Laura Oakes
Two-time winner of best Female Vocalist at the British Country Music Awards, Laura Oakes has enjoyed some of the UK’s most prestigious festivals and stages including C2C, The Great Escape, The Long Road, Cornbury, Cambridge Folk Festival and Camp Bestival. As well as support for some of the most notable talent coming out of the UK and the US including Morgan Evans, Lauren Alaina, Devin Dawson, The Shires, Ward Thomas and Sarah Darling.
Her 2020 EP ‘How Big Is Your World’ was released as the pandemic swept the world but non the less received playlisting from BBC Radio 2 and pick up across Chris Country Radio, Country Hits with feature pieces online across Popmatters, Maverick Magazine and Popdust. Reaching no.11 in the UK iTunes Country chart the EP also pricked the ears of Spotify and Apple on both sides of the pond securing playlists and amassing over 1.5 million streams.
In addition to creating and releasing her own material, Laura has launched her own ‘Hosts’ show on Country Line Radio, bringing the format of the increasingly popular format of ‘The Round’ to the ears of the listeners. Guests so far have included international talent Tiera Kennedy, Seaforth, Tenille Townes, The Shires, Ward Thomas and Lindsay Ell. Forever productive, Laura has also been working on new material for herself written with some of the world’s best song writers; James T Slater (Martina Mc Bride), Beth Nielson Chapman (Faith Hill) and Jason Lehning (Alison Krauss). Furthermore her writing for others has seen her attend multiple Eurovision songwriting camps as well as gain cuts for Sony’s own Wiktoria, BMG’s Twinnie and Lara Samira and UK Country stars Jade Helliwell, Deeane Dexeter amongst others.
Rob Wheeler
Rob Wheeler is a British Country & Americana artist from the Northwest who is building a reputation as an emotional storyteller and a real-deal guitarist.
Embraced by the Nashville community, Rob swaps ranches and cowboy boots for the world HE grew up in: council houses, economic insecurity and the dream of something more; and yet hearts break the same everywhere.
His whiskey and smoke voice is both fragile and powerful, delivering songs that reflect his early influences: The Eagles, The Beatles, Hank Williams, Sheryl Crow, Nick Drake, John Mayer.
Touring his new album which was written and recorded exclusively in the US with a roll call of Tennessee talent, Rob Wheeler seamlessly blends his UK roots with the Nashville Sound.
