Performing solo, with eye catching boots and a soon to be a problematic headscarf - Kier would prove to be excellent company, immediately winning us over with a "Thank you for being here early" and apologising for getting everyone out of bed. Choosing to open with a cover of Dasha's "Austin", it offered up a chance to warm up and attune her vocals.

Following on from Kier on the Homestead Stage, and keeping the standard high while flying the flag for what is known as "Classic Country" came Megan Lee. With hubby to be Tom Wright in tow, the twin acoustic guitar sound made for something different,a rootsy country ambience.

These are interesting times for Brooke with a debut album "Naked Heart" and accompanying launch on the near horizon. Sporting shades to protect against the low hanging sun. she would open with "Villain" - "Farewell and good riddance" - the final "Yeah's" of the chorus fired out with some gusto.

It's been over two years since Neeve Zahra burst on to the #TEAMw21 radar, with one of the best UK debut EP's ever. It has aged magnificently and judging from the cover picture of her new single "Never Get Another" so has Neeve herself. The intervening time has seen that EP added to, with a number of singles, displaying a range of styles, all of which Neeve has mastered and this new single is undoubtedly her most pop country and sassy release to date.

If there's one group who can be relied on to provide you with your regular mandolin fix, it is the ever wonderful Forty Elephant Gang, purveyors of an unbroken run of fine singles, even an including a Christmas one, for a good few years now, since coming to the attention of #TEAMw21. Their new single "Dark Shadows" is certainly not going to break that streak.

It is fair to say that if there's one thing that did not quite go as smoothly to plan as it could have at Country Calling, it was the Essex Hits VIP Stage. It was 95% there, but having the final few moments of each act on the VIP stage clash with the opening few minutes of an act on the Main stage just didn't quite sit well, whereas the idea of having a nice palette cleanser between main acts otherwise worked well and shone the light on some top quality acts.

It was in a support slot with Sorrel Nation, that #TEAMw21 first crossed paths with My Girl The River. Much like the cover picture they were quietly unassuming, in contrast to the high quality of their catalogue. They closed the show with a cover, one that Joe Hughes had co-written back in the day - it was then they unleashed "No More I Love Yous"

Country Calling very much follows the #TEAMw21 ethos of bringing you tomorrow's stars today, and the timing could not have been better for "July Moon" who recently dropped quite possibly their best single yet with "What A Woman Should Be". Taking to the stage Piper Bateman, Page Mackenzie, and Braelyn Watt, would prove that with acoustic guitars, a tambourine and three vocals you can make one hell of an impact!