With Country Music Week having started with a songwriters Round it seemed only apt for it to be bookended by another one, this time presented by the Bluebird Cafe. The names at first glance may not have had the initial allure as those that graced Cadogan Hall earlier in the week but there was plenty of entertainment to be had. We'd been lured by the prospect of a second viewing of Emily Hackett, as well as by promising feedback on the afternoon performance of Tenille Arts. Th

With the main complaint about lack next years C2C being the lack of women, what an apt time for one of the previous main stage artists to hit the London stage and put in a performance that immediately staked her place as someone who is going to take 2020 by storm when her new album lands. This was a performance that did not let up from the opening drum beat introducing "Girl Next Door", to the very last song performed solo. With a full band including a cello player, keyboards

Day 3 of Country Music Week brought us to Colours, the new name for Hoxton Bar & Grill, for a show that already had to be relocated due to public demand. The interior of the bar itself has had a refit and the venue also has been startlingly transformed, the most obvisous addition being some kind of light canopy that hangs over the audience. They have obviously spent a lot of money on the venues lighting rig which is horrendously over the top for tonights requirements and so w