Ellis Bullard released his sophomore album, "Honky Tonk Ain't Noise Pollution", via Feels So Good Records, on February 9th. Two years after his acclaimed debut "Piss-Hot Freightlining Country Music", this new LP is an unmissable record for honky tonk and real country lovers. Each and every song present on this album is a gem, starting... Continue Reading →
Album review – Duke Oursler’s “He Shot More Than Birds”
Duke Oursler is a Kansas native singer and songwriter, who now lives in Macomb, Western Illinois. His new studio album, "He Shot More Than Birds", released on January 19th, via the Farm Way Records, that he coproduced with Mike Himebaugh, is a country rock LP with excellent storytelling about the life in midwestern little towns... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2023 Top 50 songs
This post is the fifth and last one about Country Music France's best of 2023. As we all know, it was a very special year for our genre, with a lot of talented artists, brilliant albums and fantastic songs. I tried to paint a portrait of the last year through a Top 10 EPs, a... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2023 artist of the year : Gabe Lee
Photo : Brooke Stevens Country music is for the people, not for any industry. If it's such an appreciated genre, it's because country artists write relatable songs, about the real life of American people. A true country artist doesn't care for any codes. What will make his success is his skill when it comes to... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2023 Top 30 albums
Since I created this blog, it's the first time that I find it so difficult to choose the best albums of the year, due to the impressive quality and quantity of brilliant country records released this year. What you'll find here is a Top 30, completed by a list of 20 other excellent albums (not... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2023 Top 7 debut albums
2023 was not only an exceptional year for established country artists. If it was such a fantastic year for our genre, it's also due to a lot of young and talented singers and songwriters, who released their first LP record this year. That's why I considered necessary to make a ranking of the best debut... Continue Reading →
Country Music France’s 2023 Top 10 EP’s
2023 will be remembered as an exceptional year for country music, due to the release of an impressive quantity of excellent albums. In this year of fantastic LPs, there were also a lot of excellent EP's, and several artists who released great albums, also released EP's, as did Charles Wesley Godwin, Drayton Farley and Zach... Continue Reading →
Album review – Abby Hamilton’s debut album “#1 Zookeeper (of the San Diego Zoo)”
Abby Hamilton is a young singer and songwriter from Wilmore, Southwest of Lexington, Kentucky. She was raised in a musical family, with great aunts part of a gospel group named The Hamilton Family, and a brother who's the lead guitarist in her band. Abby Hamilton released two EP's, "Broke Girl", in 2017, and "Afraid of... Continue Reading →
Album review – Vinnie Paolizzi’s self-titled debut LP
Vinnie Paolizzi is a suburban Philadelphia native singer and songwriter, descending from Italian immigrants, who now lives in Nashville. For years, he hosted there "Revival", a weekly writers round where songwriters shared songs, a place for them to rub shoulders and talk shop. After a 2021 EP, named "Private Sky", Vinnie Paolizi released, on November... Continue Reading →
Album review – Scott Southworth’s “Comin’ Round to Honky Tonk Again”
With such a lot of brilliant country albums released this year, some great records had probably not all the success that they deserved. If 2023 would have been a "normal" year for country music, there's absolutely no doubt that Scott Southworth's new album would have been part of all the talks for best album of... Continue Reading →