Stomping around the British country music scene…
We headed to the launch party of Bristol's new honky-tonk country music bar to see whether it lives up to the hype. Plus interviewed the married couple owners about country music and their big plans for the venue.
We go to a lot of country and Americana music festivals. Too many, according to bank balances, but let's not dwell on that. Among our growing crew The Long Road has unanimously come out as our favourite one in the UK. The three-day fest is set in the ironically British setting of the grounds of... Continue Reading →
When I found Charley Crockett backstage at The Long Road festival, he’d already performed one of his two shows that day. And rumbles were already going around the Leicestershire site about what a stellar, memorable show it had been. It’s not just his bright red Nudie-style suit - a gift from his home city of... Continue Reading →
I’d thought about giving Charlie Worsham a Union Jack Lawn Chair but, since it would’ve been an awkward gift to lug around his UK tour, bought him a drink instead. It was his birthday and for the first time in 33 years he was spending it playing a show, and one a long way from... Continue Reading →
Have you seen this man? No, not Nashville's Charles Esten, the one on the right. You may be more familiar with the back of his head. He’s the one miles ahead of you in the venue queue; the one closest to the stage while you’re squashed somewhere back near the the toilets. So, as part... Continue Reading →
Country fans, when do you get into Christmas mode? I resisted the temptation to join my neighbours on both sides who've had their decorations up since mid-November, but I'm switching into full Cowgirl-Elf mode this weekend. There’ll be hot chocolate spiked with cherry bourbon while I hang my mix of nativity and western-themed ornaments and... Continue Reading →
I very rarely do album reviews but at this point this is practically a Lainey Wilson fan page so I'd been impatiently waiting for her new album. Whirlwind, the latest from the GRAMMY winning artist, is finally out today (Friday 23rd August 2024). The singles previously released from it gave me high hopes. You may... Continue Reading →
If you’ve been to more than one country concert you’ve probably heard more than one ‘when I moved to Nashville’ story, reliving the rites of passage it seems so many radio charting artists have gone through. We’ve heard about driving across the interstate to Tennessee with a dream, persevering through years of struggle to ‘make... Continue Reading →
