I feel like, in hindsight, tonight will have been a big deal. At the risk of jinxing it, I predict my great-grandchildren* will be queuing overnight to get tickets for the Yola Carter farewell tour and I'll casually drop that I saw her back in 2016 playing in the back of a pub in a... Continue Reading →
7 Strange Gifts for Country Music Lovers
Internet shopping? Consider these bizarre treasures. We promise, these are all actual things you can buy out there on the wonder web. And apparently people really are spending that much on number six...
Time to Hang Up my Cowboy Boots?
It's 2:19 a.m. and I am on the new night tube service in red, white and blue cowboy boots. This is a much better position than the first Nashville Nights, when I was trying to contain my stomach contents on a jerky - and expensive - uber ride from Chelsea to the east end. My fairground mirror reflection in... Continue Reading →
Kenny Rogers in London: Ballads, Banter & Brawls
Bringing my grandparents along to the gig already marked it as different to my usual JD-soaked country music outings. My nan pulled a cake out of her bag in the middle of Lucille. So it was a strange enough night even before the star-struck women storming the stage, balcony brawls and police crowd control being... Continue Reading →
The Non Review: 5 Things Kenny Couldn’t See from the Stage [Pics]
Bringing my grandparents along to the gig already marked it as different to my usual JD-soaked country music outings. My nan pulled a cake out of her bag in the middle of Lucille. So it was a strange enough night even before the star-struck women storming the stage, balcony brawls and police crowd control being... Continue Reading →