Artist - Brooke Eden 3

Holler catches up with the 'Knock' singer to discuss her early aspirations, the state of LGBTQ representation in country music and what it means to have an "authentic" sound.

Will

Artist - Parker Twomey 2 

Still in his early twenties, Twomey's debut solo album is a candid coming-of-age record that explores love, loss and distance, distilling the sounds of his teenage years in the music he was brought up on.

Holler

Artist - Larry Fleet 2

As Fleet sings of being a kid, the warmth and patience that the recording offers makes you feel both emotional while remembering your own childhood and thankful for now. 

Video Premiere: Larry Fleet - 'Muddy Water'

Ross

David Beck 1

'Crooked Talk' is sweet, laid-back slacker pop that feels like that first lick of ice cream on a sunny day.

Lilly Winwood 1

With its warm 70s soft rock sound and poppy hooks, 'Keep It Spinning' sounds like Linda Ronstadt on a road trip with the Go-Gos.

Caleb Caudle 1

Caleb Caudle finds beauty in simpler times.

Video Premiere: Caleb Caudle - 'Forsythia'

Rachel McIntyre Smith 1

A joyful, tongue-in-cheek take down, Rachel McIntyre Smith revisits and reworks the classic sound of honky tonk and traditional country but adds just enough contemporary production touches to make it sound fresh and relevant.

Premiere: Rachel McIntyre Smith - 'Miss Highfalutin'

Artist - Madison Kozak 1

Madison Kozak shares 'Loud House', a full circle moment that looks back on growing up and the heartache of leaving home to chase that dream you want so badly.

Artist - Merle Haggard 2

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Writer David Cantwell speaks to Will Groff about his new book on country icon Merle Haggard.

The Running Kind: Reconsidering Tradition Through Merle Haggard

Artist - Rissi Palmer Color Me Country Apple 

Artist - Rissi Palmer 

 have completely changed the game in country music. The work that it's doing for Black, Indigenous and other artists of color is incredible". 

Rissi Palmer's Color Me Country: Championing Change

Matt

John & Fiona Prine - Oh Boy Records

John Prine's Oh Boy Records has always been - and always will be - all about the song; creating a space for songwriters and storytelling to flourish.

Oh Boy Records: The Spirit of Independence

Long Reads

Artists - Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean 

Recent country star pairings have resulted in an extremely surface-level exchange between two poster children for the modern homogenization of Nashville’s country.

Nashville's Quid Pro Quo: The Death of the Country Music Duo?

Alli

Jimmie Allen with fans CMA Fest

The 10 hottest spots to hit up this year at country music's annual fan festival in Nashville

Madeleine 

Awards - Luke Combs CMA 2021

Since 1967, only seven women have taken the Entertainer of the Year Award home in the 55 years since the CMA was created. Seven. In 55 years.

Man, I Feel Like A Loser: The Decade-Long Wait for a Female Entertainer of the Year

Alison

Artist - Kacey Musgraves 6

Does the Musgraves Grammy snub mean her Golden Hour is over?

Opinion: Has Kacey Musgraves Been Snubbed?

Live - Brandi Carlile Americana Awards

Marcus K Dowling explains how the awards were a bittersweet attempt by an industry representing a nation to again celebrate its once proudly indomitable spirit.

Americana Awards 2021: The National Need for Healing

Marcus K.

Opinion

Artist - Morgan Wade 2 

Morgan Wade's loyalty to Virginia embodies the drive to stay true to the sound that 

 wants to create, irrespective of what’s dominating Music City and country radio.

Maxim

Town Mountain 1

‘Seasons Don't Change’ is the next taste of Town Mountain's forthcoming album

, due out on October 7th, on New West Records.

Premiere: Town Mountain - 'Seasons Don't Change'

Gabrielle Metz 1

A box fresh slice of delicious country pop that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on 

 and brings to mind contemporaries like Catherine McGrath or Kelsea Ballerini as she playfully spins out the mixtape metaphor to take in all the different sides to her own personality.

Kris Kristofferson Gilleys

Taken from the forthcoming record 'Live at Gilley’s - Pasadena, TX: September 15th, 1981', Kris Kristofferson premieres the iconic 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down' exclusively at Holler. 

Premiere: Kris Kristofferson - 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down' (Live at Gilley's, 1981)

Ciara

Martha Spencer 1

A softly-picked, harmony-soaked mountain ballad that brings to mind Laura Cantrell or Gillian Welch, topped off with a sprinkle of longing and a big delicious dollop of yearning on top.

Video Premiere: Martha Spencer – ‘Young Rover’

Artist - The Local Honeys 1

The Local Honeys sit down to talk about their home state, revealing some of their favorite places in Central Kentucky.

Artist - The Deslondes 2

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The band’s common love for New Orleans is a bond that forever remains intact, and the varied influences infused in their music continues to reflect that relationship.

Michael McArthur 1

‘Run Around’ is one of those songs that will shine brightly in the imaginations of many listeners that fall under its spell.

Premiere: Michael McArthur - 'Run Around'

Whitney Lockert 1

A woozy alt-country slacker anthem about learning emotional intelligence, wrecking relationships and cars, and drinking too much along the way that mixes the driving country rock of Son Volt with the dry humour and irreverence of Jonathan Richman.

Premiere: Whitney Lockert - 'Everyone Makes a Mistake or Two'

Teddy and the Rough Riders 4

Nashville's best kept secret Teddy and the Rough Riders talk about their new self-titled, Margo Price-produced album and premiere it exclusively with Holler

Album Premiere: Teddy and the Rough Riders 

Artist - Chris Young 4

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Ahead of his set at The Long Road Festival in August, Chris Young joins Holler to reminisce on five of his favourite festival experiences as a country music fan

Madeleine

Lindsay Lou

 EP, ‘Don’t Look Back’ came about during the lockdown; a musical fruit of Lindsay Lou and her home, the infamous Petway house in Nashville; as much a part of the music scene there as the players that have passed through it over the years.

Andrew Duhon 1

‘Emerald Blue’ sits happily at the crossroads of harmony-drenched pop, rustic Americana, Appalachian folk and about a half-dozen other styles, all meeting and mixing round the warmth of Duhon’s vocals; world weary, stretched and always full of soul.

Video Premiere: Andrew Duhon - 'Emerald Blue'

Jake La Botz 1

A loose fusion of floor-thumping country, hand-clapping gospel folk and low down, dirty delta blues that lifts you up and shakes out your soul.

Video Premiere: Jake La Botz - 'Hair on Fire'

Arkansas Black Deer

Ahead of their Porch Sessions at Black Deer Festival, Arkansas artists Dylan Earl, Willi Carlisle and Jude Brothers reflect on the musical culture and their favourite places in the state they call home.

Home Sweet Arkansas: Dylan Earl, Willi Carlisle & Jude Brothers

Zach Willdee 1

Mixing the outlaw swagger of Waylon Jennings with the smooth-as-custard creaminess of golden age Merle Haggard, Willdee is classic in that same only-in-America way that Wranglers, Coca Cola and Easy Cheese are.

Effie Zilch 

The new single from Effie Zilch is a masterpiece of bluesy southern rock that never stops reaching upwards and pushing onwards, like a wise old companion for navigating the fears and frustrations of everyday life with dignity and hope.

Premiere: Effie Zilch featuring Miko Marks - 'Room For Us All'

Everette 1

Holler spoke to the duo about the songs that have meant the most to them on their journey from Bullitt County to being one of the hottest properties in Music City

Legends Of Country 1

Just when British country music needed them most, its most unlikely saviours return with a brand new single premiering exclusively at Holler and a new album coming in September

Premiere: Legends of Country - 'Everything's Going South'

Flying Mojito Bros Mixtape 1

Whether you’re crouching under an umbrella on a windy English beach desperately trying to light a barbecue or getting your gams out in the sunshine in Primavera, turn it up and enjoy this exclusive hour long Flying Mojito Bros mix! Your long bank holiday weekend starts here!

Premiere: Flying Mojito Bros - 'Greatest Hits Mixtape'

Bailey Tomkinson 2

Hailing from the delightful coastal town of St Ives in Cornwall, Bailey Tomkinson has been busily making a name for herself on both sides of the Atlantic for the last couple of years with her unique blend of surf-rock, sun-soaked romance and sweet Americana tinged pop.

Artist - Avi Kaplan 1

Kaplan’s five picks are a glimpse into the kind of singer-songwriter he’s always wanted to be.

The Songs That Changed My Life: Avi Kaplan

Jason 

Artist - Steve Earle 1 

Ahead of the release of his 2022 tribute album JERRY JEFF, Steve Earle speaks to Holler about the legacy of Jerry Jeff Walker and the icon's lasting influence on his artistry. 

Why I Love - Steve Earle on Jerry Jeff Walker

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Cover - Louis Brennan and Michele Stodart - A Full House

A brooding late night pairing up of Holler favourite Louis Brennan with Michele Stodart of the Magic Numbers for their delicately understated duet ‘A Full House’

Video Premiere: Louis Brennan & Michele Stodart - 'A Full House'

artist - Catie Offerman 2 

Watch a brand new exclusive video from Catie Offerman as she takes Holler back to Texas and tell us how a little toy accordion started it all

Exclusive Premiere: Catie Offerman - 'Taking Chances'

Matt Anderson 1

Talking through his choices, it quickly becomes obvious that Matt Andersen is equally as drawn to the singers as much as the songs themselves.

The Songs That Changed My Life: Matt Andersen

Elliot C Way

A trippy feast of B-movie green screens, practical effects and cartoonish gore, the video for 'Bleed' - the achingly honest new single from Elliot C Way - is premiering exclusively at Holler

Stacy Antonel

Written after a night out at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge, ‘Always the Outsider’ is a delightful misfit anthem that pours one out for the lonely wallflower in us all

Premiere: Stacy Antonel - ‘Always the Outsider’

Willi Carlisle 1

A wonderfully eccentric take on old-timey folk-country; a heartbreakingly honest protest song about the trials of bisexuality in a culture that shies away from nearly any expression of love between two men.

Premiere: Willi Carlisle - 'Life on the Fence'

Artist - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 3

Jeff Hanna reflects on the changes that have overtaken Music City over the decades, speaking to the recognition the iconic Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have reaped as a result.

Ten Year Town: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Abbey Cone

 of party that you’ll find left-field country pop singers like Maren Morris, Jillian Jacqueline, Cam and Lauren Alaina dancing at, but Abbey Cone is more than capable of holding her own on the dancefloor and throwing down with the rest of them.

Artist - Thomas Rhett 3

Thomas Rhett's balance of sincerity and experimentalism in his music makes his choice of influences all the more clear. 

The Songs That Changed My Life: Thomas Rhett

Artist - 49 Winchester

Calling in from a quick stint back home before heading back out on tour, frontman Isaac Gibson picks out a handful of his favorite spots in Castlewood, Russell County and Southwest Virginia that he swears by.

Joshua Dylan Balis

Leaning into the stadium-sized grandeur of War on Drugs and Tom Petty, as well as the lyrical brilliance of John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen, 'Lydia' is a blissful slice of breezy heartland Americana; the kind of song that plays while the credits roll on a coming-of-age movie. 

Hannah Juanita 2

Front and centre in the march of alt-country traditionalists on Nashville, Hannah Juanita is back waving the banner for her brand of bare-knuckle throwback country, as she boldly reimagines classic honky tonk for the 2020s.

Premiere: Hannah Juanita - 'Girl, Where You From?'

Artist - Leyla McCalla 2 

"For me, making music is very intuitive. I wasn’t thinking, 

 Honestly, I find it remarkable that this music is considered Americana." 

Bob Sumner - Broken Record

‘Broken Record’ is a song for the bottom of that first bottle and the first few sips of the second; for those nights when all you want to do is sit there and soak it up in a bar that feels like home. 

Bob Sumner: Video Premiere - 'Broken Record'

Leon Timbo 1

Taking the peppy R&B swagger of the Luther Vandroos original, slowing it right down and reworking it as an otherworldly country-soul spiritual, Leon Timbo pulls something deep and powerfully life-affirming from the song.

Artist - Caroline Spence

Tasked with celebrating special songs, Caroline Spence turns the dial back to her youth and those essential cuts that forever changed her relationship with music and set her down the songwriting path. 

The Songs That Changed My Life: Caroline Spence

Izaak Opatz

His playful pinpoint observations on life’s little absurdities are sung with wry humour and tongue-in-cheek candour. As heartbreaking as he often is hilarious, Izaak Opatz is our new favourite anti-country star

Artist - Joshua Hedley 1

Typically thoughtful, Joshua Hedley has spent much time mulling over the songs that left a mark on him and did honestly change his life – and these are the six he can’t get out of his head.

The Songs That Changed My Life: Joshua Hedley 

Sophia Scott

Sophia Scott spoke to Holler about her distinctive blend of powerhouse R&B, poppy West Coast rock and traditional country and her forthcoming EP

Artist - The Wilder Blue 1 

Artist - The Wilder Blue 2

“Music is like a glue that seeps in between us all and helps us to realize how much we all have in common"

The Songs That Changed My Life: The Wilder Blue

Christine Sweeney 1

As Christine Sweeney readies her new album, 

, she gives us a taste of what to expect with ‘Denial’, a honey-hooked character study of relationships as they fall apart and the coping mechanisms we often use to negotiate the fall out.

Elliah Heifetz 1

Elliah Heifetz takes the overtired tropes of country music and affectionately tips them up on their arse with a playfulness and sagacity reminiscent of John Prine and Kris Kristofferson.

Lydia Luce 1

The profoundly beautiful ‘Cosmic Flower’ offers a series of similes, fusing Luce's passion and inspiration for the vastness of nature with those same feelings in her relationship.

Deslondes square

Holler talk to The Deslondes about their new track 'South Dakota Wild One' and their forthcoming new album, Ways & Means

Premiere: The Deslondes - 'South Dakota Wild One'

Artist - Molly Tuttle 2

To those who have watched her rapid ascent to the top ranks of Americana’s elite, Molly Tuttle could be considered something of a phenomenon.

Catie Offerman 1

Catie Offerman is our New Artist of the Week here at Holler, and we sat down with her to chat to her about growing up in Texas, her love of country music and what inspires her.

Artist - Paul Cauthen 1

Paul Cauthen doesn’t care if you think he’s country or not. Sitting down with the man himself, Holler finds out just what makes 'big velvet' country as fuck.

Austin Burke

 EP, growing up in Arizona and becoming TikTok famous.

Artist - Breland 2

The country-trap superstar sits down with Holler to reveal all.

Artist - Miko Marks 5 (2022) 

A spine tingling southern rock spiritual of self-discovery, Miko Marks premiers her new single 'Feel Like Going Home' exclusively at Holler.

Premiere: Miko Marks - ‘Feel Like Going Home’

features

Ten Year Town: Brooke Eden

New Artist of the Week: Parker Twomey

Video Premiere: Larry Fleet - 'Muddy Water'

INTRODUCING•Premiere: David Beck - 'Crooked Talk'

INTRODUCING•Lilly Winwood - Keep It Spinning

INTRODUCING•Video Premiere: Caleb Caudle - 'Forsythia'

INTRODUCING•Premiere: Rachel McIntyre Smith - 'Miss Highfalutin'

Premiere: Madison Kozak - 'Loud House'

The Running Kind: Reconsidering Tradition Through Merle Haggard

Rissi Palmer's Color Me Country: Championing Change

Oh Boy Records: The Spirit of Independence