Buckle & Boots: More Acts Announced + Stage Times Confirmed!

Two more artists have been announced for Buckle & Boots 2016!

Taking place at Whitebottom Farm at Etherow Park (nr. Manchester/Stockport) between 24-26 June, Buckle & Boots Festival is set to combine some of the brightest talents in country music from the US as well as the thriving UK scene, providing a truly unique outdoor festival experience for country fans far and wide. With a variety of food, drink and camping facilities on site, Buckle & Boots is the first country festival of its kind in the UK, creating a friendly, communal atmosphere that fans are sure to embrace.

The line-up already includes acts such as Raintown, Ward Thomas and US chart-topper Phil Vassar and with just under two weeks until the weekend, two more acts have announced. They are:

Two Ways Home (UK) are Isabella Mariee & Lewis Fowler - an alt-country songwriting duo with roots in London & Vienna. It was a desire to hone their skills as songwriters and learn from the best that led Isabella & Lewis to a career defining four-week pilgrimage to Nashville in 2013. Never

before had the advice and kindness of strangers meant so much, they experienced the true spirit and support of Nashville. Two Ways Home lived the Nashville circuit and were welcomed with open arms. This inspirational journey convinced them to pursue their ambitions and they are now actively gigging around the UK. Fresh from a tour in May and the release of their latest EP Better Days featuring the singles 'Just For Now' & 'Still in Love', Two Ways Home play the Buckle & Boots main stage at 12:30pm on Sunday 26th June.


Shantell Ogden (USA) is a singer-songwriter from Nashville, TN. Shantell's songs have received airplay on more than 800 country and Americana radio stations internationally, reaching Top 2 chart positions both in the U.S. and Europe. Her songs have also appeared on the TV series Hart of Dixie and in several feature films. As a performing and touring Americana artist, Shantell has been praised by Maverick Magazine, For the Country Record and other notable media. She's won honors for Songwriter of the Year and Americana Song of the Year ('Ghosts in the Field') in the 2015 IMEA Awards, and Americana Album of the Year for Better at Goodbye in the 2014 IMEA Awards. Shantell said: "I'm thrilled to be playing the festival along with so many great artists at the Buckle and Boots Country Festival in Manchester! I appreciate the festival staff and the fans for making such a great event possible." She is scheduled to perform on the Acoustic Stage at 1:30pm on Saturday 25th June.

Timings have also been confirmed and the weekend is, as follows:

FRIDAY
Site open - 1:00pm
Music area & bar open - 4:00pm
Main stage performances start - 7:00pm
Raintown headline - 11:00pm
DJ set (main stage) 12.15am - 2:00am
Curfew/closing - 2:00am

SATURDAY:
Site open - 11:00am
Main stage performances start - 12:30pm
Acoustic stage performances start - 12:00pm
BCMA Stage performances (on the main stage) - 1:15pm - 3.15pm
Ward Thomas headline - 11:00pm
DJ set (main stage) - 12.15am - 2:00am
Curfew/closing - 2:00am

SUNDAY:
Site open - 11:00am
Main stage performances start - 12:30pm
Acoustic stage performances start - 12:00pm
BCMA Stage performances (on the main stage) - 1:15pm - 3.15pm
Phil Vassar headline - 10:00pm
DJ set (main stage) - 11.15am - 1:00am
Curfew/closing - 1:00am

For the full line-up and tickets, head to www.buckleandboots.co.uk.

Two Ways Home Release Video For 'Still in Love' + Tour Dates!

Anglo / Austrian alt-country duo Two Ways Home announced the release of the new video for the track ‘Still In Love’, taken from the recently released EP Better Days. Produced by MsM (Ed
Sheeran, The Saturdays), ‘Still In Love’ continues Two Ways Home’s signature sound of country inspired harmonies mixed with pop-rock sensibility. Isabella Mariee and Lewis Fowler’s blend of infectious pop melodies with the melancholic makes ‘Still In Love’ their most intriguing single yet.

Lewis Fowler said: "The song conveys the feeling in a relationship where you are physically close but emotionally far away from one another. The video shoot was intense; we had limited time and it was freezing up in the Lake District, but we managed to capture some majestic moments." Better Days – the musically varied four track EP was produced by mixer, producer, engineer MsM (Ed Sheeran, Royksopp, The Saturdays) and recorded at The Doghouse in Henley-on-Thames, the studio owned by Jethro Tull drummer Barrie Barlow. It is famed for sessions with Amy Winehouse, Bellowhead, Coldplay and Jake Bugg just to name a few.

Growing up on a diet of Simon and Garfunkel, Prince, Lisa Stansfield, Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder, the music future of Two Ways Home was never a sure thing. However as the vocal harmonies of Lewis and Isabella combined for the first time destiny took a hand. It was a desire to hone their skills as songwriters and learn from the best that led them to a career defining four-week pilgrimage to Nashville in 2013. Never before had the advice and kindness of strangers meant so much, they experienced the true spirit and support of Nashville. Two Ways Home lived the Nashville circuit and were welcomed with open arms. This inspirational journey convinced them to pursue their ambitions and they are now actively gigging around the UK.

Two Ways Home are: Isabella Mariee (Vocals, Ukulele, Autoharp), Lewis Fowler (Vocals, Guitars), Chris Brice (Drums, Percussion), Raymond Tognola (bass) and Michael Clancy (Guitars).

Two Ways Home are in the middle of a UK tour and you can catch them on the following dates:

Thu 12: Birmingham, The Roadhouse

Fri 13: Bath, St. James Wine Bar

Fri 20: Cheltenham, Frog & Fiddle

Thu 26: London, The Underbelly