Brisbane institution, The Morrison Hotel, will host an amazing line-up of international and national Americana artists for the inaugural Morrisonville 'Americana' Festival later this year. Headlined by legendary Texan outlaw country artist Kinky Friedman and acclaimed singer/songwriter Hayes Carll alongside Australia's own Eagle & The Wolf, The Weeping Willows and Paddy McHugh, Morrisonville takes place on Saturday 15 October 2016 kicking off from 2pm till late.
Tickets and more info here.
The Weeping Willows are playing their first Gympie Muster, appearing at the Blues & Roots Bar along with Shane Nicholson, Tim Wheatley, Harry Hookey, Lloyd Spiegel Music, Grizzlee Train, Daniel Champagne, Corey Harris and more!
Thursday 25th August at 6.30pm
Friday 26th August at 12.30pm
Saturday 27th August at 11.00am
The Weeping Willows are thrilled to be joining Americana royalty, Shane Nicholson and Lachlan Bryan, on their Road to AmericanaFest!
This September, triple ARIA award winning singer-songwriter Shane Nicholson joins forces with highly regarded songsmith Lachlan Bryan and special guests The Weeping Willows, Gretta Ziller & Andrew Swift in a showcase of Australia’s finest Americana artists.
The Road To AmericanaFest is a grass roots initiative of the Americana Music Association in support of artists appearing at the 17th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference, which runs from September 20-25 in Nashville.
VIC tour dates:
Thursday September 1 - Suttons House Of Music, Ballarat
Friday September 2 – Baha, Rye
Saturday September 3 – The Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh
We are excited to announce that we are the first direct Australian signing to Redeye Worldwide (based in North Carolina), who look after some of our favourite artists including Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings Machine and Willie Watson (Acony Records), Tift Merritt, Dave Alvin, Mandolin Orange, Grant-Lee Phillips, The Stray Birds and Robyn Hitchcock (Yep Roc Records), Eilen Jewell (Signature Sounds Recordings) and Iris DeMent (Flariella Records). We are honoured to be joining such an inspiring roster of artists and working with a dynamic, experienced, passionate, music-loving team!
We are so grateful to Antonio Foxlee (Redeye Sydney), Charlie Painter (Redeye Haw River, NC) and Wendy Higgs (Redeye Los Angeles, CA) and the angel Areatha Bryant of Mother Hen Touring. Thank you for believing in us. We will continue to work hard, day and night, to make you proud.
The Weeping Willows are excited to be recording with 4 time Grammy award winning engineer, Ryan Freeland, in LA next week! Today, we had a chance to meet him and check out his amazing studio in Culver City, Los Angeles. Follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/theweepingwillows) for updates!
