Glasgow-based country duo Raintown are set for a busy week with the highly anticipated second album Writing On The Wall set for release on 9 October and then a run of tour dates which sees the award winning group perform at Manchester Academy 3 on 14 October. In their three year history Raintown, the only…
Hugely successful US country artist Kacey Musgraves has announced a UK tour for November which will see the Texas native and Grammy Award winner performing at Manchester’s Albert Hall on 16 November. The news follows the release of her latest album Pageant Material. The tour marks a return to the UK for Kacey Musgraves who…
Ahead of this week’s UK dates, Nashville sensations Striking Matches have announced that they will be returning to the UK in November for an 11-date tour, including a performance at Manchester Academy 2 on 20 November. The news comes as the duo (Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis), who are winning over UK audiences with every…
After two standout performances at this year’s Country2Country festival, singer/songwriter Sasha McVeigh is set to perform in Manchester at The Roadhouse on 15 April as a part of her UK and Ireland tour, which is being co-headlined by American singer/songwriter Sonia Leigh. Both the British and American singer songwriters have been making an impact on…
This month sees popular Nashville duo, Striking Matches, release their debut album on the newly revived label, I.R.S. Nashville. Following their upcoming special performance at the sold-out Country2Country After Show Party at The O2 on 7th March, the 23rd March will see them release Nothing But The Silence, an album dubbed as “a countrified Civil Wars / Black…
Rising Country Star set for UK performances Rising Country music star Lindsay Ell has announced her first UK tour, which will find her performing at Manchester’s The Ruby Lounge on Monday 2nd March. The announcement comes after a massive 2014 for the Calgary born singer songwriter, who was discovered at the age of 15 by…
Sisters announce return to Manchester following win at British Country Music Awards Sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas have enjoyed quite the 2014 – they have experienced a massive sell-out co-headline tour with fellow British Country flag flyers The Shires, which saw them perform a simply awesome gig at Band On The Wall a few…
Ward Thomas, currently on tour alongside The Shires on their joint headlining Homegrown tour, recently played an outstanding gig at Band On The Wall. We got to catch up with incredibly talented sisters Lizzy and Catherine Ward Thomas to discuss touring, Nashville and their debut album, the excellent From Where We Stand – which last…
Sasha McVeigh loves to tell stories with her music, with personal experience playing a massive part in the songs she writes. And it’s this honesty in her music which transports so perfectly to her live performances where her passion for performing and her music shine through. At Night and Day Cafe, with just her guitar…
British country singer/songwriter Sasha McVeigh is set to perform at Manchester’s Night and Day café on Wednesday 17th September as a special guest in their showcase. The show marks the latest step on what is an upwards trajectory as she embarks upon a mini UK tour before heading over to Nashville to record her debut…
