SARAH DARLING Another day, another zoom call but this time, to catch up with one of my very good friends, Sarah Darling. Sarah is a true ‘honorary British country artist’ - what we call on Country Hits Radio a #CountryHitsBrit; having married a Brit and spent so much...
Support Live Music Today we join the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign to support the live music industry, as it struggles for survival. A letter is being delivered to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, uniting us all in our plea to allow live...
Blaze A Trail June was an exciting month in terms of new releases from home-grown talent. Of course, we still lacked any live gigs due to the ongoing lockdown, but that hasn't stopped our favourite artists from sharing brand new music that continues to showcase the...
Sarah Darling | The British Country Music Festival 2019 | Photo Credit Dave NelsonHold Space The month of May has seen some amazing and extremely exciting releases from a string of home-grown talent. Ward Thomas shared two stellar singles in the form of 'Hold Space'...
MEGAN O'NEILL Well, for the first time in this first No Chords But The Truth series, I’m not strolling into Bertie Blossoms restaurant in Notting Hill to sit down with another British country artist over a glass of something tasty to chew the fat. I am, in fact, sat...
Twinnie | The British Country Music Festival 2019 | Photo Credit Dave NelsonIncredible Music April has been another strange month with zero live gigs to attend due to the UK lockdown which has been introduced by the government as a measure to reduce the speed of the...
Laura Oakes | The British Country Music Festival 2019 | Photo Credit Dave NelsonGlobal Outbreak Wow, well March has been a roller-coaster of a month, we've had some amazing new music but the country family and the world as a whole has been rocked by the global...
TWINNIE So here I was with a big article reflecting on Twinnie’s comments in this episode of No Chords But The Truth podcast regarding women in country music and the music world as a whole, the struggles and what no-one sees.. but do you know what? Scrap that. Queue...
Ward Thomas | The British Country Music Festival 2019 | Photo Credit Dave Nelson2020's Stellar Month January was an impressive month for UK Country and Americana and February followed in suitable fashion. With a stellar amount of single releases and recording...
Did you know Ed Sheeran has his own restaurant? It’s called Bertie Blossoms, it’s located in Notting Hill and it’s where I met with Tim Prottey-Jones for the second episode of No Chords But The Truth podcast. Ed is partial to country music. Collaborations with...
This is the main blog category for the website. You will find news, reviews, blogs and articles For British Country Music. We will also feature The British Americana music scene.
We shall particularly feature on music artists and song writers born or living in th UK.
There is no doubt that America and Nashville are the epicentres for Country Music. However country music in the UK has had a niche following for many years there is now quickly growing ground swell of love.
The British Country Music Festival embraces that community. So you may be a super fan or just getting to notice the fantastic songwriting and musicians we have in the UK.
There are a handful of breakthrough artists. Including The Shires, Ward Thomas, Wandering Hearts, The Staves, Catherine McGrath and WildwoodKin. But there is new artists and song writers making waves about to breakthrough. With a whole eco system supporting them. With exciting new festivals, gigs, venues record companies and fans supporting them.
Our genre is so close to becoming main stream national radio stations are playing more and more country music. Subsequently main stream artists are starting to make Country and Americana sounding tracks.
For social media we will be using the hashtag britishcountrymusic. To promote this category.
Examples of what posts to expect in this category include: A GREAT YEAR FOR BRITISH COUNTRY MUSIC and YOLA v HOOTENANNY
The category and festival are all about supporting new talent and acts. The category will feature news and releases from new bands and singers. For example Raintown, Dexeter, Laura Oakes, Sasha McVeigh and Holloway Road.