Country Monthly

Show Notes! Episode 8 - April 2023

Here we are with our round up of everything that happened in March. We’re also on YouTube, so if you want to watch us instead, please head to our channel here.

Links to song or album titles will take you to Youtube videos of the tracks mentioned. At the end you will find links to all our social media channels, our Country Monthly Spotify & Apple Music playlists and anything else we’ve mentioned and said we’d link to.

00:00 Intros

Albums

5:27: Luke Combs - Gettin’ Old 

10:06: Drayton Farley - Twenty On High 

12:15: Meg McRee - Is It Just Me? 

15:07: Jenna Paulette - The Girl I Was 

EPs

20:28: Alana Springsteen - Twenty Something: Messing It Up 

23:30: Tyler Braden - Neon Grave 

Singles

27:30: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real feat. Lainey Wilson - More than Friends 

29:18: Abby Anderson - Heart on Fire In Mexico 

33:51: Jason Isbell - Middle of the Morning 

36:38: Stephen Wilson Jr & Hailey Whitters - American Gothic 

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A round up of the fun we had at C2C Festival a couple of weeks ago!

Artists Featured:

Songwriters: Lainey Wilson, Dalton Dover, Nate Smith & Ashley Gorley

Friday: Adam Doleac, Nate Smith, Ashley Cooke, Drake Milligan, Leah Blevins, Hannah Ellis, Two Ways Home, Introducing Nashville - Caylee Hammack, Tyler Braden, Alana Springsteen, Corey Kent, Lainey Wilson, Mackenzie Porter, Jordan Davies, Thomas Rhett

Saturday: First Time Flyers, Brian Collins & Rockwell Jacobs, Megan McKenna, Madeline Edwards, Sam Williams, Pillbox Patti, Catie Offerman, Corey Kent, 49 Winchester, Randall King, Nate Smith, Matt Stell, Morgan Evans, Midland, Drake Milligan, Lady A

Sunday: George Birge, Kezia Gill, Amanda Shires, Kameron Marlowe, Jade Helliwell, Jillian Jacqueline, Tigirlily Gold, Pillbox Patti, Lindsay Ell, Madeline Edwards, Mitchell Tenpenny, Old Crow Medicine Show, Zac Brown Band.

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Welcome Back! We have restarted on YouTube, so if you want to watch us instead, please head to our channel here.

We’re catching up as best we can with albums, EPs, singles and gigs that we’ve missed over the past few months.

Links to song or album titles will take you to Youtube videos of the tracks mentioned. 

00:00: Intros 

Albums

03:19: Madeline Edwards - Crashlanded

04:54: Ernest - Flower Shops (The Album): Two Dozen Roses

07:43: HARDY - the mockingbird & THE CROW

10:37: Dierks Bentley - Gravel and Gold

EPs

13:41: Mae Estes - Before the Record

15:48: Kelsea Ballerini - Rolling Up The Welcome Mat

Singles

19:00: Kezia Gill - Whiskey Over Ice

21:19: Zach Bryan ft. Maggie Rogers - Dawns

23:35: Ian Munsick - River Run

26:02: Megan Moroney - I’m Not Pretty

Gigs

31:31: Brett Young

                 Support: Callista Clark 

35:44: Kezia Gill

                 Support: Brian Collins

39:20: Billy Strings

42:16: Kane Brown

                Support: Restless Road

48:07: Emily Scott Robinson

                 Violet Bell

                 Alisa Amador

                 MacBeth EP

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A round up of the albums and singles we’ve been loving this month, the gigs we’ve enjoyed and a look at the social media announcements we’ve seen this month that excited us.

Links to song or album titles will take you to Youtube videos of the tracks mentioned. At the end you will find links to all our social media channels, our Country Monthly Spotify playlist and anything else we’ve mentioned and said we’d link to.

00:00: Intros 

Albums
02:00: Kelsea Ballerini - Subject to Change
07:20: Sunny Sweeney - Married Alone
11:06: Kendall Marvel - Come on Sunshine
16:13: BRELAND - Cross Country

Singles & EPs
21:26: Jeremy McComb - The Way Back
23:42: Maya Lane - Childish Games
26:38: Tyler Childers - Angel Band
30:05: Tenille Townes - The Last Time
32:53: Rvshvd - Cottonmouth
34:55: Dustin Lynch - Wood on the Fire
37:05: Zac Brown Band & Ingrid Andress - Any Day Now
39:01: Zach Bryan - Burn Burn Burn
43:21: Mike Ryan - Die Runnin’
45:01: Tiera Kennedy - Alabama Nights

Announcements
47:25: Mia Mantia signs a publishing deal with Creative Nation Musi
49:09: Margo Price announces new albu
50:31: Emily Scott Robinson announces upcoming MacBeth inspired projec
52:11: Morgan Wade is headed for her first Headline tour in the U
53:48: Ashley Cooke set to make her Opry Debut

Gigs
55:22: Sara Evans - Live at Union Chapel, London
58:18: The Cadillac 3 - Live at the Roundhouse, London
1:02:10: Carly Pearce - Live at Islington Assembly Hall, London

We mentioned the list of our dates for Jeremy McComb’s tour which can be found here.

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Show Notes! Episode 4 - Festival Specials: Interview

We had the pleasure of interviewing the band Arbor North and artist Jade Helliwell during our time at both Nashville Meets London and The Long Road, so here are the interviews in full! 

00:00: Intros 

01:27: Arbor North 

13:52: Jade Helliwell

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Show Notes! Episode 3 - August 2022

A round up of the albums and singles we’ve been loving this month, the gigs we’ve enjoyed and a look at the social media announcements we’ve seen this month that excited us.

Links to song or album titles will take you to Youtube videos of the tracks mentioned. At the end you will find links to all our social media channels, our Country Monthly Spotify playlist and anything else we’ve mentioned and said we’d link to.

00:00: Intros 

Albums
1:00: Ingrid Andress - Good Person
5:11: Amanda Shires - Take It Like A Man
9:30: Alexander Ludwig - Highway 99
13:05: Kameron Marlowe - We Were Cowboys

Singles
19:25: Gold - Dierks Bentley
21:34: Josh Abbott Band & Flatland Cavalry - Don’t It Make You Wanna Dance
23:21: Breland ft. Lady A - Told You I Could Drink
26:40: Kaylin Roberson - Placeholder
28:31: Priscilla Block - Off The Deep End
30:55: Jade Helliwell - Woman I Am
33:06: Kendell Marvel ft. Chris Stapleton - Don’t Tell Me How To Drink
36:26: A Thousand Horses - Another Mile
37:47: If I Was Your Lover - Kip Moore
41:47: Hardy ft. Lainey Wilson - Wait In The Truck

Announcements
48:00: Chapel Hart on America’s Got Talent (audition video that we mention is here)
51:08: Kaitlin Butts Opry Debut on November 5th
53:20: Maren Morris gets a callback to audition for Elphaba in Wicked
55:23: Lainey Wilson’s new album Bellbottom Country coming on 28th October
56:31: Lady A cancel US tour as Charles Kelley opens up about the need to get sober
57:50 - Breland Announces Headline UK Show ‘Breland and Friends’ at The Garage, London, 21st October
59:27: Native Harrow releasing their new album on 28th October

Gigs
1:00:59: Drake White - Live at Islington Assembly Hall
1:003:36: Brandy Clark - Live at the Indigo, O2

In this episode we mentioned Song Suffragettes, the only all-female writers round in Nashville. This organisation has been championing women for over 8 years now and live stream their show every Monday evening on Youtube where you can watch it back, check them out here. They are also doing the first ever Song Suffragettes tour of the UK next month, you can get tickets here.
To watch the Opry from the UK. They also stream a lot on the Circle All Access Youtube channel, available here.

Country Music Week line up here.

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Show Notes! Episode 2 - Festival Special

A look back at our time at Nashville Meets London and The Long Road Festival, rounding up the artists we really enjoyed, including those we discovered for the first time at the festival. 

Links to song or album titles will take you to Youtube videos of the tracks mentioned. At the end you will find links to all our social media channels, our Country Monthly Spotify playlist and anything else we’ve mentioned and said we’d link to.

00:00: Intros 

Nashville Meets London

04:19: Manny Blu

05:09: Tebey

05:40: Candi Carpenter

07:07: Arbor North

The Long Road Festival

17:46: Jade Helliwell

21:03: Priscilla Block

22:57: Drake White

26:50: Marty Stuart

30:51: Brandy Clark

37:46: Kyle Daniel

47:10: The Cadillac 3

51:58: Morganway

54:21: Simeon Hammond Dallas

55:51: Charly Lowry

58:49: Sam Williams

01:01:48: Flats & Sharps

 In this episode we mentioned an article by Brits in Boots interviewing the Festival Organiser for Nashville Meets London, that you can find here.

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Show Notes! Episode 1 - July 2022

A round up of the albums and singles we’ve been loving this month, the gigs we’ve enjoyed and a look at the social media announcements we’ve seen this month that excited us.

Links to song or album titles will take you to Youtube videos of the tracks mentioned. At the end you will find links to all our social media channels, our Country Monthly Spotify playlist and anything else we’ve mentioned and said we’d link to.

00:00: Intros 

Albums

02:25: Nicolle Galyon - First Born

10:00: Luke Combs - Growin’ Up

16:02: Zach Bryan - Summertime Blues

22:03: Kimberly Kelly - I’ll Tell You What’s Gonna Happen

Singles

26:06: Muscadine Bloodline - Me On You

26:27: Kelsea Ballerini - Love Is A Cowboy

27:14: Tim Hicks - Dodge Out of Hell

28:00: Kendall Marvel - Hell Bent on Hard Times

29:19: Emily Scott Robinson - When It Don’t Come Easy (Patty Griffin Cover)

30:40: Lily Rose - In My Drinks

32:10: Zac Brown Band ft. Cody Johnson - Wild Palamino

33:10: Keith Urban - Brown Eyes Baby

34:50: Kameron Marlowe - We Were Cowboys

36:22 Luke Bryan - Country On

Announcements

38:08: Lucinda Williams 2023 Tour

38:32: Kelsea Ballerini - Album Announcement

39:33: Kendall Marvel - Album Announcement

39:48: Kane Brown - Album Announcement (with a Like I Love Country Music side note)

41:01: Charley Crockett - Album Announcement

41:45: Little Big Town - Album Announcement

42:09: Lauren Alaina signs to Big Loud

43:51: Jon Pardi - Album Announcement

Gigs

44:26: Ingrid Andress - Album Listening Party at Nolas, London

44:56: Morgan Evans - Live at Lafayette, London

46:19: Tenille Arts - Live at The Grace, London

47:31: Kendall Marvel supported by Native Harrow - Live at The Lexington, London

50:21: Brad Paisley - Live at the Royal Arena, Copenhagen

In this episode we mentioned Rootin’ Tootin’ tees, who made the tees we were wearing! This is not a paid ad or sponsorship, we just really liked them and wanted to give a small business a shout out!

Rootin’ Tootin’ Tees on Etsy

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Show Notes! Pilot Episode - Intros

The launching of our brand new podcast, Country Monthly. Meet us, your new hosts, Laura and Beth and hear the albums we’ve been enjoying and the gigs we’ve made it to so far this year. 

Links on album titles will take you to Youtube videos At the end you will find links to all our social media channels, our Country Monthly Spotify playlist and anything else we’ve mentioned and said we’d link to.

00:00: Intros 

05:45: Laura’s Top 5 Albums
‘Midland - The Last Resort: Greetings From’
‘Jillian Jacqueline - Honestly’
‘Hailey Whitters - Raised’
‘Brent Cobb - And Now, Let’s Turn to Page…’
‘Brett Eldredge - Songs About You’

08:53 Beth’s Top 5 Albums
‘Hailey Whitters - Raised’
‘Jackson Dean - Greenbroke’
‘Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak’
‘Orville Peck - Bronco’
‘American Aquarium - Chicamacomico’

16:37: Laura’s Gig Roundup
Sam Outlaw & Ruthie Collins
Billy Strings
Midland
Keith Urban
Kacey Musgraves
Brett Eldredge

25:02 Beth’s Gig Round Up
Ashley McBryde & Austin Jenckes
Brothers Osborne
Morgan Wade

33:23 BST Hyde Park
Patrick Droney
Cam
The Wandering Hearts
Little Big Town
Morgan Wade
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
Eagles

51:49 C2C Country Music Festival
Nashville Writers Round - Morgan Wade, Tiera Kennedy, Priscilla Block
Russell Dickerson
Kip Moore
Miranda Lambert
Tenille Townes
Scotty McCreery
Brett Young
Darius Rucker
Hailey Whitters
Flatland Cavalry
Ashley McBryde
Luke Combs
Callista Clark
Avery Anna
Walker County
Breland
Shy Carter
Brittney Spencer
Laine Hardy
Everette

The country music Facebook group we refer to: Country Music Attendees

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Show Notes! Episode 9 – Artist Spotlight – Emily Scott Robinson

Another Artist Spotlight this week and today I’m sharing the incredible talents of singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson. Her wonderful voice combined with her insane storytelling ability is a joy to listen to all round. As always, you’ll find the links to all the songs and albums nominated on Youtube and below that you’ll find the link to my Podcast’s playlist, my social media platforms and my Patreon.

You can find Emily Scott Robinson on all streaming platforms and keep up to date with her social media accounts:

Emily Scott Robinson – Facebook

Emily Scott Robinson – Twitter

Emily Scott Robinson - Instagram

00:00: Intro

09:04: Magnolia Queen

‘Magnolia Queen’ video on Youtube.

10:12: Slaughterhouse Road

‘Slaughterhouse Road’ video on Youtube.

11:07: Mary

‘Mary’ video on Youtube.

11:37: Marriage Ain’t The End of Being Lonely

‘Marriage Ain’t The End of Being Lonely’ video on Youtube.

12:47: White Hot Country Mess

‘White Hot Country Mess’ video on Youtube. 

15:25: Borrowed Rooms & Old Wood Floors

‘Borrowed Rooms & Old Wood Floors’ video on Youtube.

16:39: Shoshone Rose

‘Shoshone Rose’ video on Youtube.

18:35: The Dress

‘The Dress’ video on Youtube.

21:11: Better With Time

‘Better With Time’ video on Youtube.

22:43: The Time For Flowers

‘The Time For Flowers’ video on Youtube.

25:30: Roundup

27:27: Outro 

Thanks for listening! I really appreciate you listening, I hope you enjoyed it. 

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