Drake White is Livin' The Dream and returns to the UK in October 2017

September 12, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Country, Country Rock, New Single, News, singer-songwriter, Tour Dates, Video

Fresh from huge success at the C2C 2017 Drake White & The Big Fire will return to the UK as special guests of Kip Moore. The London show with Moore and a further headline show at The Borderline form part of Country Music Week which finds some of the biggest artists of the genre performing live in London. To coincide with the UK visit a new single 'Livin' The Dream' from the 'Spark' album is due October 13th. More about Drake and those dates follow:

'Life Changes' for Thomas Rhett

August 15, 2017 by David Vousden in Country, New Single, News, Pop, singer-songwriter, Tour Dates, Video

Thomas Rhett will release his new album 'Life Changes' on September 8th via Big Machine Records and the title seems a perfect fit as Thomas and his wife Lauren Akins welcomed the arrival of their second daughter Ada over the weekend. Rhett has developed a sound that perfectly embraces his country routes but adds an appreciation for pop and R & B that has seen his music embraced far beyond country music devotees. More details about the album, upcoming UK tour dates, a video or two (and maybe even a pic of the new arrival) follows:

Russell Dickerson will be 'Yours' October 13th

August 15, 2017 by David Vousden in Country, News, Video

Russell Dickerson will release his debut album via Sony Music on October 13th, 2017. The singer is fresh from a headline set at the Nashville Meets London Festival and arena tours with Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini. The title track from the album has had 4.5 million views on youtube and over 40 million audio streams. Pretty staggering numbers. More details about the album, future touring plans, and Russell in general follow:

JD McPherson 'Undivided Heart & Soul' due October 6th via New West Records

August 14, 2017 by David Vousden in Country, News, Rock, singer-songwriter, Video

JD McPherson has released a video for 'Lucky Penny' the first taste of his upcoming album 'Undivided Heart & Soul' due October 6th, 2017. The video was shot where the album was recorded, the historic RCA Studio B in Nashville. So McPherson is following in the footsteps of Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Jim Reeves and Elvis (pretty impressive company). The album includes collaborations with artists from a range of genres including Parker Millsap and Butch Walker. An extensive press release and the video for 'Lucky Penny' follows:

Casey Donahew announces London shows + 'kiss Me' video

August 10, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Country, News, singer-songwriter, Tour Dates, Video

Texas country singer-songwriter Casey Donahue will be visiting the UK for the first time in October to play at the Texas Music Takeover festival which takes place from Oct 9th-16th in London. Much more about Casey including a video for 'Kiss Me' from his acclaimed 'All Night Party' album follows:

Denny Strickland 'California Dreamin' by way of Arkansas and Nashville

August 01, 2017 by David Vousden in Country, News, singer-songwriter

Regular readers of Red Guitar Music will be no strangers to Denny Strickland. The Arkansas born, Nashville based, singer-songwriter featured in our country showcase slot earlier this year. I'm very pleased to report the promise of the single 'We Don't Sleep' hasn't proved to be a false dawn. The debut album 'California Dreamin' was recorded in Nashville with Sean Giovanni (Big & Rich, Randy Houser, Tyler Farr) at the helm. The album is now available and contains an excellent range of modern country music with definite chart potential.

The Cadillac Three to release new 'Legacy' album August 25th

July 07, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Country, Country Rock, News, Southern Rock, Tour Dates, Video

The Cadillac Three have a new album 'Legacy' set for release August 25th via Big Machine Records. As a taster for the upcoming album the band today (07.07.2017) released a video for the impressive title cut, which finds the boys in a more reflective mood than we've been accustomed to in recent times. The band will return to the UK in November for a headline tour with support from Broken Witt Rebels and Brothers Osborne. This tour will. I'm sure, be one of the hottest tickets of the year. Much more about The Cadillac Three follows including tour dates and the video for 'Legacy'.

Will Hoge 'Anchors' due Aug 17th 2017 + July UK dates.

June 19, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Country, News, singer-songwriter, Tour Dates

Will Hoge will release his new album 'Anchors' August 17th, 2017 via Thirty Tigers. The album includes the single 'Little Bit Of Rust' featuring Sheryl Crow. Will Hoge will introduce the album with a run of solo UK shows in July prior to the album release. More about Will Hoge and those tour dates follow:

Maverick Festival 2017 Final Line-Up and Stage Times

June 15, 2017 by David Vousden in Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Festivals, News

The Maverick Festival today announced their final additions to the line-up with Nashville duo American Young and Alabama songwriter Sonia Leigh added to an already impressive artist list. Leigh has songwriting credits on that guilty pleasure that is the Nashville TV series while American Young performed recently at C2C in London. The Maverick Festival runs from June 30th - July 2nd and with so many excellent acts in just three days some inventive clock watching, or a flux capacitor, might be required to catch that not-to-be-missed set. We have all the info you'll need so please read on for more about Maverick and those stage times.

Two Ways Home to release new EP 'Closest Stranger' June 2nd 2017

May 03, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Country, Folk, News

London based alt-country duo Two Ways Home aka Isabella Mariee and Lewis Fowler will release their new EP 'Closest Stranger' on June 2nd. The EP features four new songs including co-writes with Logan Brill. Demi Marriner and Adam James. More about Two Ways Home and the new EP follows:

Steepways to release 'Holy Smoke' May 7th + tour dates announced

April 11, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Country, Folk, singer-songwriter, Tour Dates

The London based duo Steepways aka Blair Chadwick and Charlie Bateson will release their debut album physically on May 7th via Mansion House Records. To support the release they've lined up a string of shows including an album launch event on April 29th at The Fiddler's Elbow in Camden, London. A stream / more about the album and additional tour dates follows:

Country Music Showcase - April 2017

April 06, 2017 by David Vousden in Country, New Single, News, Showcase

Red Guitar Music continues to pick up speed and our inbox is inundated with all sorts of news about rising country artists that are worthy of your time. With this is mind welcome to the first of a new series where we try to round-up the best of the RGM inbox and showcase an artist or two. This month we are pleased to feature artists from both sides of the Atlantic namely Denny Strickland and Holloway Road.

Maverick Festival 2017 full line-up announced

April 04, 2017 by David Vousden in Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Festivals, Folk, Roots, singer-songwriter, Tour Dates

The Maverick Festival recently announced their full line-up for 2017 with a press launch in London. The event was held at the Gibson Brands Studio in central London, with craft beers and duck wraps a plenty, to get those attending in the mood for long summer days in the Suffolk countryside. The music for the evening was courtesy of Dean Owens, Brigitte DeMeyer and Will Kimbrough. Dean has been working with Will on his upcoming album and judging by the tunes performed on the night it’ll be another good one. All you need to know about the Maverick Festival and the full line-up follows:

A Thousand Horses & The Cadillac Three embrace Record Store Day 2017

March 22, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Classic Rock, Country, Country Rock, New Single, News, Southern Rock, Vinyl

Two artists that we have featured previously at Red Guitar Music have lined up releases for Record Store Day 2017 on April 22nd. A Thousand Horses 'Live from London {Metropolis Studios)' and The Cadillac Three 'Live At Abbey Road' are both limited edition vinyl only pressings. These are the sort of items that will have fans up early on April 22nd and heading down to their local Indie record store. More about both acts and the track listings follow:

Kate Ellis to release 'Carve Me Out' on June 2nd 2017

March 18, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Country, Folk, singer-songwriter, Tour Dates, Video

Kate Ellis will release her debut album 'Carve Me Out' on June 2nd 2017 and has released a video for 'Ones You Love The Most' the impressive first single from the album. Kate will also play an album launch show at London's Green Note on June 7th. More about Kate Ellis and the video for the single follows:

Southern Halo release debut album on vinyl to coincide with UK tour

March 16, 2017 by David Vousden in Country, News, Vinyl, Tour Dates

Southern Halo are in the UK for a short tour and to mark the event the trio will release their debut album on vinyl. The album will be available for the first time at their UK shows which start in London at The Garage on March 18th. Those all important tour dates and more about Southern Halo follows:

Cambridge Folk Festival announces a host of additions for 2017

March 16, 2017 by David Vousden in Acoustic, Alt-Folk, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Festivals, Folk, News

Cambridge Folk Festival has announced a huge update with a host of new additions to the 2017 festival. As is usually the case with Cambridge Folk the festival brings together an eclectic mix of artists old and new from many genres of music.The latest additions announced include Shirley Collins, Loudon Wainwright III, Indigo Girls, Ward Thomas, Cara Dillon and Liv On (Olivia Newton-John, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Amy Sky). More about the festival and the acts set to perform follows:

Guitarist Albert Lee amongst additions to Maverick Festival 2017

March 07, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Festivals, Folk, News, Tour Dates

The 10th anniversary Maverick Festival has added a host of new names including Grammy Award winning guitarist Albert Lee. Further additions to the bill include Hank Wangford, Annie Keating and Dennis Ellsworth. Please read on for more about the artists scheduled to play and an overview of the festival.

Lady Antebellum announce UK tour dates for October 2017

March 07, 2017 by David Vousden in Country, News, Tour Dates

Lady Antebellum will visit the UK in October 2017 for a short run of shows that will include a date at the O2 in London. The trio will be touring to support their upcoming 'Heart Break' album. Full tour dates and more about Lady Antebellum follows:

Jade Jackson announces the highly anticipated 'Gilded' for May 19th

March 03, 2017 by David Vousden in Americana, Country, singer-songwriter

Jade Jackson has announced May 19th as the release date for 'Gilded' her highly anticipated debut album on the Anti- label. Red Guitar Music recently featured the first single from the album 'Motorcycle' and now another track 'Finish Line' is available and sounds even better so things are looking good for 'Gilded'. A stream of the new single and more about Jade Jackson follows: