#country2country

[youllalwaysfindyourwaybackhome]

ok i know this makes me sound like a stupid american, but i saw your tag about your most played song ever being an eric church song and like….. is american country music popular in the UK? if not, how did you get into it??

i consider church to be more of a deep cut than old school taylor, carrie underwood, or like idk lady A.

i don’t mean to fall into that “americans only think about america” thing but country music in general is pretty niche (having their own award show, rarely reaching pop radio or breaching the billboards and charts, even here)

ALSO do you like the chicks? their album “fly” is the soundtrack to riding in the car with my mom when i was a little girl. “goodbye earl” and “cowboy take me away” are still some of my favorite songs ever!

Hey nonnie!!!

Omg this doesn't make you sound stupid or America-focused! It's really difficult to judge how popular particular genres of music are in other countries unless you specifically go out and research it - especially with streaming and social media really blurring the geographic lines of audiences. I have no idea how popular British artists are in other countries either until I see people talking about them, you really don't need to worry.

I think country music has become steadily more popular in the UK in the last twenty years but really become a thing in the last five or so, although there has always been an interest in it and the big legendary acts - Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, John Denver, Johnny Cash etc - have always been well known. (For instance my Dad has a massive love of country rock from the 70s and 80s - and also Mary Chapin Carpenter!)

Taylor has been a big part of the growth of country (Fearless, Speak Now, and Red & their singles all charted here and got a lot of radio play, as well as Teardrops on My Guitar (I can't remember if anything else from debut did?)) but plenty of other current country artists are really popular. Here's an article I found on the most streamed country songs in the UK of all time (x) which is a pretty interesting read. It's not the biggest US genre to have crossed over - pop and rap (and their various sub genres) are much more popular - but it's a lot more popular than it was. (There's actually this massive festival here called Country2Country spread over three venues in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland that has US acts come in and play over a weekend (all the acts rotate through all the venues, it's really cool) which is actually where I discovered Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris!)

Eric Church isn't super popular here but I've seen him in concert twice and he draws a decent crowd. I actually heard about him through my Dad - there's a music TV show in the UK called 'Later... with Jools Holland' that Eric performed on in 2013. My Dad saw the episode and thought he was awesome, so he bought the album Chief and basically played it non stop in the car all that summer. We've bought each other Eric's albums and go to his concerts together so he's a really special artist for me and my Dad. He's my favourite artist after Taylor and I think his songwriting is phenomenonal. What are your favourite Church albums? (Also have you heard the song Church by Thomas Rhett? It's all about falling in love to a soundtrack of Eric Church songs!)

And yeah I LOVE the Chicks! My favourite album is Taking the Long Way but I do really love Fly - Ready to Run is my favourite from that album! I think my all time favourite song from them though is Wide Open Spaces!

[musicnewsweb]

ICYMI: C2C Festival announces headliners Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley + Cody Joh - #Country2Country @C2Cofficial #C2CFestival @C2CFestival http://dlvr.it/TDssmn

[entertainmehub]

ICYMI: C2C Festival announces headliners Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley + Cody Joh - #Country2Country @C2Cofficial #C2CFestival @C2CFestival http://dlvr.it/TDsmKK

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[oohiremember]

It was from Taylor, it was very early on and I was 20 on radio tour and I was so intimidated by everything, still am. I had just gone through media training, where they kind of tell you how to 'speak' and I just remember every radio visit that I did I tried to be perfect and I tried to say the right thing and I tried to, I don't know, just to be perfect, and it was exhausting. Like, absolutely exhausting, and it wasn't fun. I was talking to her and she was just like '"Listen, sometimes perfect is gonna win, but most of the time, it's not, and most of the time, if you're just yourself, and even if you're a little bit quirky, or say something wrong, in the end if you're just yourself you're gonna be happier first of all, and second of all it's gonna go over better too." Which helped me really early on.

Kelsea Ballerini on being asked "What was the best advice you have been given about the industry and who was it from?" (x)

[thesoundlabyes]

We had a chat with Seaforth to chat about 'Good Beer' and heading to C2C Country to Country Hear what the guys had to say now at https://youtu.be/8AemES2wxY0 #NewMusic #Interview #Seaforth #C2C #Country2Country https://www.instagram.com/p/CcctLNdu0rC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sccrpius]

i’m going to country 2 country fest today and i am buzzing to see tim mcgraw and kelsea ballerini!! 🌸🌸🌸

[amikins040782]

That moment when Tim McGraw comes up behind you and you’re so busy looking at the screen you decline his handshake as you don’t realise it is him 🙄 #timmcgraw #oneshot #missedhim #country2country #c2c2018 #gothishatthough #countrymusic (at The O2)

[theiphonewolf]

I love concerts for the whole light and sound experience. Great nite thanks to @shambo67 #country2country #three #threearena #music #concert #lovindublin #people #ireland #light #travel #instagood (at Dublin, Ireland)

[the-vegan-warrior-princess]

..and so it has already started the most exciting weekend of the year... @c2cfestival #countrygirlatheart #countrymusiclover #country2country #c2c #thisgirllovescountry #countrymusic #c2cfestival (at C2C Music Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuwZMlKHMv3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13mlcdy8fx4jp

[suddenlystrangers]

Hearing @alibart and I's first dance song sung live by Brad Paisley almost made me cry

[musicnewsweb]

C2C Festival announces headliners Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley + Cody Joh - #Country2Country @C2Cofficial #C2CFestival @C2CFestival http://dlvr.it/TDqRk4

[entertainmehub]

C2C Festival announces headliners Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley + Cody Joh - #Country2Country @C2Cofficial #C2CFestival @C2CFestival http://dlvr.it/TDqRht

[diane-jones-blog]

Adventures in Art

[fighterkimburgess]

So I had no idea you were a Cassadee Pope fan! And I just gotta say, I so agree with you, Stages is such a good album! ❤️

Ah I love her! I've been a fan since the Hey Monday days, I got to see them live forever ago when I was a baby emo teen and it was such an amazing experience. I haven't gotten to see her solo live yet (I had tickets to country2country London when she performed but couldn't go), but ugh I adore her so much.