KELLEY SWINDALL & SCOUT WILLIS
Co headline bill.
Little Whelan’s • Wed 4th September 2024
KELLEY SWINDALL
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Equally, at home in a biker bar or under a proscenium arch, Kelley Swindall takes the stage solo, armed w/ her moxie and an acoustic guitar, singing about the stuff classic country, folk, and blues is made of: heartache, heartbreak, revenge, redemption, life, death, and those pesky existential musings in between; all filtered through a sassily sardonic,southern perspective, adeptly walking the line between humor and pathos.
Her debut studio album, “You Can Call Me Darlin’ If You Want”, was released via NYC-based Velvet Elk Records in September of 2020, to glowing reviews, with American Songwriter declaring “Swindall affirms her place with ‘You CanCall Me Darlin If You Want”. Country Music People (UK) gave the album 5 out 5 stars, and Americana UK urged “Don’t let this masterpiece pass you by”.“Darlin’” was named to several US and UK publications end of the year “best of” lists, and enjoyed the #1 position on Europe’s Hot Disc Top 40 charts for 6 consecutive weeks.
She has since toured the UK extensively,sharing the stage and supporting artists such as Billy Bragg, Jim Jones Revue, The Urban Voodoo Machine, Robert Vincent, fellow New Yorker Jesse Malin, and has played various UK Festivals, including Glastonbury and Kendal Calling.
With her long awaited follow up LP “Memento Mori”, a seemingly death centric country folk blues album, Swindall shepherds us into the darker waters of Americana, on an alchemical journey of reconciliation between life and death, wryly suggesting that they just may be two sides of the same coin.
Keep a look out for the first release from “The Memento Mori Demos” entitled “Hole in My Heart”, dropping May ‘24.
SCOUT WILLIS
Scout Willis is an artist, musician and writer – but really, she is a Magician, a devotee of the Muse and Venus herself. Scout rides the emotional waves of life with a seeker’s heart and tenderly molds each experience into the perfect offering – her songs.
Scout’s 2022 self-titled album beckoned us into her temple and bestowed listeners with a treasure trove of rare gems – the type of tracks to keep you company and carry you through your own peaks and valleys. Scout‘s upcoming album is a brewing storm on the horizon, a coming stampede that will take you on a ride and reconnect you to your deepest pleasures. Her live sets are ceremonial spells, casting cosmic rays that fan the inner flames. Be blessed by her bewitching and angelic gifts, and accept her invitation into your own remembrance. And buckle up, darlin – there’s so much more to come.
TICKETS
€15 available online from Whelan’s – 50c per ticket service charge applies.
Strictly over 18′s, I.D. may be required.