Interview with Crissie from The Shires
Catching up with Crissie from The Shires and talking Festivals, albums and that all important ‘Opry’ debut!
Country Comes to Cornbury and why Cornbury is the Go To Festival – Cornbury Festival Review
Country Music isn’t something you hear people talk about much in the UK, nor is it a genre many people listen to – and it’s certainly a genre that tends to be lacking on the UK Music Festival scene, that is of course not including Country 2 Country […]
The Shires Opry Debut
The Shires become the first UK Country act to step in the historic circle on their Grand Ole Opry debut The Shires Opry Debut – June 6th 2015 Last night, Saturday June 6th 2015, The Shires stood on the historic Circle of The Grand Ole Opry Stage for […]
The Shires at Union Chapel – April 14th 2015
The Shires perform at one of London’s most unique and beautiful venues By Hannah Compton 19th April 2015 Photos by Jamie Lee Bassingthwaighte and Alicia Woodward Sat in a pub, opposite Union Chapel, we, The Super Fan Crew were drinking merrily, sharing stories, trying to escape a creepy waiter and getting ready […]
The Shires – Album Party 25th March 2015
There’s Nothing Like A Wednesday Night Fish and Chips with The Shires Wednesday March 25th 2015 As most UK Country Music fans are aware, The Shires recently made UK Chart history by being the first UK Country act to make it into the top ten. Although we have […]
About Fopping time – A Shires First Ever Album Signing Story
The Shires and their first ever album signing at Fopp in Covent Garden March 3rd 2015 Well, where do I start? When The Shires announced they were doing CD signings via Twitter, I thought to myself, amazing but….I can’t go. I live hours away, need to book time off work and it will […]
The Shires – Brave – Album Review
We can build our own Nashville with UK country artists The Shires The Shires are a UK Country Vocal Duo newly signed to Decca Records and a Major Label in Nashville USA. The Shires are Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes.
The Shires – Green Note EP Review
UK Country stars The Shires – release long awaited first EP During the excitement of the announcement of The Homegrown tour and securing tickets to their Bristol show and Milk N Beans (Milton Keynes) show, it was also announced that The Shires were releasing a Live 5 track […]
The Shires supporting Striking Matches at The Borderline London UK
The Shires kick off one of Londons finest nights in Country Music Saturday, 28 June 2014 On Monday, June 23rd 2014 Striking Matches and The Shires took the stage at London’s Borderline.
BBC Proms In The Park Featuring The Shires
BBC PROMS IN THE PARK WITH THE SHIRES Sunday, 14 September 2014 So on Friday night after a horrendous week of work, feeling very tired, stressed amongst other things, I got home, went on my @shiresfans twitter account to see I had a private message. Thinking it would […]
Building Our Own Nashville 