JOSH Kelley is living the good life. His wife is actress Katherine Heigel and the pair have adopted a daughter, Naleigh.

Kelley’s younger brother, Charles, is a member of the highly successfull Lady Antebellum trio. Tipped as one of the 11 top artists to watch out for in 2011, Kelley releases his new album next week.

The title track is presently bouncing up the Billboard Hot Country Songs’ Top Twenty. According to Kelly, this album is a musical interpretation of his life. “This record is a time capsule, it’s by far the best thing I’ve written and I’ve never been more proud.

The whole idea behind ‘Georgia Clay’ is that we could go back to the garage and look at that truck, which hadn’t been driven in years, and still find layers of mud stuck to the tyres.

That is the mud from our childhood. Those memories are still there.”

He includes a song (all of which are self-penned) about his daughter, Naleigh Moon. It’s a great new offering if your taste has a contemporary country flavour to it.

Join me this week on The American Connection on uvue.co.uk to take in a preview of Kelley, who is our Album Of The Week.