Planning a show in Country Music Week on a day when there were at least two other events in town vying for the same audience could have been a disaster so it was great to a large support for a batch of artists from the UK country scene. The first thing that strikes you about the Devon Mayson Trio is that the instrumentation is perhaps not what you would be expecting, with Did on guitar and Juliet Primrose on violin for company, indeed Juliet plays and performs it far too wel

With Christmas nearly upon us, there comes a time when you have to put away your normal country, folk and Americana records and listen to some more traditional fare. However maybe this year need not be all Slade and Band Aid and with some judicious searching your home can still be treated to a bit of Christmas counbtry! There is stuff here for every type of Christmas so grab a mince pie and see if something takes your fancy. Assuming you wanted to compile you own carol servi

To quote Alan West - "All Things for A Reason", and so when Devon Mayson took to the stage in the acoustic tent with some striking eye make up, somewhat towered over by her temporary guitarist, Ben Gurney from Journey Home she may have felt a little more nervous than normal. If you also add in the fact that Ben had only had the songs for 7 days, the stage was possibly set for a car crash of a performance, however it turned out to be quite the opposite, with Devon's confident