[On The Porch S5:E15] Blue Ridge Band: Nordiques, Nashville, and Country Music in Quebec

On The Porch with Blue Ridge Band

Jeremy Plante started out in pop-punk, cutting his teeth on bands like Simple Plan before country ever entered the picture.

These days he’s fronting Blue Ridge Band, and it’s been a big year: a finalist spot in SiriusXM’s Top of the Country alongside Shawnee Kish and Morgan Griffiths, a set at Lasso Music Festival, and enough overnight drives back and forth between Ontario and Quebec to make anyone’s back hurt.

On this episode, Jeremy breaks down just how different the country music landscape looks in Quebec, where major English Canadian acts barely register and building a following means playing constantly, and playing well.

We also got into hockey, since Jeremy grew up in Quebec City, in what he calls “a full French area,” where the sport isn’t a hobby, it’s inherited.

He played until midget and only stopped because touring stopped leaving room for practice. He’s holding out cautious hope for hockey’s return to Quebec City, and talks about the gap he sees in opportunities for girls trying to play at a competitive level, including why he’d welcome the PWHL expanding into the province.

On The Porch with Front Porch Music Season 5 Episode 15

We’re so excited to welcome you back for Season 5 of On The Porch with Front Porch Music

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Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and join us On The Front Porch, every other Tuesday.

On The Porch with Front Porch Music is a Front Porch Production and is hosted by Logan Miller and Jenna Weishar. The podcast is produced by Jason Saunders.

The theme song for the podcast was written, produced, and performed by Owen Riegling.

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In country music, the Front Porch has long been a place of reflection. A place where you can look at the life you have inside that front door. A place where time almost seems to stand still, where you can get away. It’s also a place where you can go to observe the world as it passes by you. To think about your place out there beyond the driveway.

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