American country music has never really taken off in the UK, but twins Catherine and Lizzy, known as a group by their surname Ward Thomas, are giving it a crack.

Hailing from Hampshire, the pair's demo was picked up by a Nashville producer and now they are releasing their Nashville-produced debut album.

SOUNDBITE twins and Ward Thomas members, Lizzy and Catherine Ward Thomas, saying (English)

Catherine Ward Thomas: "It's a massive ambition for us to break over there. It's where the music that we love has come from. To be able to take it from a different country, be influenced by America, come from England and take it back there would be..."

Lizzy Ward Thomas: "...amazing."

Although they might sound like they're from the mid-West, their music is inspired by their own country-living.

SOUNDBITE twins and Ward Thomas members, Lizzy and Catherine Ward Thomas, saying (English)

Lizzy Ward Thomas: "As a family growing up on a farm we've always been op