10 Minute Country - Episode 60 - Coronavirus: Where Next for the C2C Festival & The Music Industry in General?

03/16/20 • 18 min

The cancellation of this year's C2C festival has major ramifications going forward. In this episode James explores the possibilities that the organisers have going forward and then realises that there isn't an ideal solution to this problem.
In the second half of the podcast James examines the wider impact the Coronavirus is having on the music industry - he ponders whether this will cause a paradigm shift in the relationship between the artist and the fan and whether there are possibilities to be had for musicians in the coming months ahead.
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10 Minute Country - Episode 59 - The Cancellation of the C2C Festival - Analysis & Reaction

Today is Friday 13th and we're not ones to fall prey to superstition but with yesterday's cancellation of the Country to Country festival in London we are feeling particularly unlucky right now.
James was on site at the O2 arena yesterday. It was an eerie and unusual place to be. Social media was aflame with rumour, supposition and super-charged emotions, which was always going to happen because, understandably everyone has an emotional and financial stake in this festival.
This is a special, off the cuff episode of 10 Minute Country with James' reaction to the cancellation.

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10 Minute Country - Episode 61 - My Review of the Incendiary New Album, 'Never Will' by Ashley McBryde

Today is 'Never Will' release day. April 3rd 2020 and amongst all the rubbish and angst that the world is going through there shines a rare beacon of hope, light and creativity.
James reviews Ashley McBryde's new album and finds himself in awe, nay, shell-shocked as to what he finds. Bigger, bolder, ballsier than 'Girl Going Nowhere', McBryde seems to have skipped albums two and three and jumped ahead about five years in terms of growth and learning. 'Never Will' is simply a triumph of Country and Rock, the superb melding of the two in a painful, honest and raw package that is hard to listen to at times but so, so rewarding.