We are irrationally excited about - and far too invested in - Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s wedding news. But country music knows that not every engagement announcement is a happy one. When it’s your ex’s engagement for instance... an occasion for which there are an embarrassingly high number of country songs. Or when the... Continue Reading →
Shopping for your Inner Cowboy
We're pleading guilty. One lovely reader has noted that our Honky Tonk High Street selection last week only included items for women. True. It's almost as if CJ had used the blog as an excuse to do some shopping for her own wardrobe... So to make amends, we've scoured the shops for some more masculine... Continue Reading →
Honky-Tonk High Street
Earlier this week my sidebar waved at me with an invite to Shop the Rodeo Trend. A brief moment of confusion, then it dawned: it’s that special time of the decade when we are officially in fashion again. What was only the inkling of a trend in S/S is now fully fledged and has trickled... Continue Reading →
Ryan Hurd: The Man, The Music, The Maren
Ryan Hurd’s first ever visit to Europe is taking him way off the usual tourist trail. Instead he’s in a student kitchen at Bristol University, opening a beer on a dustbin edge because I have lost my bottle opener key ring. It’s an hour before he opens at the Student Union, one of the smaller... Continue Reading →
Unexpected Hazards of an Old Dominion Show
I got more than I bargained for on the UK opening night of Thomas Rhett’s Home Team Tour. As with so many gigs at the moment, last night was more about the support act for me. I’d seen Thomas live before but missed radio favourites Old Dominion on their 2016 visit. They started their swift... Continue Reading →