Kip Moore released a re-recorded version of fan-favourite 'Crazy One More Time' two weeks ago and sent the song to radio. The song originally appeared on his debut album over a decade ago. Is it a good idea? Which other artists have done this, if any? Is it the start of a new trend? If so, what other five songs from five different artists would benefit from the same treatment. James addresses all those questions and more in today's episode and laments, again, the mistreatment that Cam's song 'Diane' received at radio.  ..read more

Freshly back home from a field in Leicestershire, James has uploaded his review of this year's Long Road Festival, which took place last weekend (September 7th) at Stanford Hall. James analyses the USP of the festival and really digs down into the heart of the Long Road and what the festival is about. He also looks at what improvements were made from last year to this year and speculates on what artists he would like to see on the bill in 2020.  ..read more

James was lucky enough to grab 20 minutes with Country powerhouse vocalist Lauren Alaina this week ahead of her appearance on Saturday at the Dixie Fields Festival in Essex and the ensuing UK tour which sees her criss-crossing the UK like a seasoned road warrior! It was a great chat. Lauren talks about her memories of appearing at the C2C in London a few years ago and how busy and successful the following 2-3 years have been. She also talks about her music, her writing style and the responsibility she feels towards her fans. We dig deep into what life is like as a touring musician and how di ..read more

James was lucky enough to grab 25 minutes on the phone with the very busy Liv Austen this week. Liv has a showcase event in London on Wednesday May 8th with a 'Double A Side' single release of 'Whole Heart' and 'Detour' from her album 'A Moment of Your Time' coming on May 17th. The singles are also being released as a 7'' vinyl too, which you can order from her website www.livausten.com We talk about the genre-less nature of Liv's music and explore her writing style and influences during the chat. We also talk about her acting and you can find out which of these three shows, 'Game of Thrones ..read more

In the first episode of 2022 James looks to the year ahead and identifies where the great Country music is coming from. He gives a shout out to a series of artists to watch out for, albums to check out and predicts three big trends that he expects to see in the industry. Oh, and he doesn't mention Covid at all! (Spoiler - he does ..read more

Atlanta based rapper Lil Nas X crashed into the Billboard Country charts last week with his song, 'Old Town Road'. A viral phenomenon, with it's origins in both Tik Tok and Soundcloud, it was then removed by Billboard from the charts. Is the decision based on music grounds? Racial grounds? Or something more suspicious? This episode, James Daykin looks at the issue and discusses why it might actually be a good thing, in the long term, for the music industry and for fans of music alike. You can find 'Old Town Road' on Youtube or on www.lyricmagazine.co.uk from Friday (29th March)  in the ..read more

It's that time of year again folks! In true Ross Geller style, James has made a pros and cons list about Country music for the year of 2021. What have been the good and bad things that have happened in Country music this year? James takes a look and finds some reasons to be cheerful about the genre for the year ahead ..read more

G.O.A.T. and all time legend Garth Brooks released his new album, 'Fun' last week. Despite having the worst title of any of his albums it is probably the best of the three albums he has released since his 2014 comeback, although that's not saying much. This week James examines why Gath's post-comeback recording career has been so poor and theorises as to why that might be. Is it time for Garth to take some risks and emerge from the protective bubble that is 'Planet Garth'? Find out on this episode of 10 Minute Country ..read more

Recorded on the day the 'Morgan Wallen N-Gate' scandal dropped, James decided that no-one else needed the opinions of a middle aged white man adding into the mix so he pressed ahead and recorded the scheduled podcast instead whilst feeling mightily proud of how the big corporations and institutions in Nashville showed themselves to have guts, compassion and understanding about the whole debacle. Episode 76 - James looks at the art of singing in Country music and compares the vocalists to those working in the rock genre. Can you get away with having less of a powerful voice in Country music bec ..read more

Last night (Weds 10th November) Bridgestone Arena in Nashville hosted the 2021 Country Music Association awards. It was great to have them back, restored to in-person glory. Every award evening is not without debate and intrigue, supposition and speculation and last night's was no exception. In today's episode James analyses the winners and rounds up the reaction to the evening, the surprises (Kelsea Ballerini and Stapleton) and the disappointments (Miranda ..read more