laughter, music, memories, and stories from behind the scenes.

🎧 Listen now and join us for the Season 18 finale!

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE | BACKSTORY SESSIONS

This week, we sit down with singer-songwriter Stephanie Rabus for a conversation about finding her voice, building a career in music, and turning real-life experiences into songs.

Stephanie takes us back to where it all began—singing as a child, joining her dad’s band at 21, performing with the St. Louis-based band Borderline, and eventually stepping into the spotlight as a solo artist. Along the way, she’s shared stages with artists including Lonestar, Chris Janson, Lindsay Ell, Lee Brice, and Sara Evans.

We also talk about her music and her latest single, “Payback’s a Beach”—a fun, sun-soaked take on what happens when heartbreak gets a little payback of its own. 🌴🎶

It’s a conversation about perseverance, confidence, songwriting, and creating a career that is uniquely your own.

🎧 Listen now to Backstory Sessions: Conversations with Creatives!

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE | BACKSTORY SESSIONS

This week, we sit down with singer-songwriter Stephanie Rabus for a conversation about finding her voice, building a career in music, and turning real-life experiences into songs.

Stephanie takes us back to where it all began—singing as a child, joining her dad’s band at 21, performing with the St. Louis-based band Borderline, and eventually stepping into the spotlight as a solo artist. Along the way, she’s shared stages with artists including Lonestar, Chris Janson, Lindsay Ell, Lee Brice, and Sara Evans.

We also talk about her music and her latest single, “Payback’s a Beach”—a fun, sun-soaked take on what happens when heartbreak gets a little payback of its own. 🌴🎶

It’s a conversation about perseverance, confidence, songwriting, and creating a career that is uniquely your own.

🎧 Listen now to Backstory Sessions: Conversations with Creatives!

#BackstorySessions #StephanieRabus #PaybacksABeach #SingerSongwriter #CountryMusic #IndependentArtist #WomenInCountryMusic #Songwriting #MusicPodcast #ConversationsWithCreatives

This week on Backstory Sessions: Conversations with Creatives, we welcome Johnny Owens, son of country music legend Buck Owens.

 

Johnny takes us behind the famous name to share memories of Buck as a father, the extraordinary musical legacy he left behind, and what it means to carry that legacy forward nearly 20 years after his passing.

 

We also talk about the 60th anniversary of the iconic Live From Carnegie Hall album and Johnny’s new recording of a song forever connected to the Owens legacy — “Act Naturally.” 🎶

 

It’s a conversation about family, music, memories, and finding your own place inside an American country music legacy.

 

🎧 Listen now to Backstory Sessions!

 

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Kennedy Reid Gives Back to Kentucky

 

What happens when an American Idol Top 20 finalist uses her music to make a difference?

 

In this special episode of Backstory Sessions, Kennedy Reid joins us to talk about her journey from the American Idol stage to benefit concerts that support communities and causes close to her heart. She shares the story behind her music, what life has been like since Idol, preparing to welcome her first baby, and why she said “yes” to helping Tri-County Mystery Meets’ Barbourville to Broadway campaign.

 

We also discuss:
🎤 Her American Idol experience
❤️ Why giving back through music matters
🎭 Helping send The Sweet Life: Story of Ruth Hunt to an Off-Broadway stage in New York City
👶 Balancing music, family, and a new chapter in life
✨ What audiences can expect at her August 8 concert in Barbourville

 

If you love country music, inspiring stories, and artists who use their platform to help others, you won’t want to miss this conversation.

 

🎟️ See Kennedy Reid LIVE!
📅 Saturday, August 8
📍 Rector Little Theatre, Union Commonwealth University – Barbourville, KY
🚪 Doors Open: 1:30 PM
🎶 Youth Opening Performances: 1:45 PM
⭐ Kennedy Reid: 2:00 PM

 

🎭 Benefiting Tri-County Mystery Meets’ “Barbourville to Broadway” Program, supporting the Off-Broadway presentation of The Sweet Life: Story of Ruth Hunt.

 

💙 Concert Sponsor: Atienza Acob Medical Center

 

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