Interviews
A 15 Minute Chat with Big Machine’s Jackson Dean
By Lesley Hastings Born and raised in Denton, Maryland, Jackson Dean is creating quite a stir for all the right reasons with his debut major label album release, the Luke Dick produced “Greenbroke”. Signed to Big Machine Label Group in 2021 and now based in...
Music superstar Carrie Underwood talks to Absolute Radio Country
Country superstar Carrie Underwood joins Absolute Radio Country to talk about her new album, Glastonbury, and Vegas “I’ve played a lot of festivals but this one is special. It was a lot of fun the crowd was great, and Janet Jackson blew me a kiss.” Multi Grammy...
Interview with Morgan Wade 21st June 2022
Photo Credit Colin Jones By Ian Aspinall Hello country music fans! For my second ever interview I asked our commander in chief that if Morgan Wade did any press as part of her tour and an interview was possible, I would like to do it. Helen, as always, delivered, and...
Joshua Hedley Interview 6th June 2022
By Roger Sharman I got to sit down and have a chat to Joshua Hedley about life, the state of Country music and facial hair, shortly before his incredible show at The Lexington in Islington, recently. Here’s the result of that discussion: CL: Hi, Joshua. Welcome back...
Interview with Seaforth March 2022
Ahead of their performance at Country To Country (C2C) I got to speak to Tom Jordan and Mitch Thompson, collectively known as Seaforth. The lads had flown in overnight and had only landed in the UK at about 9.30 that morning. You wouldn’t have known from looking at...
Interview with Caitlyn Smith 10th March 2022
By Ian Aspinall Hello dear reader. I’m writing this interview up after C2C as it was the last thing I did before a very busy weekend/few days. Our esteemed leader Helen asked me a couple of weeks before C2C if I’d like to do any interviews and I of course jumped at...
Luke Combs on Becoming A Dad
Country superstar Luke Combs joined Absolute Radio Country presenter Baylen Leonard to chat about headlining C2C Country To Country festival in March. Whilst talking to Baylen Luke revealed that he would be keen to catch up with Ed Sheeran whilst he is over in the UK...
Dolly Parton on her new book, unnecessary credit for the Moderna vaccine and female empowerment
Global icon Dolly Parton joined Absolute Radio Country presenter, Baylen Leonard in an exclusive chat to celebrate the return of her very successful and female empowering musical 9 to 5, which begins touring in the UK from the end of August. Absolute Radio Country...
Interview with Alyssa Bonagura, 31st July 2021
Buckle & Boots Festival 2021, Whitebottom Farm, sidewards from Manchester! CL: I would say welcome to the UK, AB: Thank you CL: … Except, you have spent a lot of time here haven’t you? AB: I have. I love it here. CL: So, you have spent about a third of your...
Interview with Dylan Earl and Judy Blank
By Kate Willis. Conducted at The Prince Albert Brighton 28th June 2021. CL: How did you both meet? DE: House of Songs in Bentonville Arkansas. it’s a songwriter retreat of sorts. JB: Stevie (Stevie Freeman) got me into it. I’m from the Netherlands, I’ve been a...