Alison Bonaguro has been writing about country music and the people who make it for the past 16 years. Follow her at @alisonbonaguro.

Alison

Contributor - Allison Bonaguro 

Alabama-based freelance journalist, Alli Patton, is deeply passionate about music, storytelling, Dolly Parton, and chicken wings.

Alli

Contributor - Alli Patton

Amanda Wicks is a culture writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Vulture, Pitchfork, The Bluegrass Situation, Paste, and elsewhere. She currently lives in North Carolina.

Amanda

Contributor - Amanda Wicks

Andrew is a UK based digital sales manager with longtime experience in the retail space. Big fan of Nathaniel Rateliff.

Andy

Annie Reuter is a Nashville-based country music journalist who has reported for Billboard, Forbes, Rolling Stone, CMA Close Up, Sounds Like Nashville and Country Insider.

Annie

Contributor - Annie Reuter

Baylen Leonard is a London based Tennessee native and CMA Award winning music broadcaster and Artistic Director of The Long Road festival.

Baylen

Editor - Baylen Leonard

Bee Scott is a West Virginia-based freelance music, culture and horror film journalist with four cats and an always-percolating coffee pot.

Contributor - Jason Scott

“Whispering” Bob Harris, OBE has been at the very heart of the UK music scene for the best part of fifty years. He has established a worldwide reputation as one of the most trusted and influential broadcasters of his generation - described by Radio Times as “...one of the greats of British contemporary music broadcasting” and by The Mail On Sunday as “a national treasure”.

Author - Bob Harris

Bob Harris

Carena Liptak is a writer based in southern Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee. Her work has appeared in American Songwriter, No Depression, Taste of Country, The Boot and elsewhere. She is a fan of strong coffee and large-eared dogs.

Carena

Contributor - Carena Liptak

Ciara Bains is a music journalist, radio host and musician from London, currently working as the Assistant Editor of Holler. She's a lover of all things disco, rock and roll and cosmic country. 

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Brummie country music aficionado, videographer and full-time food lover, commonly spotted at gigs, festivals and any other country-related gatherings!

Country music journalist from Birmingham, UK.

California-based singer-songwriter and writer ever in search of truth and beauty.

Deborah 

Contributor - Deborah Crooks

Emily Algar is a journalist who writes about politics and music, and has worked for Grammy Award Winning artist Joy Williams.

Emily

Contributor - Emily Algar

Eric Thom is a writer and contributor based in Ontario, Canada.

Eric

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Writer and Contributor from Ontario, Canada.

Hal has been a professional music journalist since 1994, writing predominately about country, blues, Americana, roots rock and singer/songwriter genres for a variety of publications.

Contributor - Hal Horowitz

A professional music journalist since 1994

Hal Horowitz music journalist | Holler

Helen M Jerome is a London-based freelance journalist and lifelong music lover who also develops TV and Film projects - while drinking coffee and/or cider.

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Contributor - Helen M Jerome

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Holly is a London-born-and raised country music lunatic, who co-hosts the podcast Strokes of Country and spends 90% of her time in an existential crisis brought on by country music lyrics.

Holly

Author - Holly Smith

Holly G is a music journalist working to bring equity & inclusion to country, Americana and adjacent genres.

Author - Holly G

Jeremy

Contrib - Jeremy Chua

Fueled by my passion for country music, Jeremy moved from Singapore to Nashville in 2018 for college at Belmont University with one goal and one goal only: to be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to augment the global exposure and consumption of country.

Now back living in Singapore, growing country music's footprint in Asia is Jeremy's primary goal. 

Nashville-based freelance writer Jessica Nicholson previously served as Managing Editor for MusicRow Magazine, and as a staff writer for Country Weekly Magazine.

Jessica

Contributor - Jessica Nicholson

Writer on country music and fear for Holler, The Line Of Best Fit, Nashville Over Here, Rough Trade magazine and Riposte. Also a singer and songwriter with The Boy Least Likely To and Legends Of Country. Lives in London.

Contributor - Jof Owen

Writer on country music and fear for Holler,

Jonah

Emmy-winning TV Anchor and Radio Personality Kelly Sutton has been the "go-to” for all things Nashville since 2001. She currently hosts the “Connected with Kelly” vlog and podcast.

Kelly

Contributor - Kelly Sutton

With a style that is equal parts personal, political, and philosophical, Kelly McCartney inhabits a purposely intersectional corner of the roots music space, making her one of the format’s favourite commentators and curators. As both a journalist and a broadcaster, her passion for music and its makers is palpable, making her the perfect tour guide for listeners looking to explore and expand their musical horizons.


Contributor - Kelly McCartney

Photographer and content writer based out of Dothan, Al and Austin, TX.

Laura

Lee Zimmerman is an accomplished writer, blogger and reviewer. He contributes to several publications but remains most proud of his work with 

Americana Music: Voices, Visionaries and Pioneers of an Honest Sound

 — is published by Texas A&M University Press.

Author - Lee Zimmerman

Lorie Hollabaugh is a longtime music journalist and Nashville native. From Garth Brooks to Luke Combs, George Strait to Midland, and most everything in between, she's covered the country scene for years. Her passions run from great music and inspiring architecture to vintage finds and her rescue dog Roxy, and she's always looking for a good story to tell.

Lorie

Contributor - Lorie Hollabaugh

When freelance journalist, Madeleine O'Connell, isn't listening to new country music, she's writing about it. Although based in the midwest, her passion for music stretches far beyond it.

Madeleine

Contributor - Madeleine OConnell

Madeleine is a country radio presenter for W!ZARD Radio and a TEDx speaker on the need for positive systemic change in the country music industry. Besides country music, she loves Taylor Swift, being on the lake and talking.



Madeleine 

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Madeline

Author - Madeline Crone

It's rumored that journalist Marcus K. Dowling's favorite activity is kissing angels good mornin' while standing alongside Willie, Waylon, and David Allan Coe.

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Contributor - Marcus K Dowling

Mark Hagen is one of the UK’s leading media producers, a former country music TV & radio presenter and member of the Country Music Association’s board of directors. He is a double CMA winner, a BCMA winner and some of his work with Bruce Springsteen won a Grammy.

He has been blessed by Little Richard, kissed by Paul McCartney, slapped by Dolly Parton and told the meaning of life by Jaren Johnston of the Cadillac Three which he later forgot due to beer.

He believes that Billy Joe McAllister was throwing the body of Emmett Till off the Tallahatchie Bridge, that Prince’s Hot Chicken has the superior recipe and that consequently country music is best served with a little spice, preferably ginger.

Mark

Contributor - Mark Hagen

Matt Wickstrom is a freelance journalist based at the foothills of Appalachia in Waco, Kentucky. His passion for the music of Tyler Childers, Kelsey Waldon and other acts from his home state is only rivaled by his love of mountain drives, auto racing, University of Kentucky basketball and a good bourbon (on the rocks).

Matt

Contributor - Matt Wickstrom

Maxim is a Holler staff writer based in London, UK. He also runs a music and wellbeing magazine (Mindful Melody). He loves going on long drives soundtracked by his Kenny Chesney CDs, and he’s incapable of completing a conversation without referencing at least one George Strait song.

Maxim is a Holler staff writer based in London, UK. He also runs a music and wellbeing magazine (Mindful Melody). 

Maxim

Contrib - Maxim Mower 

Maxim Mower - Staff Writer | Holler

Mike

Contributor - Mike Paris

Natalie Weiner is a writer covering music and sports for a variety of publications, including Billboard, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Pitchfork and Rolling Stone.

Natalie

Contributor - Natalie Weiner

Nathan McLaren-Stewart is a freelance journalist and photographer based in Brighton, England. Alongside writing, Nathan runs Bad Luck Magazine and is fuelled by coffee and Mexican food.

Nathan

Contributor - Nathan McLaren Stewart

Paul Sexton’s country credentials include being one of the first UK journalists to interview Shania Twain and Taylor Swift, during a career in which he has written for all the quality national UK press and broadcast extensively on BBC Radio 2 and elsewhere.

Paul

Contributor - Paul Sexton

Rose

Contrib - Rose Down

An outdoor enthusiast and lifelong devotee to John Prine, Rose spends most of her spare time exploring England's quiet corners and trying to convince people that loving country music ain't nothing to be ashamed of.
 

Ross Jones is a London-based Editor from the UK. He's also a producer, broadcaster, DJ and events promoter. You'll find him playing The Chicks' 'Landslide' at any opportunity.

Ross

Editor - Ross Jones

Ross Jones 

Saby Reyes-Kulkarni has been covering music across a variety of styles and platforms since 2002. Based in Western New York State, he sees himself more as a curator than a critic and prefers that you view his music commentary not as gospel truth, but as a signpost to your own opinion.

Saby

Contributor - Saby

Contributor - Sam Shanksy

Journalist and videographer based in Memphis, TN. 

Soda Canter lives in Wilmington, North Carolina and spends most days in the sun listening to Waylon Jennings with his pocket pitbull, Esme-Loretta. He’s currently at work on a collection of short stories and a debut country album about growing up in a small river community called Morgantown. You can follow his journey on Instagram: @sodacanter.

Soda

Contributor - Soda Canter

A Midwest girl whose heart is in Nashville, Taylor can either be found at a concert, craft brewery or shopping mall when she's not busy writing about her favorite artists.

Taylor

Contributor - Taylor Weatherby

Thomas Mooney is a freelance journalist and podcaster (New Slang) from the small Far West Texas town of Ft. Stockton. Currently residing in the Texas Panhandle hub of Lubbock, he enjoys comfortable denim shirts, long rural drives, Topo Chico, and Terry Allen and Turnpike Troubadours albums.

Thomas

Contributor - Thomas Mooney

Will Groff is a music and culture writer whose work has appeared in The Boot, Country Queer, Taste of Country, and beyond.

Will

Author - Will Groff

Singer-songwriter, Journalist and Radio Presenter.

Contributor - Zoe Hodges

An A-Z of artists and groups in the world of country, Americana and roots. From mainstays to rising stars, here's everyone you need to know about in our three favourite genres.

Artists 

The best writers in country, Americana and Roots Music Journalism.

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