ESSENTIALS•The Best Martina McBride Songs
As she celebrates her 55th Birthday and 30 years on the country music scene, we look back through the powerhouse's catalogue and remind ourselves of some of the classics she has released over the years. Disclaimer - you may need the tissues when listening to some of these!
INTERVIEW•Cuts The Deepest: Dylan Scott
As Dylan Scott prepares for the release of what he hopes will be one of the most impactful projects of his career, he selects some of the songs and albums that have had the greatest impact on his own music.
INTRODUCING•Single Premiere: Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs - 'Feed the Beast'
The Montana-based folk band has shared an emotionally charged new single.
INTRODUCING•New Artist of the Week: Ryan Kinder
Kinder has translated his early love of guitar into heat-laden Southern rock.
ALBUM REVIEW•Jim Lauderdale - Hope
To use an old advertising line, Jim Lauderdale is as good for you today as he's always been. With Hope, he delivers a specific message of better days to come.
STAFF PICKS•Yola - Stand for Myself
Relish in one of contemporary music’s most dynamic voices at the peak of her songwriting powers and soul saturated vocal intensity.
COUNTRY CLASSICS•Eric Church - Chief
Chief took you away from the world for three, four, five minutes and then dropped you back where you began - only now somehow changed, in touch with a feeling that you didn’t know you already had, in exactly the way that The Boss' own records do.
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.
PODCAST•Holler Weekly Ep.15
Tenille Townes joins Baylen and Kelly to talk about her new single 'Girl Who Didn't Care' and to take part in One Hot Minute!
PODCAST•Holler Weekly Ep.14
Ty Herndon joins Baylen and Kelly to talk about his annual Concert for Love and Acceptance, which takes place on Wednesday June 30th and aims to support the LGBTQ+ community.
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•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.
LONG READ•Ten Year Town: Matt Stell
Stell discusses the beauty of Nashville’s creative ideals, how the industry is evolving on a day-to-day basis, and how becoming an artist in his own right has made him re-evaluate what songwriting means to him, both on a personal and artistic level.
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INTERVIEW•Introducing: Dallas Burrow
Burrow’s conviction is earnest and heartfelt throughout, and as we sit down to discuss his new self-titled sophomore album, it’s obvious that isn’t just evident within the artist, but the person as well.
INTERVIEW•In Conversation: Rodney Crowell
Speaking from his cosy home just south of Nashville, surrounded by paintings, photos, awards and memories, Rodney Crowell delves into his life and career, all while his dog snoozes at his feet.
INTERVIEW•One Hot Minute: Amythyst Kiah
These days, Amythyst Kiah is happy and healthy; fulfilled by a loving relationship, a passel of friends, a Grammy nomination and a new release on Rounder Records. All of this is much like her powerful voice because, really, she's only just getting going.
INTERVIEW•Cuts The Deepest: Walker County
As Ivy Dene and Sophie Dawn each pick five of the songs and records that have influenced and inspired them the most, the range of their taste in Country music shows the versatility of their talents, possessing a true understanding of the influence they hope to have with their own career as Walker County.