Articles by Marlo Ashley
James Barker Band
Singles Only
PUBLISHED May 23, 2019
The James Barker Band's worldwide appeal garnered them a nomination from the Country Music Association for "Global Country Artist of the Ye...
Maddie and Tae
One Heart to Another
PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2019
Country duo Maddie and Tae's One Heart to Another is a five-song EP and three have already been released as singles. Their lyrical proficie...
George Strait
Honky Tonk Time Machine
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2019
On his latest, King of Country Music George Strait puts the country back into country music yet again. In this bro-country era, George Stra...
Florida Georgia Line
Can't Say I Ain't Country
PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2019
Florida Georgia Line's fourth studio album, Can't Say I Ain't Country, is a mix of country pop, rock and hip-hop, making it a bro-country m...
Paul Brandt
The Journey BNA: Vol. 2
PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2018
Canadian country artist Paul Brandt's confidently cool and moody lyrics on The Journey BNA: Vol 2 are still as classic as on their predeces...
The Louvin Brothers
Love and Wealth: The Lost Recordings
PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2018
Love and Wealth: The Lost Recordings is a two-CD songwriting demo recorded in the early to mid-'50s by Ira and Charlie Louvin, also known a...
The Devil Makes Three
Chains Are Broken
PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2018
California trio the Devil Makes Three's Americana, folk rock and blues are dipped in a rockabilly flavour. On their latest LP, Chains Are B...
Kenny Chesney
Songs for the Saints
PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2018
Kenny Chesney talks of hope, courage and resilience after Hurricane Irma destroyed the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, on Songs for the Sa...