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NEWS: BRELAND ANNOUNCES UK TOUR FOR 2025
Today, platinum artist BRELAND has announced his highly anticipated return to Europe with the “Truth Telling UK & EU Tour 2025” set to kick


THE LONG ROAD ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS FOR 2025
The Long Road Festival is back for 2025, set to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend (August 22-24) at Stanford Hall in Leicester


NEWS: C2C COUNTRY TO COUNTRY 2025 GETS EVEN BIGGER WITH LONDON FESTIVAL STAGES AND BLUEBIRD CAFE
Next month, Country To Country returns with a stacked line-up of country hitmakers and fast-rising newcomers, with a host of new names annou

NEWS: WOOD BURNT RED ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE 'WHERE YOU ARE NOW' OUT 7TH FEB 2025
Wood Burnt Red Announce Highly-Anticipated New Single "Where You Are Now" Out 7th Feb 2025! After a stellar 2024 that saw them perform...


SINGLE REVIEW: ROBYN RED - MY WORLD IS YOURS
Heading to the O2 Arena for C2C 2025 and quite probably to the top of UK Country Charrt is Robyn Red with her latest single "My World Is You


SINGLE REVIEW: ALYSSA FLAHERTY - LIQUOR WITH COWBOWS (ACOUSTIC)
One of the artists we are most looking to catching back up with at Country Calling is Alyssa Flaherty. #TEAM21 met her in Nashville where sh


SINGLE REVIEW: MACARTNEY REINHARDT - COWBOY WITH A CONSCIENCE
Always something to brighten any day is a new single from Macartney Reinhardt - by our reckoning her 12th cracking single in a row, each one


SINGLE REVIEW: ANNIE BOSKO - HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
Confession time, although I'm aware of many of the great songs that Kris Kristofferson has written, for some reason his penning of "


EP REVIEW - JENN BOSTIC - LOVE YOU RIGHT
It seems implausible to believe that it was only a few months ago that #TEAMw21 were sitting in the warm November Nashville sunshine with


EP REVIEW: THE JACKSON LINE - CALIFORNIA
Although it is tagged as an EP, The Jackson Line's new release "California"is almost really a double EP, clocking in with bumper 7 tracks...


EP REVIEW: SORREL NATION - THIRTY SUMMERS (LIVE AT THE GREY LADY)
The live record always has the habit of making venues seem somewhat mythical - the "El Mocambo", "The Budokan" even "CBGB's", although...


EP REVIEW: EMILY LOCKETT - TO BE CONTINUED
Emily Lockett has always been a purveyor of perfect pop country, dive into any of her releases and you'll be richly rewarded, with well...


ALBUM REVIEW: THE OUTLAW ORCHESTRA - LA FAMILIA
Having already dipped our toes into the opening track of The Outlaw Orchestras new album "La Familia" with our review of "Rotten Apples" i


ALBUM REVIEW: HANNAH ALDRIDGE - RAZORWIRE & 10th ANNIVERSARY TOUR PREVIEW
Listening to Hannah Aldridge's "Razorwire", ten years on from its original release is something of a revelation. It's not as good as it...


ALBUM REVIEW: SAVANNAH GARDNER - RECOVERING GOOD GIRL
It is once more worth recounting quite what a journey we have had with Savannah Gardner, 12 months ago our first encounter with her was...


ALBUM REVIEW: PAULA O'REILLY - 4 WALLS & MY GUITAR
Having followed Paula O'Reilly for some years through a collection of excellent singles, #TEAMw21 mistakenly thought we had the measure...


LIVE REVIEW: WARD THOMAS - BETH ROWLEY - UNION CHAPEL - ISLINGTON
It is undoubtedly interesting times for the two former vanguards of the UK Country movement, Ward Thomas and The Shires, who remain for the

LIVE REVIEW: STEVE YOUNG & THE REAL TIME PLAYERS - SKELTON NASHVILLE BAND - FIDDLER'S ELBOW - CHALK FARM
#TEAMw21 are now in our 10th year of covering Steve Young, from his debut EP, through to his latest single and live shows from the Bedford

LIVE REVIEW: TALIA SIMONE & THE WILD THORNS - FLORENCE SOMMERVILLE - BLACKLOCK & BROWN - RAM JAM RECORDS - KINGSTON UPON THAMES
In 2015, Talia SImone got through the somewhat arduous process to perform at that years C2C festival, it took us at least five years or so t


LIVE REVIEW: BROOKE LAW - SASHA ASSAD - FRANCIS GAHAN - THE HANWELL CAVERN
Liverpool may have the original more famous Cavern, however in West London housed in the Hanwell Community Centre, a building that has an...
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