by Kate Willis | Jun 30, 2019 | Festival Reviews, Hot off the Press, Interview
Kate sat down with Ida Mae ahead of their performance at Back Deer Festival. Ida Mae, a roots, bluesy Americana duo are married couple; Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean. They used to be in the band Kill it Kid, after three albums they felt that they needed a creative...
by Kate Willis | Jun 16, 2019 | Albums, Hot off the Press, Interview
Ben Jarrell Nashville May 2019 Following Roger’s review of the excellent album Troubled Times from Ben Jarrell I asked if Ben would be available for an interview when I was over in Nashville in May. Ben invited us to the Laughing Heart recording studio in East...
by Kate Willis | Jun 16, 2019 | Events, Festivals, Gigs, Hot off the Press, Interview
By Kate Willis June 13th 2019 Kate had a chance to chat with Sam Morrow ahead of his headline set at The Maverick Festival launch party held at The Bedford in Balham. He chats about his band, touring and his music. CL: Hi Sam, tell me a little about yourself. SM:...
by Kate Willis | Apr 26, 2019 | Hot off the Press, Interview
Phone rings….. Caroline: Hello…. Chris: Hi this is Chris…..how are you? (chuckling) Caroline: (trying not to fangirl but failing as I let a few giggles out) Chris, I got to say that I can’t believe that you are ringing me – this is a great phone call to take so thank...
by Kate Willis | Apr 22, 2019 | Hot off the Press, Interview
April 2019 Kate: Hi, so, The Long Road Festival…. it was a great success wasn’t it? Did it meet your expectations? Baylen: I was really happy with year one. You know, you never know when you are putting something like this together, it can sound really great. You...
by Kate Willis | Apr 19, 2019 | Hot off the Press, Interview
Following Travis Denning’s fantastic debut at Country to Country in March Kate had the chance to chat to him to about his experience. Kate: Hi Travis, it’s Kate from Country Lowdown. How are you doing? Travis: I’m good thank you. Very good. Kate: Good. So...
