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[email protected] We have some fresh new ideas for this great magazine and media platform, and we Assistant Editor want to continue to give you an insight into the lives of some of your favourite artists, Lauren Barnett • +44 (0) 1622 823922 [email protected] as well as introducing you to some of the finest new music available. The best people Lifestyle Editor to learn from are you our loyal readers, so please get in touch and let me know what Eric Dahl • +44 (0) 1622 823922 you think, and as always if there are any artists that you think we should be covering eric.dahl@hand-media please let us know! Designer One of the changes that we have made in this issue is to our lifestyle section. Eric Hayley Burgess • +44 (0) 1622 823935 [email protected] Dahl, our lifestyle editor has completely refreshed the section and it is jam-packed full Sales Director of the latest instruments, amps and accessories (Page 40). There really is something Graeme Rossiter • +44 (0) 1622 823936 for everyone, whether you are a beginner or an expert. [email protected] This issue is bursting with some great interviews from the best up and coming Business Development Manager Chris Lingham • +44 (0) 1622 823928 artists from the world of country, folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriter and roots. In this [email protected] issue we are celebrating the amazing women in country and we have got up close and Display Sales Executive personal with the likes of KT Tunstall, Jennifer Nettles, Sara Watkins, Carlene Carter, Seann Carter • +44 (0) 1622 823927 Terra Lightfoot and Hattie Briggs. [email protected] Not to mention our fantastic cover stars Ward Thomas! Hailing from a farm in Offi ce Manager Selena Cronin • +44 (0) 1622 823920 Hampshire these sisters are taking the UK country scene by storm. I spoke to them [email protected] about their new album CARTWHEELS, released September 9, and heard all about the process of making the album and what life is like on the road for these two young ha ia nd med country stars. (Page 50) We also have some great male artists in this issue, including an extended feature Maverick with Eric Bibb. We were lucky enough to catch up with him before going on stage and Published by hand media he gave some insightful words of wisdom, as well as entertaining us with stories of Goldings, Elphicks Farm,Water Lane, Hunton,Kent, ME15 0SG. UK. jamming with musical legend Bob Dylan when he was just a child. Telephone: +44 (0) 1622 823920 A stand out for me in this issue is how wonderful our review section is looking, we Fax: +44 (0) 1622 823933 Email: [email protected] have such a wide range of artists, some well Website: www.maverick-country.com established and some brand new. There is Subscriptions everything from hard core country to brand new Maverick is on sale in the UK via the WH Smith & Sainsburys network. Also available folk, as well as the ever growing bluegrass genre. in Ireland, Sweden, Norway and the USA. Contact Selena Cronin on +44 (0) 1622 823920 or This really is a fantastic magazine to be a part of, email [email protected] and as I am new to the team I look forward to Reprints connecting with you all in the future. It will be great For reprints of specifi c pages within to also meet some of you at the festivals we are lucky this magazine please telephone Chris Lingham on +44 (0) 1622 823928 or email: enough to attend here in the UK, especially the [email protected] for more details. Shrewsbury folk festival which is coming up soon. Designed and produced by hand media. See you there! ©2016. 344/mav/07/16 @Maverick_Magazine @Maverick_Mag www.facebook.com/MaverickMagazine Contributors: Ian Ambrose, John Brindle, Eric Dahl, Nick Dalton, James Daykin, Megan Gnad Ian Horne, Greg Johnson, Paul Kerr, Simon Redley, John Roffey, Jemery Searle, Helen Thomas Photos: Simon Redley, Elly Lucas, Steve Oliver, Megan Gnad, Pamela Littky, Maarten de Boer, IWPhotographic, Jen Squires ha ia nd med 1 Maverick C O N T E N T S FEATURES 016 KT TUNSTALL GETTING HER MOJO BACK 020 JENNIFER NETTLES PLAYING WITH FIRE 023 NEW TO YOU AMERICAN YOUNG, CAROLYNNE POOLE 024 SARA WATKINS YOUNG IN ALL THE WRONG WAYS 026 CARLENE CARTER SAD CLOWNS AND HILLBILLIES 028 NEW TO YOU ERIN KINSEY 030 ERIC BIBB KEEPER OF THE FLAME 016 KT TUNSTALL 034 TERRA LIGHTFOOT NEW LIFESTYLE SECTION LIVING IN THE PAST LIFESTYLE FEATURES HIGHLIGHT 037 HATTIE BRIGGS SOME OF THE BEST PRODUCTS IN FUTURE PLANS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW 000050 XXXWARD THOMAS LIFESTYLE FEATURES XXXCOVER FEATURE ISSUEISSUE NUMBERNUMBER ONEONE HUNDREDHUNDRED && XXXXXXXXXXFOURTY TWO 2 Maverick AUGUST/SEPTEMBERXXX-XXX 2014 2016 C O N T E N T S REGULARS 004 LETTERS, MESSAGES & TWEETS 006 PICKIN' & GRINNIN' BEARDED THEORY FESTIVAL, BUCKLE & BOOTS FESTIVAL, MAVERICK FESTICAL, BONNIE RAITT, THE OTHER HALF 056 MAVERICK MUSIC 058 CD REVIEW INDEX 060 NEW RELEASES 088 TOUR DATES 030 ERIC BIBB 024 SARA WATKINS 037 HATTIE BRIGGS Maverick 3 LETTERS, MESSAGES & TWEETS STAR WIN STAR LETTER AND RECEIVE A FREE MAVERICK PEN! LETTER M AV ER ICK AT THE SHIRES & WA R D THOM AS JUNE/JULY 2016 JUNE/JULY WWW.MAVERICK-COUNTRY.COM Ward Thomas CARTWHEELS showcase, Hospital Club, London, Tuesday 5 July 291_Mav_cover FINAL.indd 1 20/05/2016 16:53 TWITTER Atkin Guitars @Atkin_Guitars: Thanks for coming down to see us @Maverick_ mag , love the T-Shirts!! :) STAR LETTER David Cox @djcox Catching up on all things @Maverick_mag with the new issue on my desk. Always a good read! Bob Harris introduces Ward Thomas at their showcase held at the Hospital Club, London, Tuesday 5 July The Poppy Lady @HelenS_88 After searching in shops, finally got my copy of @Maverick_mag online Worth it though, great interview with Blair Two Ways Home @ TwoWaysHome You've still got time to grab a copy of @ Maverick_mag to read our interview and lots of other interesting articles. The Shires Showcase, Embankment, London, Thursday 14 July 2016 4 Maverick PICKIN' & GRINNIN' • BEARDED THEORY over the four days. 'Pallet' the main stage Bearded Theory Festival and The Woodland the second outdoor Catton Hall, Derbyshire • stage. Then there’s the Magical Sounds and Maui Waui marquees, plus The Something 26 - 29 May 2016 Else Tea Tent and the Convoy Cabaret marquee. n apt slogan on a happy punter’s Thursday night there were just three acts tee shirt at this fabulous new (to to greet the early bird campers. 1500 A me) festival: 'I wanna stay like this camper vans were on site by Friday, plus forever.' Ditto. My very first time at the many tents and Tipis. Friday was the multi-award winning Bearded Theory proper start; veteran folk rock stars The Festival, certainly not my last. Levellers pulled a big crowd at the main Last summer while covering one of the stage as headliners. UK’s major UK festivals for the sixth year The band ripped through an impressive Moulettes bassoon plaer on on the trot, I got assaulted by a crazed guy upbeat set including Riverflow and Too stage on Saturday assumed to be high on something, who Real, and of course, got the crowd singing came out of nowhere and picked me at along to their biggest hit – which should be random out of a dozen photographers in adopted as The Bearded Theory anthem - broad daylight. It’s A Beautiful Day. It really was too, Wham! I was on my back in the mud and scorching hot and dry for all four days.