The Weeping Willows & Great Aunt - Smith's Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Schedule
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 06:30 pm
UTC+11:00Location
Smith's Alternative | Canberra, CT
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The Weeping Willows & Great Aunt - Together again!Who: The Weeping Willows & Great Aunt
When: Friday 28th March, Music from 6.30pm
Where: Smith's Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Tickets: www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-weeping-willows-and-great-aunt-90168
The Weeping Willows:
3 x CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’, 2 x Australian Folk Music and Music Victoria Award winners, The Weeping Willows (Laura Coates and Andrew Wrigglesworth) are a couple of old souls, steeped in Bluegrass tradition and draped in Gothic Americana imagery. They regale their audiences with stories of sunshine and romance, God and The Devil, murder and decay. Real music.
2017-2024 saw The Weeping Willows nominated for 14 x CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’ awards, 7 x Australian Folk Music Awards (AFMAs), 4 x Country Music Channel (CMC) awards, 2 x National Live Music Awards (NLMAs), performing Official Showcases at AmericanaFest (USA) and Folk Alliance International (USA) and appearing at Maverick Festival (UK), Port Fairy Folk Festival, National Folk Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, Out On The Weekend and the Australian Americana Music Honours. In recent years they have supported Lukas Nelson & POTR (USA), Hayes Carll (USA), Iris DeMent (USA), Willie Watson (USA), Eilen Jewell (USA), Cory Branan (USA) and Kevin Welch (USA) and completed national and international tours in support of their three LPs, including sophomore album, Before Darkness Comes A-Callin’, which received four-star reviews in Rolling Stone, The Australian and The Music. A Weeping Willows performance, whether live on location or caught on tape will always delight.
“…a mature, courageous and beguiling experience.” – No Depression (USA)
“…on the way to making some serious waves in Americana.” – AmericanaUK (UK)
4 stars - Rolling Stone, Rhythms Magazine, The Music and The Australian.
Great Aunt:
Winners of the 2024 Folk Alliance Australia Artist of the Year (Duo) award, Great Aunt is a country folk duo based in Wiradjuri Country, NSW. Together, Megan Bird (mandolin, resonator, guitar, vocals) and Chelsea Allen (double bass, vocals, percussion), blend folk, bluegrass, and country with influences from their careers in punk, jazz, soul, and rock. Known for their soaring harmonies and unique instrument pairings, the duo has played major Australian festivals and iconic U.S listening rooms. Their debut album, ‘It's All Downhill From Here’, is due for release in early 2025.
“An Australian duo you need to know..” – The Bluegrass Situation
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Where is it happening?
Smith's Alternative, 78 Alinga St, City ACT 2601, Australia,Canberra, Australian Capital TerritoryEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
