Country Music Features

Front and centre in the march of alt-country traditionalists on Nashville, Hannah Juanita is back waving the banner for her brand of bare-knuckle throwback country, as she boldly reimagines classic honky tonk for the 2020s.

‘Broken Record’ is a song for the bottom of that first bottle and the first few sips of the second; for those nights when all you want to do is sit there and soak it up in a bar that feels like home.

Taking the peppy R&B swagger of the Luther Vandroos original, slowing it right down and reworking it as an otherworldly country-soul spiritual, Leon Timbo pulls something deep and powerfully life-affirming from the song.

His playful pinpoint observations on life’s little absurdities are sung with wry humour and tongue-in-cheek candour. As heartbreaking as he often is hilarious, Izaak Opatz is our new favourite anti-country star

Sophia Scott spoke to Holler about her distinctive blend of powerhouse R&B, poppy West Coast rock and traditional country and her forthcoming EP

As Christine Sweeney readies her new album, Heart In A Hurry, she gives us a taste of what to expect with ‘Denial’, a honey-hooked character study of relationships as they fall apart and the coping mechanisms we often use to negotiate the fall out.