Reviews
Gig, Album, Launch, Festivals, etc.
Shannon Hynes – Woman’s Scorn, Single Review
By Ian Aspinall Hailing from North Wales, now in North London via LIPA in Liverpool, Shannon Hynes is one of the UK’s finest young talents in the UK Country scene and on November 26th brings us her latest single Woman’s Scorn. Born out of a common...
Máiréad, New Single Review – Belong to Me
Northern Irish songstress, Máiréad, returns from the lockdowns and her recent marriage with a new single all about the music industry. And it is brilliant! Written virtually in one of the myriad lockdowns over the last 18 months with Jess Thristan, Belong to...
Lucy Blu Single I Won’t Review
By Ian Aspinall If you follow UK country, you should now have heard of Lucy Blu. She’s been playing live and recording for the last few years, and this year played Tennessee Fields and Buckle & Boots as well supporting Candi Carpenter at her Brighton show....
Kayla Ray – ‘Songs of Extreme Isolation, Economic Crisis and Other Funny Things’ Ep Release
By Roger Sharman Friday (3rd September) saw the return of Waco, Texas native, and one of my favourite people in the world, Kayla Ray’s latest EP release ‘Songs of Extreme Isolation, Economic Crisis and Other Funny Things’. The title of the release is something that we...
Corb Lund – Agricultural Tragic Album Review
Review by Roger Sharman Taber, Alberta’s most famous son, Corb Lund, finally got to release his latest record, ‘Agricultural Tragic’, after an enforced delay due to the Global Pandemic. ‘Agricultural Tragic’ is the 10th Studio release in a career stretching back to...
Adam John – New EP Sinners
Adam John is a country/rock singer songwriter based in the West Midlands. After years of playing hard rock and heavy metal, he took a break between bands as the chance at writing his own material in a whole new style using just his voice and an acoustic guitar...
Stuart Landon New Single – I Can’t Take It Anymore
I Can’t Take It Anymore is the new single from Stuart Landon and it is very special as it is his first solo single! He has written, recorded and produced it himself and the official release date is Friday 28thSeptember. Despite being a song about a destructive...
Radney Foster Live at the Kessler Theatre, Dallas, Texas 7th Sept 2018
Reviewed by Roger Sharman Lying in bed last night wondering what I would write about the show, I was churning over and over in my head exactly how I would describe what I’d just experienced. My primary concern was that I would run out of adjectives to use. Whilst...
Review of Jason Eady’s Album – I Travel On by Roger Sharman
Mississippi native Jason Eady’s seventh album I Travel On reviewed by Country Lowdown’s guest reviewer Roger Sharman.
Lucie Silvas Album Launch
A fantastic showcase in London last night from Lucie Silvas at the Karma Sanctum, Soho, London. Lucie debuted the new album E.G.O including the upcoming UK single 'Girls from California'.