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.

Tenille Townes has a theory about UK audiences: we’re the land of second verses. “You guys listen through the whole song. You know even the second verse,” she told me when we caught up ahead of her Living Room Tour. For an artist bringing a stripped-back show across the Atlantic, that sounds like a pretty ideal crowd.

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!

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.

Ryan and Rory have discovered two things about the UK. We know how to do country music, and apparently, we know how to party. After making their first trip across the pond for C2C earlier this year, the duo wasted absolutely no time finding an excuse to come back, returning less than six months later for The Long Road Festival in Lutterworth.

When I caught up with the Ohio trio backstage at The Long Road Festival, they had just delivered one of those sets where you could physically watch a crowd getting bigger. I had somehow managed to miss Oliver Hazard every time they had previously been in the UK, so this was my first chance to finally see them live.

Jason Scott arrived in Glasgow with one pair of clean underwear left...That probably tells you quite a lot about how Jason Scott & The High Heat’s first proper trip across the pond had been going.

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.

The last time I saw The Crowe Boys was supporting Cameron Whitcomb in Glasgow, and I still remember leaving that show thinking, everyone needs to see this band live. So catching up backstage at BST Hyde Park after they'd supported Garth Brooks felt like the perfect full-circle moment.

There's something special about discovering an artist just before everyone else catches on. That was exactly the case with Irish singer-songwriter Jamie McIntyre. After being pointed in his direction by countless people at TRNSMT Festival the weekend before, I made my way over to the Introducing Stage - and I'm so glad I did.

Fresh from stepping off stage at State Fayre in Essex, Brenn! was all smiles after bringing his blend of heartfelt songwriting to a growing UK audience. While plenty of American artists speak about wanting to crack Europe, he's already ticking countries off at an impressive rate.

Fresh off the King Tut's Stage after another stunning performance, the Inverness singer-songwriter was all smiles as we chatted about new music, life after Complex and why, no matter how big the stage gets, she's determined to keep every performance feeling personal.

When you're four studio albums deep, how do you manage to create a fifth that's somehow your best yet? We'll have to ask the guys in Midland, because their latest release, Stages, is one for the history books.

Just when you think 49 Winchester physically cannot top the last thing they released, they go and do exactly that. A few times over, actually.

Braxton Keith talks about his debut album, Real Damn Deal, viral moments, country music and playing Stagecoach Festival