Stomping around the British country music scene…
Can you imagine the harrowing history module future GCSE students will have to study all about 2020? If you told me 12 months ago that Brexit wouldn’t be the major story of the year I would’ve been relieved. But the leave/remain headlines were replaced with protests and pandemics, cancelled concerts and Christmas, natural disasters, the... Continue Reading →
This is a potentially confusing one. There are country and Americana singers who happen to be Irish, playing music similar to that coming out of modern Nashville. But there is also Irish Country Music, its own separate world playing more traditional country and western sounds, ideal for country dancing. Replace those guitar instrumental sections with... Continue Reading →
Last year, a non country music fan stole my Chris Stapleton CD. After months of searching down the back of my own sofa, I heard Tennessee Whiskey playing while sat on hers waiting for dinner. She claims I’d lent her the album but this seems very unlikely. Either way, she was completely converted – to... Continue Reading →
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 →
"How many of you had no idea who I was before tonight? That's OK, I don't know who you are either" - Woke Up in Nashville singer Seth Ennis "We have brought the hillbillies to the royal palace!" - Kimberly from Little Big Town about the Royal Albert Hall "I wish Sober October was in... Continue Reading →
![Well, Garth Brooks in Ireland was an EXPERIENCE! Were you there? Our tales from THAT show over on the blog now. [Link in Bio]](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/307992512_455705289914523_1201080917876818075_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=XvxMA3I4LpcAX9IobU0&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfBa0caHMzG1tCNmQEEOS6_Y_iHJ1CpRVQZnnLq1kwNPkQ&oe=63E1C484)
Brits in Boots 