Stomping around the British country music scene…
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 →
Can you remember it? Kacey Musgraves channeling Mary Poppins, boots in the air waving at Eric Church and, of course, Chris Stapleton silencing an auditorium of thousands… For me (CJ), it’s going to be hard to top the highlights of the last Country to Country Festival and I’m finding it impossible to stop second-guessing the... Continue Reading →
48 hours ago we were barefoot and dancing to a Dixie Chicks cover being performed by a group of lads from Yorkshire (The Pauper Kings). In the heart of London's financial district, we were the movers and shakers, soaking up the surreal contrasts of the first (and hopefully not last) Nashville Meets London festival. We were revelling in the... Continue Reading →
A week on from Country to Country festival 2016 (the monumental weekend of pretending Nashville was only a tube ride away) and I've taken to thinking up what could make this key date on the UK country scene even better by next year. Yes, there are sensible suggestions like a lineup that spans the generations of country artists (George Strait sharing a... Continue Reading →
You will always remember your first time. For Judi it was the smell of pulled pork and the sound of The Shires. For me, it was feeling a bit embarrassed leaving my house in East London in cowboy boots, but then feeling completely at home as the Jubilee line crept closer to the O2 Arena and... Continue Reading →
Brits in Boots 