THU 26 – SUN 29 JUL
STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES RODNEY
IRIS
GRAHAM
GRETCHEN
DARRELL
CROWELL DEMENT NASH PETERS SCOTT LATE CLUBS FREE OUTDOOR STAGE FAMOUS SOUL FOOD AND BBQ FREE GIGS OPEN MIC FREE ACOUSTIC STAGE AND MUCH MORE
Southern Fried Festival, Perth
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WELCOME
It’s our oft-repeated mantra that song is the common currency of the many musical styles that we present at Southern Fried, and this year’s line-up is our best to date - and that’s saying something! Our headline sextet - Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Iris DeMent, Graham Nash, Darrell Scott and Gretchen Peters - would all figure in any list of the greatest songwriters alive and we’re very, very proud to host them in Perth this summer. We always try to ensure our headline shows are Scottish exclusives and that’s the case again this year, but we’ve gone one better with our Rodney Crowell/Iris DeMent double bill, Darrell Scott’s afternoon concert in Perth Theatre and Gretchen Peter’s closing show all being one-off European shows. Our line-up of ticketed shows highlights the strength of the UK’s Americana music scene with Yola Carter, The Wandering Hearts, Worry Dolls and Dean Owens all featuring as well as Perth’s
Red Pine Timber Co. We’re delighted to partner with the Americana Music Association UK again to showcase five of their member artists across our programme of free gigs. Local people can join Southern Fried Voices and perform with Blue Rose Code and The Bevvy Sisters. Southern Fried Rock Shop will, once again, be bringing in visiting artists in the week leading up to the festival to work with young people, who will open the Outdoor Stage on Saturday and Sunday. Rock Shop graduates Longstay will be launching their debut album released on Perth’s Goldrush Records - as part of the main programme.We look forward to seeing you in Perth and sharing a wonderful weekend of world-class music, fantastic food and great company.
STEVE EARLE THE DUKES THE MASTERSONS THU 26 JUL: 7.30PM PERTH CONCERT HALL
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Andy Shearer Festival Director
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STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES THE MASTERSONS Three-time Grammy Award recipient and 11-time Grammy nominee Steve Earle is a cornerstone artist of Americana music. One of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation; he has released twenty albums - a number of them with his iconic band, The Dukes - and his songs have been recorded by such music legends as Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Carl Perkins, Waylon Jennings, Vince Gill and Joan Baez. His body of work stands comparison with any artist of the last century in its depth, breadth, variety, and emotional and political fearlessness.
For the last seven years, The Mastersons husband-and-wife duo Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore - have kept up an inexorable touring schedule, performing as both the openers for Steve Earle and as members of his band, The Dukes, in addition to playing their own relentless slate of headline shows and festivals. It was Earle, in fact, who pushed the duo to record their acclaimed debut, Birds Fly South, in the first place. www.themastersonsmusic.com
‘Steve Earle’s status as an American legend keeps growing’ The Guardian www.steveearle.com
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WHISKEY SHIVERS
LONGSTAY
THU 26 JUL: 11PM SALUTATION HOTEL
£15; CONCESSIONS £12.50 (INC £1.50 BOOKING FEE PER TICKET)
WHISKEY SHIVERS A diverse group of masterfully talented musicians who stand out like a sore thumb from the traditional bluegrass world, Whiskey Shivers have made a name for themselves with a genre-pushing sound that NPR described as ‘frenetic bluegrass’ with a ‘punk spirit’. Whiskey Shivers shows are always a sight to behold. Barefoot, sleeveless and sweaty, frontman and fiddle master Bobby Fitzgerald never stops smiling on stage as the band tears into their stringed instruments at breakneck speed. Whether they’re playing at a backyard house party, a punk-rock dive bar or a sprawling music festival, crowds have no choice but to take notice and get involved. ‘the fierce inertia of Old Crow Medicine Show, the ramshackle folk punch of Felice Brothers and the punk energy of a pre-sobriety Deer Tick’ Rolling Stone ‘Bluegrass-fuelled Americana for a generation that grew up listening to punk rock’ Washington Post
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LONGSTAY Still unfeasibly young given their huge talent, Perth’s Americana upstarts Longstay are graduates of Southern Fried Rock Shop who blend their high-octane take on country classics along with brand new original material from their highly anticipated debut album, Calling Me Home, which they launch at this show. Drawing on songs and inspiration from acts like Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson through to current artists such as Chris Stapleton and Jason Isbell, these boys will rock you any way you feel. As the latest manifestation of Perth’s lengthy love affair with what we now know as Americana, it’s entirely fitting that the album is produced by the band’s mentor, Gav Munro of Red Pine Timber Co., and released on Goldrush Records, run by John Thomson of the famed record shop and a pioneering live promoter who first brought iconic songwriters like Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Mickey Newbury and Steve Young to the Fair City many years ago. www.longstayband.com
RODNEY CROWELL IRIS DEMENT FRI 27 JUL: 7.30PM PERTH CONCERT HALL
£32.50: CONCESSIONS £30 (INC £1.50 BOOKING FEE PER TICKET)
RODNEY CROWELL
IRIS DEMENT
Fifty years after Crowell first started playing as a teen in Houston garage bands, he has moved into elder-statesman territory. His songs have been recorded by country legends such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and George Strait and artists such as Etta James, Van Morrison and Bob Seger.
Iris DeMent was born in 1961 in rural Arkansas, the youngest of 14 children. She grew up singing gospel music but was also exposed to country, folk, and R&B.
On his latest album, Close Ties, Crowell both demonstrates his strengths as a songwriter and illustrates how he has learned to balance personal recollection, literary sophistication, and his profound musical reach. It’s at once his most intimate record and his most accessible and has been rightly acclaimed as one of his very best. ‘a poignant and emotionally affecting portrait of one of American music’s most captivating, talented and honest artists’ American Songwriter ‘age seems to have deepened his poetic faculties, these rootsy narratives scarred by experience, but all the richer for it’ Uncut (9/10)
DeMent first began composing songs at the age of 25 and released her debut album, Infamous Angel, in 1992 to universal acclaim. The stunning My Life and the hard-hitting The Way I Should soon followed to equally positive reactions. In 1999, she recorded four knockabout duets for singer-songwriter John Prine’s In Spite of Ourselves album, earning a second Grammy nomination. 2004’s gospel collection Lifeline was eventually followed by Sing The Delta in 2012, her first album of original material in 16 years. The Trackless Woods, an album of Anna Akhmatova poems set to music was released in 2015 to a very warm reception. A huge hit on her previous visit in 2011, Iris DeMent very rarely visits the UK and this is an unmissable chance to see a true American original. www.irisdement.com
www.rodneycrowell.com
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LATE SOUTHERN FRIED FRI 27 JUL: 10.45PM SALUTATION HOTEL
BLUE ROSE CODE THE BEVVY SISTERS SOUTHERN FRIED VOICES
£17.50; CONCESSIONS £15 (INC £1.50 BOOKING FEE PER TICKET)
SAT 28 JUL: 2PM PERTH THEATRE
£17.50; CONCESSIONS £15 (INC £1.50 BOOKING FEE)
GORDIE MACKEEMAN & HIS RHYTHM BOYS
RED PINE TIMBER CO.
GORDIE MACKEEMAN & HIS RHYTHM BOYS: 10.45PM Hailing from Prince Edward Island on Canada’s east coast, the multi-award-winning Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys serve up old-time roots music with an energy level that practically yanks you out of your seat by the collar. If ever someone was deserving of his nickname “Crazy Legs”, it is Gordie MacKeeman. His thrilling dance style, while simultaneously playing the fiddle, mixes with great close-harmony bluegrass vocals, Peter Cann’s blistering guitar solos, and the lively multi-instrumental talents of Thomas Webb and Jason Burbine. www.gordiemackeeman.com
ELI WEST
WORRY DOLLS
RED PINE TIMBER CO.: 12.15AM Red Pine Timber Co’s winning blend of Americana, country, soul, blues and southern rock has rightly earned them a formidable reputation as a truly great live act. The great reception given their new album Sorry For The Good Times confirms their arrival as a great studio outfit too. Even more than the sum of its many talented parts, Red Pine boast a magnetic front pairing of songwriter Gav Munro and the fabulous voice of Katie Whittaker. The band’s trump card is their imaginative brass arrangements, which create an utterly unique sound, adding great depth and soul to an already combustible mixture. www.redpinetimberco.com
THE SONGWRITER SESSIONS ELI WEST: 10.45PM
Eli West is a Seattle-based acoustic musician. His recent debut solo album, The Both, has him taking the lead on electric and acoustic guitars, banjo, and pedal steel, whilst remaining a thoughtful collaborator - here with some of his close friends and personal heroes, like jazz great Bill Frisell, new Americana discovery Dori Freeman, and Anna & Elizabeth. www.eliwest.fyi
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WORRY DOLLS: 12 MIDNIGHT
Worry Dolls are one of the UK’s most talkedabout Americana acts. They met in Liverpool, moved to London to pursue their career as a duo and recorded their acclaimed debut album, Go Get Gone, in Nashville. www.worrydollsmusic.com
BLUE ROSE CODE In the space of only a short few years and three stellar albums, Blue Rose Code, Edinburgh-born Ross Wilson, has gone from obscurity to being celebrated as a legacy artist whose work stands alone. Touring almost constantly, he pays his dues the old-fashioned way, changing line-up and arrangement of songs depending on the requirements of the show.
THE BEVVY SISTERS A lusciously harmonious marriage of vintage Americana and classy original songwriting, The Bevvy Sisters’ sound centres on the spellbinding vocal chemistry between singers Heather Macleod, Gina Rae and Louise Murphy. Guitarist David Donnelly completes the core quartet.
‘Wilson’s song writing is fantastically varied, and as witty and knowing on the one hand as it can be heart-breaking and sentimental on the other’ The Herald
‘they glide through their own songs and covers of blues, jazz, soul and country with sparkling accuracy and affection, soul and fun. The covers they perform are reworked with originality and passion as if the songs were their own’ Broadway Baby
www.bluerosecode.com
www.bevvysisters.co.uk
BOTH ARTISTS WILL BE JOINED FOR A FEW SONGS BY OUR SPECIALLY CONVENED CHOIR SOUTHERN FRIED VOICES. SEE P16 FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO TAKE PART
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GRAHAM NASH AN INTIMATE EVENING OF SONGS AND STORIES
LATE SOUTHERN FRIED SAT 28 JUL: 10.45PM SALUTATION HOTEL
£17.50; CONCESSIONS £15 (INC £1.50 BOOKING FEE PER TICKET)
SAT 28 JUL: 7.30PM PERTH CONCERT HALL
£42.50; CONCESSIONS £40 (INC £1.50 BOOKING FEE)
YOLA CARTER
DEAN OWENS
YOLA CARTER: 10.45PM Inspired by country and soul from the likes of The Band, Gillian Welch, Gene Clark, The Byrds, Staple Singers, Emmylou Harris, Otis Redding and Dolly Parton, Yola Carter is a force of nature, an incredibly talented singer-songwriter and a firm Southern Fried favourite going back to her Phantom Limb days. Live, the killer combination of Yola’s powerhouse voice, larger-than-life stage presence, killer band and superb soul-baring songs has proved completely irresistible from her very first show as a solo artist. She was UK Artist Of The Year at the AMA UK Awards in London in February 2017 and followed this up in February 2018 winning UK Song Of The Year for Home from her acclaimed Orphan Offering EP. www.yolacarter.com Graham Nash is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee - with Crosby, Stills & Nash and with The Hollies. He was also inducted twice into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, as a solo artist and with CSN, and he is a Grammy winner. His remarkable body of work began with The Hollies from 1964-68, his contribution to the band included Stop Stop Stop, Pay You Back With Interest, On A Carousel, Carrie Anne, King Midas In Reverse and Jennifer Eccles. With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young he wrote Marrakesh Express, Pre-Road Downs, Lady Of the Island, Teach Your Children, Our House, Just A Song Before I Go and Wasted On the Way among many other classic songs. Tonight he looks back over his career and talks about his life in music and political activism. www.grahamnash.com
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DEAN OWENS & THE WHISKY HEARTS: 12.15AM Dean Owens is widely hailed as one of Scotland’s finest troubadours. His music conjures the open road’s wild romanticism, distilling the Scottish and Americana into a unique blend of celtic spirit and country soul. His new album Southern Wind, has been blowing over reviewers, with many calling it his best yet. His Whisky Hearts band can rock up a storm, with flashes of folk and a touch of twang. www.deanowens.com
MEAGHAN BLANCHARD
THE WANDERING HEARTS
THE SONGWRITER SESSIONS MEAGHAN BLANCHARD: 10.45PM
Meaghan Blanchard is a hugely talented singer-songwriter from Prince Edward Island in Canada who has sung and written songs since early childhood. Widely regarded as one of Canada’s finest roots acts, she has multiple awards to prove it. The Great Escape, her long-awaited new record is a collection of powerful and deeply personal songs. It sees Meaghan find her true artistic voice, adding a sharp new edge to her music and building on the foundation of folk and country influences to create a unique signature sound. www.meaghanblanchard.com
THE WANDERING HEARTS: 12 MIDNIGHT There’s no doubt that The Wandering Hearts have taken the UK music scene by storm in recent months with a string of high profile performances and winning the Bob Harris Emerging Artist Award at The UK Americana Awards 2018. With their seamless vocal harmonies, The Wandering Hearts are reminiscent of First Aid Kit and Of Monsters and Men, whilst channelling Fleetwood Mac’s pop sensibility and the storytelling of Chris Stapleton, all the while keeping their British roots at their heart. www.thewanderinghearts.com
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THE SOUTHERN FRIED OUTDOOR STAGE CONCERT HALL PLAZA OUTDOOR PERTHCOMPERED BY BRUCE FUMMEY Q B B & FREE BAR
THE REVIVALS
BOOGALUSA THE TUMBLING SOULS GORDIE MACKEEMAN & HIS RHYTHM BOYS
SOUTHERN FRIED ROCK SHOP
FRI 27 JUL
5PM: THE TUMBLING SOULS
From Lewis and comprising members of Face The West, Astrid and Ho Ro, The Tumbling Souls are heavily influenced by country music and bluegrass from the 50’s and 60’s with more than a hint of Scottish traditional music seeping in at the seams.
6PM: GORDIE MACKEEMAN & HIS RHYTHM BOYS
Mixing up classic country, bluegrass and the traditions of Scotland (via Prince Edward Island on Canada’s eastern seaboard) in a very different way are the incredible dancing fiddler Gordie “Crazy Legs” MacKeeman and his brilliant band.
SAT 28 JUL 1PM: SOUTHERN FRIED ROCK SHOP
Young musicians, singers and songwriters showcase the fruits of their week-long immersion in American roots music, mentored by professional musicians and songwriters. See p.16 for details on how to sign up. www.diyrockshop.co.uk
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WOLFTRAIN
2PM: WOLFTRAIN
BOBBY KING & THE KINGFISHERS
A Perthshire institution, Wolftrain is a great electric blues band whose inclusive sound also covers rock’n’roll, swing and some great original material.
3PM: BOBBY KING & THE KINGFISHERS Perth-based guitar ace Stuart Nisbet and his tremendously talented chums serve up a sizzling set of rip-roaring rock’n’roll and rockabilly.
4PM: THE REVIVALS
Recently reunited after a long break, The Revivals, fronted by the sensational voice of New Madrids’ singer Ian Hutchison are master craftsmen of classic rock with a rootsy undercurrent.
5PM: THE STRANGE BLUE DREAMS
One of the Scottish music scene’s hidden treasures, The Strange Blue Dreams are stylish purveyors of dramatic pop, gypsy swing, skiffle, doo-wop and ballads from the music hall to the jet-age. ‘they sound like the band that time scandalously forgot’ The Daily Express www.thestrangebluedreams.bandcamp.com
THE STRANGE BLUE DREAMS
JAMES EDWYN & THE BORROWED BAND
RANCHO REBOP & THE FULL MOON HOWLERS
BOHEMIAN MONK MACHINE
SOUTHERN FRIED ROCK SHOP
ANTON & THE COLTS
THE DADDY NAGGINS
6PM: RANCHO REBOP & THE FULL MOON HOWLERS
3PM: JAMES EDWYN & THE BORROWED BAND
Featuring some of Perthshire’s very finest acoustic musicians, Rancho Rebop are masters of their own infectious blend of good-time bluegrass, country, blues and western swing.
This Glasgow sextet were formed in 2013, influenced by folk singer-songwriters like Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan as well as alternative country artists such as Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, The Felice Brothers and Ryan Adams.
SUN 29 JUL
4PM: BOHEMIAN MONK MACHINE
1PM: SOUTHERN FRIED ROCK SHOP
More talented young people showcase what they’ve learnt over an intense week-long workshop led by top-class musicians and songwriters. Always a Southern Fried highlight. See p.16 for details on how to participate. www.diyrockshop.co.uk
2PM: BOOGALUSA
Dundee’s Boogalusa play their own original music, an uptempo, get-up-and-dance take on rootsy swampland swing inspired by Louisiana Cajun and zydeco and season it with reggae, African, Irish and even Ska rhythms.
Local heroes Bohemian Monk Machine are a fiercely talented five piece band drawing inspiration from funk, soul, psychedelia, fusion and other genres.
5PM: ANTON & THE COLTS
This great Glasgow band combines the pristine vocal harmonies of country and bluegrass, raucous bluesy guitars and the tight swinging rhythms of classic soul and funk topped with singer Anton’s sweet smoky growl. www.antonandthecolts.bandcamp.com
6PM: THE DADDY NAGGINS
The Daddy Naggins unite five powerful voices to bring you rip-roaring instrumentals, traditional bluegrass classics, folk songs and well-known modern covers - all with those old-time high and lonesome mountain harmonies. www.thedaddynaggins.bandcamp.com
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THE JOHN ROSS HI-FI
ACOUSTIC STAGE IN ASSOCIATION WITH GOLDRUSH RECORDS JOAN KNIGHT STUDIO, PERTH THEATRE
SON OF THE CHIEF
MARTHA L HEALY
LUCAS & KING
5.30PM: MEAGHAN BLANCHARD
Meaghan Blanchard is a multi-award-winning Americana artist, widely regarded as one of Canada’s finest songwriters. Her new album, The Great Escape, is a collection of deeply personal songs that build on her folk and country influences to add a sharp new edge to the music.
COMPERED BY ROBERTO CASSANI FREE
www.meaghanblanchard.com
SUN 29 JUL 1.30PM: SON OF THE CHIEF WORRY DOLLS
THE COALTOWN DAISIES
ELI WEST
SAT 28 JUL 1.30PM: WORRY DOLLS
One of the UK’s most talked-about Americana acts, Worry Dolls are a tenacious duo born out of the formidable joint talents of Zoe Nicol and Rosie Jones. ‘great harmonies and stirring folk-pop songs. Has Appalachian flourishes but owes as much to clever pop song writing as rootsier influences’ R2 www.worrydollsmusic.com
2.30PM: THE COALTOWN DAISIES
Based in Fife, The Coaltown Daisies are a hugely accomplished duo of singer-songwriters who write and perform dynamic folk, soul and Americana music with great energy and charm.
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THE WANDERING HEARTS
MEAGHAN BLANCHARD
3.30PM: ELI WEST
Old and new, folk and jazz, vocal and instrumental, odd and accessible, subtle and virtuosic all combine in the spellbinding music of Eli West, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who oozes understated brilliance. www.eliwest.fyi
4.30PM: THE WANDERING HEARTS
Winners of the Bob Harris Emerging Artist Award at The UK Americana Awards 2018, The Wandering Hearts’ seamless vocal harmonies are reminiscent of First Aid Kit, whilst channelling Fleetwood Mac’s pop sensibility and the storytelling of Chris Stapleton. www.thewanderinghearts.com
Born and raised in Perth, but now based in London, Mackie Mackintosh is Son Of The Chief, as well as one third of power-pop combo Aerial. His debut solo album Needless Road features some excellent song writing and is one of the very best Americana records of the year so far.
2.30PM: MARTHA L HEALY
WESLEY RANDOLPH EADER
THE GRAHAMS
4.30PM: WESLEY RANDOLPH EADER Wesley Randolph Eader’s music embraces a broad range of American roots music including country ballads, bluegrass stompers, talking blues and old time gospel camp tunes.
‘a traditionalist with a taste for Willie Nelson and early Bob Dylan, handles both ballads and barn-stormers with charm’ The Oregonian www.wesleyrandolpheader.com
5.30PM: THE GRAHAMS
The Grahams are true troubadours, always itching for the next ride out of town, guitars and whiskey in tow to explore and be inspired by the wide open spaces of America and the people they encounter. ‘articulate, poetic and deeply moving’ Country Music People www.thegrahamsmusic.net
Inspired by Sheryl Crow, Carole King, Dolly Parton and Patsy Cline, Glasgow songwriter Martha mixes old-time country with modern influences to great effect. ‘Healy shows quality writing skills….her strong vocals sound as if they were made for singing country’ Country Music People www.marthalhealy.com
3.30PM: LUCAS & KING
Lucas & King are two massively talented musicians who pull influences from 60’s pop, blues and country roots flavours to create a completely captivating and utterly unique sound. www.lucasandking.com
RECORDS Vinyl and CD’s Bought and Sold
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DARRELL SCOTT AMYTHYST KIAH SUN 29 JUL: 2PM PERTH THEATRE
£22.50; CONCESSIONS £20 (INC £1.50 BOOKING FEE PER TICKET)
DARRELL SCOTT Darrell Scott is not only one of the finest songwriters in Nashville, but a stunning singer, a phenomenal guitar player and a gifted multi-instrumentalist to boot. His songs have been covered by Suzy Boggus, Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Kathy Mattea, Maura O’Connell, Guy Clark and most notably The Dixie Chicks with Long Time Gone. ‘his songs are every bit as good as those of Steve Earle, John Prine or Guy Clark; and when he lays into a Les Paul or a vintage Martin, sparks fly…one of the baddest cats in Nashville. Or anywhere’ The Houston Press www.darrellscott.com
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A VERY SPECIAL EVENING WITH
GRETCHEN PETERS SOUTHERN FRIED STRING QUARTET
featuring the
SUN 29 JUL: 7.30PM PERTH CONCERT HALL
£30; CONCESSIONS £27.50 (INC £1.50 BOOKING FEE PER TICKET)
AMYTHYST KIAH From Johnson City Tennessee, Amythyst Kiah describes herself as a Southern Gothic, alt-country blues singer-songwriter whose influences span decades and diverse styles. Combining rhythm and blues, country and old-time covers alongside startling originals with an angular contemporary twist, she bestrides both the antique and the modern with complete authority. Recent performances in the US, where her star is very much on the rise, include special guest slots with Rhiannon Giddens, Indigo Girls, Old Crow Medicine Show and Valerie June. www.amythystkiah.com
Gretchen Peters has accumulated accolades as a songwriter for artists as diverse as Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, The Neville Brothers, George Strait, and many others and was recently inducted into the hallowed Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has also now firmly established herself as an artist in her own right, especially in the UK where her new album Dancing With The Beast, the follow-up to Top 40 hit Blackbirds, reached No. 3 in the charts cementing her status as a major star and one of the finest songwriters on the planet. In this completely unique one-off show, Gretchen will perform songs selected by fans during the first half and will then be joined by a string quartet, led by Patsy Reid, for the second half. “It’s a very special and rare thing for me to play my songs with a string section - there’s a magic that happens with strings that elevates the music like nothing else. And I’m so looking forward to playing fan favourites by request - no doubt it will involve dipping into my back catalogue, which spans thirteen albums and twenty-two years now. It’s going to be a really incredible evening.” www.gretchenpeters.com
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DANIEL MEADE THE TUMBLING SOULS
SOUTHERN FRIED VOICES SUN 1 JUL: 11AM - 1.15PM, WED 4, 11, 18 + FRI 27 JUL: 6.45PM - 9.30PM + SUN 22 JUL: 11AM - 4PM NORIE-MILLER STUDIO, PERTH CONCERT HALL PERFORMANCE - SAT 28 JUL: 11AM - 4PM | PERTH THEATRE £32; CONCESSIONS £30 (INC £1.50 BOOKING FEE PER TICKET) Would you like the chance to sing at a main stage gig during this year’s Southern Fried Festival? Horsecross Voices favourite Debra Salem will take you through your paces working on backing vocal arrangements to accompany Blue Rose Code and The Bevvy Sisters on Sat 28 Jul. Please be aware you must be available for all rehearsals and the performance. See p7 for full details on the Blue Rose Code performance.
SOUTHERN FRIED ROCK SHOP MON 23 JUL - SUN 29 JUL: 10AM - 4PM
CLEARWATER STUDIOS, SHORE ROAD
£175, REDUCED RATE PLACES ARE AVAILABLE, CONTACT: CREATIVELEARNING@HORSECROSS.CO.UK Due to demand we’ve expanded the age range from 10 - 21 this year for this intensive week of American roots music workshops for young people. Working with professional artists including Whiskey Shivers and Yola Carter, they’ll have the chance to put together a band, busk, write, record in a professional studio, perform as part of the festival line-up and attend shows over the weekend. Email hello@diyrockshop.com to find out more or book a place. If the cost of this course is prohibitive we offer reduced-rate hardship bursaries. Please contact the Horsecross Arts Creative Learning team for more details and to apply: creativelearning@horsecross.co.uk .
CLASSIC AMERICANA ALBUMS JOHN ROSS HI-FI, CHARLOTTE ST, FREE
FRI 27 JUL: 3PM YOLA CARTER SAT 28 JUL: 11AM GRETCHEN PETERS SUN 29 JUL: 11AM AMYTHYST KIAH Our album listening sessions are a very popular part of the programme. Taking place at our Acoustic Stage sponsor’s shop right round the corner from Perth Concert Hall, chosen artists select and talk about a classic Americana album that means a lot to them, before it’s played on a top-of-the-range sound system. We start on Friday with Yola Carter. You can then start your day right with some great music and a little breakfast from 11am on Saturday and Sunday with records chosen by Gretchen Peters and Amythyst Kiah.
FRI 27 JUL: 9PM | THE TWA TAMS | FREE
DANIEL MEADE A Southern Fried favourite, Daniel has demonstrated the breadth of his huge song writing ability with his new album, When Was The Last Time. www.danielmeademusic.com
The Tumbling Souls are a supergroup of musicians from the Outer Hebrides who are influenced by Cajun, classic country and bluegrass as well as traditional Scottish music.
SOUTHERN FRIED
OPEN MIC
SUN 29 JUL: 2PM | THE GREEN ROOM | FREE
The Southern Fried Sunday Open Mic returns to be hosted once again by Red Pine Timber Co’s Gav Munro where visiting musicians and singers can join local acts in what is always a fun-filled afternoon. You can pre-book a slot to perform, via southernfried@horsecross.co.uk or just take your chance on the day.
THE GRAHAMS LUCAS KING WESLEY RANDOLPH EADER SUN 29 JUL: 7PM | THE GREEN ROOM | FREE
The Grahams are an Americana folk-rock group made up of lifelong musical and romantic partners, Alyssa and Doug Graham. www.thegrahamsmusic.net Lucas & King write songs of simplicity and depth that pull influence from classic genres of music, from country to 60’s pop. www.lucasandking.com American folk and old-time country singer-songwriter Wesley Randolph Eader’s storytelling songs showcase a broad understanding of American roots music: country ballads, bluegrass stompers, talking blues, old time gospel camp tunes and topical songs. www.wesleyrandolpheader.com
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SOUTHERN FRIED PRESENTS
Rock’n’Roulls ezvo RSATe28nJUL:d2PM – VERY LATE ROCKABILLY • RHYTHM & BLUES • ROCK’N’ROLL
LIVE MUSIC with
TThhee
Shiverin’ Sheiks
Bobby King and The KingFishers
Diablos Groove Diggers ith DJ’s
Th Thee TThhee
W Gordon Koolsville, Tojo and Neil Flipsville
FREE!
THE GREEN ROOM CANAL CRESENT, PERTH www.southernfriedfestival.co.uk
Coming soon Blazin’ Fiddles with Karen Matheson Sat 1 Sep: 7:30pm
In the Southern states of the USA, food and music go hand-in-hand. Countless country, jazz, bluegrass, cajun, blues, soul and R&B songs namecheck and praise the downhome virtues of Southern cooking and soul food - from cornbread and collard greens to jambalaya and fried chicken. That’s why our authentic soul food menu is such a big part of the Southern Fried experience. Tuck in at Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre over the Southern Fried weekend.
Perth Concert Hall
Richard Thompson: The 13 Rivers Tour Sat 13 Oct: 7:30pm Perth Concert Hall
10cc in Concert Tue 23 Oct: 7:30pm Perth Concert Hall
Joan Knight Studio Perth Theatre
Graham Kathryn Nash: Joseph An Intimate Evening
Roberto Cassani and Owen Nicholson
Sat 28 8pm Jul: 7.30pm
Mon 24 Sep: 8pm
of Mon Songs17 andSep: Stories
Roddy Woomble Mon 1 Oct: 8pm With thanks to our partners and funders
01738 621031 | horsecross.co.uk Horsecross Arts Ltd is registered in Scotland, no SC301328 and a charity no SCO22400.
EVENT MON 23 - SUN 29 JUL Southern Fried Rock Shop
VENUE
TIME
PAGE
Clearwater Studios
10am - 4pm
16
Steve Earle & The Dukes * The Mastersons
Perth Concert Hall
7.30pm
3
Whiskey Shivers * Longstay
Salutation Hotel
11pm
4
Classic Americana Albums FREE
John Ross Hi-Fi
3pm
16
Southern Fried Outdoor Stage FREE
Perth Concert Hall Plaza
5pm - 7pm
10 -11
Rodney Crowell * Iris DeMent
Perth Concert Hall
7.30pm
5
Daniel Meade * The Tumbling Souls FREE
The Twa Tams
9pm
17
Late & Southern Fried
Salutation Hotel
10.45pm
6
Classic Americana Albums FREE
John Ross Hi-Fi
11am
16
Southern Fried Outdoor Stage FREE
Perth Concert Hall Plaza
1pm - 7pm
10 -11
The John Ross Hi-Fi Acoustic Stage FREE
Joan Knight Studio, Perth Theatre
1.30pm 6.30pm
12 -13
Blue Rose Code * The Bevvy Sisters with Southern Fried Voices
Perth Theatre
2pm
7
Rock ‘N’ Roll Rendevous FREE
The Green Room
2pm - late
18
Graham Nash An Intimate Evening of Songs & Stories
Perth Concert Hall
7.30pm
8
Late & Southern Fried
Salutation Hotel
10.45pm
9
Classic Americana Albums FREE
John Ross Hi-Fi
11am
16
Southern Fried Outdoor Stage FREE
Perth Concert Hall Plaza
1pm - 7pm
10 -11
The John Ross Hi-Fi Acoustic Stage FREE
Joan Knight Studio, Perth Theatre
1.30pm 6.30pm
12 -13
Darrell Scott * Amythyst Kiah
Perth Theatre
2pm
14
Southern Fried Open Mic FREE
The Green Room
2pm
17
The Grahams * Lucas & King * Wesley Randolph Eader FREE
The Green Room
7pm
17
Gretchen Peters featuring the Southern Fried String Quartet
Perth Concert Hall
7.30pm
15
THU 26 JUL
FRI 27 JUL
SAT 28 JUL
SUN 29 JUL
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