Holly Smith
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.
INTERVIEW•In Focus: Brit Taylor
Ahead of the release of her 2023 album Kentucky Blue, Brit joins Holler to talk about her home of Kentucky, writing with Sturgill Simpson and the evolution of her music.
ALBUM REVIEW•Madeline Edwards - Crashlanded
A solid debut of dreamy western, documenting the story of Madeline Edwards' personal manifesto
ALBUM REVIEW•Elle King - Come Get Your Wife
King was never officially ‘in’ country music to begin with, but she’s proof that if you show the genre reverence, you can run straight at it with boots worth their scuffs and songs worth their strings.
ALBUM REVIEW•Taylor Swift - Midnights
On Midnights, it’s clear that Swift may have been tested but she isn’t trapped; accepting that, in some games, there doesn’t always have to be a winner.
STAFF PICKS•Gabe Lee - The Hometown Kid
Gabe might have found himself in Honky Tonk Hell, but for the listener, he’s been generous enough to find a way to transcend the depths and make it heaven.