Stomping around the British country music scene…
While we’ve been busy enjoying London’s O2 arena being turned into a mini-Nashville every March, 400 miles away Scotland’s own version of the three-day country music festival has been steadily growing. We chatted to Edinburgh based music blogger Michelle, who’s been attending that Glasgow event since its launch in 2016, to find out what it’s... Continue Reading →
Spare a thought for our friend’s boyfriend “A”. You may have heard of him last year when he scored maximum birthday present points for buying her cowboy boots customised with a Tim McGraw song lyric. But now Valentines Day is looming. How can he top that?!! Well, we've seen country-fan couples get matching Dan and... Continue Reading →
Six years have gone by since we said “I just hope this new country music festival will catch on and come back to London next year”. It did. And it’s kept on returning, beating its own records each time. But despite the three-day all-day behemoth that C2C Festival has evolved into, we will always remember... Continue Reading →
I’m in search of something extraordinary. I’m looking for fingers that pluck as though they’re possessed, lyrics which seem to have been written by a mind-reader and voices which shred the soul. I want music which shows off all the reasons I stumbled into country and Americana and stayed. This week, the search is taking... Continue Reading →
It looks like we can stop praying for the UK’s country revolution; it’s happened. Well done everyone, mission accomplished. The explosion in country music popularity means our bank balances (and livers) are a little less healthy, but on the upside we’ve got so much MORE to look forward to in 2019. MORE FESTIVALS C2C festival... Continue Reading →
