“DJ Jazzy Kat Sits Down with Roses & Weeds and talks about there new music"

Tarren Keelie & Caleb Moses Roses & Weeds!

Rooted in music. Grown like family.
The band was born from a front porch, a garden full of roses, and the kind of musical connection you don’t find every day. It all started when Caleb was next door, strumming his guitar and singing, while Tarren, Jason, and his mom were tending to roses in the yard. That simple, down-home moment led to new friendships, shared music, and eventually, a band.



Originally performing as Caleb Moses and the Guy Next Door, things shifted when Tarren Keelie—quiet and reserved in most settings—began singing a few songs during shows. Her voice, rich with a timeless tone that felt straight from the vinyl era, struck a chord with everyone who heard it. With Caleb’s expressive, soulful vocal style and Tarren’s classic country twang, their voices naturally complement each other—bringing an old-school heart with a modern edge.



Together, they formed Roses & Weeds with their drummer, blending deep roots in traditional country with their own fresh, personal style. Their sound is built on contrast and harmony—just like the name itself.



The name Roses & Weeds came to Lisa D., now the band’s manager, during a moment of reflection. She remembered that porch-side day and realized how perfectly it symbolized the group’s spirit: sometimes life is roses—bright, blooming, joyful. Sometimes it’s weeds—rough, unexpected, but still growing. Both need love, both can be beautiful, and together they tell a fuller story. The band often jokes about which of them are the “roses” and who are the “weeds,” but really, they each bring both.



After numerous recordings in Nashville, Roses & Weeds is on a mission to bring back the kind of music that’s real—songs that make you feel something, tell a story, and leave a mark.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Hey everybody, it is DJ Jazzy Katz back on Catch Tracks Radio. Uh, you know, sometimes you just have to bring the goods back. Today, here on the show, Roses and Weeds. Both Taryn and Caleb from Roses and Weeds is here. Good morning, guys. How are you? Good morning, Kat. Thanks for having us.

SPEAKER_01 0:21

Good morning, good morning. We're glad to be here.

SPEAKER_00 0:23

Well, I'm glad to hear what's going on with you guys. Since the last time that we spoke, which was many months ago, some major milestones have been going on with you guys. Want to tell the folks a little bit about what you guys are doing, where you've been, and who you are.

SPEAKER_02 0:39

Well, Kat, you called it from the very beginning with our first interview with you. We're gonna be going to Texas Regional Radio Awards and walking the red carpet.

SPEAKER_00 0:49

Hallelujah. Amen. Caleb, how do you feel about that?

SPEAKER_01 0:53

Um, you know, I'm a I've always uh liked the little flashy side, so I'm a little excited. I'm not gonna lie. If you get to walk the red carpet and put on a fancy outfit, we're nervous, but a little nervous as expected. And um, I mean, I'm actually really excited about opening the show. We got invited specially by Texas Regional Radio um to come and open the show.

SPEAKER_02 1:17

You're the first to hear it.

SPEAKER_00 1:19

So are you guys the very first show that happens? Are you your opening, you said?

SPEAKER_01 1:24

They want us to be an opener, so we don't know if we're gonna be first or second with the lineup yet, but we know we're opening the show and then they're getting started with it.

SPEAKER_00 1:34

Okay, so a little back channel, a little bit of what you guys do, where you're at, and uh how your moo music actually portrayed when you first started. Do you want to give our listeners a little bit of information about that?

SPEAKER_01 1:47

Yeah, um, so it started with Lever Lovin' On, as you know, and that song it being our first song, it means quite a bit to us, and um it went to number 23 on the cards.

SPEAKER_02 1:59

Oh yesterday.

SPEAKER_01 2:01

I apologize, that's my lucky number. Um and I think just with all of the support and how much people liked it, and it really showed us that I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 2:13

It's just amazing. You wouldn't expect that out of a first song. Right. First song we put out of ours. It's original. And bam, first year. We're out here, and we won, or not one, my lord, got nominated for new vocal duo over the years. So that's amazing.

SPEAKER_01 2:30

Yes, it's really, really a huge honor, honestly.

SPEAKER_00 2:33

No, that's the Texas Billboard, Country Billboard. Is that what that's on?

SPEAKER_01 2:37

Yeah, that's that's for the um Texas uh I'm not sure about so it's not billboard charts like your Nashville, but um it it's for the south southern states.

SPEAKER_00 2:49

Very nice, very, very uh that's just amazing. I I knew you guys were gonna grow. I'm watching your career. Uh Jason is very involved with a lot of stuff that goes on behind the scenes that people don't know about. You guys want to tell us a little bit about Jason?

SPEAKER_02 3:03

Oh, yeah. So Jason is our magic man. He, for one, gets us dressed, puts all the content together, records us. He really keeps us in line.

SPEAKER_01 3:15

Puts my underwear on and everything.

SPEAKER_00 3:16

Oh boy, that's an exclusive. I love it. Uh he straightened you out.

SPEAKER_02 3:22

Yeah, he does all the social media, all the content, he builds it, and he's also our drummer, so we could not do if it wasn't for him.

SPEAKER_00 3:32

You've got a lot of seasons going on. I know that uh you guys make some really funny videos just for those that are listening in. If you're talking about spices, these guys have got it going on. Your latest video that I did see up on Facebook, and I think it's on TikTok as well. Uh, what was that all about?

SPEAKER_01 3:50

Yeah, you know, we got so we wanted to get a really good shot for this new um uh release that we're doing, it's you on April 6th.

SPEAKER_02 3:59

Yeah, we got a new song we just recorded three weeks ago now, just for this award show.

SPEAKER_01 4:04

And yeah, we needed to go out and get some uh good pictures for it. And uh when we album cover, you know. We went out there, obviously, roses and weed style, we gotta add a little humor in there, so we're all bouncing around acting like goofballs.

SPEAKER_02 4:17

So and that was the day that the weather went from like 90s to 40s.

SPEAKER_01 4:23

It's super windy, so all we could do is just laugh and shiver.

SPEAKER_02 4:27

Yeah. Literally shaking to death out there till like 10:30 at night.

SPEAKER_00 4:32

Wow, a lot of take. So, how long did it take actually with the producer, uh Tony and his studio? Right, Tony's the one that was actually working with you guys with us.

SPEAKER_01 4:41

Yes, yes. Amazing. We love him. He is one of the best. I mean, I'm telling you, his personality from I mean to his brain on how he thinks music should should work and how he puts things in place.

SPEAKER_02 4:54

Um work with he was incredible, he made us feel right at home. Uh they're so funny. I don't know, they're just like family.

SPEAKER_01 5:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 5:02

But it I guess we he reached out and we talked to him and he got the song ready for us, and it was like four days we learned it and went down there.

SPEAKER_01 5:12

Yeah, within a week we had less than a week.

SPEAKER_02 5:15

We were wow. I mean, it was rush, rush, go, go, but it I love it. It turned out to be so incredible.

SPEAKER_00 5:24

Well, I'm very proud of you guys. Four days, wow. Usually it takes a little bit longer. Sometimes you'll hear an artist say that they kind of had to do an extensive amount, like almost two years in the making, but when you feel that you guys are a pro. Yeah. He is a pro.

SPEAKER_01 5:38

He knew he he knew our sound, especially from Lever 11 on, and just he's like, I got a song for y'all. And I mean, you you work with the music industry, you see that there's a lot of stuff out there, so you kind of got to sit through stuff. Well, not with Tony. I mean, I'm telling you, first try, he's like, uh, you know, we we're gonna get something going right here.

SPEAKER_00 5:57

So wow. Well, what it that's a big deal. That definitely is. So you're gonna definitely be earing this out. You said there's an ear date for this song?

SPEAKER_01 6:07

Yes, there is. It's April 6th.

SPEAKER_00 6:09

All right.

SPEAKER_02 6:10

And we got a little special. So when we go to the wards and we open up, we're gonna start with Leave Your Lovin' On, and then we're gonna surprise everybody with this song.

SPEAKER_01 6:22

Before it's actually released.

SPEAKER_00 6:24

Yes. Oh, so a pre-release. Oh, exclusively.

SPEAKER_02 6:27

I need to get everybody will hear it on the show.

SPEAKER_00 6:30

Yeah, I need to get my plane fueled up for this one.

unknown 6:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 6:37

Well, I'm really excited about you all your endeavors. You guys are just amazing. Like I said before, and I'll say it again, they are gonna officially walk the red carpet. If you're listening into Roses and Weeds, they are, you know, up and coming. Uh and they've been doing amazing on the charts down in Texas, and I absolutely down the south, you know, you guys are uh from Paris, Texas, right? That's what it is. Correct. All right, so as long as I cross my T's and dot my I's with that, I want to know are you guys going to be showcasing anywhere else? Any festivals going on this year, summer, spring?

SPEAKER_02 7:12

Oh, um casino.

SPEAKER_01 7:14

Yeah, we we do have uh maybe a festival coming up, but we do have uh we're playing at um Grant Casino on the big stage, the 271 stage, and then uh we'll be performing at Hoachatown, and these are all for um Yeah, the Grant, we're having a free concert, and it'll be July 18th, and then on July 4th, we'll be at Hocha Town again for and this is all Chop Taw Casino.

SPEAKER_02 7:42

Yes, all the casinos. We got another one in I think Hoach Town on May 23rd.

SPEAKER_00 7:47

So you're gonna be busy this summer. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:50

Very busy.

SPEAKER_00 7:51

That's awesome. Any plans to go down to Nashville?

SPEAKER_01 7:55

You know, we haven't talked much about it, but you never know with our year, you know how crazy it gets.

SPEAKER_02 8:02

It's usually not planned till like the week of, and we're like, oh and we got someone to watch the dogs and plan it out accordingly, right?

SPEAKER_00 8:11

Yeah. Right. And big shout out. That's how it goes. Big shout out to Lisa too, right? She's been in contact. Saving Grace right there.

SPEAKER_01 8:19

Lisa Dirksen, the the the woman behind the wheel. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 8:23

The one that keeps us for sure in line. She's got the whip and making sure.

SPEAKER_01 8:28

She's definitely spanking us if we do something bad.

SPEAKER_00 8:31

Well, I hope it's you know, sometimes you get to keep you in line.

SPEAKER_01 8:36

Yeah, it depends on how bad we did.

SPEAKER_00 8:39

I'm sure she'll let you know. Well, big thanks to you guys always for anything, you know, that you have done in the past and where you are in your future. I definitely have not uh I'm one of your number one fans. I say all the time, I think you're doing amazing. Really, really proud of you guys. And uh, you know, you go from red carpet to who knows, maybe a little bit of a Grammy going on too.

SPEAKER_02 9:02

So yeah, keep saying it, Kat, because you were the one who said it last year. So we love you.

SPEAKER_00 9:09

But any final thoughts between the two of you, one at a time?

SPEAKER_01 9:12

Um, yeah. Well, my message is to you, Kat, and again, I just we I mean, I personally want to appreciate you. You know, you got us, you know, in this motion. You were our first interview ever, and now we've done, I mean, so many since then, and I mean I can't tell you it was a pleasurable experience. You know, you can have a bad first experience, and with radio we didn't, and now we have a really good relationship with that. So I want to appreciate you for that.

SPEAKER_00 9:40

Oh, thank you, honey. Definitely 100% touche back to you. Thank you. How about you?

SPEAKER_02 9:45

Absolutely, I'm 100% agreeable with him. Uh, we love you so much, and thank you so much for supporting us from the very beginning. And also, we wanted to thank all the fans and everybody and you for you know nominating us for a new vocal duo of the year. I mean, we would not be here, we would not be on the red carpet or the show, or I mean, we wouldn't be successful at all if it wasn't for everybody else.

SPEAKER_00 10:07

Well, we want to see those pictures, we want to see those videos. I had another question. I would like to know if you're gonna be streaming anything. I know the red carpet won't be streamed live, but will you be streaming any any of your other shows?

SPEAKER_01 10:22

Well, we might have a little live if you go to our TikTok or Facebook. We might, you know, pop out to the live so you can see a little bit of the inside stuff. So if you kind of watch our stuff, you might be able to see a little bit of that.

SPEAKER_02 10:33

I know the red carpet will be aired live on I think Pain Media.

SPEAKER_01 10:40

Yes, there's certain I think Pain Media will do it.

SPEAKER_00 10:42

You'll put the link up, right, when that happens, guys.

SPEAKER_01 10:45

Absolutely. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 10:47

All right, and where could everybody find you? We know TikTok, you're on Instagram, uh, Facebook, any other platforms that we should know about.

SPEAKER_02 10:54

So TikTok is our private individual ones, and then yeah.

SPEAKER_01 11:00

We also got rosesandweeds.com. You can go all there to find our upcoming shows, find stuff about us and new songs. That didn't sound so country. And then okay. We've gotten gone gold there, but you can get merch and stuff like that and uh all that good stuff.

SPEAKER_00 11:14

All right, what kind of merch do you have? Hats and shirts and all that good stuff?

SPEAKER_02 11:18

Oh, we got it all. We got koozies, we got pics, we got pictures, signed autographs.

SPEAKER_01 11:25

Pictures.

SPEAKER_02 11:26

Uh, what are those? The tumblers.

SPEAKER_01 11:28

Tumblers.

SPEAKER_00 11:29

Okay, so they can have a nice cocktail when they go out to cook on the grill.

SPEAKER_02 11:32

Oh yeah, we got we got it all.

SPEAKER_01 11:34

Think about Rose's weeds when you're getting a little tipsy.

SPEAKER_00 11:37

Oh boy. All right, some background music, of course, in the car, too, as well, right?

SPEAKER_01 11:42

There you go.

SPEAKER_00 11:43

All right, guys. Well, I thank you again, once again, for all your time, your efforts, and uh keep up the good work and to your team down there in Paris, Texas, everybody that's involved, uh again, Tony, Jason, and Lisa, you guys are doing amazing. Uh Taryn and Caleb, best of luck for everything. Bring it home, kids.

SPEAKER_02 12:07

Thank you so much. We appreciate it.