The Canadian folk singer Bonnie Dobson is renowned for her purity of voice. Composer of the ever-fresh ’Morning Dew’, she was once at the heart of the Greenwich Village heyday when she sang at Gerdes Folk City alongside the likes of Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. The UK’s premier purveyors of Cosmic Americana, The Hanging Stars, are themselves riding a wave of creativity and acclaim, following two successive highly regarded albums “Hollow Heart” and the AMAUK album of the year nominated “On A Golden Shore”. These two acts have come together to produce a brand new album entitled “Dreams” which comes out on the 11th of July via Loose. They’ve also confirmed some collaborative live dates later in the year as well as released the single ‘Baby’s Got The Blues‘ which you can hear below.
The spry octogenarian and the psychedelic cowboys seem to have proved a match ripe to be made. Since Bonnie’s reemergence, at Jarvis Cocker’s Meltdown in 2007, she’d been interacting with a host of London musicians, but when she came across the Hanging Stars she sensed she’d found the perfect accompanists for her new compositions and despite no concrete plan they worked up a few songs, then went into Sean Read’s Famous Times studio to see what might happen.
The result is “Dreams”, comprising eight songs; six being recent compositions never before studio-recorded while a further two reach into and celebrate Dobson’s extensive back catalogue, along with the era that initially defined her.
The album can be pre-ordered here and you can buy tickets for the tour here.
Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars 2025 Dates:
18/05: Oxford, UK – Wood Festival
10/07: Norwich, UK – Norwich Arts Centre
12/07: London, UK – Theatreship (Broadside Hacks Folk Club)
19/07: Löderop, SWE – Solhällan
20/07: Malmö, SWE – Pildammsparken
23/08: Stanford Hall, UK – The Long Road
