Matt Joe Gow

Who: The Weeping Willows (Aus) + Matt Joe Gow (NZ/Aus) When: Tuesday 9th July, Doors from 7.30pm Where: Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham, UK Tickets: www.wegottickets.com/event/612867 3 x CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’, 2 x Australian Folk Music and Music Victoria Award winners, The Weeping Willows (Laura Coates and Andrew Wrigglesworth) are a couple of old souls, steeped in Bluegrass tradition and draped in Gothic Americana imagery. They regale their audiences with stories of sunshine and romance, God and The Devil, murder and decay. Real music. 2017-2024 has seen The 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), performing Official Showcases at AmericanaFest (USA) and Folk Alliance International (USA) and appearing at Maverick Festival (UK), Port Fairy Folk Festival, National Folk Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, Out On The Weekend and the Australian Americana Music Honours. In recent years they have supported 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 national and international tours in support of their three LPs, including sophomore album, Before Darkness Comes A-Callin’, which received four-star reviews in Rolling Stone, The Australian and The Music. A Weeping Willows performance, whether live on location or caught on tape will always delight. ★★★★ – Rolling Stone, Rhythms Magazine, The Music and The Australian MATT JOE GOW From large festivals to boutique gatherings, from supporting Chris Isaak to Justin Townes Earle, 2 x Music Victoria Award Winner, New Zealand Country Music Honours winner and current Aotearoa Music Award Nominee, Matt Joe Gow has built a reputation as an earnest performer to go alongside the authentic Alt country tones and many accolades. With his last studio album Between Tonight & Tomorrow, charting on the ARIA, AMRAP and Australian Independent Record charts, critically-acclaimed Kiwi troubadour Matt Joe Gow captures barroom Americana with a confiding closeness. ‘Joe Gow’s world-class songs show once again he is essential listening.’ –Rhythms Magazine Between Tonight & Tomorrow (Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBRgcp8xhgw