Aged Wine, CMA Hot Takes & The Giving Machine: The Shoemakers Join the Show

Send us Fan MailLove can sound like a melody you’ve known your whole life—and today you get to hear it grow up on the air. We sit down with Nathan and Emily Shoemaker, a duo whose story runs from high school hallways to late-night songwriting sessions at the kitchen table, and celebrate the first radio spin of their single Aged Wine. From the first chord on a vintage Epiphone Texan to the line that stops time—“my dream was you”—they walk us through how a shared life becomes a shared song, and how discipline, grandparents, and guarded yeses keep a creative dream moving with three kids in the mix.We dig into the craft: where hooks come from, how co-writing as a couple actually works, and why playing songwriter rounds in 2020 gave them the courage to plant a flag as The Shoemakers. There’s a clear roadmap for what’s next too, including the long-awaited American Dream, recorded one track at a time to fit real life. If you love country storytelling rooted in family, faith, and persistence, this conversation delivers the details behind the harmony.Along the way, we keep the energy high with a spirited CMAs check-in, a playful Christmas Hallmark movie review from Chris's Wife, and a World Television Day trivia showdown that may or may not crown a redneck genius. Then we turn to service with Amber and Josh Beeler and the Light the World Giving Machine in Show Low: a hands-on way to donate essentials like water, bedding, sports physicals, and holiday meals to local, state, and global charities—with 100% of your money going straight to the item you choose. It’s music, community, and giving season all woven together.Subscribe for more country artist spotlights, share this with a friend who needs a new love song, and leave a quick review to help others find the show. Your support helps get indie artists like The Shoemakers heard.