Of all the debut albums I’ve been counting down to, Greylan James’ was the one I wanted to get my hands on. If you’ve ever had a wee cry to Jordan Davis’ Next Thing You Know or had Cole Swindell’s Forever To Me on repeat, you’ve already heard what he can do with a pen. I wanted to hear what he’d do with 14 tracks and his own name on the cover.

KEO play Glasgow It’s not often that someone as chatty as me is left speechless, but KEO at Glasgow’s O2 Academy managed it. I’ve been to plenty of loud gigs, but hearing a crowd sing back every lyric, from the first song to the last? That takes some doing. On a Tuesday night, may I add. Clearly nobody was saving their voice for work in the morning.

If you’ve found yourself watching her kitchen antics or becoming invested in the absolute character that is sweet husband on social media, you’ll already know there’s plenty to love about Emily Ann beyond her voice. But it’s the music that keeps you coming back, and Thread brings that warmth and personality into a collection full of love, little details and proper country storytelling.

If you’re going to kick off the European leg of a world tour anywhere, Glasgow is a pretty good place to start. And on Sunday night, Warren Zeiders brought No Brakes to the O2 Academy with a set that gave fans plenty of reasons to lose their voices before Monday morning.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Corey Kent is one of the most underrated artists in country music. If you’re still sleeping on him, Heartland Rock and Roll is a fairly loud wake-up call.

Landon Smith has one of those voices I could pick out from a mile away. A little rough around the edges, full of feeling, and capable of making me stop whatever I’m doing to listen properly.

From 717 Tapes to Pretty Little Poison, Warren Zeiders has given us plenty of songs I’d struggle to skip. Then Relapse, Lies & Betrayal came along and pushed his sound further. So when he announced No Brakes, I had one question: where does Warren go from here?

Does Max McNown ever stop making music? I’m beginning to think he’s the busiest man in country music, but you won’t catch me complaining about a new Max record. Leave On A Light is his third studio album, and he hasn’t exactly kept it brief. Seventeen songs!

The last time Pacific Avenue played Glasgow, they were supporting DMA’S at the Barrowlands. This time, the Australian band were back with their own name above the door at King Tut’s - and trust me, the Scottish crowd were raring to GO

From the opening seconds of Fast As I Can Crawl, subtlety is very much off the table. This is the kind of song that makes you want to pull on a pair of boots, find the nearest dive bar and kick the doors open on arrival. It’s gritty, raw and packed with swagger - and within one track, Play Boy has already made its intentions very clear.

It’s been four years since Drew Baldridge released a full-length album, but with FARM FAITH FAMILY, he proves that sometimes good things really are worth waiting for. In this case? We’ve struck country gold.

Everyone knows Riley Green. From the hits and high-profile collaborations to the stage presence that has made him one of country music’s biggest touring names, Green has spent the past few years steadily cementing his place at the forefront of the genre. What perhaps nobody expected, though, was a sprawling 19-track album arriving in September.

I think one of the most nerve-wracking things you can do as an artist is release your debut album. It’s the first real, physical documentation of the music you’ve spent years writing, playing live and touring with - suddenly available for anyone to listen to, dissect and fall in love with whenever they want.

There are some artists out there that you can listen to live and listen to their recorded music and easily differentiate between the two. But with Vienna Vienna’s headline Glasgow show, I don’t think I’ve ever felt more immersed in someone’s music before. Taking over The Garage on Sunday night for his first ever Scottish show, Vienna Vienna somehow managed to make the entire room feel like we had stepped straight inside one of his records.

Across her fifth studio album, Honest Woman, Carly dishes out break-ups, bad men, religious judgement, revenge fantasies and one very important relationship rule: never trust a man your dogs do not like.

There are debut albums, and then there are debut albums that arrive with 20 tracks, Brooks & Dunn, Brent Cobb and Bayker Blankenship in tow. Zach John King has never exactly been one for doing things quietly.

The mistakes, the heartbreak, the people, the growing up and, ultimately, figuring out who Anna Graves actually is. Well, the wait is finally over - and what a first record this is.

Sometimes there are shows that you go along to review, and then there are the ones that take a good 24 hours to fully process what you've just witnessed. Luke Combs' double-header at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium is right up there with one of the best concerts I've not only had the chance to review, but one of the best live experiences I've ever had.

Some artists can fill a stadium. Very few can make a stadium feel like an intimate club while simultaneously turning it into the biggest party in the country. On Sunday 19 July 2026, Bruno Mars achieved exactly that during the second night of his six-show residency at Wembley Stadium, delivering a performance that was equal parts concert, celebration and masterclass in live entertainment.

Thirty years. That's how long UK fans have waited for Garth Brooks to return, and on a warm summer evening at BST Hyde Park, that wait finally came to an end. Judging by the record-breaking crowd packed into Hyde Park, it's safe to say country fans hadn't forgotten him. Setting a brand-new attendance record for BST Hyde Park, Brooks wasn't just returning to the UK – he was making history.