The UK country scene is somewhat awash with startlingly young talent at the moment with a number of teenage performers and now we can add another one to the roster with our first viewing of Nia Nicholls, who at the tender age of 18 has already been to Tennessee four times and whose gig list ranges from playing the Belcourt Taps in Nashville to an upcoming date at the Holtwood Methodist Church Summer Fayre! Admittedly at first on arriving in the tent and finding her singing to

It has been a couple of years since we last crossed paths with Chloe and we were especially keen to catch up as we had yet to see her play with a full band and also as she has a new full length album of new material. Being based in primarily in the North East she is not the easiest of people to get to see. Opening with "Feels Like Home" it was great to see the original sound of her debut EP in the flesh except this was that and more, her band were exceptionally tight and she

The job of closing the Paddock Stage on the Saturday night fell to Curran, last seen by us at a pre Christmas show raising money for charity at the Troubadour and since then a victim of senseless violence that saw him hospitalised and his UK tour cancelled. Seemingly recovered and with preferred guitarist in tow they proceeded to give a lesson in how to create an atmosphere and bring in a crowd. The twin guitar approach certainly helped to create a Saturday night vibe form se