Country Music Features

The week before the release of his solo debut, Kelley sat down one-on-one with Holler at his Tree Vibez Music office in Nashville.

Full of candour and backed by some of the Promise of The Real’s finest playing yet, Nelson comes into his own with authentic and genuine emotion, the same authenticity he shares across the call today. His tone is pensive but happy; it’s evident that he’s come to terms with what it means to be Lukas Nelson.

Callista Clark takes a look back on all the influential music that's helped her carve her own path, selecting five of her life-long favourite songs for Cuts The Deepest.

“Guys like me, we're trying to carry on the tradition of Texas folk music. I can't say whether I'm doing the best job of it or not, but I'm here doing it," Vincent Neil Emerson says. "I'm telling my truth to the world.”

She might be best known as one half of superstar country duo Sugarland, but Jennifer Nettles is clearly having a splendid time chatting about all these solo projects. “I’m talking about music and me,” she says, tongue-in-cheek, “what’s not to love?”

Before heading out for a relaxing day of fishing, Denning took some time to reflect on a few of his biggest accomplishments this year, getting back to live music and preparing to tour with the mighty Brothers Osborne.