The last update of Country Music France Top 30 playlist was made in November of 2022, six months ago. So, it seems that I'm very late for a new one, with such a lot of great country songs and albums released since the beginning of 2023. For its 11th update, as it's almost reaching 1000... Continue Reading →
Album review – Del Barber’s “Almanac”
The Canadian singer and songwriter Del Barber released his eighth album named "Almanac", via Acronym Records, on April 28th, almost two years after the excellent "Stray Dogs (collected B-Sides/Vol 1)". This new album was written in Del Barber's farm, located in Manitoba's Parkland, and then recorded at No Fun Club, Winnipeg, with co-producers Grant Siemens... Continue Reading →
Album review – James Steinle’s “The Echo Sound”
Five years after his beautiful debut album, "South Texas Homecoming", James Steinle released, on April 7th, his new album, "The Echo Sound". Produced by David Beck, it was recorded in a house in Martindale, Texas, in November of 2022. It's the first album of the South Texas singer and songwriter since the brilliant "Cold German... Continue Reading →
Album review – Matt Hillyer’s “Glorieta”
The legendary band Eleven Hundred Springs ended its history in 2021, but the Texan band's front man and songwriter, Matt Hillyer, is still very active. He coproduced, last year, Squeezebox Bandits' album, "Check To Check", a fantastic record reviewed on this blog (check it out here), and wrote o cowrote several songs on it, including... Continue Reading →
American Aquarium on tour in Europe
American Aquarium is on tour on Europe till February 23th. Today in Leeds, in England, they had gigs in France, Belgium, the UK and they'll go on in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Norway. On February 7th, at 7pm, I was part of a group of people waiting on the sidewalk, by Boulevard Rochechouart, near... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2022 artist of the year : Zach Bryan
Last piece about the year 2022 on this blog, but not the less important : the artist of the year. First, let me tell you that the choice wasn't easy, due to the fantastic year that 2022 has been for country music. Several artists would have undoubtedly deserved to be named artist of the year.... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2022 Top 30 songs
After the 2022 Top 22 albums, here's Country Music France's Top 30 songs. At the end of the post, you'll find a Spotify playlist including the 30 songs that are part of the ranking, and some music videos of the songs that are part of this list. Stay tuned, y'all: I'll publish next the last... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2022 Top 20 albums
With such quality albums released all along the year, it has been quite difficult to choose the best ones. The following ranking includes 2022 Top 20 LPs. At the end, you'll also find a list of 20 other excellent albums released last year. Anyway, with an exceptional year as was 2022 for country music, it's... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2022 Top 5 EPs
Here comes this time of the year when you think about all the music released the last 12 months, and choose the best songs, albums and EP's that you've listened. Before the best songs and albums, and the artist of the year, I'll tell you about my 5 favorite EP's, among those released this 2022,... Continue Reading →
Album review – The Great Divide’s Providence
When I founded this blog, in 2018, I didn't think that I would write, one day, a review of an album of The Great Divide. As a red dirt fan, I knew the importance of this band and the big influence that they had on a whole generation of bands and artists (Cody Canada, Jason... Continue Reading →