Tori Darke: From Australia To Country Calling, The UK Is Calling
Australian country artist Tori Darke has spent more than a decade building her career at home. Now, with Prettiest Wreck finding a new life, Nashville trips under her belt and her first UK festival appearance ahead of her, she is ready to find out just how far her music can travel.
Parmalee: “We Just Got Together To Play Music For A Living — And We’re Doing That”
After more than two billion streams, six No.1 country hits and more than two decades together, Parmalee are finally heading to the UK. Ahead of their debut at Country Calling, Finnegan caught up with the North Carolina band to talk family, finding their own lane, the...
The Acrobat: Tenille Townes’ Balancing Act
Ahead of her long-awaited return to the UK with The Living Room Tour, I sat down with Tenille Townes to talk about trusting instinct over expectation, learning to let go of perfection, and why the bravest leap she ever took wasn't onto a stage, it was back towards...
Angus Stone: Music Has Always Been The Spirit Animal That Runs Ahead Of Us
ARIA Award-winning sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone are back with their seventh studio album Karaoke Bar, which releases on 4 September 2026. At the time of writing, two tracks have dropped ahead of the release, offering a tantalising glimpse of a record that leans...
Rowena Wise: Bad Things Feel Beautiful
Naarm/Melbourne-based alternative indie folk artist Rowena Wise releases her second solo album on 7th August. Having just released a new music video featuring four minutes of improvised, interpretive dance, one might have expected her to have compiled a positive collection of songs. “There’s a song about realising that the most loving act is to let go of someone, and there’s also a song about sort of complex intimacy within like family dynamics, or within a romantic one, or with friends, or with someone you can’t really label your connection with. And there’s more themes about mental health, all throughout this new album”.
Alexandra Kay On Second Wind, Self-Belief And Country Music’s Biggest Stages
Fresh from making her BST Hyde Park debut alongside Garth Brooks, Zac Brown Band and Ashley McBryde, Alexandra Kay is firmly establishing herself as one of country music’s fastest-rising stars. With her sophomore album Second Wind now out and a growing international audience behind her, the Illinois singer-songwriter continues to prove that persistence can be every bit as powerful as overnight success.
Des Rocs: To Hell And Back For “Spiritual Nourishment”
“Profoundly emotional and intense, yet extremely entertaining rock and roll roller-coaster that will take you on a journey of emotions, all the way that a great film would”. New York’s Danny Rocco, with his Des Rocs project, is a man on a mission of rock n’ roll...
Janet Devlin: Embracing The Chaos And Owning The Narrative
Sitting in a London studio amid the constant churn of filming, editing, releasing, and preparing for another run of live shows, Janet Devlin is exactly where you’d expect her to be: in motion. Even before the conversation properly begins, she’s laughing about the whirlwind surrounding her latest release.
Anella Finds Himself In Motion On ‘Ask Me How I’ve Been’
Sitting inside the New York offices of Def Jam Recordings, Anella is rarely still. Conversations blur into handshakes, introductions fold into ideas, and somewhere between it all, his latest project Ask Me How I’ve Been takes shape—not just as a release, but as a reckoning.
Midge Ure: Two Worlds, One Vision – The Relentless Return Of A Synth Pioneer
It has been twelve years since the release of Midge Ure’s last album of original material. Since the 1970s, he has been a prominent, innovative force whose wild musical ambition has known no bounds. He was the frontman of new wave band Ultravox, the guitarist and...
Alana Springsteen: Turning Vulnerability Into Strength
When I caught Alana Springsteen live at the Long Road Festival last summer, the performance felt like something special. The sun was blazing, the crowd was buzzing, and Springsteen’s effortless connection with the audience turned the set into one of the highlights of...
Like A Pomeranian With A Switchblade — Starbenders Unleash The Beast
Atlanta glam-rock firestarters Starbenders have never been a band to sit still — stylistically, geographically or emotionally. Over the past year they’ve drip-fed singles from their fourth album The Beast Goes On, each accompanied by increasingly surreal visuals,...
&U&I: Back From The Break, In The Room, And In Their Element
There’s a particular kind of electricity that happens when a band reunites after years apart. Sometimes it’s cautious, sometimes nostalgic, but sometimes, like tonight at Muthers Studios in Digbeth, it hits like a jolt of familiar voltage: instant, loud, chaotic, and...
Cody Pennington: From Nashville Roots To UK Arena Dreams
Country music may have its home in Nashville, but Cody Pennington has found an unlikely second heartland across the Atlantic. The Tennessee-born artist is half way through one of his biggest UK country tours selling close to 25,000 tickets, a leap from the 5,000 he...
“It Has Been a Whirlwind” — But Hannah McFarland Is Just Getting Started
Alabama country singer Hannah McFarland has barely had a chance to catch her breath. Since releasing her Broken Hearts EP in February, her career has skyrocketed with opportunities she once only dreamed of.
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