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NEWS: JAMES BAY TO HEADLINE SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONG ROAD 2025
The Long Road Festival returns for its biggest year ever in August 2025, today announcing that multiple Brit Award winner, Ivor Novello


NEWS: C2C COUNTRY TO COUNTRY FESTIVAL WILL RETURN - 13th -15th MARCH 2026
C2C COUNTRY TO COUNTRY FESTIVAL WILL RETURN - 13th -15th MARCH 2026


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


SINGLE REVIEW: GINA LARNER - LIAR
The Country Calling line up is so rip roaringly good that at times tough decisions will be need to be made. One artist featuring high on the #TEAMw21 must see list is Gina Larner. Whether it be solo with some assistance via a laptop or with a cracking all girl band that were all but seismic at Long Road, Gina is an artist who gives everything on stage leaving nothing in the tank, and is always highly entertaining to see.


SINGLE REVIEW: ROBERT VINCENT & ANNA CORCORAN - GO YOUR OWN WAY / DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
Possibly making an unlikely early bid for the John Lewis Christmas ad are Robert Vincent and Anna Corcoran with a couple of stripped back versions of modern classics. In all seriousness, in recent months all roads seem to lead back to Robert Vincent


SINGLE REVIEW: ALYSSA FLAHERTY - KNOW YOU BY HEART
As Country Calling draws ever nearer, one of the names that leaps most off the poster to us is Alyssa Flaherty. Having followed her since her debut single and having had the pleasure of seeing her live, #TEAMw21 cannot wait to meet up once again.


SINGLE REVIEW: EMILIA QUINN - WITHOUT YOU
A little housekeeping before we dive into the review of Emilia Quinn's latest single "Without You". It is not a cover of the Badfinger, Harry Nielsson. Maria Carey song beloved of all cabaret entertainers throughout the land. As interesting as that might have been, what we have and we quote is a song "from the perspective of a friend after they have shared how their breakup was affecting them even though it was the best thing to do"


SINGLE REVIEW: MACARTNEY REINHARDT - TWO SHIPS
When the accompanying video appears for the latest single by Macartney Reinhardt, "Two Ships", they are going to have to shoot it in CinemaScope to have any chance of matching the drama on the record, faithfully replayed on screen. This is by far Macartney's biggest sound to date, yet for all of the ambitious soundscape it is still her voice up front that leads the way and steals the show.


LIVE REVIEW: SIMEON HAMMOND DALLAS - THE LOWER THIRD - LONDON
The Lower Third is a strange old venue, it exudes a sort of shabby chic, the bar area is most definitely glitzy, high tech and finished, the rest of the surroundings and indeed the convoluted route to it, can leave you wondering if it is being gentrified up or about to be knocked down.


SINGLE REVIEW: STEPHANIE RYANN - AIN'T YOUNG FOREVER
Timed perfectly to coincide with CMA Fest is the latest single by Stephanie Ryann, "Ain't Young Forever". She caught #TEAMw21's attention in Nashville with her song "Naked" and has steadfastly stayed on our watch list ever since with a cracking couple of singles.


SINGLE REVIEW: NIA NICHOLLS - IF YOU WERE A SONG
Returning to the #TEAMw21 radar with something a little different is Nia Nicholls with her new single "If You Were a Song" which is primarily a piano ballad, yet still manages to incorporate percussion ,pedal steel and some lovely backing vocals. It may start humbly with just a piano but it has definite aspirations to become a phones in the air classic in the later sections, with its synth like strings.
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