The British Music Embassy will once again return to Austin to host some of the UK’s finest emerging talents at SXSW 2020 next month, this time with the new and larger home of Cedar Street Courtyard to host ten days of activity.
Andy Taylor, the songwriter, guitarist and singer behind hits from Duran Duran, Thunder , The Power Station, Robert Palmer, The Almighty , Gun and many more is to play an intimate UK tour this May.
Due out on 21st February is a collaborative album that features Mark Lanegan, Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Mark Gardener (Ride), Ron Sexsmith, Joel Cadbury (UNKLE), Jim Jones (Thee Hypnotics), Carl Hancock Rux (David Holmes, Portishead) and John Robb (The Membranes) among others. “Humanist” is released on Ignition Records
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Smoke Fairies have unveiled their new video for 'Disconnect' directed by Annick Wolfers. The track is the second single from their forthcoming album 'Darkness Brings The Wonders Home' out on 31st January 2020.
Hot Snakes have released a new single entitled “Checkmate,” which is available now through all digital service providers and will be available directly from the band, in very limited numbers, as a physical 7” at their upcoming shows.
Drive-By Truckers will release their new album 'The Unraveling' through ATO Records on 31st January. 'The Unraveling' is heralded by today’s premiere of the new single, 'Armageddon’s Back In Town', available now for streaming and download. The track is joined by an official lyric video streaming now. In addition, the band have announced US and European tour dates next year, including a show at London's 02 Forum on 6th June.
New Zealand’s Summer Thieves have share an 'earworm' of a song with a lively beat indeed! Old school friends, Jake Bartos (Guitar and Vocals), Adam Spencer (Bass), Johnny Ward (Drums and Vocals) and Izzy Bones (Guitar and Keys) deliver their latest single, ‘Hands’ two years after their last album.
For the third straight year, The Hold Steady will be returning to London for three back-to-back shows, taking place over the first weekend in March. Friday 6th and Saturday 7th will be at Camden’s Electric Ballroom, and Sunday 8th March will see the band hit Bush Hall in Shepherd’s Bush.
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band will be returning to the UK in November for five shows following their triumphant headline performance on the Outlaw Country Stage at Ramblin' Man Fair this summer. The band will be playing songs from their new album ‘The Traveler,’ which was released in May via Provogue. You can listen to the album via Spotify HERE.
Fionn Regan premieres Bon Iver collaborator's video for brand new track 'Riverside Heights' on 'FLOOD', new album 'Cala' is out now on Abbey Records. The new album Cala starts as it means to continue: “Wear this crown of light for you on this August moon.”
Singer, songwriter, screenwriter and director, Rafa Russo’s travels have taken him from his native Madrid, through the folk clubs of New York and London and back to his homeland. Along the way, picking up the cultural influences and experiences of each he has landed up in This Strange Place ... albeit one he very much feels is his own.