INTRODUCING•Single Premiere: F. Scott & the Nighthawks - 'Stevie Girl'
Toronto’s rollicking country-rock band F. Scott & the Nighthawks take a more sentimental note on their new single.
INTRODUCING•Video Premiere: Bill and the Belles - 'People Gonna Talk'
The band tapped Mehitabel and the What’s Their Name Brothers for their quirky ode to small town residents.
INTERVIEW•Cuts The Deepest: Hiss Golden Messenger
M.C Taylor is crafting an ongoing investigation into existential matters: of identity and self, of family and fatherhood, of faith, of art and what happens when it has to “pay the rent”. The result is one of the most profound and insightful catalogues from a contemporary musician.
GUIDE•A Guide To: Comedy In Country
Comedy and humour are deeply rooted in country music’s foundations - and not just in specific songs or performances, but in its very culture.
STAFF PICKS•Amythyst Kiah - Wary + Strange
For Staff Picks, we share with you our favourite new releases that you need to listen to. This week, it's Amythyst Kiah's Wary + Strange - a mesmerizing, frequently hypnotic and always challenging work.
ALBUM REVIEW•Joana Serrat - Hardcore from the Heart
It might be named after a book by sexologist and essayist Annie Sprinkles, but it is very much the Catalan’s creation, drenched in hugely summery vibes with folk-angled vocals, and instrumentation that swirls and chimes across her tremendous walls of sound.
ALBUM REVIEW•Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real - A Few Stars Apart
While the laid-back nature of it could use more of the energy exhibited on much of his other work, it demonstrates that slowing down to reevaluate your life, whether you planned to or not, is time well spent.
COUNTRY CLASSICS•Randy Travis - The Storms of Life
Travis’ debut would prove to have an indelible influence on those who quickly followed him and contemporary artists who fly their own flag today.
PLAYLIST•Best New Country Songs
All the best new Country, Americana and Roots songs we're spinnin' at Holler Headquarters. We've got big tunes aplenty.
PLAYLIST•Introducing Country
Every Monday, we introduce you to the best new acts in Country, Americana and Roots.
PLAYLIST•Hiss Golden Messenger's Cuts The Deepest Picks
M.C Taylor curated a playlist of his current favourite songs for Holler's Cuts The Deepest
PLAYLIST•What's On Holler: February
It might be cold right now, but we're nearing Spring - here's whose bringing the sunshine to Holler this month.
PODCAST•Holler Weekly Ep.11
Louisiana boy Jordan Davis once caught a 3500-pound, 60ft great white. That's it - you're invested now, right?
PODCAST•Holler Weekly Ep.10
Flipflops and sandals, babies being 18 months old, Kelly losing her mind over Birkenstocks? It's just another typical episode of your favourite transatlantic weekly podcast.
PODCAST•Holler Weekly Ep.09
Garth Brooks' National Geographic Series, Allison Russell's new album Outside Child and memories of the Grand Ole Opry are all discussed on another episode of Holler Weekly.
PODCAST•Holler Weekly Ep.08
Baylen and Kelly are joined by a very special guest - the one and only Priscilla Block!
LONG READ•Brandi Carlile and the Art of Kintsugi
To read Broken Horses is to witness the human version of kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing cracks with gold. Through her stories, Brandi examines the beauty of her own brokenness and, in that revealing, she allows us to view our own flaws in the same tender-hearted way, so that we too might heal our wholes.
LONG READ•RVSHVD Is Country's Next Big Thing
“I got roots here,” RVSHVD refers to the roots described in his songs, “but to be a Black man doing it, it's different."
LONG READ•A Guide To: Outlaw Country
Nelson, Jennings and Kristofferson set out to change country music's future in the early 1970s. The result of their work, now some 50 years on, is still prolific in paving the way for Nashville and country music as a whole.
LONG READ•Ten Year Town: Whiskey Jam's Ward Guenther
In celebration of the iconic Whiskey Jam's 10th anniversary, we caught up with its founder and Apple Music Country host Ward Guenther to chat about the evolution of Nashville's favourite weekly showcase, and how crucial it has become to the country music community.
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INTERVIEW•Introducing: Raleigh Keegan
Raleigh Keegan’s journey is one worthy of its own country song - and as a co-writer on every track on his upcoming album, he’s letting listeners in on the events that have shaped his life.
Country Tours Round-Up: Tanya Tucker, Willie Nelson, Brothers Osborne and More!
More artists are heading back on the road this summer.
Callista Clark Shows Off All Her Musical Sides in New Video
She's a 60s folk singer, a 70s disco queen and an 80s punk rocker in the visual for 'It's Cause I Am'.
INTERVIEW•One Hot Minute: Brett Young
It only takes a glance at his resume to realize how much of a huge career Brett Young has been quietly building himself - but talking to him is more like catching up with an old college friend than interviewing a superstar.