Upcoming Gigs
John Bramwell and The Full Harmonic Trio +support Dave Fidler
Following his successful solo show in Redmile in 2023, we welcome back John Bramwell with his band to play songs from his upcoming and hotly-anticipated album “The Light Fantastic”!
John Bramwell has been on a never-ending rolling adventure since his workings away from the cherished, Mercury Prize-nominated Mancunian band, I Am Kloot. February 23rd 2024 will mark the release of the much-anticipated sophomore album 'The Light Fantastic', to be released via Townsend Music.
An Evening With Michele Stodart
Michele Stodart is an award-winning solo artist, singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in London. Best known as bassist, vocalist and co-songwriter of Mercury-nominated, double-platinum selling band, The Magic Numbers, who have released five critically acclaimed studio albums with top ten singles, and supported the likes of Neil Young, Radiohead, Brian Wilson, U2, Flaming Lips and Bright Eyes.
Alongside this, Michele has always pursued her own writing, nurturing a love for Folk, Country and Americana music. Her most recent release, ‘Invitation’ (September 2023) - a confessional, melodic album with an orchestral, cinematic feel - received outstanding critical acclaim and has been nominated as ‘UK Album of the Year’ at the UK Americana Awards 2024. Michele also received a second nomination for ‘UK Artist of the Year’.
Michele will be performing with a full band for this show.
Jerry Leger and The Situation (CAN) + Banjo Jen
We are delighted to welcome back Jerry Leger and The Situation , following the release of his album Donlands!
On his new album Donlands, Leger has taken a different approach, teaming up with legendary Canadian producer/engineer Mark Howard (Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Neil Young), whose trademark atmospheric sound adds an entirely new dimension to Leger’s approach. Named after the street in Toronto’s east end where it was recorded, in what once was the Donlands Theatre, Donlands presents Jerry Leger as he’s never been heard before.
An Evening With Otis Gibbs (US)
“Gibbs’ songwriting is deeply personal and profound. It’s plain to see Otis Gibbs is a man you should give a damn about. ” –Rolling Stone Magazine
“Gibbs has been likened to everyone from Guthrie to Springsteen — but his is the rare voice that stands on its own.” -Esquire Magazine
“Man, can this singer tell a story …” - USA Today
Otis Gibbs is a songwriter, storyteller, painter, photographer and planter of 7,176 trees. He once wrestled a bear, and lost. He has been described as “The best unknown songwriter in music today.” If you ask him, he’ll simply say he’s a folk singer.
He also hosts a podcast called Thanks For Giving Damn which features your favourite musicians, journalists and historians sharing memories, backstage stories and history lessons. His podcast quickly became a cult favourite and lead to him hosting Country Built on Pandora (USA) where Otis tells stories about the history of country music to his 3 million+ subscribers. He grew up in Wanamaker, Indiana, spent 12 years in East Nashville and has recently returned home to Indianapolis with his long time partner, Amy Lashley.
Rain Parade (US) +support
Rain Parade announces reunion tour - First Europe/UK band dates since 1985!!! Featuring Matt Piucci, Steven Roback and John Thoman with their new LP: Last Rays Of A Dying Sun. Rain Parade, a key LA Paisley Underground band, are set to return with tour dates across Europe and England, culminating in a final appearance at the Azken Festival in Bilbao, their first-ever Spanish show!
Emily Duff (US) + Support
Emily Duff's small batch brand of Sweet & Sour Rock & Roll with a great big hit of Country Soul, digs deep, weaving a patchwork of sin, tragedy, romance and regret. A humble servant of song as well as a dark optimist, Emily is a prolific and unique voice at a crazy & crucial time. Born in Flushing Queens, NYC and raised by a pack of cigarettes, her Mama taught her four perfect chords and then ran off, leaving Emily to figure the rest out on her own. Emily has recorded and released 5 records in the past 6 years. Two at FAME, the legendary Muscle Shoals, Alabama studio, one at NY Noise and two with producer, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel at his Brooklyn studio, Cowboy Technical Services.
From the stage of CBGB's — where she played her first show — to the confines of her 340 square foot Greenwich Village tenement apartment where she is happily raising her two teenage children and hound dog with her husband, Emily Duff has never been afraid to chase her muse into uncharted territory. Duff presently has three records in production with three very talented and very different producers. All are "modern records" inspired by classic American roots music, with Duff upholding her status as a genre-bending, story-telling, humble servant of song.
SUPPORT: TBC
Double Bill featuring Lachlan Bryan & Emily Lawler (AUS)+ Phil Lee (US)
As part of this excellent double bill Lachlan Bryan will be accompanied by Emily Lawler on fiddle.
Lachlan Bryan grew up in a musical family in the suburbs of Melbourne, reluctantly taking piano lessons as a teenager before eventually falling under the spell of songwriters like Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt and, eventually, Willie Nelson. He and his band The Wildes have gained a passionate following from the seedy bars of their hometown to the music clubs and festival stages of Europe. Lachlan has also toured extensively as a solo artist - opening for the likes of Lord Huron, Joe Pug, Justin Townes Earle and John Hiatt.
Lachlan Bryan has built his reputation on storytelling. Over the past eight years Lachlan and the Wildes have released four records, toured Europe and the USA multiple times, shared stages with Americana and country heavyweights and picked up a string of awards, including the Golden Guitar for ‘alt country album of the year’ with their landmark release Black Coffee.
PHIL LEE (USA)
Phil Lee is a weathered, wizened troubadour, and he sounds like the sort of guy you’d cross at your own peril. But his lyrics are strong and paint evocative pictures. And the musicianship and arrangement is a tasty balance of laid-back and tight-as-a-duck’s ass. The songs all sound as if they were cut with all the effects knobs turned to zero: no bullshit studio trickery for this guy. The latest album, “The Fall and the Further Decline of
the Mighty King of Love” consists of a dozen bittersweet and rough-hewn originals (including a co-write with Barry Goldberg — the pianist in Bob Dylan’s group when Dylan famously went “electric” at Newport in 1965.
Along with working with the Flying Burrito Brothers, driving a truck for Neil Young and playing drums for decades, Lee has carved a unique niche for himself in the alt-country, acoustic post-modern honky tonk world. Fans of Steve Forbert, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Guy Clark, Phil Cody and Greg Brown will dig Lee’s strong fourth album.
“The Mighty King of Love is back, sounding as much like Dylan’s twisted kid brother as he ever did, and hauling along with him a particularly luminous cast of Nashville’s finest…He started writing relatively late in life but there’s two generations of great music absorbed into his bones and it seems to flow right back out of him with a fresh twist that is pure Phil Lee”
Emily Nenni + Teddy & The Rough Riders
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EMILY NENNI has quickly emerged as one of the freshest and most electrifying voices in Nashville. Her sound is rooted in classic honky tonk and spiked with serious country, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll fire, with sweet-and-sassy lyrics that chronicle hard living, hot nights, heartbreak, and other universal truths about the human condition. Drive & Cry follows her critically acclaimed 2022 long player On the Ranch, which Holler said put “her firmly in the ring with any other heavyweight country contender looking to lift that title belt.” While the Nashville Scene called it “an irresistible vintage-country masterwork.” Whereas On the Ranch saw Nenni uproot herself to lend a hand —and write—while assisting at a ranch in southern Colorado, Drive & Cry drops the listener smack in the middle of her boisterous and bustling Nashville world. Over the past several years, she has enraptured audiences across Music City (and the nation with near-constant touring alongside Charley Crockett, Orville Peck, and more) with sizzling sets in smoky bars and clubs, honing her command of the stage. She has perfected her skills as a band leader and sharpened her already astute world view, all of which are on full display on Drive & Cry.
TEDDY & THE ROUGH RIDERS will be backing Emily Nenni for her set as well opening the show. They’re everything you’ve ever loved about US country music and fiery 70s rock n roll all mixed up together in one big sizzling hotpot of salvation and fervour. They’re capable of sounding like all the bands you’ve ever loved at the same time as sounding like nothing you’ve ever heard before in your life. They don't innovate country rock; they embody it.
“The Rough Riders are my favourite Nashville bands, and, given the chance, they will unite the hippies and the cowboys, the bikers and the stoners with their groovy country songs"-Margo Price“
Willy Tea Taylor +support
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There is no question that Willy Tea Taylor’s life as a singer/songwriter was predetermined – his role realized the moment he wrote his first song. His inspirations drawn from two separate wells; Living the life of a cattleman’s kid and experiencing true visionaries music like Greg Brown, John Hartford, and Guy Clark. The image of Guy Clark and friends sitting around the kitchen table loaded with ashtrays full of butts, half-smoked cigarettes, food, and booze on one Christmas Eve in 1975 burned into Taylor’s soul. Those guys, swapping songs without pretence, lit Willy Tea’s fire. And ever since, its led purpose with passion – finding a hang by curating relationships through musical friendships that get him closer to his own Clark style kitchen table.
From his early days co-fronting The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, to singing solo in countless cowboy bars, to pitching countless wiffle ball games, Willy Tea has never lost the vision. Now Willy Tea Taylor has taken his vision of the “hero hang” on the road. and his talented traveling band The Fellership is made up of his fantastically talented buds who play Willy’s songs with a brand of reckless abandon and utter humility that spits in the face of pretense. The way The Fellership plays Will’s songs is the way they demand to be played and, in their short time together, they have been awe-ing every audience lucky enough to see them.
THE GREAT WESTERN HANGOVER
The ten-song LP features a sample-size blend of Willy’s musical influences like Tom Petty-esque rock anthems, riders of the storm rattling westerns, and bait’n tackle choir chants, while delivering the masterful songwriting that Taylor’s cult of underground folk followers devour. The Great Western Hangover features other talents like Anna Tivel, Jeffrey Martin, The Rainbow Girls, and members of Fruition, and TK & the Holy Know-Nothings.
“Willy is a storyteller’s storyteller and weaved a spell during the evening made of stories of his relatives…Can I really be blamed for leaving the concert with a picture in my head of Gandalf riding a moped, waving his sword, beard in the wind?” No Depressionthey are ‘supposed to be’.
On A Golden Shore - their fifth album and their second for the pioneering Loose Music, following 2022’s Hollow Heart - finds them definitively themselves and presents a set of disparate songs whose fundamental linkage is the band that made them. It was recorded at Edwyn Collins’ Clashnarrow Studios with Sean Read producing. Singer/guitarist Richard Olson, drummer Paulie Cobra, multi-instrumentalist Patrick Ralla, plus freshman bassist Paul Milne – laid down the album’s backbone over eight days and mostly recorded live, even the solos done as a piece. Much is first-take because trying better, never worked as well. Pedal-steel player Joe Harvey-Whyte created and added his parts at his London studio bringing ‘shimmery psychedelic goodness’.
It is ultimately an album of sensation as much as thought, filled with fleeting moments of blissful excess, and stumbling, rushing flutters of sound; its evanescent psychedelia, divine choruses, and shards of strings combine into an infectious, compelling Cosmic Heartbreak Boogie.
SUPPORT: TBC
Glory Days
Glory Days is the premier Bruce Springsteen Tribute Show in the UK.
With over 27 years on the road and a loyal following from numerous Springsteen fan clubs around the world, Glory Days are the real deal.
Glory Days were the first Bruce Springsteen Tribute in the UK and are still going strong today. Our ethos has remained the same for over a quarter of a century: we play this wonderful music to celebrate Bruce and his genius and to give people an opportunity to enjoy it in a live setting all year round.
First and foremost we are fans and this music means everything to us.
"THE greatest little house band you'll ever witness! The only band we've seen more than Bruce (55+ shows!) and ALWAYS leave us stunned! Joyous and life affirming! Do not miss them!"
SUPPORT: TBC
Mary Gauthier +special guest Jaimee Harris (US)
Cosmic American are delighted to welcome back Mary Gauthier to Nottingham for a show at the Metronome in April 2024.
As she has so eloquently accomplished over the past 25 years, acclaimed singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier has used her art once again to traverse the uncharted waters of the past few years. “I’m the kind of songwriter who writes what I see in the world right now,” she affirms. Thankfully, amid dark storms of pandemic loss, she found and followed the beacon of new love: Her gift to us, the powerful Dark Enough to See the Stars, collects ten sparkling jewels of Gauthier songcraft reflecting both love and loss.
Her eleventh album, Dark Enough to See the Stars, follows the profound antidote to trauma, Rifles & Rosary Beads, her 2018 collaborative work with wounded Iraq war veterans. It garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album, as well as a nomination for Album of the Year by the Americana Music Association. Publication of her first book, the illuminating Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting, in 2021, brought her more praise. Brandi Carlile has said, “Mary’s songwriting speaks to the tender aspects of our humanness. We need her voice in times like these more than we ever have.” The Associated Press called Gauthier “one of the best songwriters of her generation.”
Special Guest Support :JAIMEE HARRIS
Austin’s Jaimee Harris has the sort of voice that reaches into your heart and makes you feel less alone, more connected, and somehow seen. Jaimee Harris is poised to become the next queen of Americana-Folk, a slightly edgier Emmylou Harris for the younger generation. She draws comparisons to Patty Griffin, Ryan Adams, and Kathleen Edwards – all writers who know how to craft a heartbreakingly beautiful song with just enough grit to keep you enthralled. Harris writes about the basic human experience, in a way that is simple, poetic, and often painfully relatable.
Hannah White +support Kate Ellis
This will be a full-band show - and what a band - absolutely not to be missed!
Hannah White began 2023 standing on the winner's podium at the Americana Music Association UK Awards, as a hugely popular winner for UK Song of the Year with the goosebump-inducing 'Car Crash.' But the London-based singer-songwriter is one of those artists who is always about the next thing, and the year will culminate in the release of a completely fresh adventure in her fast-expanding career: the exciting new album Sweet Revolution. produced by Michele Stodart of the Magic Numbers. Fresh from performing to thousands, supporting Paul Carrack's autumn UK tour and delighting audiences throughout festival season at Black Deer, Glastonbury and The Long Road Festival.
Sweet Revolution record expands hugely on the outstanding song craft and “Americana noir” ambiance of 2022's widely-praised About Time, of which Maverick wrote: “The emotion she conveys in her vocal delivery gives you chills as her words tug at your heartstrings.” Acoustic magazine called White “arresting and wholly believable. A voice you will want to protect and become besotted with,” while W21 Music wrote of “the restraint, the range, the softness, the clarity...a masterpiece."
It's that down-to-earth sincerity that is stamped on Hannah's personality just as it is on her music. When people talk about her songs, they talk about her combination of autobiographical honesty, social conscience and joyful musicality, and that conversation is getting louder all the time.
SUPPORT: Kate Ellis
Born In Louisiana, Kate Ellis uses melancholy folk/Americana to conduct fearless soul-searching.
A journalist for the Observer described “hauntingly beautiful songs”. Americana-UK gave her latest album, Spirals 9/10, calling it "An irrefutable, unquestionable joy", while Folk Radio UK noted it was "Beguilingly sung, melodic, warm, tender, open and insightful in its vortex of emotions – an early contender for the year's best-of lists."
"She's been likened to Alison Krauss, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Gillian Welch. We couldn't agree more." SONGWRITING MAGAZINE
"Wryly reflective, sweetly melodic, touchingly compassionate, warm-hearted." MAVERICK ★★★★
"With her delicate, melodic music with the ring of truth to her words - and that most elusive quality, soul - Ellis joins the front rank of singer-songwriters. Highly recommended." - R2 MAGAZINE ★★★★
"Kate Ellis put down her law degree to pick up a guitar – thank God she did!" BBC Radio Ulster
"Hits you straight in the heart. One of those artists that on first listen, you just know you're going to love." Talk Radio
Our Man in the Field
We are pleased to welcome back Our Man in the Field - this time for a full band show at The Chapel in Nottingham. Check out the new album “Gold on the Horizon”.
‘Gold on the Horizon’ is mellow but with a rebellious edge. Ellis comes across as humble, unassuming, but also a curious traveler, a troubadour following the major questions wherever they lead.” - No Depression
“We were lucky enough to tour with Our Man In The Field, and all of us in The Delines became huge fans. Their new album is the best thing they’ve done so far….and that's saying something. It's currently on repeat in our van and is a true beauty of a record.” - Willy Vlautin - The Delines
Our Man In The Field is UK singer/songwriter and actor Alex Ellis, with assistance from a band that includes Henry Senior (pedal steel, dobro), Greg Bishop (drums, harmonies), Raul Biancardi (synth) and Luke Ydstie (bass). Plying a winning combination of indie-folk and Americana with significant soulful country vibes that nods to the likes of Ray LaMontagne, Damien Rice, Wilco, Ryan Adams, and Lambchop, OMITF issued a well-received debut album, ‘The Company Of Strangers’, in 2020 and wowed audiences promoting it when guesting for the likes of The Delines, playing festival dates and touring in their own right.
His recently released 2nd album, Gold On the Horizon, which was produced and mixed by Tucker Martine (Modest Mouse, Rosanne Cash, case/lang/veirs), is a 12-song collection of life observations and the urge to explore their universal meanings through Ellis’s fly-on-the-wall, tuneful alter-persona. Recorded at Flora Recording and Playback in Portland, Oregon, the album ranges from raw and barren in “Come Back To Me,” which showcases Ellis’s soulful vocal harmonies and a sparse arrangement of acoustic guitar and pedal steel, to the spacious mirror ball slow-dance of “Go Easy.” The album opener “Feel Good.” is a full and striding desert noir of horns, backup vocals, and baritone guitar. What informs Ellis and Gold On the Horizon is a lifetime of inspiration and the creative space to “wait for something magical to happen.”
SUPPORT: TBC
Sarah Jane Scouten
Sarah Jane Scouten is a Canadian folk and Americana songwriter, having been nominated for 4 Canadian Folk Music Awards, a Western Canadian Music Award, and an International Folk Music Award. She is a songwriter of rare quality, combining sounds of early country music, ballad singing, folk rock, and soul. It’s modern indie Americana that knows exactly where it comes from, with confidence and sophistication only bought by time.
An Evening with Sam Baker
We’re delighted to welcome back to our stage Sam Baker (USA) , for an evening of musical storytelling at The Old Cold Store.
Sam Baker is a lyric writer, artist, and survivor. His songs are stories of everyday people facing everyday challenges: a young Mennonite welder who finds love, a ditch digger supporting his family, a veteran grappling with post-war life, a single mother driving around with a car full of baby junk, a widower writing ‘her’ name in the sand, and a straight-haired orphan in a house full of curls. They are survivors. Like Sam.
Kevin Montgomery +special guests Jude Johnstone and Michael Scott Boudreaux
NB - Due to building refurb at St Peter’s Church in Redmile, this show has now moved to The Old Cold Store in Nottingham.
Kevin Montgomery is an American singer, songwriter.
Nashville plays a big part in Montgomery's development as a songwriter. His parents got married on a Thursday night in Littlefield, Texas so they could be at the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday night. Dad wrote songs for and played with Buddy Holly. Mom sang with Elvis (suspicious minds) and their next-door neighbour was Patsy Cline.
Kevin Montgomery's recording career began with his debut album "Fear Nothing" on A&M Records in 1993. He has toured the US with acts including Sheryl Crowe, Stephen Stills and David Crosby and featured on a duet with Mary Chapin-Carpenter on the 1996 Buddy Holly Tribute album "Not Fade Away" singing his father's composition "Wishing", his father also co-producing the track.
Montgomery has written songs for Juice Newton and Martina McBride. Sang on Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance".....his debut album on A&M Records was critically acclaimed. He has released several records since independently and toured relentlessly, including four 50 States and 50 Days tours. The last visit to Nottingham was with Garry Tallent from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
SPECIAL GUEST : JUDE JOHNSTONE
Jude Johnstone is an American singer-songwriter. Her songs have been covered by Laura Branigan, Trisha Yearwood, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Johnny Cash, Stevie Nicks, Mary Black, and others. Johnstone wrote the No. 1 song "The Woman Before Me" on Yearwood's debut CD, which also won an award from Broadcast Music Incorporated. In 1997, Johnny Cash won the Country Album of the Year Grammy for American II: Unchained for which Johnstone wrote the title track. She is to Trisha Yearwood what Jimmy Webb was to Glen Campbell.
SPECIAL GUEST SUPPORT : Michael Scott Boudreaux
Michael Scott Boudreaux, born and raised in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, is a singer/songwriter and accomplished guitarist whose 2020 debut is sure to turn the heads of country music listeners. His influences of Classic Country, Classic Rock, Texas Country, Americana, and Louisiana Roots music give him a sound like no other. Michael began playing guitar at the age of three and started singing and playing for others not long after. Over the years, he began to develop an appreciation for songwriting and has studied artists such as Robert Earl Keen, Willie Nelson, Charlie Robison, Bruce Robison, and many more. Performing live as a teenager and eventually participating in festivals such as South Louisiana Songwriters Festival as a writer, his experiences as a performer and a writer come in a broad range
Boudreaux released his debut EP in 2020, with plans to release new music in the very near future!
Julianna Riolino +support Cormac Nagle
Julianna Riolino knows how to capture and highlight beauty before it fades. On her debut LP, ‘All Blue,’ Riolino reflects on her own past, the memories of pain, healing, and love strewn through it.
Old 97s +support Espanola
Cosmic American is delighted to welcome the Old 97's to Nottingham to celebrate 30 years of the band with its original members.
Old 97's is an American alternative country band from Dallas, Texas. Formed in 1992, they have since released twelve studio albums, two full extended plays, shared split duty on another, and have one live album. Their most recent release is Twelfth.
They were pioneers of the alt-country movement during the mid-to-late 1990s, but lead vocalist and primary songwriter, Rhett Miller, has described the band's style as "loud folk". The band's name is in reference to the Wreck of the Old 97.
ATO Records released the band's next studio album, aptly named Twelfth, on August 21, 2020. The twelve tracks were produced by Vance Powell, who produced Graveyard Whistling. Old 97's noted that the recording sessions in Nashville started on the night of a deadly tornado outbreak and right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Bill Kirchen Trio +support Littlewolf Band
Touring the UK from his home in Austin, Texas, here’s the Titan of the Telecaster BILL KIRCHEN with his band (Paul Riley, bass; Malcolm Mills, drums) promoting his recent album release.
Cosmic American and DHP Present Kassi Valazza +support
DHP and Cosmic American Music present Kassi Valazza
There is a cult-like fascination growing around Kassi Valazza following the self-release of her 2019 debut album Dear Dead Days and her surprise 2022 EP Highway Sounds. She is seated squarely at the vanguard of new American songwriters strengthening and broadening the sound of country music as she tours with celebrated acts such as Melissa Carper and Riddy Arman. The Southwestern native resides in Portland, a hotbed of songwriters producing albums that both bear the torch and bend the arc of American roots music, where she recently signed with Fluff & Gravy Records — a label known for launching Anna Tivel and Margo Cilker.
An Evening with Rod Picott
For this show, Rod will be playing two sets, with the show kicking off at 8.15pm.
“Songs like Raymond Carver short stories” – Houston Chronicle
“Great writing is all about story, and Rod is so damn good at story” – Mary Gauthier
Over twenty-three years, thirteen albums, three published books and thousands of shows Rod Picott has worked; powered by the fuel of the blue-collar world he was born into. Through white-knuckled determination Picott has been fortunate to open for Alison Krauss and Union Station, play the Shrewsbury Folk Festival, appear several times on the BBC2 Bob Harris sessions, play the Maverick Festival and receive the “Song of the Year” award for his co-write (w/Slaid Cleaves) “Broke Down” at the Austin Music Awards.
Picott’s latest album, tentatively titled A Puncher’s Chance, was produced by musician and filmmaker Neilson Hubbard (John Prine, Lucinda Williams). A Puncher’s Chance features some of Picott’s sharpest writing to date. There is darkness rolling through the collection, but also hope and grace. Picott is a writer who mines the invisible, working-class men and women of the world he comes from and does this with the grace and dignity, only someone who knows the splinters of that life first-hand can conjure.
An Evening of Words and Music with Dan Stuart (Green On Red)
Dan Stuart – Marlowe’s Revenge Tour
Dan’s solo acoustic show will feature songs along with stories of the early days with Green on Red and throughout his solo years!
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Dan Stuart aka Marlowe Billings is set to return to Europe for his first shows since 2018 featuring songs from across his solo and Green on Red catalogue and a very brief reading from his third and latest novel Marlowe’s Revenge along with stories of his time with Green on Red. Green on Red will be releasing the first volume of their back catalogue this Sept featuring the years 1980-1984.
Dan’s latest novel sees him returning to Tucson, Arizona in the '90s to get clean and save a failing marriage. Staving off demons with countless rounds of golf, he stumbles into his hometown’s crime-ridden underbelly, where old friends and a brewing cartel war threaten his sobriety, his sanity, and his life.
Dan Stuart is a musician and author who was the leader of Green on Red, a band associated with both LA's Paisley Underground of the 1980s and the beginning of the so-called Americana movement. His "false memoir" The Deliverance of Marlowe Billings was published in 2014 to critical acclaim which was followed up with The Unfortunate Demise of Marlowe Billings in 2018. All three of his books have albums by the same name, with the last getting Americana Album of the Month in UNCUT Magazine, Dan has released over 15 albums between Green On Red and his solo years.
"I want to thank the El Tiradito shrine that Marlowe Billings rides again. Dan Stuart was in one of my favourite bands, Green on Red, and now has created Marlowe Billings my favourite golf-loving, ex-junkie, trouble-collecting miscreant. With Marlowe’s Revenge, Dan Stuart proves once again he keeps getting better and better." —Willy Vlautin, award-winning author of The Motel Life and songwriter for The Delines and Richmond Fontaine
“Marlowe's Revenge is top-rate screwball noir, a finger-clicking mix of guns, drugs, golf and rock & roll. Think Carl Hiassen, Dave Barry, and Laurence Shames, with a little Charles Willeford on the side. Hip, hardboiled and hilarious.” —ALLAN JONES, author and former editor of Melody Maker and UNCUT Magazine, author of Can't Stand Up For Falling Down: Rock 'N' Roll War Stories
David Ramirez Band (US) +support Jonny Morgan
Rare opportunity to see David in an intimate setting with a full band.
David Ramirez is an American Americana musician from Austin, Texas. Ramirez has released six full-length albums. The first two, American Soil (2009) and Apologies (2012), were self-released. Thirty Tigers released his third, Fables, in 2015, his fourth, We're Not Going Anywhere in 2017, and his fifth album, My Love is a Hurricane in 2020.
Courtney Marie Andrews +support Jack Francis
We are delighted to welcome back Courtney Marie Andrews to the Metronome this September, this time with a full band!
Since she was last in Nottingham, Courtney has released her album her latest album ‘Loose Future’ which has garnered stellar reviews!
“ On the honey shores of Cape Cod in a beach shack, Courtney Marie Andrews found self-love and her voice. Every morning, she’d walk 6-8 miles around the back trails of an island and meditate on her life, perusing old memories and patterns like browsing a used bookshop. That summer of introspection led her to a joyous sense of beginnings and ends. When she let love for herself in, she therein let the outside love in, too—the summer feeling, the swaying cypress, the full moon, and the possibility of healthy love. This phase came only right after one of her darkest, though, where being alone with oneself was the most terrifying thing you could do. After more than a decade on the road, the Phoenix-born songwriter, poet, and painter finally had the space to process all the highs and lows of a life of constants. She was finally ready to make a record of triumph, while not completely forgetting the years that made her.
That record is Loose Future”
SUPPORT : Jack Francis
“A mix of raw soul, honest country heart and undeniable British resolve” - Holler Country
“This whole album should be declared an area of outstanding natural beauty.” - Louder Than War
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jack Francis’ heartfelt songs are rooted in the finest musical traditions of America, whilst staying true to his own British and Irish heritage. His unique voice and perspective lend authority to lyrics exploring the complicated terrain of life with passion and poetic precision.
Jack’s musical journey started at 15 years old, honing his craft performing music in pubs, clubs and venues. After more than 10 years of experience touring around the UK, a stint writing pop songs for a publishing house followed. This become the catalyst for Francis to focus his attention on recording and releasing his own music, the way he wanted it to be heard.
During a break between the Covid-19 lockdowns of 2020, his self-titled debut album started production with the help of old friends, Ferris & Sylvester, at their home studio in Wiltshire. Upon its release, the songs from his debut were championed by the likes of Janice Long, Tom Robinson, Ricky Ross, and Iain Anderson all across the BBC.
A string of tour supports, as well as festival appearances in the UK and Europe, followed in the summer of 2022, before he started work on the follow-up album in September of the same year.
Redstock Festival 2023 - The Real 45’s - Motherstone - Madam Miaow &The Toxic Kittens - Littlewolf - Paul McClure Band - The Most Ugly Child - The Outriders
REDSTOCK ONE-DAY FESTIVAL IN REDMILE, LEICESTERSHIRE
Although not a Cosmic American event, as a resident of Redmile, James has been heavily involved in working with the organisers to book some great (UK) artists for this festival - so it’s sure to be an enjoyable musical day out!
Here’s a bit more info and a word from the organisers:
“The line-up this year is bigger and better than ever. Come and enjoy this friendly festival set in the village of Redmile in the beautiful Vale of Belvoir. Bring your friends and family for a cracking day of music and pure enjoyment. Attractions include a licensed Big Red Bus Bar, food vans, stalls, children's fun corner with free face painting, and more.
FREE parking is provided. Festival is 30 mins drive from Nottingham.
FESTIVAL TIME 2.00PM TILL 10.00PM
PLEASE NOTE:
1. Bring your own camp chair to guarantee seating however there are a limited number of straw bales for seating.
2. The bar accepts CARD and CASH.
3. PLEASE DO NOT BRING FOOD OR DRINK TO THIS EVENT.
All profits will go to charity and St Peters Church, Redmile.
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Angelica Rockne +support Emily Ashberry
California songstress Angelica Rockne released her second album The Rose Society in May 2023. It has been in a process of distillation for five years now.
“It sounds like a lifetime, but really it’s been equally ephemeral as it has been eternal.”
Jace Everett +support Jacques Merlino
Jace Everett is an American singer/songwriter/producer based in Nashville, TN. Best known as the writer/artist behind “Bad Things” (the theme song for HBO’s True Blood), Everett is a prolific artist with dozens of TV and film syncs, albums, EP’s and singles.
Performing solo, Jace brings as much humor to the stage as music. His self-effacing stage banter undersells the depth and breadth of a world-class writer who seems to be having a genuine laugh at himself for the preposterousness of it all. His most recent releases find Everett continuing to explore different styles of writing and production. May 2022 saw the release of Way Down Here, a 5 song EP of songs inspired by his heroes Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Nick Cave. In October of 2022, Everett released his second collaboration with Norwegian guitar wizard Amund Maarud. The 6 song EP entitled RAUS is filled with dark, high energy rock inspired by the likes of Iggy Pop and David Bowie.
Laura Cantrell (US) +support Doug Levitt - VENUE UPGRADED
After a nine-year hiatus, Laura Cantrell – a long-beloved presence in the US and international Americana and roots music scene – is back with a new studio album Just Like A Rose: The Anniversary Sessions. Set to be released on 9 June on the Propeller Sound Recordings label, the album features turns from Laura’s long time friends Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Rosie Flores and Paul Burch, and was produced variously by Don Fleming (Sonic Youth/Teenage Fanclub), David Mansfield (Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett), Rosie Flores (Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin) with Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones), and Paul Burch (Lambchop, Ralph Stanley).
Although the album was originally intended to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Cantrell’s debut album in 2020, recording was delayed due to covid restrictions. The new collection was completed in studios located in both the New York City area and Nashville
Tour support comes from Doug Levitt, who has traveled for more than 12 years and racked up 120,000 Greyhound bus miles. Writing songs about fellow travellers, he released his debut full-length album, Edge of Everywhere, on 3 March.
John Bramwell Trio (I Am Kloot) +support David Fidler
"Arguably the UK's finest export" - The New Yorker
"Great songs, great voice. The real thing" - Time Out
"Utterly compelling, quite beautiful and frequently hilarious" - The Guardian
Mercury Prize-nominated singer-songwriter John Bramwell is one of the UK’s most unique and talented singer-songwriters and has been performing as a musician for over 30 years.
In the early 1990s, Bramwell formed The Mouth with friend and musician Bryan Glancy that later included members of I Am Kloot – Andy Hargreaves and Peter Jobson. The Mouth first played live at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, and on returning from America, Bramwell worked booking bands at Manchester venue Night & Day Café during the mid-to late-1990s. In 1999, he formed I Am Kloot. The band released their first album Natural History in 2001 – produced by Guy Garvey from Elbow.
In 2023 he returns showcasing new material from the forthcoming album The Light Fantastic (Townsend Records). The former I Am Kloot songwriter will also perform material from his earlier albums ( Leave Alone The Empty Spaces reached Number 1 in the iTunes songwriter chart in 2018) and some Kloot classics as well. As part of I am Kloot, John released ten albums, receiving a Mercury Music Prize nomination for the exquisite, ‘Sky at Night’.
SUPPORT : David Fidler
Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express + support Kris Gruen
Chuck Prophet - singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer extraordinaire returns with his band, The Mission Express for the first time in over three years. Chuck is currently getting ready to release his 14th studio album this Spring on Yeproc Records.
Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express + support Kris Gruen
Since his neo-psychedelic Green On Red 80s days, Chuck Prophet has been turning out country, folk, blues, and Brill Building classicism. His last visit to European and UK shores with the Mission Express was way back in 2017, before the pandemic and before Chuck getting and finally beating cancer that floored him for much of this year.
Chuck is back and better than ever with his Mission Express for his first European…
Guy Davis (US) +support Ryan Farmer
Multi-instrumentalist Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues,
Jerry Leger (CAN)+support The December Flowers
“Jerry Leger has that spark in him that all the great songwriters have. He's the real deal.” - RON SEXSMITH
“The gently sardonic, arch wordplay and country-rock twang recall Nick Lowe." - UNCUT
Born in the mid-80s, singer-songwriter Jerry Leger came of age in the East End of Toronto.
Surrounded by music from a young age, his grandfather first turned him on to Hank Williams.
Leger was intrigued by the ways that Williams’ songs told a story and often conjured up
mysterious images in his head. Other seminal influences were added including John Lennon
(and the Beatles), Bob Dylan, Lightnin' Hopkins, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, the
Everly Brothers, Tom Waits, and Gordon Lightfoot.
In 2005, a nineteen-year-old Leger cut his first independently released album. Since then, the
the prolific singer-songwriter has recorded10 additional albums under his own name, with the last 4 released via Cowboy Junkies' label, Latent Recordings.
Released in March of 2022, Jerry's album Nothing Pressing (produced by Michael Timmins)
received positive notices in such music magazines as Uncut and Rolling Stone. Paired with
such evocative lyrics are wonderfully crafted melodies, soulful vocals and the spirit and energy
of a mature songwriter, comfortable in his skin and growing as an artist with every release.
Leger and his band supported the album with a successful European and UK tour, before
returning to Toronto for a packed hometown show at Paradise Theatre. This performance was
captured on tape and film, resulting in the EP Live From Paradise released at the beginning of
2023.
SUPPORT: The December Flowers
Grace Pettis (US)
An award-winning singer-songwriter from Austin via Alabama, this isn't Grace Pettis' first rodeo. For Grace, who has been characterized as “a little bit folk, a little bit country/Americana, and a whole lot of soul,” UK spring tour for Working Woman album.
Diana Jones - The Better Times Will Come Tour
For this UK/IE tour, Diana Jones will perform the complete 2009 album Better Times Will Come - Reimagined & Remastered, which is due for re-release to celebrate its 15th anniversary, alongside gems from her catalogue. Diana's widely praised 2020 studio album Songs To A Refugee, gave voice to the stories of asylum seekers worldwide; a testament to Diana's commitment to social justice through her gifts as a consummate songwriter and performer.
Don Gallardo Band +support Kevin Michael Duggan
Don has called Nashville home for over 14 years. He has his heart in the East Nashville sound and scene, but his California roots are never far away. He has weaved his 1970s Laurel Canyon influences into modern roots-Americana, while mixing southern and western sounds comfortably. He has released 10 albums during his time in Nashville. Don's past albums have featured Nashville legendary musicians…
Mike And The Moonpies +support Ags Connolly
This is the rescheduled date - all original tickets for 10 April 2022 will still be valid.
NB: The timings for this show are a little earlier than usual: Doors 7pm, Ags Connolly at 7:30pm, Mike & The Moonpies at 8:15pm, Venue Curfew: 10pm.
After recording the unfinished songs of the late, great Gary Stewart on last summer’s Touch of You – The Lost Songs of Gary Stewart, Mike and the Moonpies return with a new original album: "One to Grow On". Set for release on August 10th, it features guest appearances by Shooter Jennings and Quaker City Nighy Hawks.
It's been more than a decade since Mike and the Moonpies launched their career, initially paying their dues as a versatile cover band with a catalogue of 300 songs. Once celebrated as Austin's premiere dancehall band — with popular residencies at local institutions like The Hole In the Wall, Broken Spoke and the White Horse to match — the Moonpies have spent years expanding their reach far beyond the Lone Star State. Geographically, they'll always be a Texas band. Musically, they've grown into much more than that, having traded the two-steppin' twang of their earlier years for a diverse sound that's both fresh and familiar.
Their first single from the new album “Paycheck to Paycheck” is now available. This is a hard-charging blast of Texas boogie and barroom country that calls to mind the outlaw singer alluded to in the title: Johnny Paycheck.
“Paycheck’s in the tape deck and blaring on the radio,” singer Mike Harmeier howls, as the Lone Star State band roars behind him. “Tell the IRS to shove it and give me eleven twenty-nine,” a nod to Paycheck’s 1976 prison ballad “11 Months and 29 Days.” Harmeier wrote the group’s new song — destined to result in many a speeding ticket — with Moonpies bassist Omar Oyoque and the group’s long time producer Adam Odor.
SUPPORT: AGS CONNOLLY
Canadian Double Bill: Sarah Jane Scouten and Del Barber (with full band)
Canadian Double Bill : Sarah Jane Scouten and Del Barber (with full band)
Four-time Canadian Folk Music Award nominee, Sarah Jane Scouten is a songwriter of rare quality, combining sounds of early country music, ballad singing, folk rock and 60’s soul. It’s modern indie Americana that knows exactly where it comes from, with confidence and sophistication only bought by time. Surrounding herself with top-notch musicians, the live show is as dynamic as her four (soon to be five) albums: at any moment making feet move or eliciting laughter or tears. She is dry, funny, irreverent yet generous. She has a job to do and she takes it very seriously: to entertain, to inspire, and to be cathartic. An ever-expanding palette and a warbling iconic country voice – honed over many a campfire – brings a freshness to her brand of ambient indie Americana. It's as relevant today as it is rooted in the music of her forebears.
Raised in a musical family on Bowen Island, British Columbia, Sarah Jane now calls both Scotland and Canada home. The daughter of a Scottish immigrant to Canada, she was raised with ceilidh culture and fiddle music which fed directly into her passion for American old-time, country, and folk song. Her father played the 5-string banjo while her mother taught Scottish country dancing, and with that, she found her way in music through songwriting.
Like any songwriter worthy of the name, Sarah Jane explores love with a fine-toothed comb but isn't limited to romantic love. Love of a place, a time, the natural world, and all its inhabitants tug at her sleeve, which she handles with equal power to delight and break a heart. According to Tom Power of CBC q, "Stan Rogers was able to do it, Ron Hynes was able to do it, Kate McGarrigle was able to do it – and Sarah Jane Scouten is able to do it."
"An agile voice, ruminative songwriting, and love for classic country, indie pop, and everything in between."
- American Songwriter
Del Barber
With nominations for JUNO Awards, Western Canadian Music Awards, and Canadian Folk Music Awards - Del Barber has shaped the folk music canon in Canada with five critically acclaimed studio albums under his belt, as well as a myriad of fans. 'Easy Keeper’ recorded in a cabin during the pandemic, has received critical acclaim from Rolling Stone Magazine and The Bluegrass Situation.
As the follow-up to his Easy Keeper record, Stray Dogs finds Del Barber bridging his past and present. Conceived during pandemic isolation at his rural Manitoba home, the eight songs on Stray Dogs are drawn mainly from Del’s large stock of previously unfinished demos, given renewed focus and polish by his longtime band and producer Scott Franchuk. Paring things down to the bone, the acoustic-based Stray Dogs captures the essence of Del’s art, of which Rolling Stone wrote, “Like John Prine (one of his primary influences), Barber writes the types of songs his characters might listen to themselves.”
The Sadies
Without doubt or qualification, The Sadies are one of Canada's greatest extant rock ’n’ roll bands — just as they have been for the last quarter-century. Versatile and imaginative, they skip from astral psychedelia to shuffling bucolics and leap from puckish pop to righteous garage-rock without losing momentum or mastery. Their new albums deliver master classes on pointed songwriting, lockstep harmonies, and a devil-may-care attitude to expectations and past successes.
With their preternatural musicianship and vocal harmonies, The Sadies can blow pretty much any band off the stage—anyone who’s ever seen them live knows that. But what is sometimes overlooked is their superlative songwriting. With the new release, “Colder Streams” they’ve delivered one of their most memorable albums yet: 11 distinctively original new songs imbued with melody, mystery and that indefinable Sadies magic. It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: most bands only get worse with age—much, much worse—the Sadies continue to confound us by getting better and better.
“The Sadies' world has been shaken,” said the band in a joint statement. “While we struggle with the loss of Dallas – our brother, friend, and band mate music has been our source of comfort and coping. We are honoured to announce the release of our new album, Colder Streams. We are so proud of Dallas and the work that went into this album and look forward to sharing it with you.”
SUPPORT:TBC