Alice Wallace + Sweet Jake

Name: Alice Wallace + Sweet Jake
Start: 2024-07-30T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Mills Hardware

Schedule

Tue Jul 30 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Mills Hardware | Hamilton, ON

“…one of the most unheralded singers in independent country/Americana.” – Saving Country Music
“Sometimes you hear an album and the only way you can think to describe it is stunning.” – Americana Highways
“She’s got the songs, the voice and the determination to make this her life’s work.” – American Songwriter
Here I Am, Nashvillian songstress Alice Wallace declares on her new album, arriving in spring 2024 via Mule Kick Records. It’s a title that hints at her deeply personal, confessional songwriting style, one that invites the listener to gaze at her beating heart as each intimate secret pours out, propelled by a powerful, expressive delivery that marks her as one of the true vocal talents of her generation. Alice does not hide behind the microphone, but uses it to amplify everything inside her champing to get out. She’s survived the highs and lows of life, love, and the music industry and finally produced the album she feels she was destined to make. Here I Am, she says, the real Alice Wallace. This album marks a return to themes of self-examination after several collections that featured predominantly story songs. “I needed to make a record that was really true to myself, both for me and for my fans who have encouraged me in ways I am so grateful for,” Alice explains. “Songs are how I process. And writing this album helped me process so much of what has happened in the last few years.” Alice moved to Nashville four years ago after more than a decade in southern California, and Here I Am is the first of her albums to be recorded in true Music City style, backed by a lineup of world-class musicians and recorded in two whirlwind days with no rehearsal, just the way the best session players like to do it. Produced by Nick Buda (Taylor Swift, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton) the album features some of the most talented musicians Nashville has to offer. In addition to Buda on drums, the record features Grammy-winning guitarist Kenny Greenberg (Willie Nelson, Wynnona Judd, Hayes Carll), bassist Ted Pecchio (Doyle Bramhall II, Susan Tedeschi) and keyboardist Jimmy Wallace (The Wallflowers). And although Alice had never played with any of the musicians before, the combined talents in the room made for an electric experience that brought her songs to life in vibrant and unexpected ways. Wallace was named 2017 Female Vocalist of the Year by the California Country Awards and her voice has been called “a powerful natural occurrence… an awe-striking wonder" by Saving Country Music. She previously released four solo albums, the latest of which, 2019’s Into the Blue, earned recognition from Rolling Stone Country with the title track being named one of the Best Americana Songs to Hear Now. This was followed by Lucky Break via Side Pony, a duo project with friend Caitlin Cannon that took the pair across the United States and Europe. Cuttingly self-exploring, delivered with emotionality, and with just the right pop Americana sensibilities, Here I Am is Alice Wallace’s most expansive album yet. For fans of songwriters who turn personal heartbreak into musical gold and for anyone who loves a powerful, full-ranged, expressive voice, Here I Am is not to be missed.
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Sweet Jake is nothing if not honest, and that's as true in life as it is in his writing. His new material is a modern nod to the decades-old western hits that would sizzle through the speakers of an old AM radio in a middle-of-nowhere farmhouse. Through these songs, a smoky voice will walk you, often via the scenic route, through exactly where you need to be: love, loss, guilt, ambition, reverence. It’s all there and plenty more. His upcoming sophomore releases include "The Plan", a fictional yet highly reflective ballad of a love lost before it had even begun. This new material, recorded at Hamilton's Halo Studios in with producer Andrew Billone (Silvertone Hills, Walk Off The Earth, Golden Feather), leans heavily on Sweet Jake’s love for country revivalists such as Colter Wall, Zachary Lucky, Tyler Childers, and many more.