In this special bonus episode with full video available on Youtube, Gareth sits down with rising Country music star from the North-East, Hayley McKay. Since they first met at The Forum in Darlington back in 2016, Hayley has gone on to perform at The British Country Festival, Glastonbury, TV performances in Ireland and Scotland as well as fascinating trip to Nashville on a writing and gigging mission!

Fresh from the release of her #1 charting single in the Ignition Country Charts, they discuss the unbeatable buzz of playing live, the 'virtual' form that has taken during lockdown, with Hayley's virtual tour raising money for the #saveourvenues campaign, the Nashville experience, the importance and routines of keeping vocally healthy as a singer, and much more.

To keep up with Hayley's new music releases, tour dates and videos, you can follow her at:

http://www.hayleymckay.co.uk/

'Hayley McKay Music' on Facebook, @mckay_hayley on Twitter, 'hayleymckaymusic' on Instagram, and 'Hayley McKay' on Youtube.

You can listen again to the songs from this episode, including Hayley's latest single 'Thinking About Last Night', on the official 'On The Road With...Featured Songs' playlist on Spotify, which features all the commercially available music so far from the show.