Sit back and enjoy the soothing tones of Elles Bailey on this cover of the Wilson Picket song ‘Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You’. After winning the AMAUK 2020 UK Song of the Year Award with ‘Little Piece of Heaven’ and picking up a couple of UKBlues awards, Elles Bailey is having a fabulous year. She has kept busy during quarantine with livestreaming gigs, a charity single and helping to organise the Lockdown Music Festival. Backed by the excellent players of The Midnight Band, who approached Bailey for this collaboration, she brings the 1970 soulful classic right up-to-date. Continue reading “Video: Elles Bailey & The Midnight Band “Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You””
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Video: Elles Bailey “Woman Like Me”
The video for ‘Woman Like Me’ gives us a glimpse of the work that goes on in the studio and the quality of the musicianship that drives the song. The line-up includes Joe Wilkins on guitar, Jonny Henderson on organ, Matthew Waer on bas, Matthew Jones on drums and Tania Hancheroff providing backing vocals. They combine well to support Bailey’s distinctive smoky voice with a full classic, bluesy sound. Bailey goes from strength to strength and there have now been over 2,000,000 streams of her song ‘Road I Call Home’. Look out for her rescheduled tour dates in the autumn.
Three acts announced for Over the Hill festival this August Bank Holiday
One of the hottest, but still most satisfying, days spent by Americana UK last summer was at the inaugural Over the Hill festival in Witney, Oxfordshire, so it’s gratifying to see the festival mark II return for the August Bank Holiday this year. And the first three acts announced for the festival are likely to be of particular interest to readers of AUK. Continue reading “Three acts announced for Over the Hill festival this August Bank Holiday”