1Oth February 2021: Elaine Lennon & Michael Logen- Via Zoom

Elaine Lennon & Michael Logen

Wednesday 10th February 2021

Show starts at 8pm and streamed Via Zoom

Tickets £11 from paypal.me/fallenangelsclub

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Join Scottish singer songwriter Elaine Lennon and special guest Michael Logen for an evening of music to mark the one-year anniversary of her award-winning self-titled debut album, being celebrated by the release a remixed single of her track ‘THIS’.

THIS – The ‘21 Remix, out Sunday 24 January 2021, is a captivating reworking of a track taken from the album which was launched by The Fallen Angels Club to a sold-out show at Celtic Connections in January 2020 and won Celtic Music Radio’s Album of the Year 2020 Award.

The album, produced by Findlay Napier and supported by Creative Scotland, also made the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Awards Long List 2020. ‘

One of the best debut albums I have heard in years’ – FATEA

Elaine and Americana/Folk artist Michael Logen first performed live together here in Scotland in 2019. Grammy-nominated Singer/Songwriter, based in Nashville,Tennessee, Michael’s stunning, sophomore album, “New Medicine” is an articulate, measured examination of the inner-workings of the human mind and heart on a backdrop of gorgeous, sweeping, acoustic-based, rhythmic folk/pop. The album features 3 phenomenalguest artists: Kim Richey, Liz Longleyand Ruby Amanfu, and has garnered 6 TV placements so far and includes Michael’s original, acoustic version of a song he wrote with Jennifer Hanson, called “Breaking Your Own Heart”, which was covered by Kelly Clarksonon her Platinum-Selling, Grammy-Winning album, “Stronger”.

Logen grew up in a small college town, Lewisburg, in North Central Pennsylvania. He was raised listening to Americana and Folk classics like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Gordon Lightfoot. He comes from a musical family and learned to play guitar from his Dad, even recorded a folk project with his brother, Dave.

Logen’s folk song, “Couldn’t Ask For A Better Friend” played prominently throughout the 2016 Rio Olympics when it was chosen by Folgers as the theme for their award-winning ad.

10th December 2020: Emily Barker & Austin Lucas

Emily Barker & Austin Lucas

Thursday 10th December 2020

Show starts at 8pm (UK Time)

Tickets £12 from paypal.me/fallenangelsclub

Streamed via Zoom- confirmation e-mail will be sent.

Emily Barker released her new album A Dark Murmuration of Words on September 4th 2020 through Thirty Tigers. Produced by Greg Freeman and recorded at StudiOwz, a converted chapel in the Welsh countryside, the album received critical acclaim aplenty and topped the official Americana Albums chart. Throughout the ten songs that make up the album, Barker draws connections between the familial, the local, and the global: a mother sings to her unborn child, asking for its forgiveness on ‘Strange Weather’; ‘When Stars Cannot Be Found’ explores the humbleness and comfort of the night sky when far away from home. Other highlights include the nostalgic ‘Return Me’, ‘The Woman Who Planted Trees’, the gloriously defiant ‘Machine’ and the effortless album closer ‘Sonogram’.

Austin Lucas’ new album Alive In The Hot Zone was written and recorded in the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter/American uprising. This album represents a new direction
for Austin, yet retains his distinctive voice and hyperliterate writing style. Contained are ten songs that serve as direct commentary regarding the ongoing global situation, isolation, fear and the indomitable
spirit required to stand up against systemic racism and fascism, in a world spiraling out of control.
An American songwriter and political activist currently experiencing a more or less involuntary exile, Austin finds himself isolated in a foreign land, far away from his family and friends.

11th December 2020: Nathan Bell

Nathan Bell

Friday 11th December 2020

Show starts at 8pm

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An Iowa-bred, Tennessee-grown, down-to-earth American original, Nathan Bell creates spellbinding live performances with a combination of impeccably sung stories and dazzling musicianship not always found in the singer-songwriter genre.

With a keen eye and ear for the lives of working people, struggling people and forgotten people, Bell has honed his decades of commitment to blues, folk, jazz, poetry and justice into a sound and spirit all his own.

The son of famed Iowa poet Marvin Bell, Nathan grew up attuned to the power of plain, spare language to evoke places and narratives that stir both the heart and the brain. He moved to Boston in the 1980s and refined both his writing and his guitar playing while paying his dues driving a fish truck and working long hours in a hotel restaurant receiving room.

Bell returned to Iowa as part of the folk duo Bell and Shore, and garnered national attention for his vigorous, literate and often funny songwriting, as well as his virtuoso arranging and guitar playing. After recording two critically acclaimed albums, Bell moved to Nashville where he worked with producer Richard Bennett (Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart) and tried his hand at writing in the Twang Town music machine.

As marriage and children arrived, Bell put down the guitar and joined the corporate world, returning after a 15-year hiatus with the expanded perspective that comes with age and responsibility. Weathering the pain of layoffs, the unmooring of the Great Recession, and the frustration of an increasingly deranged American political landscape, Bell’s new songs reflected his newfound insights into love, greed, abandonment and injustice.

His self-recorded “Family Man” quartet of CDs, as well as his enthralling live shows, earned Bell a loyal and growing following among devotees of the well-written song, expertly presented, in the U.S., Europe and the U.K.

In 2019, Bell recorded a new set of songs with producers Brian Brinkerhoff and Frank Swart (Malcolm Holcombe, Guitar Shorty, Kool and the Gang). Scheduled for release in autumn 2020, “Red, White, and American Blues (it couldn’t happen here)” features guest vocals from Patty Griffin, Regina McCrary, and Aubrie Sellers.

“I Don’t Do This For Love, I Do This For Love, Nathan Bell on Tour,” a film by award winning director John Dower, filmed in Scotland, England, and Wales, is currently playing at independent film festivals all over the world.

11th & 13th December 2020:The Orphan Brigade Pre Record 6 Song Exclusive

The Orphan Brigade– Pre Record 6 Song Exclusive

Friday 11th December 2020

Show starts at 9.30pm (UK Time)

Sunday 13th December 2020

Show starts at 5pm (UK Time)

Suggested price £5 from
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The Orphan Brigade, featuring Ben Glover Music, Neilson Hubbard and @Joshua Britt recorded this exclusive performance from Octagon Hall in Kentucky.

It is their only live performance of 2020 and features songs from their last release ’To The Edge Of The World.’ Octagon Hall was the inspiration and location for the writing and recording of their debut album and award- winning film “Soundtrack To A Ghost Story.” The band is very excited to share this exclusive session for the Fallen Angels Club Long Weekend.

12th December 2020: Matt McGinn & Malojian

Matt McGinn & Malojian

Saturday 12th December

Streamed Via Zoom

Show starts at 4pm

Tickets £11.50 from paypal.me/fallenangelsclub

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For our Saturday matinee we are delighted to welcome a double header from two fantastic singer song writers from Northern Ireland.

Irish Songwriter and Producer Matt McGinn hails from the Mourne Mountains in Co. Down. Hotpress Magazine labelled him as ‘1 to Watch’ in 2020.

His 2019 single Bubblegum with Ciara O’Neill was one of the most played songs on BBC Radio Ulster and was played extensively on RTE Radio, BBC Radio 6, and many other stations throughout Ireland and the UK. His latest single release, Annie (Many Moons Ago) has been described as one of the best you’ll hear this year.

“Now, isn’t that just extraordinary?!” Tom Robinson BBC 6.

In 2020 Matt released his 4th album LESSONS OF WAR. It includes songs Matt penned with some of Ireland’s finest writers and features artists from areas around the world affected by conflict like the Citizens of the World Choir, made up refugees and their carers; Anthony Seydu from Siera Leone; and Yazan Ibrahim, a young virtuoso flamenco guitarist from Golan Heights.

Over the last few years, Malojian has released 4 stunning solo albums, along the way collaborating with some musical legends, including Steve Albini, who earned his chops producing Nirvana, The Pixies etc. His latest album features Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M., Atoms For Peace, Roger Waters), Gerry Love (Teenage Fanclub), Jon Thorne (Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, Lamb) and more…But it’s Malojian’s own voice and songs that sets him apart from the crowd.

12th December 2020: Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin

Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin

Saturday 12th December 2020

Show starts at 8pm

Tickets £11 from paypal.me/fallenangelsclub

Streamed Via Zoom, confirmation e-mail will be sent.

It’s a special treat when Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin, who normally tour separately and solo, get to share the stage together. If the chemistry seems especially sparkful, they come by it honestly, as they are a rare breed: a romantic partnership in real life, not just musical life. And the two together on stage makes for a classic case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.

Danny Schmidt is best known for his riveting poetic lyrics, which have drawn favorable comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Townes Van Zandt for their depth and complexity. And gypsy spirit Carrie Elkin is best known for her incredibly soulful and dynamic vocals, which have drawn favorable comparisons to Patty Griffin at her most powerful, and Nanci Griffith at her most intimate…

13th December 2020: Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson

Exclusive Pre Recorded Concert

Saturday 12th December 2020

Show starts at 8pm (UK Time)

Tickets £12.50 from paypal.me/fallenangelsclub

Streamed via Zoom- confirmation e-mail will be sent.

We are so delighted that legendary Austin singer song writer Eliza Gilksyon has agreed to record a concert exclusively for The Fallen Angels Club.

Eliza, a twice Grammy-nominated (2006/2014) singer-songwriter, is announcing her new release, 2020, due out on April 10 on the Red House/Compass label. The record is a collection of politically charged anthems designed to motivate, reflect and inspire action during what may be the most vital American election of our lifetime.

2020 is a blend of new and old, reflecting the protests and activism that have defined her generation, including her interpretation of some folk favorites by Bob Dylan, “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,”and Pete Seeger’s “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.” Eliza also adapted a new song, “Beach Haven,” from a letter written by Woody Guthrie in 1952 to Fred Trump, who at the time was his landlord, regarding his segregationist renter policies. Ever the optimist, Woody pleaded to Trump to “open your doors” and “rip out the strangling red tape” that kept the apartment from embracing all races.

17th-20th July 2020 The Fallen Angels Club Long Weekend

The Fallen Angels Club- Long Weekend 

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photo Kris Kesiak

Roseanne Reid

Friday 17th July 2020

Show starts at 5pm

Tickets £9.50

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Kris Drever

Friday 17th July 2020

Show starts at 8pm

Tickets £13.50

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Elaine Lennon & James Edwyn

Saturday 18th July 2020

Show starts at 2pm

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Findlay Napier & Megan Henwood

Sunday 19th July 2020

Show starts at 4pm

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Ben Glover & Anthony Toner

Sunday 19th July 2020

Show starts at 8pm

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Mary Gauthier plus special guest Jaimee Harris

Monday 20th July 2020

Show starts at 8pm

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19th February 2015: Sons Of Bill

Sons Of Bill plus The Wynntown Marshals

Thursday 19^th February 2015

Stereo Glasgow Glasgow
Tickets £13 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151
Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

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The highly-rated Sons of Bill make a welcome return visit for a show at Stereo on Thursday, February 19, 2015.

The three brothers at the core of the band hail from Charlottesville, Virginia – their dad is called, Bill, hence their name – are one of those bands that put the rock into country rock.

They have just released their second album, “Love and Logic”, which Rolling Stone magazine praised as “lush and beautiful…a classic roots rock album for the modern age.”

Last time at this venue, they had the place jumping with their potent mix of acoustic ballads and country-edge rockers.

The Marshals will be showcasing some songs from their forthcoming new album.

6th March 2015: Ben Glover & Angel Snow

Ben Glover & Angel Snow

Friday 6th March 2015

The Admiral Bar Glasgow

Tickets £12 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 or behind the bar in The Admiral

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

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Irishman and Nashville resident, Ben Glover is always a welcome visitor to Scotland – and he is returning on a double bill with Angel Snow to Glasgow on Friday March 6, for a show at The Admiral in Waterloo Street.

His status is rising as his current album, “Atlantic” got a five-star review from Maverick Magazine while The Telegraph declared it to be among the best 23 albums of 2014.

He has toured and/or performed with the likes of Vince Gill, Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale and Mary Gauthier.

Also on the bill is Angel Show, who hails from Chickamauga in Georgia.

Noted for her subtle guitar playing and excellent lyrics, rising star Angel makes her Scottish debut and will be performing songs from her latest album, “Fortune Tellers”.

She has also written songs for no less a star than Alison Krauss.

Ricky Ross (Another Country – BBC Radio Scotland) likes both of them, saying:

“Two artists who have made some of the most compelling music we’ve played on Another Country this year. Make sure you catch this great double bill.”

11th March 2015: The Handsome Family

The Handsome Family plus Daniel Knox

Wednesday 11th March 2015

St Andrews In The Square Glasgow

Tickets £16 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

Unreserved seating available

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The Handsome Family are set to bring their dark and delightful all-round musical merriment to St Andrews in the Square on Wednesday, March 11, 2015.

The mischievous minstrels – Rennie and Brett Spark – are great favourites in Glasgow with beguiling shows that are playful, and packed with great songs and music about anything from magnets to owls or milk.

Their song, “Far From Any Road” from their 2003 “Singing Bones” album, brought them to a wider audience after its use as the theme tune to the hugely popular TV series True Detective.

Newcomers to the devilish duo now know what long-standing fans have been raving about.

“The Handsome Family – as funny as ****, as sweet as love, and as serious as death” UNCUT

Daniel Knox’s unique baritone with an array of brass, strings, synthesizers, his usual band, and guest contributions from Brett Sparks and Thor Harris.

“An achingly lovely exercise in vintage, chrome-plated, wood-paneled Americana”- UNCUT 8/10

Tuesday 31st March 2015: Cera Impala

Cera Impala plus support

In association with Live @ The Star

Tuesday 31^st March 2015

The Admiral Bar Glasgow

Tickets £9 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

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Cera Impala is a banjo-wielding mama who oozes wild style. Her songs are unique yet feel instantly familiar, and she delivers them with a voice that melts even the hardest of hearts.

Originally from Flagstaff, Arizona, Cera has performed all across the USA and Europe. Cera appears with her husband and fiddler, Dr. Dirk Ronneburg (Southern Tenant Folk Union, Viper Swing).

Since making a home in Edinburgh in 2012, she has also lent her voice to the notorious queens of harmony, The Bevvy Sisters.

“Graceful, eerie, tragically beautiful, it’s like she’s living with a backwoods secret she’s determined to keep.”–Victory Review (Seattle)

14th April 2015: Ags Connolly

Ags Connolly plus John McMeekin
In association with Live @ The Star

Tuesday 14^th April 2015
The Admiral Bar Glasgow
Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

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Ags Connolly is a traditional country (or ‘Ameripolitan’) singer-songwriter from Oxfordshire. His debut album ‘How About Now’ was released on Drumfire Records in February 2014 to critical acclaim:

As a live performer, Ags has appeared at events such as the 2013 Country 2 Country Festival at the O2 Arena and the 2014 Southern Fried Festival in Perth. He has also opened for various international artists such as Jimmy LaFave and Fred Eaglesmith. Ags has recorded songs for Bob Harris’s ‘Under The Apple Tree’ sessions, while being championed from various quarters including The Guardian and BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz.

“A compelling debut” – Independent on Sunday (4/5)

 

22nd April 2015 : Mark Olson

Mark Olson plus Monica Queen

Wednesday 22nd April 2015

The CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow

Tickets £13 from The CCA 0141 352 4900

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Jayhawks’ founder member, Mark Olson continues to create and record – and he’ll showcase his latest solo release at a show at Glasgow’s CCA on April 22.

The singer-songwriter has been responsible for some of the most blissful, genre-defining Alternative Country and Americana ever recorded but on his first solo album for five years, ‘Good-bye Lizelle,’ Olson strikes out in an altogether different direction, resulting in songs that prove both poetic and mystical.

The album – written and recorded across several continents and featuring his Norwegian wife, Ingunn Ringvold on vocals– has been attracting hugely favourable reviews from the critics.

Of the new Olson album, Folk Radio UK wrote: “there are no bad songs here, just degrees of excellence.”

Mark Olson is one of the most recognised and revered figures in the Americana music genre so a show in Glasgow is a ‘must-see’.

His music has brought pleasure to so many people over the years with The Jayhawks, other bands and solo so it’s a real big deal that he’s agreed to include Glasgow in a major tour.”

Glasgow’s very own Monica Queen will open up the show.

24th-25th April 2015: Kris Drever & Boo Hewerdine

Kris Drever & Boo Hewerdine

Friday 24^th April 2015

The CCA Glasgow

Tickets £14 from The CCA Box office 0141 352 4900

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

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Saturday 25^th April 2015

The Pleasance Cabaret Bar Edinburgh

Tickets £14 from Tickets Scotland 0131 220 3234 or Ripping Records 0131 226 7010

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

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The prolific and highly rated Kris Drever and Boo Hewerdine are doubling up on their undoubted talents for two special shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh in April.

The duo are playing gigs together at the CCA in Glasgow on 24^th April and 25^th April the following evening at The Pleasance Cabaret Bar in the capital.

Award-winning singer, Kris Drever, one-third of the award-winning trio LAU, recently released “Mareel”, a five-track EP and it confirms his rightful place at the heart of today’s contemporary roots’ scene.

Like Kris, Boo Hewerdine has many admirers. He works hard and is justifiably celebrated for his work as a solo artist, band member and as a collaborative songsmith. Boo tours, writes and records with Eddi Reader, and has penned some of her biggest songs, including “The Patience Of Angels”.

Wednesday 29th April 2015: Josh Rouse

Josh Rouse plus Tim Keegan

Wednesday 29^th April 2015

Oran Mor Glasgow

Tickets £16 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 or behind the bar in Oran Mor

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

Unreserved seating available

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Nebraska-born singer-songwriter Josh Rouse makes a welcome return to Glasgow after a three-year gap for a show at Oran Mor in April.

In that month his latest album, the ten-track “The Embers Of Time” will also be released, an endeavour he’s described as his “surreal expat therapy record.”

Now based in Spain, the new recording features some his most complex song writing to date with confessional lyrics and Glen Campbell-style countrypolitan, radio friendly arrangements.

He is an emotional and whole-hearted performer who leaves a positive mark on audiences wherever he plays.

It’s been a while since Josh Rouse played in Glasgow so we’re pleased to welcome him back, especially as he’ll be promoting his new album while dipping into an impressive back catalogue.
Photo: York Wilson

14th May 2015: LAU

LAU

plus Siobhan Wilson

Thursday 14^th May 2015

St Andrews In The Square Glasgow

Tickets £16 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

Unreserved seating available

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Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for release in May 2015 on Reveal Records).

Lau are three highly individual and extremely gifted musicians – Martin Green (accordion and electronics) Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle, fx) and Kris Drever (vocals, guitars). For a decade they have been stretching folk music’s boundaries further and exploring new musical territory with each release and concert tour.

2012’s ‘Race The Loser’ album was nominated for Scottish Album of the Year and featured in many critics best of year lists. Lau appeared on BBC TV’s Later… with Jools Holland extending their audience considerably in the process and won their fourth BBC Radio Folk Award for Best Group a few months later.

For their new album, The Elysian Quartet, a group that share Lau’s fearless desire to create something new through improvisation, will feature and the new recordings are produced by Brooklyn based artist and multi-instrumentalist Joan Wasser (Joan As Police Woman). What comes next from Lau promises to be their greatest musical recorded statement yet.

 

***** The Guardian Albums of the Year **** MOJO **** Observer

 

******** UNCUT 8/10 ‘The U.K’s best live band’ The Guardian ★★★★★

 

17th May 2015: The Foghorn Stringband

The Foghorn Stringband
plus Jenn Butterworth & Laura Beth Salter

Sunday 17^th May 2015

The CCA Glasgow

Tickets £13 from The CCA Box office 0141 352 4900

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

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They spread the gospel of old-time American roots music all over the world – and now The Foghorn String Band are aheadin’ to Glasgow for a CCA gig on Sunday, May 17, 2015.

With seven albums, thousands of shows and over a decade of touring under their belts they’ve been steadily proving that American roots music is a never-ending well of inspiration.

Emerging from Portland, Oregon’s underground scene, the core duo of the band are, Caleb Klauder and Stephen “Sammy” Lind, who make sure their music remains as furiously compelling as ever.

They play over 200 dates a year and each is a joyful and rowdy night out: so hold on to your hats.

“The Foghorn Stringband play old-time American string-band music and they play it with all the passion, warmth, bite and fire of an illicit spirit.” – Folk Words.

19th May 2015: Annabelle Chvostek

Annabelle Chvostek plus plus John Alexander

In association with Live @ The Star

Tuesday 19^th May 2015

The Admiral Bar Glasgow G2 7DA

Tickets £12 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 or behind the bar in The Admiral

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

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2013 Juno and Canadian Folk Music Award nominee, singer/songwriter, Annabelle Chvostek is heading for a gig at The Admiral in Glasgow on May 19, 2015.

She is gathering a lot of plaudits for writing protest songs for a new era of activism.

The versatile multi-instrumentalist Toronto-born performer, formerly of The Wailin’ Jennys, has released two solo albums.

Her second, “Rise” was described by Americana UK as “indie grassroots for the discerning listener – accessible, melodic and honest. A must have.”

Photo: Heather Pollock

22nd May 2015: Adam Holmes & The Embers

Adam Holmes & The Embers plus support

Friday 22^nd May 2015

The CCA Glasgow

Tickets £12 from The CCA Box office 0141 352 4900

Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

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Singer/songwriter Adam Holmes, whose reputation is growing steadily, is lined up for a CCA, Glasgow gig on May 22, 2015.

Adam played a sell-out show at the 2014 Glasgow Americana Festival and his debut album, “Heirs And Graces” was nominated for Scottish Album of the Year.

The 23-year-old from Edinburgh certainly delivers a cultured mix of traditional and contemporary folk music from both sides of the Atlantic with his own brand of Americana never far away.

“…his lilting bass vocal and blend of Scottish tradition and Americana was frequently entrancing” – The Scotsman.

Photo: Zambian Astronaut