Name: Lauren Housley & Maggie May Treanor @ The Waiting room
Start: 2025-12-07T19:00:00+00:00
Location: The Waiting Room

Lauren Housley & Maggie May Treanor @ The Waiting room

Watermill Sessions are thrilled to present the amazing Lauren Housley to play an intimate duo set at The Waiting Room in Eaglescliffe on Dec 7th.
Lauren Housley, is an award-winning singer and songwriter hailing from Yorkshire and a young female artist and recent mother of two who has already made her mark with three independent albums and two BBC Radio 2 playlist hit singles. Housley’s innate talent for writing beautiful, engaging songs, was born from the intuitive craft of earthy storytelling, which she delivers with an emotive knock out vocal performance at the core.
Early 2022, she decided to focus on developing her live show with key members & long-term collaborators, Thomas Dibb and Mark Lewis. The live band has rapidly developed into both a recording and performance led music outfit that features The Northern Cowboys (Tom & Mark) with a new sonic departure, garnering two nominations at the 2024 UK Americana Music Awards for her song “High Time” (WON) and Live Act Of The Year, with UNCUT describing the climate change anthem as “a bulldozing Country-Soul sound”.
Lauren wowed US audiences in 2022 with an AmericanaFest showcase at Nashville's EXIT/IN and an iconic BMI curated writer’s round with Gabe Lee and Tristan Bushman at famed venue The Bluebird Cafe as part of her showcase. Following this triumphant showcase in Nashville, the band were invited to the prestigious music showcase and film festival SXSW in March 2024, Austin, TX.
Housley leaves a trail of joy with her ‘Rousing’ new shows, introducing songs from the next release as Lauren Housley and The Northern Cowboys and some classics. Influential Blog, ‘Holler’ included the band in their stand-out artists seen at the Black Deer Festival 2023, whilst others witnessing the band referenced the performance as a UK female vocal fronted version of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats - be prepared to be uplifted and moving those hips and leaving with some lyrics to think about.
Housley's first three albums, Sweet Surrender in 2015, The Beauty of This Life in 2017 and latest album ‘Girl From the North 2021, produced a fresh and eclectic sound around the central theme of one rediscovering herself and her roots: "To move forward we sometimes have to go back. I wanted to prove to myself that it doesn't matter where you are in the world, you can make great music and have a positive impact on people’s lives." Lauren confides, "Returning to my hometown of Rotherham a few years ago, after leaving at the age of 18, seemed like the most bizarre decision I'd ever made. It was never part of my 'plan' but it has in fact enabled me to reassess my life and career goals and move forward in a way that feels true to myself.” Lauren’s Girl From The North album was recorded in a recording studio that she built with her long term collaborator, Thomas Dibb, underneath a foodhall in their home town. Recording took place before the pandemic and it was released during lockdown after having her first child. The album made impressive waves on several UK Official Charts, including landing a #4 on the Country Chart, #8 on the Americana Chart and #15 on the Folk chart.