Album/Single Reviews

Rising star Travis Denning is no stranger to the UK nowadays. After lighting up the CMA Songwriters Series last year at The O2, Travis returned to the UK in October for the ‘Introducing Nashville’ tour, and since then his stock has risen considerably across the pond. ‘After A Few’ currently […]

Artists reveal much about themselves in their choice of cover versions to record or perform. For her latest release Gretchen Peters has devoted an entire album to the songs of Mickey Newbury, who she regards as her greatest sources of inspiration. The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of […]

Kenny Chesney has kept us guessing with his most recent albums. ‘Songs For The Saints’ saw a return to the island vibes of ‘Be As You Are’ and ‘Life On A Rock’, whilst ‘Cosmic Hallelujah’ was firmly situated in the mainstream fold. With his new project, ‘Here and Now’, Kenny […]

Back in 2016, which now seems an entirely separate existence, we attended a solo performance by American Aquarium front man BJ Barham in Manchester. He had released a solo album, ‘Rockingham’, and was promoting it. He was performing acoustically but also performed many of the AA back catalogue. We were […]

My Girl The River is a family affair; Kris Wilkinson, Joe Hughes and on occasion their daughter Ruby. They release their second album Cardinal in the Snow on 1 May. Through Wilkinson’s perceptive and deeply sincere writing My Girl The River muse on love, confront death, peer into the future […]

One of the most intriguing releases of the year is here in big, bold, brawny & brainless technicolour. Dierks Bentley’s side project, The Hot Country Knights, who started out as a bit of a laugh has morphed into something much more serious. Yes, this is a ‘joke’ project, and when […]

Following the release of their debut single ‘Before The Trend Set In’ last year, UK band The Fatherline have announced that their follow up single, ‘This Work Is A Drug’, is coming this Friday (May 1st). A statement of intent from one of the UK’s most intriguing up and coming […]

In-your-face, super-charged, emphatic pop-country. That’s how you could describe the highly-anticipated debut album from Twinnie, who’s become a real force to be reckoned with on the British scene in recent years. Backed by BMG in the UK and BBR in the US, with the likes of Jamie Kenney, Nathan Chapman […]

Johnny Cash built his Cash Cabin as a sanctuary before converting it into a recording studio where he made some of his American Recordings. It also hosted sessions from Loretta Lynn and Emmylou Harris, among many others. The latest artist to have used this fabled facility is Caleb Caudle. Seeking […]

At long last! We have new music from the ever-divisive pop-country poster boy, Sam Hunt. There’s no doubt that his debut album ‘Montevallo’ pioneered a new era in country music, introducing the fusion of R&B rhythms and pop grooves with country lyricism, which many have attempted since but few have […]