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We have some awesome British talent on offer for the first week of “full” shows at The Sound Lounge in June, and here's another evening that we're proud to announce at Sutton on Thursday, June 24th. Joe Martin is a much-praised Americana-folk discovery who impressed us with such singles as ‘Heartbreak Cult’ and ‘Doesn’t Rain in LA.' He'll be marking the release of his new EP 'Bound For Lonesome' with a band featuring two in-demand members of the esteemed Chorlton Country Club collective Mark Lewis and the AMA UK award-winning Chris “CJ” Hillman. Opening the evening will be Vic Allen, whose recent songs such as 'Healing,' 'I Can' and 'Enough' have won airplay on Country Hits Radio and BBC stations and landed her a deserved place in plenty of “ones to watch” features.
After what feels like a lifetime of no live music Joe Martin has been eagerly waiting to connect with an audience again. His UK tour this June promises a night of ‘Americana songs and stories as seen through Joe’s British eyes’. Joe has been performing his American Folk sound to audiences all over the UK and Europe for the past few years, but unlike previous tours he is bringing his full band along with him this time. He insists that his songs be performed the way he intended them to be. The tour will celebrate the release of his newest EP ‘Bound For Lonesome’, which comes hot on the heels of singles ‘Heartbreak Cult’ and ‘Doesn’t Rain in LA’. Both singles were released to critical acclaim by the British Country and Americana scene, receiving airplay on Country Hits Radio and Chris Country Radio.
Joe explains; ‘I’ve been sat on these songs for a while, playing them out in the States as well as all around the UK, as I first wrote them, on my guitar, stripped back, with the lyric front and centre. On this tour, I want to bring a full band sound and step up the energy, show people how the songs can be with a great backing of talented musicians. We’ll be playing the EP in full, renewing some old songs with the band and debuting some brand-new songs that have been waiting to be heard! I’ve had a tour like this in the works for a while now and after a year of not being able to do what I love doing most, live shows, it’s finally time to make it happen. I’m really excited to be back playing for a crowd and I hope it will get people fired up about live music again.’
Joe Martin writes with a quality of empathy beyond his years. His descriptive lyrics capture the stories of people and encounters picked up on the road. These tales of friends and strangers blend seamlessly with Joe’s own experiences into masterfully crafted songs that paint a picture with every verse, and the magic of his of his live performance lies is in his ability to connect a room of people with the emotions of a life they have not lived. He is deservedly gaining attention on both sides of the Atlantic seeing him play shows around the UK, Europe and legendary venues in Nashville, Tennessee. He grew up listening to the greats and has been influenced by artists from Bob Dylan and Townes Van Zandt to Jason Isbell and Kacey Musgraves which is evident his sound and lyrical style.
When he’s not working on his own music, Joe has been in the studio with the likes of Steve Cropper, Snake Davis, Mark Brzezicki (Big Country/ Eric Clapton) and Bruce Foxton (The Jam) to name a few, producing a new musical project set for release later this year.
“The night I was at the Bluebird, a young Englishman with a rich voice named Joe Martin seemed primed for bigger things” - Jeremy Egner, New York Times
“Joe Martin is an artists who knows who he wants to be and has a voice of his own, a rare original glimmer in a sea of Nashville wannabes” - Six Shooter Country
Although she grew up playing musical instruments, Vic Allen first picked up the guitar as a teenager and, after a trip to America where she was inspired by the rich country music scene, she began songwriting. The past couple of years have seen the release of her EP “Enough”, as well as two follow up singles “I Can” and “Healing”, both of which received airplay on Country Hits Radio and BBC stations. A regular visitor to Nashville, she headed back out to Music City in the spring of 2020 to appear on Radio Disney Country after being selected to join US based Song Suffragettes on their UK tour.
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