With the number and variety of bands and singers performing at Buckle and Boots country musical festival there’ll be no shortage of high quality music to catch. We’ve picked out a handful of the acts which we think stand out, although to be fair you won’t go wrong with any of the acts performing: Friday: Holloway…
Manchester gets its own taste of a country musical festival this weekend as the Buckle and Boots Festival comes to Whitebottom Farm at Etherow Park from 24 June to 26 June. Buckle & Boots Festival is set to combine some of the brightest talents in country music from the US as well as the thriving…
Ward Thomas have announced a massive 16-date UK tour for the Autumn which will see the twin sisters performing at Manchester’s Deaf Institute. The duo recently premiered their new single Carry You Home and announced details of their forthcoming album Cartwheels, due to be released via Sony Music/WTW Music on 9 September. Cartwheels features 14…
Having performed two excellent gigs in Manchester over the last twelve months, UK Country Album of the Year award winners Ward Thomas had already set high standards. Their performance at The Castle in July was an intimate affair featuring just the twin sisters and their guitarist Dan in a largely acoustic set, whereas their more…
We pick out some of the top gigs hitting Manchester this week including Amerie, Kristyna Myles, Gun, Ward Thomas and Nile Rodgers.
Sisters announce return to Manchester following win at British Country Music Awards Sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas have enjoyed quite the 2014 – they have experienced a massive sell-out co-headline tour with fellow British Country flag flyers The Shires, which saw them perform a simply awesome gig at Band On The Wall a few…
Ward Thomas, currently on tour alongside The Shires on their joint headlining Homegrown tour, recently played an outstanding gig at Band On The Wall. We got to catch up with incredibly talented sisters Lizzy and Catherine Ward Thomas to discuss touring, Nashville and their debut album, the excellent From Where We Stand – which last…
Things got a little bit country as Ward Thomas and The Shires brought their joint headline Homegrown Tour to Manchester at a sold out Band on the Wall. Country is certainly in the upswing at the moment and with both of these UK country bands having performed in Manchester a few months ago to great…
Off the back of excellent recent Manchester shows, UK grown country groups The Shires and Ward Thomas have announced that they are both returning to the city as part of their co-headlining ‘Home-Grown Tour’. The bands are at the forefront of the homegrown country music scene and there is certainly a buzz about them. Ward…
Country music twins Ward Thomas made a barnstorming return to Manchester on Wednesday evening with an excellent show at The Castle. For anybody who has ever watched Hart of Dixie, you’ll appreciate that at times it was just like being at the Rammer Jammer (for anybody not familiar with the programme – it’s a compliment!)….
