Stomping around the British country music scene…
Oh joy! More acts have been added to the already pretty amazing line up of our very own CMA week in October. Don't get me wrong ... I'm thrilled, really I am ... but I'm pretty sure I heard my credit card quietly whimpering to itself when I opened up my purse this morning. It's... Continue Reading →
Imagine. You've formed a band with your brother. You split your time between working in a coffee shop and sending hundreds of cold emails a month asking for gigs. Then a reply comes offering you a UK tour with a chart-topping act from Nashville. That fantasy became reality for British Americana duo Foreign Affairs made... Continue Reading →
For the first time I can remember, a little bit of me is jealous of all the “off to Glastonbury” pictures and posts. It’s no coincidence that this is also the first time I can remember Glastonbury festival not forecast to become a mud bath. But I have decided to curb this seed of jealousy... Continue Reading →
Pop star Gabrielle wasn't full of it; dreams can come true. The Back Street Boys are in the country music chart (possibly due to me successfully blowing out 16 candles all in one go back in '96). Jack Daniels have released a whiskey infused cider (I suspect their target market report simply said "Judi from... Continue Reading →
It was a potentially confusing Sunday afternoon in the Royal Albert Hall. Perched in the rafters of the UK’s most breath-taking concert venue I waited for curtain up, conducting a wine-fuelled debate with my two fellow “Nashies” about whether we there to see actors who could sing or singers who could act. Three hours later... Continue Reading →
Brits in Boots 