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Tag: country pop

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Discovery: the trans-Atlantic big riverz bring modern country pop melancholy

10/12/2025 Graeme Smith

A new, trans-Atlantic, alt-country-pop project, big riverz have caught my attention thanks to their second single, Running.

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Reviews, The Attic

Live Review: First Time Flyers bring dancing, laughing and audience interaction to The Attic, Leeds

09/10/2025 Graeme Smith

The Attic, Leeds welcomed First Time Flyers for a set that was more theatrics than authentic country.

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Editor's Spotlight, Reviews

Judy Blank’s new album dances at the end of the world

15/08/202525/08/2025 Graeme Smith

Judy Blank could well be the biggest name on the underground country pop scene at the moment, and her new album, Big Mood, shows us why.

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ICYMI, Reviews

Anna Josephine takes us on a summer drive from the passenger seat

01/08/202504/08/2025 Graeme Smith

Back with a country-pop love song for the summer, Anna Josephine takes to the passenger seat in Gasoline Daydream.

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Reviews

Discovery: life’s a game in Melanie Cowmeadow’s bittersweet single

26/02/202528/02/2025 Graeme Smith

New to our blog, Melanie Cowmeadow has just caught our attention through her latest country pop single, Snakes & Ladders.

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Discovery: Jess and the Bandits release swaggering country pop album

13/02/202514/02/2025 Graeme Smith

Hailing from Houston, USA, Jess and the Bandits are new to our blog thanks to their crowdfunded album, Jessica.

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Reviews

Bad Flamingo return with haunting new track

30/10/202401/11/2024 Graeme Smith

Masked troubadours Bad Flamingo mosey back onto our pages with ghoulish new track, The Devil Knows.

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Reviews

New Music: Mats Dernánd – Everybody Has A Story

17/11/2022 Graeme Smith

Mats Dernánd is an Örebro, Sweden-based singer songwriter who I previously featured on the blog in the spring through his duet with Luna Keller, We’ll Be Together. His latest is another collaboration, this time with former The Real Group member Emma Nilsdotter. It’s called Everybody Has A Story.

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Reviews

Video: Megan Slankard – California

24/08/202226/08/2022 Graeme Smith

Megan Slankard is a San Francisco, USA-based indie pop singer songwriter who has just released her new breakup song and video. It’s called California.

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