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Yola was the big winner from the 2020 UK Americana Awards as she left with both the UK Artist of the Year and UK Album of the Year awards. The fifth incarnation of the awards took place in Troxy, London, as the demand for tickets forced the Americana Music Association to upgrade venue for the …

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Jimmie Allen has shared an untitled new song on his social media channels that he wrote in the aftermath of basketball star Kobe Bryant passing away. You can listen to the song here. The world – both sporting and otherwise – was stunned when on January 26, a helicopter containing Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gigi and …

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Eric Paslay will be returning to the UK very shortly after his C2C appearance as he has been announced to be main support act for The Shires. Remaining tickets are available here. Paslay will be a Main Stage act at C2C 2020, as he will be performing an ‘in the round’ of sorts with Tenille …

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Upcoming singer/songwriter Tebey has released his first ever UK single in the shape of Denim on Denim, which was written with Kelly Archer and Nathan Spicer. You can listen to the song here. Tebey, pronounced Tay Bay, is the latest country music talent to emerge from Canada, though he has been writing songs for other artists …

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Rob Mayes has made his first notable foray of 2020 with the release of Building Us and a cover of Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved. You can watch an audio video of Building Us below. [wpdevart_youtube]lmNxZRLtA-4[/wpdevart_youtube] Mayes has been very busy in the country music world releasing a raft of singles and Building Us – which was written with …

Rob Mayes releases original song in 'Building Us' as well as cover of Lewis Capaldi's 'Someone You Loved' Read More »

Some 47 years after her first nomination, Tanya Tucker has finally won a Grammy Award as she took home both Best Country Song and Best Country Album. Tucker’s luck with the Grammys has largely been unfortunate, with the iconic country artist having been nominated 10 times without success over the years, but that has now …

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Brandy Clark will release her third solo album, titled ‘Your Life is a Record’, on March 3, which will be her first album in almost four years. You can pre-order it here. Clark’s last record, ‘Big Day in a Small Town’ was released in June 2016 and people can already get a taster for the …

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Just before his headline date at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Chase Rice spoke to Maverick about his new release ‘The Album Part 1’, which was released today (January 24) It’s been a year since you were last in London, give or take – pleased to be back? Yeah it’s been awesome. It’s our first time …

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Some 55 years after making his first appearance there, Gene Watson was formally asked to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry on January 17. The 76-year-old – who was introduced by Vince Gill that night as “one of the greatest country singers that’s walked the earth” – performed Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget  and Nothing …

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