I have loved Darius Rucker since the Hootie and The Blowfish Days. A nineties kid, they were one of my favourite bands at the time so hearing lead singer Darius Rucker was going solo but in the country genre made my day. His song Alright has become one […]
Hunter Hayes is probably one of the most talented musicians in the world right now. A multi instrumentalist which not many people realise, this guy has a huge, long lasting career ahead of him. Hunter’s music can often be misunderstood. A lot of country fans see him as […]
Dan + Shay seem to be gaining a lot of attention at the moment and we couldn’t be more happy about that. An already successful career straight after their debut single 19 You and Me, Dan + Shay just keep getting better and better. No stranger to the UK […]
In the last few years Country 2 Country Festival have taken the festival to an even higher level with the addition of small stage at the back of the arena. Previously named The Satellite Stage and now renamed The Yamaha Stage, the idea was to showcase new or rising […]
Brad Paisley seems to have been under the radar a little bit in the last few years, chart wise anyway. From a man who was once at the top of the charts and up for every award, a new generation seem to have taken over. It shouldn’t be […]
Chris Young is a fan favourite amongst the UK country fans. No stranger to playing on our stages, Chris’ return was more than welcoming and he was one of the acts that most fans were looking forward to. There is something about Chris. Not only is he a […]
Jennifer Nettles is better known as being one half of superstar country music duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush. Admittedly, I was never a Sugarland fan. I have never given them a full chance in truth as they just became one of those artists that I only knew of […]
By Hannah Compton It’s not every day that you get to go to a huge three day festival in the UK full of some of the finest Country musicians in the world – and it’s not every day that out of all those musicians playing, one of the […]
Benjamin Folke Thomas – Copenhagen 30/6 “Ruminative Swede’s country soul soars on fourth album” 8/10 Uncut “A precocious acoustic finger-picker, fearlessly confessional as a songwriter” Mojo “This is an album that demands you listen, and that’s no bad thing” Acoustic Folky Thomas was born in the coldest winter […]
The Handsome Family are currently on tour in the UK. I caught their show at Leamington Spa on February 18th. Having only heard their current album Unseen, I knew there would be a few songs played that I would be unfamiliar with but was excited none the less […]