THE WEEPING WILLOWS
Schedule
Tue Jul 09 2024 at 07:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Kitchen Garden | Birmingham, EN
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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.2017-2023 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 an Official Showcase at AmericanaFest (USA) and appearing at Folk Alliance International (USA), 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)
“…on the way to making some serious waves in Americana.” (AmericanaUK)
“…stunning acoustic guitar work, heavenly harmonies, and a haunting melody rooted in American Gothic.” (Pop Matters).
★★★★ Rolling Stone, Rhythms Magazine, The Music and The Australian
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Where is it happening?
Kitchen Garden, 17 York Road,Birmingham, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
