Stomping around the British country music scene…
Whether the weather is ready or not, festival season is here. On cue colleagues are jostling over annual leave for Glastonbury or Benicàssim and Fridays are becoming ghost towns. As a British country music fan, the few festival experiences I’ve had have usually involved abandoning pals and venturing way past the portaloos to sniff out... 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 →
Is this the recipe for the perfect C2C line up? In the baron years between my discovery of Country Music in the mid-nineties and the revival of UK arena country festivals in the 2010s, it seemed we Brits were destined to admire our favourite country stars from afar. But finally the US big names are taking to... Continue Reading →
A look down a tube carriage shows flashes of fringing and the odd authentic Stetson and we give each other the nod of secret, smug recognition. London Underground escalators become the red carpet to a surprising stream of cowboy boots. For once, the eagle-embroidered footwear, American flag t-shirt and satchel with the tassels are not a case of... Continue Reading →
Brits in Boots 