Stomping around the British country music scene…
Judi joined a line-dance flashmob. CJ got to ask Marty Stuart a (croaky, hungover) interview question at the screening of Born in Bristol, a must-watch documentary about country music's birth. Drake White was the talk of the town (square). The arena showcased country’s jaw-dropping guitar skills. The brilliant Brothers Osborne were the antithesis of bro-country.... Continue Reading →
Sore heads called for immediate hair of the dog. CJ’s red, white and blue boots had the pulling power of a puppy. Darius owned the arena; doubt anything will get as many people singing along as Wagon Wheel. Showed our age by knowing more of Reba’s mammoth back catalogue than anyone around us. Overheard Drake... Continue Reading →
Day one in a nutshell... Charlie Worsham's song Beginning of Things made CJ cry. Judi wondered why she'd never thought of putting JD in chocolate brownies before. One of us went speed dating (more on that in time) while the rest of us childishly spied on said speed dating. No pulled pork yet. Brad Paisley's hilarious Selfie song... Continue Reading →
I can only imagine the torture social media must be at the moment for any UK country music fan who can’t make it to one of the C2C festivals. We are guilty of contributing to your woes. There is bound to be a deluge of blurry stage shots and pulled pork selfies from us over... Continue Reading →
So far at every Country 2 Country festival, we've ended up playing some sort of informal drinking game. This year (because it's much more fun prepping for the upcoming weekend of country music than doing anything we're supposed to be doing) we've made an actual, formal - though entirely unofficial - game in advance. It's yours to download here... C2C Bingo Please play... Continue Reading →
Brits in Boots 