Aug. 21, 2025
Harmonizing Dreams: Robert Ross on His Musical Journey from Canada to Nashville
Send us a text In this exciting episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we sit down with the talented singer-songwriter Robert Ross, a passionate country artist with a rich musical journey. Hailing from Canada and now based in Nashville, Robert shares his experiences of moving across the globe, his early inspirations from household music, and the greats who shaped his love for country. He opens up about his recent musical achievements, including nominations for prestigious awards and his ...
In this exciting episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we sit down with the talented singer-songwriter Robert Ross, a passionate country artist with a rich musical journey. Hailing from Canada and now based in Nashville, Robert shares his experiences of moving across the globe, his early inspirations from household music, and the greats who shaped his love for country. He opens up about his recent musical achievements, including nominations for prestigious awards and his latest single "People Like Me," which celebrates hard-working service individuals. Robert also discusses his collaborative projects, including work with his musical hero Gil Grand, and his upcoming recordings at the renowned Blackbird Studios. Join us for a delightful conversation filled with insights into the life of a dedicated musician, the vibrant Nashville scene, and the joy of creating music that resonates with audiences. Don't forget to check out Robert's music on all streaming platforms and stay connected with him at robertrossmusic.com!
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Welcome to the Living the Dream podcast with Curveball. if you believe you can achieve.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Welcome to the Living the Dream with Curveball podcast, a show where I interview guests that, teach, motivate, and inspire. Today, I am joined by singer songwriter Rob Robert Ross.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>We're going to be talking to him about his new projects and what he's going to be up to in the future and his passion for music.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Robert has some great music out there, so you guys please go check him out. Robert, thank you so much for joining me.
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> Robert Ross>My pleasure, Curtis. And, thank you very much for having me.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Why don't you start off by telling everybody a little bit about yourself?
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> Robert Ross>Well, as mentioned, I'm a country artist, based here in Nashville. Originally, from Canada.
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> Robert Ross>grew up, born and raised there, and then moved, to Australia in 2009, became a citizen 2014, and now I'm here in Nashville and pushing my music harder than ever.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>All right, Yeah, I could tell that Canada accent that. That you, you know. so. So what made you move around the world so much?
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> Robert Ross>moved to Australia because no snow.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Yeah, I can understand that. Well, you know, what got you into music?
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> Robert Ross>It started from an early age. my mom, she used to sing around the house a lot, and there was always music playing.
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> Robert Ross>And, so, yeah, I developed a love of music from a very early age. And then, of course, country music was the. The main genre of music that played around home.
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> Robert Ross>And, where I grew up on the east coast of Canada, it, you know, there's always house parties, kitchen, parties, things like that, and community halls. There's dances going on most weekends. And so there's a lot of live music around. It's easy to get into.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Okay, so would you consider yourself a country singer or what genre of music, you know, if somebody asks you, what would you consider?
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> Robert Ross>Yeah, definitely country. I. I can sing, I can sing a rock song. It'll come up. Country.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Gotcha. Okay, well, you know, who. Who influences you to do what you do? Who are your big influences in the music industry?
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> Robert Ross>I. I've had a lot of influence through the years, and, the old greats, country, greats. Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Charlie Pride, and, you know, Kris Kristofferson, all big heroes of mine. So they. They shaped my. My early love of country music and. And then, on east coast of Canada, and while in Canada, he's pretty big star, and, stomping Tom Connor. So I was a big fan of his through my whole, life. And then also Growing up through the the 80s and 90s, the Neo traditional country of George Strait and, and all those folks, you know, big influence on my music.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Well talk to us about any about any musical achievements that you might have accomplished or achieved that, that you're proud of.
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> Robert Ross>Yeah, I've been, I've been very blessed and fortunate with music. I've got to do a number of things and been acknowledged through the years. I've had a number of awards on the international stage and I was nominated for single of the year at the Josie Awards about a couple of years ago and so that was a pretty big honor. This year coming up I've been nominated for a whole heap of awards. I'm a country artist but I tend to put at least one Christian based song on all my albums and this past album was Mama Song which I released back in July last year and it, it took off and the Christian community picked it up and, and love the song.
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> Robert Ross>They've been nominated for a few awards coming up at the end of the month down in, in Mobile Alabama at the Voices of Gospel, Music Awards.
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> Robert Ross>And so we're heading down for that and then later on this year heading off to Europe, been nominated for a bunch of awards for the Red Carpet Awards in Europe.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Well definitely congratulations on all your achievements and stuff like that.
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> Robert Ross>Thank you. Appreciate that.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Absolutely.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>So talk about some of the artists, big or small that you've had the opportunity to work with and some of the dream artists that you would like to work with in the future.
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> Robert Ross>Yeah, working with artist.
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> Robert Ross>I, I just did a big project with Gil Grand. He was one of my heroes growing up in Canada.
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> Robert Ross>He, he's from Canada also. Ah so I had the opportunity to write with him. He's he co. Writ five of the. Co Wrote five of the songs on, on my latest album and he produced the album for me also. So it was a, it was a thrill to work with him. And people I love to work with, love to get out on the road with Sawyer Brown, Travis, Tritt's another, another one I'd love to get out on the road with. Be fun to work with them.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Yeah, those are definitely some, some great artists there.
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> Robert Ross>Ah also if Dolly Parton or Cheryl Crow's listening, love to do a duet with them.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Oh yeah, absolutely.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>So talk about you know, any current or upcoming projects that, that you're working on. You know, I know you just like you say Put some out in July, you know, so kind of talk about that, walk the listeners through the process of that and the motivation and what it's all about.
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> Robert Ross>Yeah. Well, the big project I've been involved with since February last year was created this new album and I've currently as of today I just released a new single today called People Like Me. So that was now the big push is to get that out there and get it promoted. but the album it's off of is called Better With Time and we haven't released the, the full album yet. Just releasing a few singles often. So that, that's been the main concern. Just getting, getting singles out off it and getting the album known.
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> Robert Ross>I have an upcoming project at the end of the month here heading into studio to do a few more recordings with the very talented Ben Click.
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> Robert Ross>He's ah, he's going to be producing a few songs for me and we're going to be recording down at the Blackbird Studios here in Nashville. And I've had the pleasure to write with some, some great writers and on, on this project here, Jericho and Shannon were two of the writers on one of the duets that I'm going to be recording and Jericho is going to be putting her voice to one of the other duets that I'm doing.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>So what is it like to live in Nashville? I mean I hear Nashville a lot. I've interviewed a lot of people, you know, that's affiliated with Nashville. What's it like to live in Nashville?
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> Robert Ross>Oh, it's great. It's, it's a wonderful city to live in.
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> Robert Ross>It's it's a big city, has all the amenities of a big city but it still has a small town feel to it.
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> Robert Ross>And the people are great people in country music, in general. You know their country music has always been like a family. So they're very welcoming and it's there's lots to do here. Just there's, there's never the city city hardly ever sleeps. There's so much to do.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Okay, well go out your contact info so people can keep up with everything that you're up to.
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> Robert Ross>Yeah, you can find me at Robert Ross Music and that's across all platforms. my website is robertrossmusic.com and then if you want to find me on Facebook, Instagram, it's robertross Music and on Spotify, I'm on Spotify and Apple Music and all the platforms that are out there.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Yeah. So listeners, basically, he's on all of the streaming platforms. So close us out with some final thoughts. Maybe if that was something I forgot to talk about that you would like to touch on any final thoughts you have for the listeners.
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> Robert Ross>yeah, just with the new, single coming out, it's called People Like Me. It's a great party summer song and it gives a little tip of the hat to the, to our hard working service people and people who protect us out there. So if, people are looking for a great new party song, summer song.
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> Robert Ross>Check, check it out. Robert Ross music. And feel, free to drop me. No. At any time. I, I love getting feedback from, from fans out there. People like my music and anybody that takes the time to write to me, I, I always take the time to write back to them because I'm very appreciative of their. They're following me. So, without them I'm just singing to the, to the air kind of thing. So I'm very persistent. If people reach out to me, I'll always, get back to them.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Absolutely. Ladies and gentlemen, so please check out Robert Ross music.com check out that new single play it for the summer. You know, we got the summer coming up. The weather's heating up. So, you know, we want, Robert Ross music to be played and heard by everybody across the world.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Follow Rate Review Share this episode to as many people as possible. Follow us on your favorite podcast platform. Visit www.craveball337.com for more information on the Living the dream of Curveball podcast. Thank you for listening and supporting the show. And Robert, thank you for all that you do and the great music and thank you for joining me.
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> Robert Ross>My pleasure. Curtis. Thank you very much for having me.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>For more information on the Living the dream with Curveball podcast, visit www.craveball337.com until next time, keep living the Dr.
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