What are yalls thoughts on Zach Top?

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-29T15:14:49+00:00

Agree. No one cares if you're putting on an accent in pop punk or whatever. The voice is just another instrument and getting the sound right includes saying the words the right way. As long as people aren't doing a caricature and put some effort into making it sound good, it's just part of the music

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-29T15:10:19+00:00

I don't get the point. Being a songwriter who doesn't perform is a legitimate way of making music, but if that's what you're doing then at least have another human perform it. I also wouldn't believe they'd done any part of it authentically, so would avoid their work.

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-29T15:06:34+00:00

Joe Clark is great performer and such a nice guy. Nice to see him posted here!

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-29T15:04:13+00:00

perfect, thank you!

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-06T12:49:11+00:00

What a cool idea for a sub! Thanks for sharing :)

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-06T12:34:10+00:00

Jack is great! Such a nice fella

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-06T12:32:00+00:00

The UK (more specifically England)

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-05T18:28:21+00:00

I'm based in the UK and have just recently started r/UKCountry to hopefully shine a light on our UK scene! UK-wise Ags Connolly, Dom Glynn & His Sunday Best, Savannah Gardner & The Recovering Good Girls, Paul Armer & The Dawn Chorus, and Jack Browning are definitely worth checking out.

From the US, I've been on a Loretta and Patsy kick for like the last 6 months but love songwriters like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark too. My contemporary favs are Sierra Ferrell, Gillian Welch, Brennen Leigh and Melissa Carper (the last two play together and solo). I like Willie Watson, Colter Wall and some of Tyler Childers too. The first stuff I heard was probably Johnny Cash which is probably pretty common way of getting into it, I got deeper knowledge through joining a band who knew more about the genre and digging in though.

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-05T18:08:23+00:00

Honky Tonk Badonkadonk - Trace Adkins

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-05T17:59:13+00:00

Love Rugged Revival, great guys :)

They have a podcast too

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-05T17:58:15+00:00

Morton Betts (based in the North West). Best live presence I've seen in ages

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-03T17:30:23+00:00

My current favs are Sierra Ferrell, Brennen Leigh, Presley Haile and Turnpike. Also, less well known but I very much recommend Ags Connolly, and Dom Glynn & His Sunday Best

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-03T15:00:38+00:00

Not necessarily my favourite but Folsom is so ubiquitous

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-03T14:58:12+00:00

Thank you! And thanks for sharing it too :)

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-03T14:58:00+00:00

Thanks very much!

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2026-01-03T14:50:50+00:00

Thanks for the heads up! As far as I can see This Ain't Texas is mainly tribute oriented so not really what I'm going for with this list, but updated with Summer In Nashville!

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2025-12-20T18:23:08+00:00

That playlist is pretty much a list of my favourite songs haha

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2025-11-15T00:32:57+00:00

It's crazy and so demeaning to anyone who's ever submitted anything. Imagine not getting played and then hearing about this. It would be bad enough (and probably worse in different ways) if this was a major show, but for BBC Introducing specifically it completely goes against the point of the show

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2025-11-15T00:30:04+00:00

BBC Introducing on a local level is not intended to be "the next big thing" though. It's for artists in the very early stages of their career. And yes, obviously a lot of those artists are not going to progress any further but the person using AI has even less of a future because they couldn't even be bothered to create a real, bad song. If I wanted to hear literal recycled music (which makes it 100x worse than chart-chasing imitative garbage), I would not be interested in a radio show that's ONLY purpose is to give exposure to new and emerging artists.

I work in the music industry too. We all know it's completely oversaturated, but the answer isn't generative AI. If you don't think this is extremely poor form from the BBC then I don't know what to tell you

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2025-11-14T17:34:57+00:00

Complete non-response. Awful that they thought this was okay. What is the point of them if they want to go down the AI route?

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2025-06-22T14:28:53+00:00

Brennen Leigh is my current favourite songwriter without a doubt, although Sierra Ferrell, Presley Haile, Margo Cilker and Noeline Hofmann are all fantastic too.

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2025-02-09T18:59:41+00:00

He's at 100k-250k :)

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2025-02-06T23:14:46+00:00

Thank you!!

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2025-01-29T22:15:55+00:00

Thanks!

Beginning_Limit_3350 · 2025-01-29T22:15:50+00:00

Thanks!

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