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Cool Site and Yahoo Group for Traditional and Classic Country Fans!

Fans of Traditional and Classic Country Music Will Love This Site and Yahoo Group!

If you like the real kind of country music you should check out this site and Yahoo Group.  I stumbled across them yesterday while doing a search for information on Leon Payne, the great songwriter.

The site is called Talent on Display and has a ton of information on roots rock-n-roll, traditional and classic country, bluegrass, and rockabilly.

Here's the link...

http://www.talentondisplay.com/

There's also a Yahoo group associated with the site made up of music fans from all over the world.  You can plug into that at http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/TradCountryHoF/.

And when you get there, tell them Brent sent you.

Podcast Listening Guide: How to Download the Alt Country Opry Podcast

Podcast Listening Guide:  How To Listen to the Alt Country Opry -- Or Any Other Podcast -- On Your Home Computer!

I know that a podcast might be new to some of y'all, so I put together this little guide of what I think is the easiest way to download the Alt Country Opry, or any other podcast.

First, let's get straight on the terminology. 

Anytime you hear...

"podcast" think "radio show,"

for "feed" think "radio signal,"

and for "RSS reader" or "podcatcher" think "radio."

Got it?

Good.

So, to hear a podcast you're going to need a podcast catcher or RSS reader.  This is not something that you have to buy, but a free download that you can install on your computer. 

I'm not a real expert on these, but after looking around for the last couple of days the quickest and easiest one I've found is the ipodder.  This is a podcast catcher, which means that it's strictly designed to download audio files.

So, step one... download ipodder.  It's quick, free and you only have to donate if you want to.

After you've downloaded and installed it, click on the "Subscription" tab, then click on the green circle with the white plus sign.  It's the third button from the left at the top.  Or, simply press CTRL-N.

This will bring up the "Add a Feed" box.

Next, copy and paste the following link into the address box and click SAVE.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/AltCountryOpryPodcast

Then, press F6 or the brown "Catch Up" button at the top of the page to download and play the latest podcast.

See... it's easy!

A couple of quick notes...

--The feed above will work with ANY podcast catcher or RSS reader.

--You can download all of the songs that you hear in the podcast for FREE by going to the Alt Country Vault located on my site.  Just fill out the quick 30 second form and download away!

If you're already a member of my site... click here.

That's it.  Enjoy the podcasts everyone!

NEW! Monthly Alt Country Podcast -- The Alt Country Opry at brenthoodenpyle.com

Listen now to the premiere edition of the monthly alt country / Americana music podcast, the Alt Country Opry -- featuring the Gin Palace Jesters, at brenthoodenpyle.com!

We're proud to announce that the first episode of our new monthly alt country / Americana / roots music podcast is online and available for download! 

The artists we're featuring this month are our buddies the Gin Palace Jesters.  They're an old time honky tonk and traditional country band from Chicago who are fresh off a two week summer tour of Europe.  If you like solid songwriting and a classic country sound, then you're going to love these guys.  Check them out now!

And if you've been looking for a good alternative country podcast to listen to...

You're going to like what we've got going on!

You see, we've done two versions of the podcast.

The first version is in the form of a radio show that you can subscribe to (for free!) and automatically download it to your computer or iPod.  This one will serve as a good introduction to the artists that we're featuring that month, and will feature interviews, sound clips, and the occasional acoustic performance.

The second version is kind of the BONUS version.  If you like what you hear in the "radio show" and want to hear more, you can download this version which will contain the full length tracks of all the songs that you only hear clips of in the first one... PLUS bonus tracks, with no talking.  And, you get it all for free!

Click here and listen to the Alt Country Opry now!