Country artist JD Shelburne recently sat down with Don and Tina on Press Play Radio for a heartfelt conversation that showcased the Kentucky native’s grit, humility, and deep-rooted love for country music. The full interview will be available on PressPlayRadio.com at 3pm Eastern on February 17, 2026.
From his beginnings in Taylorsville to milestones that include charting on Billboard and stepping onto the storied stage of the Grand Ole Opry, Shelburne’s rise is defined less by flash and more by relentless work ethic and authentic fan connection.
During the interview, Shelburne spoke candidly about life on the road—often logging nearly 200 shows a......
By Tina Houser
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She doesn’t just wear the bandana—Bandana Cheyenna wears the scars, the grit, and the glory of a woman who’s lived it all and sings it back without apology. In this raw and refreshingly real conversation with Don and Tina from Press Play Radio Conversations, Cheyenna gives us more than just soundbites—she gives us heart.
From living out of a car to headlining her own stage, Cheyenna's story is one of defiance wrapped in denim and steel. She talks about the “get up and do it anyway” drive that fuels her, and he deep roots of......
The band WICKED from Rochester New York has been championing the sleezy, big-hair rock with swagger for a few years now. They were a recent guest on Press Play Radio Conversations and the interview will premier Friday January 30, 2026 on Press Play Radio Conversations.
WICKED is a band that when you see them and hear them, you think you are back in the mid-80s! Well, on January 31, 2026 starting at Noon Eastern, The band is set to bring that swagger when they take part in the Gasparilla Pirate Festival on January 30. As part of the Tampa celebration, Wicked will join the festivities surrounding the famed Gasparilla parade, introducing their brand of......
One of rock's most enduring voyagers, Bob Weir, the rhythm guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has passed away at the age of 78. His family confirmed that he died peacefully after a battle with cancer and underlying lung issues just months after leading the 60th anniversary celebration of the band in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
He was born in San Francisco, California in 1947 and adopted into a family in Atherton. Bobby Weir was the self-described kid brother of the counterculture. At an early age, he tried piano, he tried the trumpet, but finally settled on the guitar by age 13. And then at age 16, he was out walking around on New Year's Eve, walked into a......
(Editor Update: This concern Press Play Conversations had with Mark Kendall took place one more before he announced publically his cancer diagnosis. We here at Press Play send all of the love and support to Mark and his family as we hope for full remission!)
By Tina Houser
Long before “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” became a permanent fixture on rock radio, Mark Kendall was already chasing something deeper than chart success — a sound that sings through the strings. In this no-holds-barred conversation with Don, Dean, and Tina of Press Play Radio, the Great White co-founder takes us on a full-circle journey: from teenage Santana-inspired......
RAINBOW - THE TEMPLE OF THE KING 1975 – 1976 is the most comprehensive collection of the opening phase of Rainbow’s career to date, and is the first in a series of anthology sets covering the career of legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. The 9-CD set, newly mastered by Andy Pearce & Matt Wortham, is housed in Deluxe 7” packaging featuring a 24-page booklet featuring memorabilia, photos and sleeve notes by music writer Rich Davenport.The set spans the band's first two years and includes their debut album, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow; their breakthrough record, Rising and the extended German concerts that were compiled as part of the double live album On......
The 10 Years After bassist revisits the remastered 1969 album Shhh and reflects on Hendrix, Joplin, rejected Motorhead tapes, and why music still heals a polarized world.
If anyone deserves to write a memoir called Right Place, Every Time, it’s Leo Lyons. The bassist, producer, and founding member of 10 Years After sits with Don, Dean, and Tina on Press Play Conversations and drops a line that sums up an entire era:“I feel a bit like the Forrest Gump of rock and roll.”
He’s not kidding. Lyons was in Hamburg when the Beatles were just another band hustling onstage; he played San Francisco at the dawn of psychedelic rock; he was onstage at Woodstock; he......
(Full Interview will be avaiable right here on PressPlayRadio.com at 3pm Eastern Friday December 12, 2025)
Raised on storytelling, steeped in 90s country swagger, and unafraid of doing things her way, Tyler Reese Tritt is shaping a career that blends tradition, independence, and a whole lot of attitude.There’s a rare clarity in the way Tyler Reese Tritt talks about music — a confidence that feels earned, not inherited. Sitting with Don, Dean, and Press Play CEO Tina on Press Play Conversations, Tritt shows why she’s becoming one of the most compelling young voices in the modern country space. She laughs, cusses, dives headfirst into songwriting talk, and still leaves room......
(Catch the full conversation with Cory Marks at 5pm Eastern Tuesday December 9th right here on PressPlayRadio.com)
With platinum singles, outlaw collaborations, and an acoustic tour on the horizon, the Canadian singer-songwriter proves genre lines are meant to be crossed, bent, and burned.
In an era where radio algorithms decide identity and TikTok metrics shape A&R decisions, Cory Marks has carved his own lane — and he did it by refusing to fit into one. Speaking with Don, Dean, and Press Play CEO Tina on Press Play Conversations, Marks opens up about how a kid raised on Merle Haggard and Rush became one of the most intriguing hybrid artists in North America. Equal parts......
Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons have spent their entire lives watching arenas light up for their dads. Now they’re finally flipping on their own stage lights.
The sons of KISS icons Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons have officially launched their project STANLEY SIMMONS and dropped their debut single “Body Down” on December 5 via ONErpm. Icon Vs. Icon+1
Instead of leaning into face paint and fire-breathing riffs, Evan and Nick take a hard left turn into rootsy, folk-Americana—the kind of music that feels as comfortable on a back porch as it does on a festival main stage. Early coverage has pointed to echoes of Fleetwood Mac and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with a......
