Chris Young tells the story behind new single Raised on Country ahead of his UK tour!
Chris Young is back with a brand new single, Raised on Country, which is creeping its way up the charts. The Country singer-songwriter who launched his career by winning the US TV program Nashville Star has had 2 of his 6 studio albums top the charts whilst 9 of his singles have either topped the Hot Country Songs chart, the Country Airplay chart or both and 9 are certified Platinum. Yes, Chris Young is a talented man and I first fell in love with his music when I first saw h
Noah Schnacky wins the hearts of the London crowd and talks to me about finding love!
Noah Schnacky was a new name to me before Country 2 Country, he had a couple of good tracks out but I knew little about him. However his performance and attitude really impressed me more than anyone's at C2C, his performance was so well thought out, his crowd engagement and his monologues were meticulously planned and executed. Back to the very basics he has a strong but sweet voice and great love songs. Before his show in London I caught up with him, first thing in the morni
Jimmie Allen talks about Warrior and encourages people to be "annoyingly you!"
On the Thursday evening at CMA Songwriters Series we all got to know Jimmie Allen a little bit better. His funny, down to earth personality shone through as he joked with the other writers on stage, his gentle nature came across as he fought back tears during the emotional Warrior and his talent spoke for itself on every song he sung! He has recently had much deserved success with his song Best Shot claiming the top spot on the Billboard Country Airplay charts but it hasn't b
Laura Veltz tells the story behind Dan and Shay's number 1 hit Speechless!
Laura Veltz, much like Ross Copperman has crossed my radar time and time again. Her most notable work is perhaps that she has done with Maren Morris since she has had a number of cuts both on her first record including single Rich and on her second record which has just been released. At the end of last yer leading into the new year Laura had a hit song sitting comfortably atop the Billboard Hot country Songs chart in the form of Speechless performed by Dan and Shay. She main
Shakin Stevens shakes up Manchester as they danced to some of his greatest hits!
Shakin Stevens is a household name within the UK music industry having had hits such as This Ole House and Green Door and his chart success as a Rock and Roll artist has expanded into Europe and beyond. With a career that spans four decades and around 20 studio albums Shakin Stevens is no stranger to this game and touring must come naturally to him after all this time. However turning 71 earlier this month Shakin set out on this tour and I was keen to see if he still had what
Ross Copperman gives advice to aspiring songwriters!
I love songwriters, I enjoy looking up who's written what and exploring new music through finding out about the writer and what else they've written. Ross Copperman is a name that has crossed my radar a number of times in the past few years that I've done this. Almost every radio show there's at least one song that Ross has written or produced and he consistently has songs in the top ten of the Country charts so as you can imagine when he was announced to play the CMA Songwri
Carly Pearce discusses career beginnings at Dollywood and women in Country music!
When Carly Pearce was first announced for C2C I was very excited! The girl who'd been struggling to make it since dropping out of High School to perform at Dollywood broke onto the seen with hit single Every Little Thing which got to number 1 on the airplay charts a feat that very few females achieve nowadays. I knew she'd be the perfect fit for the C2C crowd and I was keen to chat to her and find out more about her career so far, the people she enjoys working with and the st
Ashley McBryde discusses her favourite musicals and returning to C2C!
Well for the past year and a half I have been trying to catch up with Ashley McBryde and never more so than after that C2C performance last year in the Indigo where she blew the crowd away and reduced us to tears with her powerful vocals and emotional story telling lyrics. Never before has a satellite stage performer returned to C2C the following year and played the second slot on the main stage but the UK crowd demanded Ashley's swift return and she did not disappoint! The h
Chris Stapleton closes out C2C 2019 in style!
Well time has flown by this weekend, I can't beleive it's over for another year! But what a weekend it's been and what an incredible final day. My day began watching Kerri Watt finish her set on the Town Square stage, there was quite a sleepy crowd but a sizeable crowd none the less, similarly on the Big Entrance stage British group Remember Monday had drawn a large crowd and were showing off their harmonies as I passed through. Then I headed into the indigo for the BBC Radio
Lady Antebellum truly owned the night as they headlined day 2!
What a truly fantastic day 2 at C2C, from 10am until 11pm it was none stop quality Country music! My day began catching up with the mysterious Noah Schnacky who was very excited to be playing in London. Then I headed over to catch Sam Palladio at the BBC Radio 2 stage! What a show he put on, opening with Hello Heartbreak Blues (which has been stuck in my head ever since!) he went on to play songs from the TV show Nashville including Going Electric. I really liked Ghost which
