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DADDY LONG LEGS LOWDOWN WAYS Yep Roc Records **** A fine fusion of Americana, country and blues  A band with fine prestige, DADDY LONG LEGS (yep, capitals are on purpose) have just released their latest offering in ‘Lowdown Ways’ and it’s everything you’d expect from them. Harmonica aplenty, gritty guitars and with a fast paced […]

Felix Hatfield BOUNDARIES Self-released **** Unadorned love songs delivered with the roots showing Recorded in a basement in Portland, Oregon, ‘Boundaries’ features Felix Hatfield and an acoustic guitar on a set of deceptively simple songs about unrequited love. Hatfield, originally from Vermont, kind of tumbled his way to Portland some years ago believing that in

Chase Rice will be returning to the UK and Europe in January 2020 for his ‘The Pint of Anything’ tour, which includes a date at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London. Tickets are available from May 31 here. Rice was a Main Stage act at C2C 2019 and will be gearing up for his first

Upcoming US singer/songwriter Olivia Lane has revealed that her EP ‘The One’ will be released on August 9, while also sharing a new single in So Good It Hurts. You can listen to the single here. The popular artist has been causing waves in the UK recently as well as in her home country, with Bob

Musical Mischief Our Tools of the Trade and Nashville correspondent Eric Dahl takes a look at four new products that can benefit musicians in a number of different ways     iRig Micro Amp IK Multimedia’s new iRig Micro Amp is a tiny powerhouse packing 15 watts of power. This battery-powered mini-combo amp has built in

Pretty Archie HANGING ON Curve Music **** Rousing fourth album from Cape Breton-based quintet Pretty Archie somewhat recall the likes of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Old Crow Medicine Show in their multi-instrumentalism (three members play guitar and two play mandolin while banjo and harmonica also feature prominently), in their irrepressibility and energy

UK Americana sextuplet Morganway have released the third single from their upcoming debut album in the shape of Let Me Go. You can listen to the track here. The self-titled  debut album from the six-piece will be available from August 2 and Let Me Go represents the third track to be released from that as a

Chase Rice is continuing to make headway in the US, with his single Eyes On You topping the US Country Charts for the second consecutive week. The song, which appears on Rice’s recent album ‘Lambs & Lions’, marks the artist’s first ever No. 1 and further highlights how he is on a hot streak of momentum

‘Introducing Nashville’ – the international artist-focussed tour from the Country Music Association (CMA) – will be hitting the UK in October, with five dates announced. Danielle Bradbery, Travis Denning, Chris Lane and Rachel Wammack are the artists pencilled in to play the mini-tour, with the ‘Introducing Nashville’ moniker growing from strength to strength since its

Lady Antebellum have announced their return to country music airwaves with the release of their new single, What If I Never Got Over You. You can listen to the track here. The song – produced by Dan Huff – is built around despair over an ending relationship, with Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott duetting while Dave