Country Music Features

Ahead of the release of their debut album, Lover's Game, The War and Treaty discuss working with Dave Cobb, their musical evolution and how unique life experiences have shaped their love and artistry.

Meg McRee writes the kind of country songs that make our hearts feel a little bit lighter and the world feel a little bit brighter. There’s a big dollop of Kacey’s creamy soft country sound, a healthy splash of Lainey’s warm-hearted twang and a dash of the dreaminess of Ashley Monroe.

Though the duo has been making music for eight years, it wasn’t until recently that they decided to revisit their roots, make a “dixie”-defining record and showcase to the world the small-town shenanigans and southern hospitality of Alabama.

Hailing from the Texas Panhandle, Rattlesnake Milk make a kind of strange, disorderly, mutinous music that draws its influence from everything from surf pop to psychedelic rock and cowpunk, vintage country to skeletal blues and grunge

From what he looks for in a country song to making a record with his next-door neighbours, get to know Dougie Poole