From France with love for Country Music
I always said and repeated on this blog that country music, even though it's rooted in American South, has no frontiers. I've listened and reviewed excellent and real country music from Rhode Island, Ohio, Washington State, Canada, even from UK or France. The album reviewed on this post was made by an artist from Frederick... Continue Reading →
Austin Gilliam is an artist from South Texas who grew up in Corpus Christi and started on the Texas music scene as a sideman, for artists such as Brandon Jenkins, Drew Kennedy and Matt King, before moving on to frontman of his own band and songwriter. His flagship single, "Strawberry Lemonade", released 10 years ago,... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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