DINER | Why My Mom Punched Courtney Love & the Hard Road of Country Music in LA

First guest ever. It took some work (and hours of mechanical repairs) to get here, but dammit did we make it happen. And couldn't be more stoked about this singer. She goes by DINER. It’s not her real name, but when you have the secrets to the world’s best french toast recipe, it’s a name you deserve. DINER is a hell of a country singer, planting her flag for the genre out here in California, not Nashville, of all places to pursue country. You're gonna hear how she’s fighting in a major standoff to win back her own masters. How she ended up on a Stagecoach stage and playing on a literal NASCAR track. And how, somewhere in all that, she figured out how to survive this industry with nobody's hand on her back but her own.And at the end of the talkin’, in the back of this 1970 Ford, sky wide open, she plays us a song nobody's heard yet. Brand new. Unreleased. Hitting air this summer of 2026. It’s called "Traditional." And trust me. It's about a whole lot more than you think. Listen to DINER https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dvHlnKgD5EWy243QylvvC?si=L14YqWsiRpKF37ljZ81laQFollow DINER:IG: https://www.instagram.com/localdinergirlTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@localdinergirl