Her career has spanned 30 years, she has been inducted into both the Hollywood and Songwriters Hall of Fame, creating Hey Now (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun), True Colours, All Through The Night, Time After Time and Change Of Heart, to name just a few of her smash hits. Cyndi can be credited as a […] Read more
Donovan’s music makes you calm and introspect.” Reflecting on his contribution to music history, Donovan explains that: “One must actually feel one’s life is heroic so you can get up in the morning, straighten yourself up, look at the day and feel that what you are doing is important.” Finally, we discuss that infamous 1966 […] Read more
Megan Gnad speaks to one of country music’s rising stars about the making of his debut album A growing UK fanbase has fostered the beginnings of a burgeoning career path for Cale Tyson, as interest soars in his unique retro, country sound. The Texan-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter releases his debut album, CARELESS SOUL, to British audiences […] Read more
It’s hard to find country music on the radio today. It sounds more like pop music. If a pickup truck ain’t in it, it ain’t going to make it!” There is a superb version of one of her songs, Everyone Wants To Go Heaven (But No One Wants To Die), on this new album. So […] Read more
But her personal mission statement is as strong as it ever was, when it comes to the topics she writes about and what she will sing. From day one in her career, she was adamant: “They have to take me as I am or forget me. I stayed the same and always will.” The producer […] Read more
The one song from her six-decade career that best sums up Ms Lynne, is she says, without a doubt: Coal Miner’s Daughter. “When I recorded that song, Owen Bradley (legendary Nashville studio owner and record producer) didn’t want me to record it. “He said everybody has a life story to tell. He said ‘El Paso,’ […] Read more
After a momentarily shaky start, Hunt delivered a big set with crazy energy levels and a consistently solid performance. After opening with Leave The Night On, he stole hearts with Cop Car, had fun with mashups -mixing his own tracks with those from Miley Cyrus and more – and drove the crowd wild with an […] Read more
It’s fun, it’s an acoustic live album and I recorded it in Nashville with Okorie Johnson on cello who I was just playing with. My American guitarist is a guy called Mike Gallagher from Chicago, we play a lot of shows as a trio in the US. So we decided just to go into a […] Read more
They have not been without their trials and tribulations, and they’ve worked very hard to be the band they are today, 18 years later. I think it’s pretty incredible to be 15, 16 years in [since the band were signed] and make a record I was truly excited about… There’s still that fire in us… […] Read more
