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Ashley McBryde has revealed that she will be heading on her biggest UKand Ireland  headline tour to date at the end of September and start of October. The American ‘Girl Going Nowhere’ star will be playing four dates on a brief visit this side of the Atlantic, which have been announced ahead of her Main […]

Seven-time Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood will be returning to the UK for a five-date arena tour at the back end of June and start of July. Underwood’s last UK appearances were when she headlined C2C 2016, though the 2005 ‘American Idol’ winner was last pencilled in to headline The Long Road Festival last September,

Breakthrough artist Tenille Townes has unveiled a new song, ‘White Horse’, which is the latest single to be released from her upcoming debut album. You can listen to the song here. The album is due for release later this year on Columbia Nashville and has been produced by Jay Joyce. The song itself – written

It’ll be a month shy of 12 years since Keith Urban was last on tour in the UK when he performs at Kentish Town and this is how he’s kept himself busy 2007– Seven months after what would prove to be his last UK gig for a very long time at the then named Carling

Prior to her performance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (February 27), the Country Music Association (CMA) awarded Kacey Musgraves the International Artist Achievement Award for 2019. The recent Album of the Year winner at the 2019 Grammy Awards was surprised backstage by the CMA, who gave Musgraves the award that “recognises outstanding achievement by a United

American artist Jesse Dayton will headline the inaugural Country in the Afternoon mini-festival, which takes place at The Half Moon in Putney between June 1-2. The event is organised by Cumbrae Promotions Limited – who run the Millport Country Music Festival – and both days will have four acts performing between 12:30pm-5pm. Opening on the

Harold F Eggers, Jr MY YEARS WITH TOWNES VAN ZANDT: MUSIC, GENIUS AND RAGE Backbeat Books Townes Van Zandt, one of country’s most enigmatic songwriters, was a curious character and that’s never been in doubt. A character in turmoil whose well-spoken gentlemanly charm was in sharp contrast with his intake of drink and drugs. He died

Danny Schmidt STANDARD DEVIATION Live Once Records **** Wonderful heartfelt songs, superb singer, excellent band – get your plastic out Danny Schmidt has been out there making a name for himself for the last 20 years and this is his 10thalbum. It’s a largely acoustic affair with terrific singing, a wonderful band and songs that

The Gillies NO HIDING PLACE Back Porch Recordings *** Gently does it from the South East London folkies The Gillies are Susan Turner and Mark (Gilly) Evans; an Americana influenced alt-folk duo plying their trade largely in folk clubs in the London area. Both have a likeable finger-picking guitar style with Turner taking on all

Fender goes WeighLess Some guitars and basses can be heavy to wear, especially if you are playing a four hour gig.  To amend this, Fender have just released their new WeighLess logo straps, which are available in Black/Black, White/Black, Black/White and White/White. The elastic design of the straps elevates the weight of the guitar better,