Breakout Nashville star Maggie Antone is set to make her UK debut next month at C2C: Country To Country Festival in London (March 14-15) followed by a performance and signing at Rough Trade East on March 16th – tickets available here.
The upcoming trip follows an explosive 2024 for Antone, who released her highly acclaimed debut album Rhinestoned in August via her own label Love Big in partnership with Thirty Tigers.
Rhinestoned offers ten songs worth of compelling evidence that this Virginia native just might be country’s next big thing. From ‘One Too Many’ which Billboard named as one of their “must-hear new country songs,” to ‘Johnny Moonshine’ and her debut original single ‘Suburban Outlaw’—a song Holler praised for “lyrics that land like zippy teen movie one-liners.”
Antone’s playful humor, distinctly raspy drawl and undeniable charisma land the initial punches on Rhinestoned. A closer listen reveals the vocalist, songwriter and producer’s overarching desire to heal her heart by opening up and extending a helping hand to anyone who wants to do the same. It’s Antone’s ability to contrast her raucousness with a disarming vulnerability that makes Rhinestoned the honest affirmation of life’s ups and downs she hoped it would be. “No matter how big or small it is,” Antone says, “when you’ve gone through something and you hurt, it matters.”
Rhinestoned was co-produced by Antone alongside Carrie K. (Noah Kahan, Jessie Murph, Suki Waterhouse), with writing contributions from Trent Dabbs (Ingrid Michaelson, Kacey Musgraves), Aaron Raitiere (Lady Gaga, Ashley McBryde), Jillian Jacqueline (Keith Urban, Little Big Town) and Antone’s longtime hero Natalie Hemby (The Highwomen, Miranda Lambert).
Antone has been hailed as a bold new voice on the rise in alternative country. Her cover of Tyler Childers’ ‘Lady May’ won her instant attention, and Interpretations, a follow up collection of covers including Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’, John Prine’s ‘Spanish Pipe Dream’ and more, was released in late 2022 to early acclaim.
A songwriter since the age of 16, Antone has made music her full-time job since leaving college in late 2021. She is determined to make music that connects with people and write songs that make audiences feel seen and heard, a quality she deeply admires in the artists that have so inspired her to choose this path.
In addition to making her Grand Ole Opry debut, last year Antone supported artists such as Ella Langley, Trampled By The Turtles, and 49 Winchester – who featured her on the title track of their acclaimed album Leavin’ This Holler, and is set to begin her first-ever headline tour in the US today.
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