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NEWS: JAMES BAY TO HEADLINE SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONG ROAD 2025
The Long Road Festival returns for its biggest year ever in August 2025, today announcing that multiple Brit Award winner, Ivor Novello


NEWS: C2C COUNTRY TO COUNTRY FESTIVAL WILL RETURN - 13th -15th MARCH 2026
C2C COUNTRY TO COUNTRY FESTIVAL WILL RETURN - 13th -15th MARCH 2026


NEWS: BRELAND ANNOUNCES UK TOUR FOR 2025
Today, platinum artist BRELAND has announced his highly anticipated return to Europe with the “Truth Telling UK & EU Tour 2025” set to kick


THE LONG ROAD ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS FOR 2025
The Long Road Festival is back for 2025, set to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend (August 22-24) at Stanford Hall in Leicester


SINGLE REVIEW: JOE MARTIN - STRANGERS TO LOVERS - CAN'T PROMISE YOU THE WORLD
Released in such a low key manner that many of his loyal supporters may have missed them are a brace of singles from Joe Martin. There is little in the way of instrumentation on either of these, and they are really just little palette cleansers before Joe's next album but don't be fooled into thinking that you are getting anything less than grade A quality.


SINGLE REVIEW: STEPHANIE RYANN - LUCKY PENNY
The latest single from Stephanie Ryann "Lucky Penny" finds her extending her run of superior singles that really deserve widespread acclaim.


SINGLE REVIEW - FIRST TIME FLYERS - STAY
Having been there for the original unveiling of First Time Flyers, and their fabulous opening single "Happier", C2C 2025


SINGLE REVIEW: EMILIA QUINN - DOES SHE KNOW
It is rare if ever that Emilia Quinn disappoints us but no new cover picture for the latest single "Does She Know?".


EP REVIEW - JENN BOSTIC - LOVE YOU RIGHT
It seems implausible to believe that it was only a few months ago that #TEAMw21 were sitting in the warm November Nashville sunshine with


EP REVIEW: THE JACKSON LINE - CALIFORNIA
Although it is tagged as an EP, The Jackson Line's new release "California"is almost really a double EP, clocking in with bumper 7 tracks...


EP REVIEW: SORREL NATION - THIRTY SUMMERS (LIVE AT THE GREY LADY)
The live record always has the habit of making venues seem somewhat mythical - the "El Mocambo", "The Budokan" even "CBGB's", although...


EP REVIEW: EMILY LOCKETT - TO BE CONTINUED
Emily Lockett has always been a purveyor of perfect pop country, dive into any of her releases and you'll be richly rewarded, with well...


ALBUM REVIEW: THE OUTLAW ORCHESTRA - LA FAMILIA
Having already dipped our toes into the opening track of The Outlaw Orchestras new album "La Familia" with our review of "Rotten Apples" i


ALBUM REVIEW: HANNAH ALDRIDGE - RAZORWIRE & 10th ANNIVERSARY TOUR PREVIEW
Listening to Hannah Aldridge's "Razorwire", ten years on from its original release is something of a revelation. It's not as good as it...


ALBUM REVIEW: SAVANNAH GARDNER - RECOVERING GOOD GIRL
It is once more worth recounting quite what a journey we have had with Savannah Gardner, 12 months ago our first encounter with her was...


ALBUM REVIEW: PAULA O'REILLY - 4 WALLS & MY GUITAR
Having followed Paula O'Reilly for some years through a collection of excellent singles, #TEAMw21 mistakenly thought we had the measure...


LIVE REVIEW: C2C COUNTRY TO COUNTRY 2025 - BBC RADIO 2 & SPOTLIGHT STAGE - KEZIA GILL
Each year the Indigo Stage normally throws up a performance that is not just good it can sometimes define the whole weekend in a way that


LIVE REVIEW: C2C COUNTRY TO COUNTRY 2025 - BBC RADIO 2 STAGE - WILLOW AVALON
If things were a little kooky after Maggie Antone's set then they were about to get a whole lot wilder with the arrival of Willow Avalon.


LIVE REVEW: MORGAN WADE - KARLEY SCOTT COLLINS - THE FORUM - KENTISH TOWN
In many ways this was to prove to be a most unusual, evening - not perhaps the springboard for a C2C 2026 Main Stage appearance, if anything


LIVE REVIEW: C2C COUNTRY TO COUNTRY 2025 - BBC RADIO 2 STAGE - MAGGIE ANTONE
Maggie Antone would take to the Indigo Stage in her oversize cowboy hat,covering her dark locks. With her yellow tshirt and blue jeans, she
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