Stomping around the British country music scene…
Alas; life, the universe and everything means we’re only at Black Deer Festival in spirit this year. But if we were there in person, our boots would be leaping across the fields to get front row for these three acts. 1. Irish Mythen Absolutely not to be missed in person, this Irish Canadian [pictured below]... Continue Reading →
A lot has changed since the last time we made our way to the O2 for our country fix at C2C festival. Mainly our stamina. After months of lockdown bedtimes and pyjama living, we’re not sure our brains have yet computed the words “three nights out out in a row”. In. A. Row. This year... Continue Reading →
I finally got Non-Country Boyfriend (NCB) to come to a country music festival with me. He’d had to collect his dad from hospital the day he was due to join me at Buckle and Boots. Then he broke his shoulder the week before The Long Road. And the jury is still out on whether he... Continue Reading →
Computers ready? Home bar stocked? Prayers said to ward off any technical gremlins? Then welcome to Country Music Week. In case you’ve missed it, in previous years, every October since 2017, London has hosted a week-long collection of intimate country gigs in venues across the city. It’s been a time of school night partying, Soho... Continue Reading →
Aah, 2020. How I miss the days when 'corona' was just something for Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd to find Love in a Bar over, or for Brad Paisley to drink instead of the water. Now, it is the thing which has sent us into limbo, as we wait for our invisible enemy to strike... Continue Reading →
Brits in Boots 