The C2C Sit Down with Meghan Patrick
Ever since hearing her debut album “Grace & Grit” back in 2016, it was impossible not to fall in love with the music of Meghan Patrick. The Ontario-born, two time Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year has been right at the top of our wish list for artists that we would love to tour Europe and, following the release of her fourth studio album “Golden Child” at the back end of last year, she finally makes her long awaited first trip to play shows across the pond.
Europe’s largest country music festival C2C: Country to Country presents the opportunity firstly in Berlin and then at the O2 in London, presented this opportunity to continue being an ambassador showcasing country music from Canada at it’s very best on a global scale. Whilst Nashville, Tennessee is now home, we are sure that following this trip she will have found a new home away from home on this side of the Atlantic and the European audiences will fall in love with her craft as a powerful songwriter and a dynamic live performer.
This is so cool that you're here, FINALLY.
“Finally, I know.”
I can tell you, after talking to a lot of people when they saw your name being put on that lineup for London as well as here, there are people who are more excited for you than they are for even CoJo, Laney and Dierks coming back, which is so, so cool.
“That is amazing. I mean, I have mixed feelings about social media, but one of the things that I love about it is that it's been able to connect me with people on the other side of the world and it's just so crazy to me that I've never been here, yet I'm gonna be walking into people that have been waiting to see me play, so I'm really excited.”
The killer question obviously is why has it taken you so long? I know there obviously cost, there’s logistics and fitting things in but is it something that you have wanted to do and it’s taken until now for things to line up?
“Oh yeah, I’ve just never been invited until now ha-ha. Nobody asked me until now but I think probably COVID played a role in that as well. We had some travel plans in 2020 and it definitely hindered things, then, you know, I had lost my first record deal and so the last few years have been kind of rebuilding for me, finding my new team and figuring out how to how to move forward. I think, you know, everything's in God's timing and I kind of like that I've really made him wait a little bit, you know, build up some anticipation ha-ha.”
It’s interesting for us because right now is a really exciting time for country music and particularly for female artists from Canada. Obviously you moved down to Nashville and you see that with a lot of other girls too but the Canadian guys, with Josh Ross being kind of the exception, don't tend to do it as much and stay north of the border. Why do you think there is more a drive for women moving down to Nashville, is it almost a case that it's harder for Canadian girls in Canada than with the problems that female artists have in the States?
“Hmm, that's a good question, nobody has ever asked me that. I think part of it just comes down to, us individually and what kind of career we want. Some of the male artists in Canada really love just being Canadian artists and they've made an incredible career for themselves and have the following there. I don't know if I can speak for them, but I mean, I think it's hard for women everywhere, but I think because of that we have to go above and beyond. We're working really hard, we're trying to make fans anywhere we can, kind of prove everybody wrong and, you know, show the industry that we deserve the same slots at these festivals and we deserve the radio play. I think it really helps by trying to become international stars and that's always been a dream of mine. I love Canada, I will always tour there, It's always gonna be the place that that raised me, but for me, I've always I've always wanted to tour the world.”
Europe’s largest country music festival C2C: Country to Country presents the opportunity firstly in Berlin and then at the O2 in London, presented this opportunity to continue being an ambassador showcasing country music from Canada at it’s very best on a global scale. Whilst Nashville, Tennessee is now home, we are sure that following this trip she will have found a new home away from home on this side of the Atlantic and the European audiences will fall in love with her craft as a powerful songwriter and a dynamic live performer.
This is so cool that you're here, FINALLY.
“Finally, I know.”
I can tell you, after talking to a lot of people when they saw your name being put on that lineup for London as well as here, there are people who are more excited for you than they are for even CoJo, Laney and Dierks coming back, which is so, so cool.
“That is amazing. I mean, I have mixed feelings about social media, but one of the things that I love about it is that it's been able to connect me with people on the other side of the world and it's just so crazy to me that I've never been here, yet I'm gonna be walking into people that have been waiting to see me play, so I'm really excited.”
The killer question obviously is why has it taken you so long? I know there obviously cost, there’s logistics and fitting things in but is it something that you have wanted to do and it’s taken until now for things to line up?
“Oh yeah, I’ve just never been invited until now ha-ha. Nobody asked me until now but I think probably COVID played a role in that as well. We had some travel plans in 2020 and it definitely hindered things, then, you know, I had lost my first record deal and so the last few years have been kind of rebuilding for me, finding my new team and figuring out how to how to move forward. I think, you know, everything's in God's timing and I kind of like that I've really made him wait a little bit, you know, build up some anticipation ha-ha.”
It’s interesting for us because right now is a really exciting time for country music and particularly for female artists from Canada. Obviously you moved down to Nashville and you see that with a lot of other girls too but the Canadian guys, with Josh Ross being kind of the exception, don't tend to do it as much and stay north of the border. Why do you think there is more a drive for women moving down to Nashville, is it almost a case that it's harder for Canadian girls in Canada than with the problems that female artists have in the States?
“Hmm, that's a good question, nobody has ever asked me that. I think part of it just comes down to, us individually and what kind of career we want. Some of the male artists in Canada really love just being Canadian artists and they've made an incredible career for themselves and have the following there. I don't know if I can speak for them, but I mean, I think it's hard for women everywhere, but I think because of that we have to go above and beyond. We're working really hard, we're trying to make fans anywhere we can, kind of prove everybody wrong and, you know, show the industry that we deserve the same slots at these festivals and we deserve the radio play. I think it really helps by trying to become international stars and that's always been a dream of mine. I love Canada, I will always tour there, It's always gonna be the place that that raised me, but for me, I've always I've always wanted to tour the world.”
I saw the video you put out on your socials when “Golden Child” went top ten where I thought you said a lot of cool things like how you moved to Nashville make yourself a better songwriter, to work with really good people, but the biggest thing I took from it was when you said you wanted to be an ambassador for Canadian country music. Now being here in Germany and then heading to London that’s something happening on a wider scale so is that one of the things you are hoping to accomplish most on this two week trip?
“Yeah, I mean, I just love to be able to meet people from all over, I love to experience their cultures and It's always so interesting to me. I mean, I love the challenge of playing to a brand new audience and people I've never met or people that maybe have never even heard of me, I think it keeps my chops sharp, you know and makes me a better performer. Being able to get on that stage, make my best educated guess on what songs they might want to hear, I'm gonna learn a lot in this first show. There might be some people saying, oh, I wish you played this and I'm gonna be gauging how they react to the music, so, to me, it's a fun challenge and it's just really interesting to see what resonates with different crowds and different people.”
The culture thing and the audience difference is cool, I see it coming here and it is very different to what you will see in London. The European audiences are much more attentive and polite where the Brits are a little rowdier where we are kind of in between here and what you find in the States. You will still find people at the festival who are smashed at ten in the morning.
“Ha-ha love that! Honestly, I'm so excited, I love both those kind of crowds, you know. Rowdy crowds are fun when you wanna turn up and just party but that’s when you’re gonna play the more upbeat, the more fun songs. Then I'm someone who really cares deeply about lyrics and some of my songs are a little slower, a little more introspective, a little quieter, a little more nuanced, you know, and so I love an attentive audience where I get the chance to play some of those songs that I don't normally play in some of my usual sets, because I'm trying to keep it up.”
That is the thing that is similar between here and the UK, because the radio is not a factor, people listen to an album front to back and a deep cut that you haven’t even thought about for five years will be someone’s radio hit because people listen to what they want to listen to rather than what they are told to listen to.
“I personally love that as someone that like my favourite artists of modern country artists, most of the time, my favourite songs of theirs are not their radio singles or their big hits. They are the deep cuts, the B sides, and there's a lot that goes into choosing a radio single or when you're trying to create something that is specific for going to radio or being or trying to get on playlist, you know, that kind of thing. Honestly that has changed for me in in recent years, I used to chase that but I stopped doing that because I think that it just took the art out of it for me. I did that and it did gain me some success but it wasn't as fulfilling and actually right now, with my single “Golden Child”, I feel like I have best of both worlds for the first time in my career because it was this song that I loved the most and wanted to be a single, I didn't know if the label was gonna feel that way, but it was kind of a unanimous thing. That doesn't happen very often, so I feel really lucky that I've got such a great label, great management and a team that have absolutely given me the space to grow and become the artist I want to be where I can be completely authentic and true to myself even more so than ever before in my career. One of the reasons why I'm so excited to come play here is because I know that like you said, they listen to the whole records and to me, that's how music should be listened to, especially the “Golden Child” record. I told people when it was released, if you open up the vinyl, there's a handwritten note in there from me that basically says, please listen to this record top to bottom, in order. I was very intentional about the way it was ordered, it's meant to take you on a journey of healing self-discovery, self-love, then falling in love with Mitchell and all of the things that happen in between. I love that people here still consume music that way, because it's not quite that way back home.”
“Yeah, I mean, I just love to be able to meet people from all over, I love to experience their cultures and It's always so interesting to me. I mean, I love the challenge of playing to a brand new audience and people I've never met or people that maybe have never even heard of me, I think it keeps my chops sharp, you know and makes me a better performer. Being able to get on that stage, make my best educated guess on what songs they might want to hear, I'm gonna learn a lot in this first show. There might be some people saying, oh, I wish you played this and I'm gonna be gauging how they react to the music, so, to me, it's a fun challenge and it's just really interesting to see what resonates with different crowds and different people.”
The culture thing and the audience difference is cool, I see it coming here and it is very different to what you will see in London. The European audiences are much more attentive and polite where the Brits are a little rowdier where we are kind of in between here and what you find in the States. You will still find people at the festival who are smashed at ten in the morning.
“Ha-ha love that! Honestly, I'm so excited, I love both those kind of crowds, you know. Rowdy crowds are fun when you wanna turn up and just party but that’s when you’re gonna play the more upbeat, the more fun songs. Then I'm someone who really cares deeply about lyrics and some of my songs are a little slower, a little more introspective, a little quieter, a little more nuanced, you know, and so I love an attentive audience where I get the chance to play some of those songs that I don't normally play in some of my usual sets, because I'm trying to keep it up.”
That is the thing that is similar between here and the UK, because the radio is not a factor, people listen to an album front to back and a deep cut that you haven’t even thought about for five years will be someone’s radio hit because people listen to what they want to listen to rather than what they are told to listen to.
“I personally love that as someone that like my favourite artists of modern country artists, most of the time, my favourite songs of theirs are not their radio singles or their big hits. They are the deep cuts, the B sides, and there's a lot that goes into choosing a radio single or when you're trying to create something that is specific for going to radio or being or trying to get on playlist, you know, that kind of thing. Honestly that has changed for me in in recent years, I used to chase that but I stopped doing that because I think that it just took the art out of it for me. I did that and it did gain me some success but it wasn't as fulfilling and actually right now, with my single “Golden Child”, I feel like I have best of both worlds for the first time in my career because it was this song that I loved the most and wanted to be a single, I didn't know if the label was gonna feel that way, but it was kind of a unanimous thing. That doesn't happen very often, so I feel really lucky that I've got such a great label, great management and a team that have absolutely given me the space to grow and become the artist I want to be where I can be completely authentic and true to myself even more so than ever before in my career. One of the reasons why I'm so excited to come play here is because I know that like you said, they listen to the whole records and to me, that's how music should be listened to, especially the “Golden Child” record. I told people when it was released, if you open up the vinyl, there's a handwritten note in there from me that basically says, please listen to this record top to bottom, in order. I was very intentional about the way it was ordered, it's meant to take you on a journey of healing self-discovery, self-love, then falling in love with Mitchell and all of the things that happen in between. I love that people here still consume music that way, because it's not quite that way back home.”
You do see how you did think it out and how things are deliberate with being a journey where track four is track four for a reason and it follows track three because of this, then even with the cover art where you see your snowboard in the background. Whilst it’s normally someone’s first album where you are letting people know who you are and you get to say “Hey, I’m Meghan Fucking Patrick” but a lot has happened in your life and it gives you the chance to say, you may think you know who I was eight years ago but this is who I am now.
“It was a combination of just a lot of growth for me just on a personal level but also as an artist. There have been changes in my label and the people I had around me, where unfortunately, some of the people that I had around me at the beginning of my career really kind of pushed me in directions that weren't entirely true to me. I think I was always as authentic as I was capable of being at any given time, I was also in my twenties, I was still trying to find myself as well. I didn't just grow up only listening to country music or even playing country music as I have studied opera, I have studied jazz, I played in a ten piece funk band, I played in a bluegrass band and I’ve played in rock bands so I love music full stop. I love so many genres, I've been influenced by so many different artists, songwriters and musicians but that being said, I love country music and I think it came very naturally that I sort of fell into country music after I had parted ways with the last band I played with which was a bluegrass band. That was the first time I ever had to figure out like, okay, wait, who is Meghan Patrick as a solo artist? I had always been a part of the band but the songs that I was writing, I mean, they just were country songs, I wasn't trying to make the country songs that's just kind of what they were and my voice lent itself to that with the way I sang and the way I told my stories. One of the things that made me fall in love with country music was the storytelling aspect and just talking about real stuff, like everyday life, what it's what it's like to just be a human and especially, the rural aspects. I love the outdoors, like hunting and fishing, that's always been very authentic to me. I think “Golden Child” was me getting the closest I've ever been to wrapping all of that up into a piece of art that felt cohesive and just felt so true to me, not just who I am now, but who I've been throughout the whole journey and everything that I've been through to get here.”
There’s a lot of songs on the record that I really like but I want to talk about my favourite which is “Stoned Alone”. Caitlyn for me is the most magical and distinct songwriter in any genre of music, I can listen to a recording or someone singing something I have never heard before and straight away I know that it’s a Caitlyn Smith song. Then she’s also the nicest and coolest person in Nashville.
“I honestly don’t understand why she’s not a massive star like I think she has the best voice I have ever heard, I’ve been obsessed with her forever.”
Had you worked with her much before and how quickly did that song take to write?
“So, the day I wrote that song, this is one of my favourite stories of the making of “Golden Child”. Caitlyn had been on my bucket list to write with for a very long time, then my publisher and label kind of came through on when we were doing sort of what we call like an in town writing retreat where they rented out this really cool studio for a few days and we just had a few different writers come in. The day I was finally getting to write with her, I was nervous, but also I was like, you know what, you're ready for this. You are ready for this, you know who you are and I was so laser focused at that point in the process. I knew the story I wanted to tell so it was me, her, Ross Copperman and Ben Williams but I hadn't really thrown out the “Stoned Alone” idea because I was like, okay, this is a big write. It felt like the kind of song where it would be maybe a little fun thing, but I want to try and write the hit, also I hadn’t really written with any of them before, so I didn't know what the vibe was and we ended up writing “Why Couldn’t I Cry”. I mean if the day had just been that it would have been great, after we wrote it, I was like, we've still got the studio for another couple hours, do you all want to try and get on something else? Ross was like, man, I'd love to, but I've got this dinner, it's my anniversary with my wife, and I was like, oh, no, you gotta go but Caitlyn says well, I’ve got an hour before I have to go to the airport and Ben's like, I've got an hour, power hour? Let’s see what we can do in an hour. I was like, well, I have this idea, but I didn't know if it was something that you would be into, it's called “Stoned Alone” and I picked up my guitar, saying I have just kind of a bit of a melody, like a chord progression and Caitlyn was like, oh, I love that. She starts singing some stuff and inside of an hour, we have the whole song written. We had an absolute blast where we are all like, this is actually really good and it's funny because when I first turned it in, the label didn't get it. They were like I don't know about this and I told them that I'm digging my heels in on this one, I'm like, guys I need you to trust me on this, it is going on the record, we're cutting it.”
“It was a combination of just a lot of growth for me just on a personal level but also as an artist. There have been changes in my label and the people I had around me, where unfortunately, some of the people that I had around me at the beginning of my career really kind of pushed me in directions that weren't entirely true to me. I think I was always as authentic as I was capable of being at any given time, I was also in my twenties, I was still trying to find myself as well. I didn't just grow up only listening to country music or even playing country music as I have studied opera, I have studied jazz, I played in a ten piece funk band, I played in a bluegrass band and I’ve played in rock bands so I love music full stop. I love so many genres, I've been influenced by so many different artists, songwriters and musicians but that being said, I love country music and I think it came very naturally that I sort of fell into country music after I had parted ways with the last band I played with which was a bluegrass band. That was the first time I ever had to figure out like, okay, wait, who is Meghan Patrick as a solo artist? I had always been a part of the band but the songs that I was writing, I mean, they just were country songs, I wasn't trying to make the country songs that's just kind of what they were and my voice lent itself to that with the way I sang and the way I told my stories. One of the things that made me fall in love with country music was the storytelling aspect and just talking about real stuff, like everyday life, what it's what it's like to just be a human and especially, the rural aspects. I love the outdoors, like hunting and fishing, that's always been very authentic to me. I think “Golden Child” was me getting the closest I've ever been to wrapping all of that up into a piece of art that felt cohesive and just felt so true to me, not just who I am now, but who I've been throughout the whole journey and everything that I've been through to get here.”
There’s a lot of songs on the record that I really like but I want to talk about my favourite which is “Stoned Alone”. Caitlyn for me is the most magical and distinct songwriter in any genre of music, I can listen to a recording or someone singing something I have never heard before and straight away I know that it’s a Caitlyn Smith song. Then she’s also the nicest and coolest person in Nashville.
“I honestly don’t understand why she’s not a massive star like I think she has the best voice I have ever heard, I’ve been obsessed with her forever.”
Had you worked with her much before and how quickly did that song take to write?
“So, the day I wrote that song, this is one of my favourite stories of the making of “Golden Child”. Caitlyn had been on my bucket list to write with for a very long time, then my publisher and label kind of came through on when we were doing sort of what we call like an in town writing retreat where they rented out this really cool studio for a few days and we just had a few different writers come in. The day I was finally getting to write with her, I was nervous, but also I was like, you know what, you're ready for this. You are ready for this, you know who you are and I was so laser focused at that point in the process. I knew the story I wanted to tell so it was me, her, Ross Copperman and Ben Williams but I hadn't really thrown out the “Stoned Alone” idea because I was like, okay, this is a big write. It felt like the kind of song where it would be maybe a little fun thing, but I want to try and write the hit, also I hadn’t really written with any of them before, so I didn't know what the vibe was and we ended up writing “Why Couldn’t I Cry”. I mean if the day had just been that it would have been great, after we wrote it, I was like, we've still got the studio for another couple hours, do you all want to try and get on something else? Ross was like, man, I'd love to, but I've got this dinner, it's my anniversary with my wife, and I was like, oh, no, you gotta go but Caitlyn says well, I’ve got an hour before I have to go to the airport and Ben's like, I've got an hour, power hour? Let’s see what we can do in an hour. I was like, well, I have this idea, but I didn't know if it was something that you would be into, it's called “Stoned Alone” and I picked up my guitar, saying I have just kind of a bit of a melody, like a chord progression and Caitlyn was like, oh, I love that. She starts singing some stuff and inside of an hour, we have the whole song written. We had an absolute blast where we are all like, this is actually really good and it's funny because when I first turned it in, the label didn't get it. They were like I don't know about this and I told them that I'm digging my heels in on this one, I'm like, guys I need you to trust me on this, it is going on the record, we're cutting it.”
“I think part of it was that it was a work tape, so it was just an iPhone recording of just me singing and playing on my guitar but when we go into the studio, I think of all the songs we recorded for the record, that was the most fun I've ever had and when you hear me talking in the beginning, that was me joking because we had done one run through with the band and I was like, okay, guys, it sounds cool, but it feels a little stiff and I'm like let’s just have fun with it. I said to my producer you know what? I think I need a little a little something. I mean, it feels wrong to record this song without getting a little, you know. So, I go outside, I smoke a little, I come back in, the band kicks it off and I was like, all right, I need everybody to just pretend you're all as stoned as I am, just to kind of crack a joke and Karen the producer, she ended up keeping that in the track. It was just me off the cuff and joking around with the guys but it felt like it set the mood and the way it transformed in this studio, I mean, the guys were loving it, they kept adding all these cool parts. I sent a video to Caitlyn and Ben being like this is gonna be insane, then I worked up the courage to ask Caitlyn if she would sing even just some harmonies or like kind of a feature. It didn’t make sense to make it a duet, I mean, it's called “Stoned Alone” but I was like she's so great with like hooky little BGV things and then she said yes, which was like one of the greatest moments in my life. Just being in the studio with her and watching her work was just absolutely incredible then when she does all of the Aretha kind of thing, my jaw dropped to the floor. I just can't say enough good things about how much I love it and it's become a highlight in our live show. It's really blown up over social media and I just love that people are able to connect with it and have a good time with it, because of all the hits that I've had, I've never really had one that was fun like that, you know, so it's kind of new territory for me, which is cool.”
Have you got some time to explore whilst you’re here? Obviously you're heading to London next weekend where the festival there is a little different so prepare for an indoor CMA fest that is pure madness where fingers crossed we get this sort of weather we have right now.
“Yesterday was made to order. I mean, it was absolutely gorgeous and we must have walked, like, I don't know, 10 miles yesterday. We got up, we had an incredible breakfast, walked around and we to the Holtzmarkt down by the water so, we walked along the water, saw this beautiful cathedral over by the museums and had an incredible dinner. I mean, it was just like a ten out of ten day as the weather was perfect. I'm just so glad we got a chance to actually explore and we've got some days off in between and we're gonna pop over to Dublin, which I'm excited about as I've never been, I'm excited for London too as just I'm such a foodie. Every single thing we have eaten since we have been here has been ten out of ten and I don’t feel like crap after I eat it.”
Have you got some time to explore whilst you’re here? Obviously you're heading to London next weekend where the festival there is a little different so prepare for an indoor CMA fest that is pure madness where fingers crossed we get this sort of weather we have right now.
“Yesterday was made to order. I mean, it was absolutely gorgeous and we must have walked, like, I don't know, 10 miles yesterday. We got up, we had an incredible breakfast, walked around and we to the Holtzmarkt down by the water so, we walked along the water, saw this beautiful cathedral over by the museums and had an incredible dinner. I mean, it was just like a ten out of ten day as the weather was perfect. I'm just so glad we got a chance to actually explore and we've got some days off in between and we're gonna pop over to Dublin, which I'm excited about as I've never been, I'm excited for London too as just I'm such a foodie. Every single thing we have eaten since we have been here has been ten out of ten and I don’t feel like crap after I eat it.”
Lastly, we've got to talk about your Bills, this should have been the year girl! I'm a Cowboys fan but I like Buffalo, I like McDermott as a coach, think Brandon Beane is an awesome GM and this was Josh Allen's year winning the MVP.
"I'm so glad he at least got recognised for that, he deserved it. If I'm being totally honest, after watching the way the Eagles played in the Super Bowl, to be real with you, I don't know if we would have had them but we should have been there and we would have given a better game. I know that if you're a Kansas City fan, you would say, I'm just like bitter and butt hurt but I get it, they wanted Taylor Swift in New Orleans and they got it but when the help from the refs went away, we saw what happened. I still believe in my Bills as much as ever, more than ever, we're gonna continue to build, hopefully beef up the defence a little bit and I think that next year, not only will we be the team that can get to the Super Bowl, but we will be the team that can win the Super Bowl."
Most people move to Nashville and sort of adopt the Titans by default which to us as Brits is blasphemy because your team are your team for life!
"Oh yeah, I will be a Bills fan for life, I've loved them for the past thirty-seven years through the pre-Josh Allen years. If I loved them through the Kyle Orton year then I'm definitely not going anywhere. I always tell Mitchell that the deal is that if we go to a Titans game, I'll wear the Titans jersey, you know, but I always wear like my Bills socks or a Bills shirt underneath, it is just my little thing. Although he becomes a Bills fan every time the Titans are out, which is every year because they've been terrible and it's gonna be a minute before they rebuild. We both kind of root for each other's teams as long as we're not playing each other but I am only a fan of the Titans by proxy of my husband. I am Bills Mafia for life!"
Love it! This has been awesome; I genuinely am so glad that you're here and I really really mean that. I think you should be playing a lot bigger stages than you are at the festival and particularly in London so, you definitely need to come back as I want to see you with your full band.
“Trust me we will, the rest of my band is very bitter that they’re not here.”
Seriously, people have been waiting for you to come over and people have wanted you to come and play here.
“Awh, that makes me feel so good.”
Well, you have been doing it for a long time now. What’s it been, seven or eight years now since you won your first CCMA Award but fingers crossed again for this year and with “Golden Child”
“We’ll see. Of course I'll always be down for winning an award, regardless of the healing and work I've done on myself, I always want to win but it's no longer the motivation, it's no longer something I need any more for validation. For me, the biggest validation will always be the fans; if I can sell tickets, if I have people that are excited to see me play and who are going to spend their hard-earned money on a ticket to my show or who are buying my records, who come up to me and tell me that this song changed my life. You know, women who have come up to me and said, this song made me leave my abuser, you know, this song helped me to love myself, you know, this song gave me courage to chase my dream. I mean, there is no award that can ever beat the value of that. Yes, awards are great, of course every artist wants to be recognized and acknowledged but for me, this is it's not just about that, it’s about building a legacy. It is what will people say about me when I've gone? Will my music still matter when I'm gone? Will it still have longevity? Building a legacy is knowing that I left my fans better than I found them."
“Golden Child” is the latest album from Meghan Patrick which is out now and available HERE. For more information including tour dates and ticket details for the “Rollin’ Stoned Tour” with Ashland Craft, along with all the rest of Meghan’s upcoming shows in North America you can check out her WEBSITE and you can keep up to date with all that she is up to socially on INSTAGRAM TIKTOK FACEBOOK & X.
C2C: Country to Country will return to Berlin in 2026 across the weekend of March 6th to 8th where you will be able to find more details on their WEBSITE and keep in the loop regarding lineups and ticket information on INSTAGRAM & FACEBOOK. Then we will see you again in London (or maybe even Belfast/Glasgow) a week later across March 13th to 15th with early bird tickets on sale now where you can find more details on the WEBSITE and socials (FACEBOOK X and INSTAGRAM)
"I'm so glad he at least got recognised for that, he deserved it. If I'm being totally honest, after watching the way the Eagles played in the Super Bowl, to be real with you, I don't know if we would have had them but we should have been there and we would have given a better game. I know that if you're a Kansas City fan, you would say, I'm just like bitter and butt hurt but I get it, they wanted Taylor Swift in New Orleans and they got it but when the help from the refs went away, we saw what happened. I still believe in my Bills as much as ever, more than ever, we're gonna continue to build, hopefully beef up the defence a little bit and I think that next year, not only will we be the team that can get to the Super Bowl, but we will be the team that can win the Super Bowl."
Most people move to Nashville and sort of adopt the Titans by default which to us as Brits is blasphemy because your team are your team for life!
"Oh yeah, I will be a Bills fan for life, I've loved them for the past thirty-seven years through the pre-Josh Allen years. If I loved them through the Kyle Orton year then I'm definitely not going anywhere. I always tell Mitchell that the deal is that if we go to a Titans game, I'll wear the Titans jersey, you know, but I always wear like my Bills socks or a Bills shirt underneath, it is just my little thing. Although he becomes a Bills fan every time the Titans are out, which is every year because they've been terrible and it's gonna be a minute before they rebuild. We both kind of root for each other's teams as long as we're not playing each other but I am only a fan of the Titans by proxy of my husband. I am Bills Mafia for life!"
Love it! This has been awesome; I genuinely am so glad that you're here and I really really mean that. I think you should be playing a lot bigger stages than you are at the festival and particularly in London so, you definitely need to come back as I want to see you with your full band.
“Trust me we will, the rest of my band is very bitter that they’re not here.”
Seriously, people have been waiting for you to come over and people have wanted you to come and play here.
“Awh, that makes me feel so good.”
Well, you have been doing it for a long time now. What’s it been, seven or eight years now since you won your first CCMA Award but fingers crossed again for this year and with “Golden Child”
“We’ll see. Of course I'll always be down for winning an award, regardless of the healing and work I've done on myself, I always want to win but it's no longer the motivation, it's no longer something I need any more for validation. For me, the biggest validation will always be the fans; if I can sell tickets, if I have people that are excited to see me play and who are going to spend their hard-earned money on a ticket to my show or who are buying my records, who come up to me and tell me that this song changed my life. You know, women who have come up to me and said, this song made me leave my abuser, you know, this song helped me to love myself, you know, this song gave me courage to chase my dream. I mean, there is no award that can ever beat the value of that. Yes, awards are great, of course every artist wants to be recognized and acknowledged but for me, this is it's not just about that, it’s about building a legacy. It is what will people say about me when I've gone? Will my music still matter when I'm gone? Will it still have longevity? Building a legacy is knowing that I left my fans better than I found them."
“Golden Child” is the latest album from Meghan Patrick which is out now and available HERE. For more information including tour dates and ticket details for the “Rollin’ Stoned Tour” with Ashland Craft, along with all the rest of Meghan’s upcoming shows in North America you can check out her WEBSITE and you can keep up to date with all that she is up to socially on INSTAGRAM TIKTOK FACEBOOK & X.
C2C: Country to Country will return to Berlin in 2026 across the weekend of March 6th to 8th where you will be able to find more details on their WEBSITE and keep in the loop regarding lineups and ticket information on INSTAGRAM & FACEBOOK. Then we will see you again in London (or maybe even Belfast/Glasgow) a week later across March 13th to 15th with early bird tickets on sale now where you can find more details on the WEBSITE and socials (FACEBOOK X and INSTAGRAM)
