Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Tift Merritt, Josh Ritter, Tyler Childers, Bright Eyes and Neal Casal among others – as always we trawl through the best Americana we’ve heard recently so you don’t have to. And our giveaway this month is two tickets for one lucky supporter to see the great Mary Gauthier live when she hits the UK for dates this autumn.
It’s been 25 years since the now-revered songwriter Mary Gauthier released her groundbreaking debut album “Drag Queens in Limousines”. Eighteen months after this record was released, the response was so incredible that she hung up her chef’s coat, moved to Nashville, and started to make her mark as an exciting new voice in the songwriting world.
For over thirty years, Gauthier has turned to songs and stories to help her untangle the traumatic mysteries of her life — most notably adoption trauma and addiction. Not long after getting sober, she began to use songwriting as a superhighway to find purpose in her life. And what a life! From a crib at St. Vincent’s Women and Infants Asylum in New Orleans to being walked onto the Grand Ole Opry stage by Marty Stuart. From spending the opening night of her restaurant drunk in a Dorchester, MA. jail cell to hearing her song ‘I Drink’ on Bob Dylan’s “Theme Time Radio Show.” From serving Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings oyster po-boys at her Cajun restaurant in Boston to sharing a booking agent and festival stages with the incredible duo. From spending her 18th birthday sitting in a Salina, KS jail cell to standing next to John Prine at the GRAMMYs.
Head to her official website for tickets here – unless you’re an AUK supporter in which case maybe best leave it for a few hours just in case! You can become an AUK supporter for as little as £2.99 a month for which princely sum you will receive a monthly exclusive supporters playlist along with being entered into our monthly prize draw. Thanks for your support.
Mary Gauthier UK and Ireland Dates 2025:
Sunday 19 October – EDINBURGH Queen’s Hall
Tuesday 21 October – GLASGOW St Luke’s
Wednesday 22 October – BELFAST Mandela Hall
Thursday 23 October – KILKENNY Watergate Theatre
Saturday 25 October – CASTLEBAR Linenhall Arts Centre
Sunday 26 October – SLIGO Sligo Live Fest. Hawk’s Well Theatre
Monday 27 October – GALWAY Town Hall Theatre
Tuesday 28 October – DUN LAOGHAIRE Pavilion Theatre
Wednesday 29 October – DUN LAOGHAIRE Pavilion Theatre
Saturday 01 November – LIVERPOOL Tung Auditorium
Sunday 02 November – NEWCASTLE Gosforth Civic Centre
Tuesday 04 November – LEEDS City Varieties
Wednesday 05 November – POCKLINGTON Arts Centre
Thursday 06 November – NOTTINGHAM Metronome
Saturday 08 November – LONDON Kings Place
