Independent Country are 6 cowboys from Birmingham (UK) who take Indie classics on a rollicking ride to Nashville and back.
Floppy fringes and baggy jeans are swapped for pedal steel guitars and four-part harmonies as the NME meets The Grand Ole Opry. You ain’t heard nothing like this!
Saddle up your ponies and say hello to the best gang in town…
New Music - Bittersweet EP
The 2nd in a series of new three track EPs from Independent Country is out on 28th March.
This time featuring recordings of songs originally by Hot Chip, The Verve, and Butthole Surfers.
How's that for variety? Pretty much all of your daily Indie vitamins on one EP.
Out now!
2025 Live Shows!
We have a bunch of shows booked for 2025, and the latest to be added is the wonderful Moseley Folk Festival. We'll be playing alongside The Waterboys, Doves, Father John Misty, Mercury Rev, and even more just announced. Set in stunning 11-acre woods, with sloping grounds and a lake backdrop, Moseley Folk & Arts Festival is one of the UK’s hidden gems.
Before that we have slots booked at the Shiiiine On Weekender in Skegness, and the lovely Bearded Theory Festival in Debryshire. There are other shows around the UK at various venues. See the full list and links below.
Full list of 2025 shows
Mar 27th - RocknRoll Brewhouse, Birmingham [FREE!]
Mar 30th - Shiiiine On Festival, Skegness [TICKETS]
Apr 12th - The Continental, Preston [TICKETS]
May 21st - Bearded Theory Festival, Derbyshire [TICKETS]
Aug 10th - The Ryland Caravan Festival, Birmingham
Aug 31st - Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham [TICKETS]
Dec (date tbc) - The Brundell Social Club, Leeds
Live
The band have played festivals and venues all over the UK, including The Union Chapel, Shiiine On and Moseley Folk Festival.
They bring either full-band sets that'll tear the house down on a raucous Saturday night, or else a laid-back acoustic show that will provide the ideal soundtrack to a regretful, hungover Sunday.
Watch them in action in the playlist of live videos below. Songs by Arctic Monkeys, Nirvana and more...
Recordings
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Videos
The word around town..
“It’s fairly easy to apply the tropes of one musical genre to a song from another; it takes real skill and inspiration to make the new versions sound like that’s how they were always meant to be. Independent Country have both in abundance.”
Mike DaviesFolk Radio, UK"The best thing I have EVER heard”
Jim ReidJesus and Mary Chain"A bold retelling of classic songs as distinctive alt-country performances. Storyteller vocals and skilled instrumentation shape pristine interpretations"
Music City MemoNasville, TNPhotos
