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Jof Owen

(He/Him)
London
As seen in: Girls In Low Places, MSN, The Line of Best Fit, Holler
Covers:  Country music

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Jof Owen’s Biography

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Staff writer at Holler. Now based in East London, he was born and raised in the English countryside in the small Buckinghamshire village of Wendover.

He has also written about country music for Holler, The Line Of Best Fit and Riposte magazine, as well as having a monthly fears column in Rough Trade Shops magazine. He has appeared as a guest on the Sentimental Garbage podcast with Caroline O’Donoghue talking about Twee, Gilmore Girls and Shania Twain.

Jof Owen’s Journalist Portfolio

A Guide To: The Troubled Relationship Between Fonts and Country Music | Holler

A Guide To: The Troubled Relationship Between Fonts and Country Music | Holler

Holler investigates 10 of the most widely used font styles in country music to find out if there was any evid…

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The Best Country Songs About Wine | Holler

The Best Country Songs About Wine | Holler

A playlist of the 50 best country songs about wine on Holler.

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A Guide To: What Is Americana? | Holler

A Guide To: What Is Americana? | Holler

Jof's got his investigative Stetson on again. This time, he's trying to solve one of the greatest musical mys…

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Chris Stapleton: An Outlaw State Of Mind

Chris Stapleton: An Outlaw State Of Mind

From Nashville's best kept secret to performing with Justin Timberlake, Chris Stapleton is leading the way fo…

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Carly Pearce: A Country Star Reborn | Holler

Carly Pearce: A Country Star Reborn | Holler

The next chapter of Carly Pearce's life is underway; an unputdownable page-turner with one of country music's…

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The Kernal: The Other Side of Country | Holler

The Kernal: The Other Side of Country | Holler

The history of country music has always been written by its misfits; the square pegs that refuse to fit into …

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Articles

Tony Joe White Gets the Cosmic Country Disco Treatment With a Flying Mojito Bros Remix Album as they Share Reworked 'Alligator Stomp'

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By Jof Owen
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February 3, 2026 2:00 pm GMT Link copied It's a collaboration so perfect it feels like we must have dreamed it up. Cosmic country desert disco DJs Flying Mojito Bros reworking the Swamp Fox, Tony Joe White’s catalogue, including his '80s dance explorations and '70s country funk classics, and taking these songs back to the dancefloor where they belong.
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Emily Scott Robinson Shares Video for 'Cast Iron Heart' Featuring John Paul White and filmed in Muscle Shoals

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By Jof Owen
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On the eve of the release of her fifth album, Appalachia, Emily Scott Robinson lets us have one more cheeky dip at the crudité platter before the guests arrive, and what a deliciously sumptuous mouthful of a song it is. Featuring former member of Grammy Award-winning duo the Civil Wars, John Paul White, 'Cast Iron Heart' is a beautiful testament to the timelessness of love, ageing and loss and all the ways that love holds power through every chapter of our lives.
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EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Del Carmen Embraces her Inner Cheeseball on 'Leanne' from New Album Pastures | Holler

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By Jof Owen
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January 29, 2026 2:00 pm GMT Link copied For all of its songs about heartbreak and romance, country music has always taken the time to celebrate the power of friendship too. Whether it was Kenny and Dolly singing about their lifelong partnership or Hank Williams Jr. with all his rowdy friends coming over, there's always room in country music for a song about just being good friends.
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