Season Five is officially in the books, and somewhere in the middle of it, On The Porch with Front Porch Music quietly crossed one hundred episodes. That milestone landed on episode 100 itself, a conversation with Owen Riegling, who wrote the show’s theme song and was the very first guest we interviewed five years earlier.
We closed things out a little differently this time. Instead of a guest, Logan and Jenna sat down to look back at a genuinely massive year for Canadian country music, along with their own favorite moments from the season.
A Big Year for Canadian Country
It’s been a year of Canadian artists taking up more space than ever.
Nearly 40 percent of the current top 50 on country radio is Canadian. Cameron Whitcomb went from a cancelled 2024 tour to charting across every major format there is. Kelsey Kulyk will make her Grand Ole Opry debut after an invite from Lainey Wilson, and Jess Moskaluke got her invite live on television at the CCMA Awards in Saskatoon, caught completely off guard in front of the whole country.
Shania Twain played Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern for the first time ever, a venue she somehow skipped entirely on her way up.
And it was a big year for the podcast itself. On The Porch picked up two CCMA nominations this season, including Country Personality of the Year, shared between Logan and Jenna as the first nomination for a non-traditional radio host in that category.
Our Favorite Moments from Season Five
A few conversations stuck with them long after recording. Tenille Arts talking, almost sheepishly, about breaking a chart record that used to belong to Terri Clark. Then the Owen Riegling episode itself, landing on their hundredth without either of them planning it that way, which made for a full-circle moment neither saw coming.
Paige Penney telling the story of finding out she’d won Country Rising, surprised in a Nashville studio hallway with her mom there to catch it on camera. Robin Ottolini showing up to record just days after losing her grandmother and turning the conversation into something far more honest than either host expected. Brock Phillips being open about the stretch where music nearly broke him, long before it became his career.
Then there were the moments that lived outside any one interview. Jake Etheridge of Thelma & James hearing a crowd at Boots and Hearts sing his own song back to him for the first time, in ear monitors pulled out so he could hear it properly. And the Joe Jonas “Country Joe” clip from Boots and Hearts that the team caught almost by accident and watched rack up millions of views across platforms within a day.
Have a listen to our season 5 finale!
On The Porch with Front Porch Music Season 5 Episode 20
We’re so excited to welcome you back for Season 5 of On The Porch with Front Porch Music.
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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.
Listen To Some Other Episodes
Catch up on any episode of our podcast you haven’t heard yet!! We’ve talked to some amazing artists and you’ll get to know them better than ever before.
Here’s some of our popular episodes below.
Tenille Arts
Owen Riegling – Episode 100!
See a list of all our previous episodes of the podcast and have a listen.
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.
