Album/Single Reviews

Baggage, baggage, baggage. It’s an extremely tough job being Miranda Lambert. For every great song she’s released there has been rumour and salacious gossip about her personal life, but is there any other Country singer currently recording who has been as open and honest as her? One thing is for […]

After her impressive debut four years ago with Portraits Hannah Rose Platt has released her second album, Letters Under Floorboards. Follow up albums can be fraught with risks; too much change, not enough etc, etc. Well, have no fear on that score here. With Letters Under Floorboards Hannah Rose Platt […]

It’s been a big year for the Remember Monday girls. Charlotte, Holly and Lauren have firmly established themselves as one of the very best live acts on the British scene with joyous main stage performances at Millport, The Long Road and Dixie Fields, just to name a few. Eyebrows were […]

Hot on the heels of their terrific UK shows, the Old Dominion boys are back with new music. With this self-titled album, Old Dominion have lived up to expectations with their most diverse, adventurous but also cohesive album to date. You’ll find a mixture of sounds and influences, all the […]

After only one listen to Looking for Happy, the recently released fourth album from Nashville-based Lost Hollow, it is hard to imagine anyone not reaching a state of intense joy. This record is a collection of beautifully written compositions that speak to the human condition complemented by musical arrangements that […]

For those of us heavily involved in the writing, reviewing and analysing of Country music, it seems like the barometer may well be swinging back towards a more traditional sound, or at least, there seems to be some shifting of the emphasis in song writing and production away from the […]

Recently being named the youngest and newest member of the Grand Ole Opry, Kelsea Ballerini has broken many records, including being the first female country artist since Wynnona Judd to send her first three singles to number 1, and she’s certainly not slowing down soon. Her penultimate single ‘Miss Me […]

So, Zac Brown Band are back again with their new project ‘The Owl’. A new ZBB project always brings great excitement here at YLIAS HQ, where we’ve never shied away from the fact that they were our introduction to country and remain our top band to this day. Every album […]

For her eighth studio album Eilen Jewell has chosen the perfect title. Like the itinerant traveller Gypsy takes the listener along the many highways and byways that stretch across the map called Americana. There are pedal to the floor blasts down the main six lane routes of country and blues […]