Hayseed Dixie release ‘Ain’t No Country Big Enough’ single

Hayseed Dixie’s new single, Ain’t No Country Big Enough, is the second track taken from the 15th Hayseed Dixie album Free Your Mind … And Your Grass Will Follow, which was released in April this year.

A self penned tale why love should pay no heed to borders or nations, lead singer John Wheeler explains, “As a man who grew up in the US South in the 70’s and 80’s during the uncomfortable and often violent process of racial desegregation, and a man who has since spent his entire adult life travelling around the world playing music for every sort of person, I have a legion of experience with borders, walls, tribal divisions, projected imagined communities, exclusion and inclusion. The subtext of our entire new album is summed up in this one song.”

He continues, “To my mind, the 2 biggest lies ever told to working people around the world are that there is such a thing as ‘race’, and that one’s nation has a glorious national past that could and must be recaptured if (insert imaginary group here) would stop screwing it all up. As Marvin Gaye sang, “Only love can conquer hate” and “Since we’ve got to be here, let’s live.”’

The video, which features campfires, guitars and dancing, was shot in Glasgow in May. The band have recently announced another set of UK live dates, including festivals, with more to be announced. By the end of August 2017, they will have played more than 120 shows in 15 countries, to over 250,000 people.

You can see Hayseed Dixie here:

July
Sat 1st Grillstock Festival, Bristol
Sun 2nd The Brook, Southampton
Tues 4th Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa
Weds 5th Preston Guild Hall
Thurs 6th Warehouse 23, Wakefield
Fri 7th Esquire’s, Bedford
Sun 9th Linton Festival, Ross-On-Wye
Mon 10th Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea
Tues 11th Sub 89, Reading
Sun 16th Carnegie Theatre, Workington
Tues 18th Catrin Finch Centre, Wrexham
Weds 19th The Crescent, York
Fri 21st Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
Sat 22nd Nozstock Festival, Herefordshire
Mon 24th The Gig Room, Perth
Weds 26th The Boileroom, Guildford
Thurs 27th Under The Bridge, London
Sun 30th Cambridge Folk Festival

August
Sat 19th Beautiful Days Festival, Escot Park Devon
Sun 20th Weyfest Music Festival, Tilford