
Desperately Lost City
UK Country Music from a Welsh Perspective

Hollie Rogers – Everything’s Fine
There is a seamless transition between the last and most recent of Hollie Rogers’ albums. The eclectic nature of both ensures that ‘Everything’s Fine’ builds on the strong foundations laid with ‘Criminal Heart’. Once again, she travels along a spectrum of genres on her latest record, using the music to compliment her storytelling which remains…
Amy-Jo – Hold Your Horses
Pathetic fallacy. A literary term for when the weather reflects a character’s emotions. And here, looking out the window at the rain and blue sky beyond, is what represents mine after the song I’ve just heard. ‘Hold Your Horses’ could have been written for the teenage me. With my “head to the ground” as I…
Amy-Jo – Hypocrite
Sat between a mainstay of UK Country music and a Nashville singer-songwriter, Amy-Jo holds her own. It is testament to how far she’s come that the level of performance between her, Two Ways Home and Regan Stewart is seamless. Her rendition of ‘Hypocrite’ at the latest Good Company Songwriters Round self-assured and unwavering. It is…
The Desperately Lost City Substack
A series of articles on everyday observations at the intersection of music and faith.