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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Squeezebox Bandits is a tejano and honky-tonk quartet from Fort Worth, Texas. Last May, they released for the "Cinco de Mayo" their third studio album via State Fair Records, named "Check To Check". This record was produced by Matt Hillyer, Eleven Hundred Springs' frontman, and Paul Williams. Abel Casillas, who is a Fort-Worth native, is... Continue Reading →

After Kacey Musgraves (2018), Kylie Rae Harris (2019) and Charley Crockett (2020), Country Music France's 2021 artist of the year is American Aquarium. Those who read me on this blog know that I have a lot of admiration for this fantastic band from Raleigh, North Carolina, leaded by one of the most talented songwriters of... Continue Reading →

2021 was a great year for real country and red dirt music. A lot of brilliants albums were released and when the year comes to an end, it's really difficult to make a choice among such a lot of quality records. As I had to choose only 15 LP's, there are a lot of albums... Continue Reading →

Between the songs or singles and the albums, there's an important category of records, the EP's. Since I created this blog, I also review them and when the year comes to an end, I also consider that it's important to choose the best that were released all along the year, as I do with the... Continue Reading →

It's this time of the year that we think about the year that's ending and choose the best songs that were released in 2021. It's always a difficult choice, but here we are, with 30 great songs. You'll find there real country, red dirt and southern rock songs, included in a Spotify playlist that you'll... Continue Reading →