🪕🎶 NEW EPISODE!

Today on Too Opinionated, we welcome Nashville-based Australian bluegrass powerhouse Kristy Cox to celebrate her deeply personal new album, Winds of Change, arriving October 9 on Billy Blue Records!

Known as "Australia's Queen of Bluegrass," Kristy is a #1 Billboard-charting artist and seven-time Golden Guitar Award winner whose unmistakable voice has taken her from South Australia to Nashville and stages around the world.

🌪️ Winds of Change was born from one of the most transformative periods of Kristy's life. Following her 2025 divorce, she poured heartbreak, growth, faith, resilience and self-discovery into an album built around the bluegrass sounds of banjo, guitar, mandolin, upright bass and fiddle.

As Kristy puts it, sometimes "the chapters we never planned become the ones that shape us the most."

We talk:

💿 The story behind Winds of Change
🎶 New single No Regrets
❤️ Turning heartbreak into music
🌪️ Learning when to hold on—and when to let go
🪕 Taking bluegrass from Australia to Nashville
🏆 Seven Golden Guitar Awards
🥇 Reaching #1 on Billboard with Let It Burn
🎤 Her evolution as a singer and songwriter
👩‍👧‍👦 Balancing music and life as a single mom of two
☕ Running her own Australian mobile coffee business in Nashville
🌎 Helping grow bluegrass internationally as an IBMA Board member

Winds of Change isn't simply about what Kristy lost—it's about finding the strength to embrace where life takes you next.

💿 Pre-save Winds of Change:
https://listen.billybluerecords.com/kc_woc

🎶 Listen to No Regrets:
https://listen.billybluerecords.com/kc_nr

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#KristyCox #WindsOfChange #NoRegrets #Bluegrass #CountryMusic

🎙️🔥 THE INTERVIEWER GETS INTERVIEWED!

Today on Too Opinionated, Michael turns the tables on fellow interviewer Janette Burke, award-winning media personality, producer and creator/host of Janette's TV & Janette's TV Podcast.

With more than 20 years in media, Janette has built her career around asking thoughtful—and sometimes difficult—questions while creating an environment where guests feel comfortable opening up.

And what a guest list! 🎬

Janette has interviewed Tom Hanks, Helen Mirren, Halle Berry, Bradley Cooper, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Martha Stewart, Kevin O'Leary and many more.

Before stepping in front of the camera, Janette spent 17 years as a publicist, eventually following her own dream and building an independent media platform that has produced hundreds of episodes and reached audiences around the world.

We talk:

🎤 The art of conducting a great interview
🔥 Asking the hard questions without losing your guest
🎬 What she's learned interviewing Hollywood stars
📺 Building Janette's TV & Podcast outside traditional television
💡 Making the leap from publicist to on-camera personality
🎥 Why preparation and authenticity matter on camera
💪 Surviving trauma, bullying, stalking and adversity
❤️ Rebuilding confidence and self-worth
🚀 Reinventing yourself at any stage of life
🎙️ Coaching CEOs and entrepreneurs to communicate on camera

At the heart of Janette's story is a message she now brings to audiences as a keynote speaker:

"Your past does not define your future."

Two interviewers. Two different styles. And one conversation about what really happens when the questions start getting difficult.

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#JanetteBurke #JanettesTV #CelebrityInterviews #Podcasting #TVHost

🇨🇦🔥 NEW EPISODE!

Today on Too Opinionated, we head north to meet rising Canadian hip-hop artist Taz Bentii, whose new album The Kid From Ottawa and single "Realest" are putting his hometown front and center.

For Taz, The Kid From Ottawa is more than an album title—it's a statement of identity, ambition and where he comes from. The project offers a personal look inside his heart, mind and mission as he works to take the sound of Canada's capital to a much bigger stage.

🎶 His new single "Realest" showcases the melodic delivery, songwriting and energy that have helped Taz build momentum, with his music receiving radio play including SiriusXM.

We talk:

💿 Creating The Kid From Ottawa
🔥 The story and attitude behind "Realest"
🇨🇦 Representing Ottawa in Canadian hip-hop
🎤 Developing his sound and finding his identity
🌎 Recording in Atlanta, New York and Miami
🎶 Blending personal storytelling with street-driven anthems
🚀 Taking his hometown story to an international audience
🎧 Collaborating with TVGUCCI and DJ Holiday
🎤 Touring with Riff Raff and performing alongside artists including Nardo Wick, Cash Cobain and Murda Beatz
🏠 Why no matter how far his career takes him, Ottawa will always be home

From Ottawa to Atlanta. From Canada to the world. Taz Bentii is determined to make sure people remember where "The Kid From Ottawa" came from.

🎧 Listen to "Realest":
https://open.spotify.com/track/1A29JuqgP3gI7S1c7fxGM6

💿 Listen to The Kid From Ottawa:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5g636V78vMowOftvAs1Do9

📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taz

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#TazBentii #TheKidFromOttawa #Realist #ottawa #hiphop