It’s been quite the week at GILP HQ, so my friend Trish joins me for a much-needed debrief.

We talk about Dolly Parton, what she meant to women beyond country music, and the slightly surreal experience of Dolly Pawton and me making our BBC Breakfast debut in matching pink cowboy hats.

Then, naturally, we move onto the other important cultural events of the week: Kacey Musgraves flying through the air on a gigantic pair of glitter balls, Jessica Simpson’s surprisingly raunchy early lyrics, cowboy romance novels and my current reading era.

Basically, come and sit in on the GILP group chat.

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Katie is having a little end-of-summer, before-back-to-school break, so we’re throwing it back to one of our favourite Girls In Low Places studio visits… Zach Top.

Jet-lagged, Grammy-winning, and drinking a shandy Zach Top for breakfast.

In this episode we talk about everything from his first UK interview and what the Grammys really felt like, to why country music always swings back to its roots… Zach shares why he rarely does collaborations, the truth about singing with a cigarette in your mouth, and what it was like running down the aisle to accept his Grammy.

We also get into the important topics… British vs American romance, the best pancake toppings according to Zach’s mum, pool vs snooker debates, and whether British boys need to step up their flirting game.

If you needed any more reasons to love Zach Top (which you don’t), here it is.

Girls In Low Places is a UK country music podcast bringing Nashville artists to British girlies who love country music together.

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Katie goes shopping in Nashville with Daniel and Lani, the founders of Daniel Diamond — the brand behind some of country music’s most iconic sparkly looks. 💎

While trying on some of their incredible pieces, Daniel and Lani spill on being friends with Kelsea Ballerini, the story behind Megan Moroney’s iconic rhinestone guitar, and dressing everyone from Dolly Parton and Shania Twain to Kacey Musgraves and Gwen Stefani. Daniel also takes us back to his former life working with the Spice Girls — including what Victoria Beckham is really like behind the scenes.

Plus, we’re talking how to wear Western fashion without looking like you’re in costume, Nashville’s dating secrets, the celebrities they’re still dying to dress and, crucially, how assless chaps helped Lani find love.

Come shopping, gossiping and getting VERY sparkly with us at Daniel Diamond. 💕💎

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A little midweek catch-up with the GILPers 💌

Katie’s back with a solo voicenote to talk all things country — from why Kacey Musgraves might just be a marketing genius (and why we need more women in country doing whatever the hell they want), to which artists we NEED to hear given the full orchestral reimagining treatment.

Plus, we’re talking Lainey Wilson porch confessions, the country Song of the Summer… and a very exciting little tease about what’s coming next for ALL OF US who listen to Girls In Low Places 👀

Come join the Girl Country Club. 💕

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A hungover Randy helps Katie judge her Hinge matches, gives some brutally honest dating advice and reveals what’s kept his own marriage strong for over a decade. We also attempt to solve why farmers never text back, why husbands can’t find anything in the fridge and, most importantly, why men who operate heavy machinery are apparently so attractive.

Randy also opens up about dad life, coming down from the adrenaline of touring, writing with Post Malone until the early hours, protecting your creativity in the music industry and why time has become his most precious commodity.

Plus: lukewarm beer, his three-year-old son becoming a Randy Houser tribute act and a potential Girls In Low Places Christmas song

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I'll be honest, you might wanna watch this on Youtube. The GILP roller-skating era begins... and potentially ends immediately.

For this bonus episode, Katie meets Meels in Hyde Park for MEELS ON WHEELS — an interview conducted almost entirely on roller skates, on the grass, on our knees and generally with very little dignity.

Between attempts to stay upright, Meels talks about touring with Caitlin Butts, why she identifies with Miss Piggy, writing about her experience with OCD, her love of vintage clothes, the origins of her self-created “critter country”genre and the very important philosophy that people can smell bad and still be cute.

Plus: 70-year-old vintage underwear, free-range pet rats, Paul McCartney, a squirrel who failed to show up to Meels’ gig and some hints about her next record.

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Sam (my friend who planned the bachelorette that ruined my life) is calling in to the GILP hotline this week.

Starting with the minor issue of me getting into a fight with Fox News ... we die for GILP.

We’re also casting the Shania Twain biopic , discussing our current Ransom Canyon obsessions, Tucker Wetmore’s Wrangler campaign, me haunting country stars across the US and why Carly Pearce saying she doesn’t want children MATTERS.

Then we get into the darkness of McBee Dynasty, before I leave Sam to go and interview Randy Houser — armed with a new idea involving my dating apps. Watch this space.

Love you GILPers xxx

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Ashley Cooke’s self-titled new album “ashley cooke” is out THIS WEEK — and she’s officially in a low place to tell us EVERYTHING behind it. 🤠💗 Taking us inside the relationships, breakups and very real stories that became her most personal record yet.

We get into dating (and breaking up with 👀) someone you also make music with, why Ashley admits she’s a total lover girl who puts up with way too much in relationships, being cheated on, running away when things get serious and what happens when you have to keep singing about an ex long after you’ve moved on.

Plus, Ashley gets into the drama behind High School Sweetheart, how therapy inspired Famous to Francis, why Johnny and June is one of the realest songs she’s ever written, and the last-minute heartbreak that led her to write The Girl Who Cried Wolf after the album was already finished.

And why sometimes you might just have to blow your life up for the plot.

“ashley cooke” is out this week. 💿

Ashley Cooke is officially a Girl In A Low Place, and we love her for it. 🤠💗

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