A recent news item declared that Country Music was the fastest growing music genre in Britain. Reporting 'Country to Country' (C2C) – a three-day multi-venue event that has become Europe’s very own Nashville extravaganza – was the biggest festival to date, taking in such unlikely cowboy hotspots as London, Dublin and Glasgow.

I'm not a big 'achy-breaky-heart' Country fan, but I do like the rougher more rocky side of proceedings with songs about highways, trucks and tequila, beers and bust-ups. 

One of the headliners at C2C was Thomas Rhett, who it appears is huge in America, with numerous hits and awards under his belt. No, I'd never heard of him until now !

He sings "Back when Country wasn't cool" and "Everybody got a story to tell" on 'What's Your Country Song' >

Fancy a beer song or two: definitely check out 'Half of Me' and 'Beer Can't Fix' featuring Jon Pardi,