Elaine Palmer & Memphis Gerald @ Angels Cut

Name: Elaine Palmer & Memphis Gerald @ Angels Cut
Start: 2025-09-11T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Angels Cut Bar & Bottle Shop

Schedule

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Angels Cut Bar & Bottle Shop | Darlington, EN

We are thrilled to announce Alt Country Americana Singer Songwriter Elaine Palmer at Angels Cut in Darlington with special guest Memphis Gerald for an intimate show on 11th Sep.
Elaine returned from California recently where she worked with producer and engineer Mike Butler whose credits include, Norah Jones, Ray LaMontagne, Phoebe Bridgers and The Pretenders.
She recorded a mostly live album at Half Moon Lodge up in the San Diego hills over 8 days with a bunch of incredible musicians.…Matt Lynott (The White Buffalo drummer), Bobby Furgo (Leonard Cohen’s violinist) Patrick McClory and Dave Berzansky (Hacienda Brothers pedal steel), Mike Butler (guitars).
The outcome of these San Diego Sessions is her latest record HALF MOON RISING, with big country guitars, warm, rich and classic textures, Elaine’s vocals and songcraft shine, something very magical happened with this record. This is the album she was always meant to make!
‘Palmer’s powerful expressive voice stands comparison with Emmylou’ RnR Magazine
‘Carefully constructed, strong on melody, her best work yet’***** AmericanaUK
In the Beginning….
Elaine Palmer hails from an isolated village up on the North Yorkshire Moors in England but spent most of her life travelling back and forward to her family in Phoenix, Arizona. Growing up in an old Watermill in the wilds of Yorkshire Elaine surrounded herself by music, writing songs influenced by her surroundings and music both in the UK and USA. Elaine finely honed her distinctive voice and built a reputation for her emotive mesmerizing stage presence. Elaine has released a handful of records and toured the UK extensively, playing with the likes of KT Tunstall, Patty Griffin, Courtney Marie Andrews and Paolo Nutini.
Elaine signed an exclusive Publishing Deal with the prestigious music Publishers, Wipe Out Music in UK and then signed to the record label Osmosys. She became a PRS member and guest lectured at a number of UK Universities for Songwriting, while completing her own BA Hons Degree in Contemporary Arts.
Elaine’s success continues….receiving more national UK radio airplay with BBC legends Bob Harris, Iain Anderson and Eve Blair, all declaring themselves fans of her work on air with fantastic reviews from the biggest UK music press MOJO, UNCUT, MAVERICK, RnR Magazine, Americana UK.
MOJO ‘With a beautifully conversational voice, an unerring sense of melody and a bittersweet and wistful repertoire, Elaine Palmer is undoubtedly a talent’ ****
MAVERICK ‘A rich and powerful voice that ranges from a subtle whisper to a full-blown bluesy edge, she writes incredible songs that stand-up to repeated listenings’ ****
Her album, Still Life was released in 2017 and immediately play listed by British Airways on all their flights Worldwide. The record received airplay from both UK and USA stations reaching the Top 10 in the Indie Charts.
Desert Songs released in 2019 was influenced mostly by her time in South West America and Mexico featuring MG Boulter 0n Pedal Steel who Elaine toured the UK with for this release. Desert Songs also received great radio support in the UK and in the USA. Elaine played a number of large UK Music Festivals.
In 2019 Elaine also received an outstanding award at the Phoenix Independent Film Festival in America for Best Original Soundtrack for her music on the film SHK
NE Volume ‘Her music has textures of New Country while being authentic, dark and edgy. I believe that if there is some possible way that Karen Anne Carpenter, Stevie Nicks and Jonny Cash had a child together, that child would be Elaine.’ *****
The Land In Between studio full album released 2021 Worldwide digitally and through the iconic UK Indie label Butterfly Effect on limited edition coloured vinyl which all SOLD OUT to private collectors before the release date. It was playlisted on Qatar Airways World Wide.
ROCKING MAGPIE – ‘Twangtastic guitar and rhythm section bring out the pathos of Elaine’s voice. The result is really and truly OUTSTANDING. The finest thing Ms Palmer has ever recorded’ *****
BBC Tees Radio ‘The Land In Between is a MASTER WORK in every sense’*****
Memphis Gerald
Anywhere there’s an ache is comfortable territory for Memphis Gerald’s deft flatpicking and wry burr.
Born and raised in Scotland, adrift in genre and sensibility, Memphis weaves traditional Celtic guitar styles into love of country, roots and even punk.
As the listener immerses themselves in Memphis’s wandering ballads, they discover a tender insight as his songs delicately pluck at the essence of venturing from familiar roads, love, loss and finding solace.