52 The Podcast
Season 1
by Kristian Bush and Cindy Watts
Kristian and Cindy go exploring two songs about leaving, Give Me A Road from 52 New Blue and Sugarland’s Fly Away from the Twice The Speed of Life album. Listen to some Mom jokes, tales of county fairs, fondue, and the courage to start over.
Kristian and Cindy go exploring different ways to put social commentary into Country Music by listening to Great American Scream Machine from 52 New Blue and Sugarland's song Bigger from the album with the same title. Also, plenty of dad jokes, reading glasses, The Chicks, and so much more.
This episode is a rollercoaster as Kristian and Cindy welcome guest artist-songwriter Taylor Davis to discuss Man Like Me from 52-New Blue and Troubadour from the musical Troubadour.
Cindy and Kristian listen to Way With Words from 52-New Blue and What I’d Give from Sugarland’s Love On The Inside album. They discuss what makes sexy songs sexy, what their favorite music is to make out to, and why long guitar solos are awesome. Plus terrible dad jokes, awkward teenage memories, and plenty of Prince and Al Green.
This week pairs 52 - New Blue’s Sailing To Arizona featuring Chris Barron and Sugarland’s live cover or Pearl Jam’s Better Man. Cindy and Kristian talk about indoor bonfires, dad jokes, rock star rules, pet-able sneakers, 90’s confessions, and more.
This week sees the pairing of When’s The Last Time from 52 - New Blue and I Won’t Tell from Billy PIlgrim’s 1995 Bloom album. Cindy talks about how she can cook and scale a fish, and how electric guitars started her love of country music. Kristian talks about Dark Water, guitar heroes, and bad dad jokes. Without a doubt, it turns out, their 90's are showing.
Kristian and Cindy break the seal on the third volume of 52 with the lead-off track Diamond Motel and pair it with sunny Feeling Fine California from Southern Gravity. Join them as they begin exploring 52-New Blue, say goodbye to summer, and tell more debatable dad jokes.
Kristian and Cindy go in for a good one discussing You Can’t Stop The Sun From Going Down off of In The Key Of Summer and Life In A Northern Town featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen from Sugarland’s Love On The Inside Deluxe edition release. From Joe Cocker to Kristian’s daughter, from Dream Academy to Nick Drake, don’t miss this week’s episode's run on sentences of joy,
Kristian and Cindy go exploring why good songs stay written. They listen to Working My Way Down from 52 In The Key Of Summer and Love Me Like I’m Leaving from Sugarland’s Bigger album. These two songs help open the dialogue about when songs appear vs when they end up getting recorded.
Kristian and Cindy discuss Soft Place to Fall from In The Key Of Summer and April Showers from Sugarland’s Enjoy The Ride album. They go looking for ways to break up with someone and wish them well, and some dad jokes that make your eyes roll.