BOO HEWERDINE & BROOKS WILLIAMS - 'State of the Union' Autumn Tour 2017

BOO HEWERDINE & BROOKS WILLIAMS - 'State of the Union' Autumn Tour 2017 - Only a few dates remaining "Beautiful, classy playing and great songs" - Ac BOO HEWERDINE & BROOKS WILLIAMS - 'State of the Union' Autumn Tour 2017 - Only a few dates remaining Boo & Brooks "Beautiful, classy playing and great songs" - Acoustic Magazine “Americana at its finest!” - fRoots STATE OF THE UNION will return with their third album for Reveal Records in Autumn 2017 and a concert tour with selected Summer Festival dates. Combining the mercurial talents of English songwriting legend Boo Hewerdine and acclaimed American Blues guitarist and songwriter Brooks Williams, State of the Union create a magical, stripped back and enthralling musical atmosphere, their performances consistently brilliant, equal parts emotive and entertaining. The original songs Hewerdine and Williams play are infused by a multitude of influences, from Willie Nelson to Johnny Cash, from the wide open Fenlands to the frenetic buzz of the city. Their recordings are made quickly, in most instances first take, live in the studio, but the sound this amazing acoustic duo capture is rich and expertly executed. About Boo Hewerdine & Brooks Williams Boo is perhaps best known from his years fronting much loved English rock band The Bible but he has since enjoyed a solo career spanning over two decades and written thousands of published songs including those for Eddi Reader, Sia, Chris Difford, Kris Drever and KD Lang. His most recent album “Swimming In Mercury” is due out in February 2017 on Reveal Records. Brooks Williams got his start in the clubs and bars in Boston USA (the same music scene that years earlier sparked the careers of Bonnie Raitt and Chris Smither) and from there he has toured in ever-widening circles for nearly three decades. In 2013 Williams was nominated best male vocalist by the UK’s foremost roots-music mavens, Spiral Earth. AmericanaUK says, “he has a beautiful voice that you just melt into.” He’s also ranked in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists. Over the years he has picked alongside Taj Mahal, John Hammond, Paul Jones, Little Feat, Maria Muldaur, Shawn Colvin and Leo Kottke, to name but a few. Boo & Brooks More about State of the Union, In conversation: How did you meet and when did you start playing music together? Brooks: “Boo invited me to step in last minute to play at his annual Christmas concert. I played a solo set and then sat in with Boo for a few songs. Even though we had never played together before it had a real magic feel to it. I think both of us knew there was something unique happening and worth exploring”. Boo: “Brooks came and played at one of my Christmas shows when there was so much snow my other guests couldn’t make it! It was magic and we decided to do more. We had actually met once before when Brooks interviewed me for a guitar magazine. Which is a bit like Muhammad Ali interviewing Eddie The Eagle….He is a guitar master!”. What are the main differences in your guitar styles / playing and approach to songwriting? Brooks: “On paper our two worlds are pretty far apart, but somehow we’re able to bring them together. It’s an overused phrase but I believe there is some real musical magic in State Of The Union. I like to think it gives us both the opportunity to showcase our ‘expected’ strengths, but also to explore and dig in to the other aspects of our music. In a way SOTU is an alter-ego”. Boo: “Brooks is a bluesman (of great subtlety) from Georgia and I was in an 80’s indie band….and yet it worked right away. I think the route of why it works musically is both of us have a love of good time… a sense of rhythm. And we both love the craft of writing”. What do you enjoy most about the duo’s live performances? Brooks: “It’s the whole package - getting to create a pretty big sound with just two guitars and two voices. Audiences from our earlier tours know what I mean. It’s fun. It’s big. And I’m not aware of anyone else doing it exactly like SOTU”. Boo: “It feels so much more than the sum of the parts…whenever we revisit SOTU it kicks into gear with ease, in a spooky way!”. What does State of The Union mean / why did you pick this band name ? Brooks: “Boo came up with the name. It represents us pretty well, I think. Two distinctly different musicians from different parts of the world with two different sets of influences coming together and making music. And even though on paper it shouldn’t work, there’s so much shared inspiration that it takes on a pretty cool life of its own”. Boo & Brooks BOOKING NOW FOR SELECTED SUMMER FESTIVALS 2017 & AUTUMN DATES: Monday 18 September Tues 19 September Weds 20 September Sat 23 September Sun 01 October Monday 02 October Sunday 08 October For all booking enquiries and details on availability please contact: GAIL COOKE LAUGHING DOG MUSIC gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk   Click here for LAUGHING DOG MUSIC Click here for BROOKS WILLIAMS Click here for BOO HEWERDINE Click here for REVEAL RECORDS

Grant Maloy Smith Dust Bowl - American Stories

Grant Maloy Smith Featured Album       The long-awaited album Dust Bowl - American Stories, is now available for pre-ordering on my website. I will personally sign each CD and write a message to you on it, and mail it to you postage free anywhere in the USA. There will be 100 CD's available under this special deal, so please act quickly to reserve yours. There's a special page on my website where you can pre-order today: www.grant-maloy-smith.com/Music/DustBowl/ I really look forward to sharing this music with you. I've spent nearly three years on this album. The webpage above will show you the world-class musicians that I have playing on it. It's been a long journey, and I can't wait for you to hear the final product! Grant Featured Album Dust Bowl - American Stories       Tracks Old Black Roller Daddy, If You Have To Go     Listen Now     Music   Old Black Roller Daddy, If You Have To Go You Don't Have to Love Me Back   MORE MUSIC     Upcoming Shows     Thursday, January 26 Rudy's Pub  •  Lake Worth, FL  •  8:00pm Get the Details   Saturday, January 28 South Florida Folk Festival  •  Ft Lauderdale, FL  •  12:00pm Get the Details   Thursday, February 9 Kulak's Woodshed  •  North Hollywood, CA  •  8:00pm Get the Details     MORE SHOWS     Press   "Going headlong into the album, the first thing you experience is the pronounced Midwestern drawl ever present in Grant’s voice and the amazing banjo work on “The Boy Who Built The Moon,” a song that is in and of itself a fun and faithful bluegrass tune that sets Yellow Trailer up for success right away. Smith’s lyrical work is just as impressive from track to track, staying true to folk style storytelling in music while keeping it sounding fresh and enjoyable. The elements of ld and new combine so well that fans of country and bluegrass will find it an easily addictive sound, while the small pop seasoning gives it a kick for a more modern taste. The two best songs on the release are the title-track and the conclusion, “Hold On To Moments.” Both present themselves with the most charisma and personality derived in the songwriting, and possess the vital pieces, including mandolin, fiddle, banjo, slide/resonator and acoustic guitar, in the most subtle of ways. In a Word: Crea"— Joe Cirilo, The Aquarian Weekly, Jan 10, 2014

KING KING HIT THE ROAD 2017! KING KING are back on road - again - with a full tour in April and May 2017. Tickets are now on sale from individual venues or The Gig Cartel. Hurry, as these shows will sell out! King King Live is the Number One Live album of 2016 according to Blues Rock review's Top 5, which you can see here. UK Tour Dates 2017 13 Jan Cardiff The Globe 14 Jan Frome Cheese and Grain 28 Jan Bingley Bingley Festival 03 Feb Norwich Waterfront 04 Feb Southampton 1865 18 Feb Exeter Phoenix 24 Feb Dublin Whelans 25 Feb Belfast Empire 03 March Brighton Old Market 04 March Bilston Robin 2 20 April Corby Cube 21 April Tavistock Wharf 23 April Bristol Fleece 27 April Basingstoke Haymarket 28 April Bury St Edmunds Apex 29 April Dartford Mick Jagger 30 April Southend Chinnery 04 May Kendal Brewery 05 May Glasgow ABC 06 May Holmfirth Picturedrome 07 May Nottingham Rescue Rooms 11 May Newcastle Wylam Brewery 12 May Glenrothes Rothes Hall 13 May Inverness Ironworks 14 May Aberdeen Lemon Tree 18 May Leamington Assembly 19 May Harpenden Public Halls 20 May Southport Atkinson 21 May York Fibbers Copyright © 2016 Manhaton Records, All rights reserved. You subscribed to King King's mailing list online or at a show. Thanks! Our mailing address is: Manhaton Records 9 School Road Twyford Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1QQ United Kingdom

Paul Weller Live 2017

King King at Engine Shed Lincoln 18 December, 2016.

King King at Engine Shed Lincoln 18 December, 2016.

The Boobonyx Gigs December 2016

The Boobonyx Gigs December 2016

Earl and the Bandstand, Flying Circus, Newark, Sat 10 December 2016

Earl and the Bandstand, Flying Circus, Newark, Sat 10 December 2016

Check out the live music coming up at Lincoln Drill Hall in Spring 2017.

Check out the live music coming up at Lincoln Drill Hall in the Spring of 2017...

Jive Aces - Saturday 28 Jan 2017, 8:00pm

Fairport Convention - Sunday 05 Feb 2017, 8:00pm

NJ5 presents: Anthony Strong and his Band - Saturday 11 Feb 2017, 8:00pm

Pennyless  - Thursday 16 Feb 2017, 8:00pm

Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders - Sunday 19 Feb 2017, 7:30pm

McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle - Wednesday 22 Feb 2017, 8:00pm

Cafe Manouche - Friday 24 Feb 2017, 8:00pm

Hackney Colliery Band - Friday 17 Mar 2017, 8:00pm

The Blues Band - Thursday 06 Apr 2017, 7:30pm

Matthew Ford - Saturday 22 Apr 2017, 8:00pm

Eddi Reader & Special Guest Adam Holmes - Friday 05 May 2017, 8:00pm

Tickets for all of these gigs from 01522 873894.

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