Artist Bob­by Dove learned their love of 40s and 50s coun­try at the heels of an old­er gen­er­a­tion play­ing Hill­bil­ly nights in their home­town of Mon­tréal, but have since relo­cat­ed to Man­i­to­ba in the wake of releas­ing Hope­less Roman­tic. Bob­by Dove dis­cuss­es influ­ences, place-mak­ing, song­writ­ing and more in advance of their per­for­mance at the 2022 Win­nipeg Folk Festival.