THE WEEPING WILLOWS
6.45PM start! Free Entry! Open Mic Night and England v Slovenia (silent on TV at the back) to follow after!
Time & Location
25 Jun 2024, 18:45 – 19:45
Cambridge, 67 Lensfield Rd, Cambridge CB2 1EN, UK
About
Check out The Weeping Willows YouTube channel with all their latest hits, HERE
3 x CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’,2 xAustralian Folk Music and Music Victoria Award winners, TheWeeping Willows (Laura Coates and Andrew Wrigglesworth) are a couple of old souls,steeped in Bluegrass tradition and draped in Gothic Americana imagery. They regale theiraudiences with storiesof sunshine and romance, God and The Devil, murder and decay.Real music.
2017-2024 has seenThe 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), performingOfficial ShowcasesatAmericanaFest (USA) and Folk Alliance International (USA)and appearing atMaverickFestival (UK), Port Fairy Folk Festival,National Folk Festival,Queenscliff Music Festival, OutOn The Weekend and the Australian Americana Music Honours. In recent years they havesupported 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 nationalandinternational tours in support of their three LPs, including sophomore album,BeforeDarkness Comes A-Callin’, which received four-star reviews in Rolling Stone, The Australianand The Music. A Weeping Willows performance, whether live on location or caught ontape will always delight.
“...a mature, courageous and beguiling experience.”–No Depression (USA)
“...on the way to making some serious waves in Americana.”–AmericanaUK (UK)
“...stunning acoustic guitar work, heavenly harmonies, and a haunting melody rooted in American Gothic.”–Pop Matters (USA)
★★★★–Rolling Stone, Rhythms Magazine, The Music and The Australian