For the last 6 months we’ve tended to see the Worry Dolls more in front of the stage rather than on it, as they are great music fans as well as being a great band in their own right. So it was a pleasure to finally see them tread the boards again, taking to the stage, backed with a full band for their first appearance of the Festival, including the pedal steel virtuoso CJ Hillman. With dream catchers hanging from their microphone stands and guitars, they started their set wit

​​​​ Even though The Shires were playing simultaneously only a few yards away at the Indigo, there was only one place to be at the O2 and it was Club WM. It seemed that a large swathe of UK country bands, were in attendance, as well as many luminaries on the scene and countless fans to see the second performance of Melanie. The why’s and wherefores of how this came to be are none of our concern but as Melanie herself succinctly put it “If you knew me before I’m now Melanie, a

Taking to the stage at the Club WM, the Legends Of Country started with a bit of a confession, things were not going to sound as normal as their normal bassist had been required to go to hospital, and the various attempted replacements had not worked out. So probably not the start they had intended, however it was only after the opener “If I Knew What I’d Be Doing I’d Be Dangerous”, that they remembered that he also provided the backing vocals for the song. This band delivers