

Chris Young announces UK Tour!
Chris Young wowed the UK audience at Country 2 Country 2017, now for the first time since then he is back across the pond for a headline tour of the UK scheduled for May 2019! Tickets are already selling fast for the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum US country star. His latest album Losing Sleep is one of his most successful records to date which is saying something as he has had an impressive career so far with 11 number 1 singles and 17 R.I.A.A. Gold/Platinum/Multi-Platinum

Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 The Musical comes to the West End!
Dolly Parton is known for her fantastic songwriting ability and her signature vocals but above all this she is a business lady, a very good one. For years she has tried her hand at a number of creative projects and had her fingers in many different kinds of pies. Now for the first time, one of those projects is coming to life in the West End in London as 9 to 5 the musical gets reimagined at the Savoy Theatre. The musical which was adapted from the film, which was adapted fro


Christmas in the Smoky Mountains - Glacier Ridge!
Christmas in the Smoky Mountains must be magical and never more so than this year as Dolly Parton’s Dollywood added a new attraction to it’s award winning Christmas Festival, Glacier Ridge! In a special event on Saturday Dolly Parton herself welcomed guests into the park for the Christmas light switch on, the day before in torrential rain Dolly hosted a media day where she answered questions about Glacier Ridge and press witnessed the final touches coming together in the park

Pistol Annie's Interstate Gospel album review!
Right from the offset it is clear this album takes us back to authentic Country music. Interstate Prelude which lasts just over a minute introduces us to the traditional instrumentation we commonly associate with classic Country. Track 2 Stop Drop and Roll One begins with beautiful harmonies from the three Annie’s. When the three unique voices come together it really is music to your ears, they blend and compliment each other so well and track two also introduces some of the


Tenille Townes talks about the story behind Somebody's Daughter!
Every CMA Songwriters Series I've been to has been filled with tears and laughter and lots of it! The latest one was no different, whilst all four contributed to that range of emotion, Tenille Townes thought-provoking songs like Somebody's Daughter and Jersey on the Wall with their detailed storytelling lyrics could make the hardest of hearts break. The issues which she addresses in her songs are tough but she pulls them off so well and after she played Jersey on the Wall the

Kassi Ashton talks about her favourite collaborators and gives advice to aspiring songwriters!
Before the CMA Songwriters took to the stage I sat down with all four of the songwriters to find out more about their songwriting process. I’d heard two of Kassi’s songs before, Taxidermy and California, Missouri and knew a little bit about the team she had behind her and I was eager to find out more about her and her career. From the interview and from the set that followed on stage I was amazed and she had the audience in fits of laughter. By the end of the night I realised


Kacey Musgraves dazzles audiences on the Oh What A World Tour!
Last night in Gateshead I had the pleasure of checking out Kacey Musgraves Oh, What A World Tour for the second time, this time in an official capacity... as press. I’ve been a fan of Kacey’s for a long time and have seen her perform both here on multiple occasions and in the States but in the past year or so she seems to have become slightly more reserved on stage and even in York last week she seemed quieter than when she toured back in 2015. However last night was differen