Gigs Sunday 30th June to Saturday 13th July
Traveling Broke & Out of Gas - Claptrap Stourbridge Thursday 4th July
Maverick Festival - Friday 5th July to Sunday 7th July
The Bombadils - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham Tuesday 9th July
Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham Thursday 11th July
A couple of weeks of album releases to share, which you are welcome to check out via links to their pages. They are an eclectic bunch from Brighton to the States via Sweden, embracing a diverse soundscape and featuring artists at different stages in their career.
Album Releases Friday 5th July
Jack Cade - Bear Bones
Chip Taylor - Whiskey Salesman
Album Releases Friday 12th July
Christina LaRocca - These Are My Whiskey Dreams
3 Pairs of Boots - Gone South
Buford Pope - The Waiting Game
Curse of Lono - 4am and Counting
Albums on the way:
Lisa Bell - Back Seat due out on September 6th
Jordan Whitmore - Good Things due out on September 6th
Will Bennet and the Tells - All Your Favourite Songs due out on July 26th
The Blue Highways - The Blue Highways EP due out on August 23rd
Jesse Marchant released the album ILLUSION OF LOVE a while back and will be visiting the UK for a few dates in December
JESSE MARCHANT UK TOUR DATES
Tuesday 10th December – Servant Jazz Quarters, London
Wednesday 11th December – Louisiana, Bristol
Thursday 12th December – The Castle, Manchester
Friday 13th December – The Hug & Pint, Glasgow
The Local Honeys have already visited our shores to play some acclaimed gigs at the start of the year. This bluegrass and roots duo from the Appalachian Mountains are due to pay us two further visits before the year is out including a run of upcoming festival appearances and a series of headline dates in November. Hopefully, they will be seen at the Birmingham date.
UK SUMMER FESTIVALS
Friday 19th July – Latitude Festival
Saturday 20th July – SummerTyne
Sunday 21st July - Doune The Rabbit Hole
Tuesday 23rd July - An Tobar, Mull
Wednesday 24 July - Bunessan Town Hall, Mull
Saturday 27th July - Beer & Bluegrass, Bournemouth
Sunday 28th July - Square and Compass, North Devon
Friday 2nd August - Underneath The Stars
Saturday 3rd August - Belladrum, Tartan Heart festival
(both main stage and headlining the Americana tent).
NOVEMBER HEADLINE TOUR
Monday 4th November – Manchester - Midway Folk Club
Tuesday 5th November - Birmingham - Kitchen Garden Café
Wednesday 6th November - Liverpool Philharmonic, The Music Room
Thursday 7th November – The HUBS -Sheffield
Monday 11th November – Brighton The Greys
Thursday 14th November – Cambridge Junction 2
Friday 15th November - Thames Ditton RAM Club
Sunday 17th November – Portsmouth The Square Tower
The next Weekly Blog Post is likely to be on Sunday 28th July (ok more a fortnightly post at the moment) with more details on new and upcoming releases, one or two planned gigs, selected tour details and a major summer festival. Expect to a see a few more reviews in the interim.