CountrifiedUK

Hi guys and welcome back to a very special episode! This is part one of a four part special. In this episode we introduce our newest Countrified host, as well as that we have 4 amazing interviews live from Nashville at the CMA festival 50th Anniversary. We also talk about Day One in the Nissan Stadium and all the amazing acts and their performances.  We have guests Abbey Cone, Grace Leer, Charley...

This week we are delighted to be joined by Conner Smith, one of Nashville’s biggest breakout stars and one of our favourite artists around. Conner joins us whilst he’s currently on the road to discuss his career to date. We talk about how he found music from an early age, how his first trip to the Grand Ole Opry as a kid changed his life. We talk about his debut at the Opry, the success of ‘I hate...

This week we are excited to be joined by one of country music fastest rising star ‘Tyler Braden’. An artist who is rapidly making a name for himself with his gift of writing deep lyrics and performing them with his powerhouse vocal ability. We chat to Tyler about growing up in Slapout, AL and finding a love for country and rock music at such an early age. He guides us through his journey before mu...

Welcome to this week's episode which we dedicate to the late Queen Elizabeth II. This week we are joined by UK Country Music Sensation Jade Helliwell. Jade sits down and talks to us about her journey into music. We chat about her upcoming UK tour in October, her latest single ‘Lead Me On’, her other single ‘Woman I Am’ which is also the name of her upcoming tour.  We are delighted to have to...

In this weeks episode we are joined by country music star ‘Ian Flanigan’. In a mesmerizing chat we find out about the life and career of Ian. From starting out travelling around with his family in his van, performing in different towns every night. To being scouted to apply for The Voice USA season 19 and joining Team Blake. To then coming third in the show and getting a record deal. To writing an...

This week we are joined by rising country music star ‘Abbey Cone’. We chat with Abbey about how she was influenced to peruse music. To what it was like moving to Nashville from Texas at aged 16. To working at ‘The Listening Rooms’ and networking with individuals in the music industry. Her debut EP ‘Hate Me’ and to performing at CMA Fest 2022. I think you’ll agree after hearing this interview that...

This week we are joined by country music star Chris Bandi. We sit down and talk with Chris about his life growing up in St. Louis, MO, to his college days to finally making the leap of faith and moving to Nashville. Chris also shares his story of how his track ‘Man Enough Now’ changed his life and got him a well deserved record deal. We chat about his latest release ‘Carolina Blue’ and what the re...

Finally the boys are back after a couple of months off. Alex and Blaine sit down and catch up with everything that has been going on. They chat about what’s been happening, Blaine’s time away at CMA Fest and advice for anyone going, reviewing the Brad Paisley and Morgan Evans gig last week and of course the weekly country news. This week we’ve got music from Sons of Atticus this week with their fa...

Happy 4th of July folks and what a treat we have got in store to help you celebrate. We’ve teamed up with our country family from Yeehaw for their first ever mixtape. Mixed by Jay Rockwell, their Resident DJ and Cowboy. He’s gonna have you up Boot Scootin Booging with tracks like ‘What’s your country song’, ‘Fancy like’, ‘Lose it’, ‘Redneck Women’, ‘Freedom was a highway’ and ‘The git up’ there’s...

In this weeks episode we’ve got a two amazing guest joining us. Firstly , Claudia Hoyser joins us for a chat all the way in the USA. Claudia is a rising country music star and making her mark on the scene. We chat to her about her album which was released in 2021 and her track ‘Wicked’ which has just had a music video for it releases. This video has gained so much attention that the likes of CMT h...

In this weeks episode we are delighted to be joined by one of country music fastest rising stars ‘Avery Anna’. We sit down with Avery and chat to her about her career so far. We find out what it feels like to have her success on tiktok and being discovered by Parmalee on the social media platform. We also chat about her performance at C2C in London in March and what see thought of the UK audience....

In this weeks episode, we are joined by ‘Tigirlily’.  One of country music rising stars, the duo is made up by Kendra and Krista, who are not only band mates but sisters. We chat to them about growing up in North Dakota, moving to Nashville, being opening acts for superstars, their first EP, performing at CMA fest, completing over 180 shows in one year and a North Dakota vs Geordie challenge. Tigi...

We’re back with Episode 33 and another Independent Artists Spotlight. This is our 4th time in doing this as you guys seem to love it. This time we are joined by four very talented artist and we are privileged to share their tracks. The four artists and tracks that we have are; Michael Keys - ‘Andrew Jackson’  Jacob Jones - ‘Black & White’ Katie Fee - ‘Sunsets and Fireworks’ Jetty Road - ‘Here...

In this week’s episode we are joined by our good friend ‘Hayley McKay’. We chat to Hayley who has just been recently awarded ‘UK Entertainer of the Year’ at The Hot Country TV awards. We talk to her about her two newest singles, ‘Time’ and ‘Find myself in a song’. We also chat about her upcoming performance at the Hardwick Festival. We have music from the upcoming and very talented country artist...

In this week's episode we are joined by country music hottest trio and superstars ‘Restless Road’. We sit down with Colton, Zach and Garrett the 3 members that make up the trio. We chat about how the band got together and how Garrett was found. We chat about their songs ‘Bar Friends’ and ‘Take Me Home’. We talk about their relationship with country music megastar ‘Kane Brown’. Their Grand Ole...

This week we are joined by country music’s hottest duo ‘Everette’. The band is made up of Brent Rupard and Anthony Olympia, with both members hailing from Kentucky. We find out how they both found each other, how Everette was formed and the very cool meaning behind their name. We find out what they Grand Ole Opry debut was like, going on tour with Brothers Osborne and what they expect when they co...

This week we are joined by one of Country music latest and most exciting stars. We chat with ‘Halle Kearns’, the singer songwriter who burst on the scene in 2020 with signature sound. We chat with Halle about her early life growing up in Columbia, Missouri, doing shows at the age of 6 for her family, to her journey into the music industry. We find out what it was like to release her critically acc...

This week we are honoured to be joined by country music star ‘Jay Allen’. We have dedicated the whole episode to Jay with a featured interview as we believe it is one of our most compelling interviews to date. Jay shares his story from where he started off in Iowa, to how he ended up in Nashville, how tragedy hit him and his family and what life looks like for him in 2022. This is all complied int...

In this weeks episode, we are joined by the rising star that is 'Chase Wright'. A very exciting artist who has been dubbed as 'Hot Country artist to watch 2022' Chase has the world at his feet. We chat with Chase about his journey into music after studying a degree in economics, to his success with his debut album 'Intertwined' and his string of 'Nashville hits t...

Welcome to episode 26 of the CountrifiedUK podcast. Firstly, we are joined by UK’s rapid rising country star ‘Olivia Lynn’. At 16 years old Olivia is setting the scene alight with her amazing vocals, fantastic songwriting and her massive personality. Olivia chats to us about the start of her career, how she got into music, some of her future plans and the meaning behind her lyrics. We are also luc...

Welcome to Episode 25 and this week we are lucky to be joined by USA country artist 'Jessica Lynn'. We chat with Jessica about her upcoming UK and European tour starting in May, about some of her latest singles, her future plans and all the work Jessica does outside of music for different causes close to her heart. I'm not sure we've met anyone who works just as hard as Jessica...

Hi Guys, welcome to episode 24 of the CountrifiedUK podcast. This week we are joined by UK country star 'Jake Aldridge', who joins us for a chat. Jake share his incredible story of his journey into the music industry starting as a rapper and then transitioning into country music artist. We talk in depth with Jake about his songwriting abilities, his early days and about his latest releas...

In this weeks episode we are joined by country music rising star ‘Tiona Campbell’. We sit down and chat with Tiona about her fantastic story of how she finally perused music and make it her career. Tiona is a unique artist who is paving her way by combining both Country music and Christian music and is one of the artists who is driving Christian Country forward. We were lucky enough to  have Tiona...

Welcome to our first episode of 2022 guys, ironically it’s episode 22 as well. This episode the boys at CountrifiedUK create their ‘Class of 2022’. Way back in Episode 4 we created our ‘Class of 2021’ so we wanted to create one right at the start of the year. We did our ‘Class of 2022’ slightly different this time, 10 artists, 5 from the USA and 5 from the UK. Alex chose his 5 from the UK which in...

Hey guys and welcome to our final episode of 2021. In this episode Alex and Blaine sit down and review 2021 and the year countrifiedUK have had. They look back at all of the episodes, share some of their favourite moments with the guests, some untold stories, independent artists and some of their plans for 2022. Hope you guys like it and we wish you all the best for 2022.