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THE ROUND UP! feat. Two Ways Home, Katy Hurt & Joe Martin
The Round Up: A Nashville Style Songwriters Round at the Holmfirth Tavern
The Round Up, hosted by Two Ways Home, is a Nashville-style songwriters round, a unique performance format where songwriters share the stage, playing their songs in turn and sharing the stories behind them. This intimate setting fosters collaboration, with artists often joining in on each other’s songs, offering a rare glimpse into their creative processes.
Featured Artists:
Joe Martin is a modern day troubadour. Now a seasoned singer songwriter having toured extensively around the UK and in Nashville on many occasions, playing some of Music City’s most renowned venues. Martin has co-written songs with industry veterans such as Johnny Garcia (guitarist of Garth Brooks) and Aaron Raitiere at RCA studios. His sound is deeply rooted in the classic American style, with storytelling and lyric a main focus of Joe’s songwriting. His debut album Empty Passenger Seat is out now and can be streamed on all music platforms.
"Superb melodies accompanied by a fantastic voice and outstanding lyrics." - Fatea Magazine
“The night I was at the Bluebird Cafe a young Englishman with a rich, resonant voice named Joe Martin seemed primed for bigger things.” - New York Times
Born in London and raised in the US, Katy Hurt was drawn to the sounds of Country, Americana and Southern rock from a young age, inspired by artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, The Eagles, and Patsy Cline.
Since her debut in 2016, Katy has released a string of critically acclaimed singles and EPs, showcasing her versatile range and has won accolades such as the UK Country Music Spotlight Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year, Best EP, Best Song and Best Video. She has also toured extensively, playing major festivals such as Country 2 Country at the O2 Arena, Pilton Party on Glastonbury’s famed Pyramid Stage and the Isle of Wight festival.
Katy spent time in Canada, which she now considers her second home, writing and recording a host of songs including some of her latest singles “Sounds Good In A Bar” and “Wish I Could Give You Up”, which both went to Number 1 on the UK iTunes charts on the day of release and were subsequently added to rotation on CBC, Sirius XM, KIX Australia and were play-listed on Amazon Music.
The tracks which were produced by Juno Award-winning producer Murray Pulver (Doc Walker, The Bros. Landreth) come from her soon to be released and highly anticipated debut album. With a rapidly growing fan base, Katy Hurt is poised to take the music world by storm with her authentic storytelling, genre-defying sound and undeniable talent.
Two Ways Home, the Anglo-Austrian duo of Isabella (Vienna) and Lewis Folkner (Gloucestershire), have crafted a unique sound blending folk-rock with a country twist. Inspired by artists like Lady A, The Lumineers, and Fleetwood Mac, their catchy melodies, lush harmonies, and rocky guitars have earned them extensive media coverage and radio play across the UK and Europe. After a 35-show UK tour in 2019, they were crowned “Artist of the Month” by Caffé Nero and again in 2023 after a standout performance at the Black Deer Festival.
Known for their dynamic live performances, Two Ways Home have played prestigious venues and festivals such as The Shard, Under the Bridge, C2C, The Long Road and Victorious Festival to name a few. Despite the pandemic, they focused on writing new material and performing online, winning ‘Best Duo/Group’ at the Country Music Spotlight Awards. With a string of new releases and a successful 'Round Up Tour' in 2023, the duo is creating an ever-growing buzz for their upcoming releases in 2024, promising more enticing shows and captivating performances.
Join these great acts at the Holmfirth Tavern for an unforgettable night!
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Amelia White & Jon Byrd (Copy)
Jon Byrd is as old-school country crooner as it gets. Born in Alabama, lived in Georgia and residing in Nashville, he’s got the Southern accent, the hat, and the music chops that thrill audiences around the world - a honky tonk show thousands of miles East of Tennessee.
Amelia White is known in American media as “Queen of the East Nashville Underground.” - No Depression
Critics on both sides of the pond rave about her, from Rolling Stone + NPR to Sir Bob Harris OBE + Ralph McLean of BBC. Amelia’s 2016 record was a Top 10 Country Record of the Year in Telegraph alongside Buddy Miller and Bonnie Raitt. Her new record, Love I Swore, is her career masterpiece, produced by the illustrious Kim Richey.
The critics on Jon Byrd: “Subtly refining the folk-country singer-songwriter template.” - Jewly Hight, NPR
No Depression picks Jon Byrd as their favorite country artist under the radar in 2023.
The critics on Amelia White:
“There’s some good songwriting on this. Check it out, you will NOT be disappointed.” - Ralph McLean, BBC Radio Ulster
“This is the real deal, full of juicy tunes - the woman just oozes cool. With an album as good as this, it’s truly an appointment not to be missed, a chance to see East Nashville’s finest at the top of her game. Take it.” - Americana UK
Here is video of Jon + Paul on the WDVX Blue Plate Special
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCTJE_XLD
and here is Amelia (who will also utilize Paul on pedal steel in her set. This is a UK promo video from last summer
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-E-7pVrDk
And here is a full live song, Rhythm of the Rain, which she actually wrote while staying at a UK promoter’s house, reflecting on the election turmoil back home in 2016 (ha, about to do it again).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vWA5iLMkuAM
Amelia White & Jon Byrd
Jon Byrd is as old-school country crooner as it gets. Born in Alabama, lived in Georgia and residing in Nashville, he’s got the Southern accent, the hat, and the music chops that thrill audiences around the world - a honky tonk show thousands of miles East of Tennessee.
Amelia White is known in American media as “Queen of the East Nashville Underground.” - No Depression
Critics on both sides of the pond rave about her, from Rolling Stone + NPR to Sir Bob Harris OBE + Ralph McLean of BBC. Amelia’s 2016 record was a Top 10 Country Record of the Year in Telegraph alongside Buddy Miller and Bonnie Raitt. Her new record, Love I Swore, is her career masterpiece, produced by the illustrious Kim Richey.
The critics on Jon Byrd: “Subtly refining the folk-country singer-songwriter template.” - Jewly Hight, NPR
No Depression picks Jon Byrd as their favorite country artist under the radar in 2023.
The critics on Amelia White:
“There’s some good songwriting on this. Check it out, you will NOT be disappointed.” - Ralph McLean, BBC Radio Ulster
“This is the real deal, full of juicy tunes - the woman just oozes cool. With an album as good as this, it’s truly an appointment not to be missed, a chance to see East Nashville’s finest at the top of her game. Take it.” - Americana UK
Here is video of Jon + Paul on the WDVX Blue Plate Special
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCTJE_XLD
and here is Amelia (who will also utilize Paul on pedal steel in her set. This is a UK promo video from last summer
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-E-7pVrDk
And here is a full live song, Rhythm of the Rain, which she actually wrote while staying at a UK promoter’s house, reflecting on the election turmoil back home in 2016 (ha, about to do it again).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vWA5iLMkuAM
Jess Thristan
In a genre that's increasingly inspiring female empowerment anthems and outspoken artists such as Kacey Musgraves and Mickey Guyton, comes Jess Thristan. Jess wrote her first song, “The Shield”, at the early age of 15 which, a couple of years later, ended up in the hands of A&G Songs with whom she signed her first publishing deal.
Fast forward to 2018, Jess took a step back to focus on her new musical direction writing the music she loves with a strong country music influence from the likes of Maren Morris and Jillian Jacqueline whilst retaining her own roots and style and testing the new tunes around the London, Manchester and Leeds area.
The year of 2019 saw Jess make her festival debut at award-winning Buckle & Boots, opening for Nashville's Kelsey Waldon, Jade Helliwell and Jess and the Bandits, as well as release her single The Old Me, heavily supported by radio DJ Baylen Leonard, Chris Country, Paul Sexton, Brad Paisley, BBC Introducing, Matt Spracklen and Spotify editorial playlists. Jess also gained support from none other than Country Music legend Shania Twain who added her cover of Keith Urban's Blue Ain't Your Color to her Kick-Ass Women of Country playlist and is fresh from playing Country 2 Country Festival, The Long Road and Buckle & Boots Festival in 2022.
Jess’ new single Worse Than Me is out NOW! Listen here.
Mikol Frachey
Mikol Frachey is singer songwriter from Saint Vincent, Italy.
She started releasing her music at eighteen years old with her self-titled debut album that included ten tracks all written and composed by her, produced by Simone Momo Riva .
In 2017, Mikol, became the first Italian artists to perform at the Texas Sounds International Country Music Awards where she’s been awarded with Rising Star Of The Year. She’s earned a total of 12 nominations in international awards shows like Josie Music Awards . In 2019 she won an Oniros Film Awards in the category of Best Variety Act. In 2020 her single “Tennessee Whiskey Girl” has been included in the New Billboard 200 playlist on Spotify and on Hitlist Italia 2020.
In 2021 she published her brand new album "Untypical".
Her music counts over 220k streams on Spotify.
Mikol has performed in many important venues, including the Douglas Corner in Nashville, Tavarock Festival, Milan Mondadori Store for Ed Sheeran's album release and more. Her original show "Back On Country Roads" was included in the Saison Culturelle 2021 programs.
She has receive International Female Songwriter Of The Year at ISSA Awards in the USA and two Fair Play CMA in the Netherlands.
Her song "My Whole Life In A Memory" took home the award for country song fo the year at 2023 Fair Play CMA in Holland.
Her album Untypical still at the #53 position in the independent most streamed album in Italy.
Mikol loves experimenting and mixing different genres like country, pop, folk and rock. . An important Italian newspaper, La Stampa, defined her the “Taylor Swift from Aosta Valley” because of her deep love for songwriting and storytelling. Mikol's music is also influenced by more rock sounds from Bruce Springsteen and modern country-rock like Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert.
In 2024 Mikol has already performed several international dates, including the famous Buckle&Boots Festival in the UK.
georgia Barker
Georgia is a 25 year old professional musician with a country vibe from Lancashire, UK.
Charlotte Young
Charlotte Young is a critically acclaimed, chart-topping country singer-songwriter from Birmingham,
Jackson Lake
Jackson Lake is a Country/Americana artist and songwriter based in Leeds taking influence from classic and contemporary sources and delivering a powerful vocal, strong hook driven songs and experience from his 25 years as a performer. Jackson had moderate success with his album “Lost & Found” in 2021 which entered the UK country album chart at number 1 and also grabbed UK country album of the year from UK Country Radio. Jackson continues to write, record and release new music in abundance and tours across the UK.
Marc Gallagher
Marc’s musical accolades have seen him perform his energetic and emotive brand of Pop-Folk at festivals and tours in 11 countries, including Ireland, Germany, Austria and even the USA. Through a tireless work ethic, Marc has been putting in the miles on his travels, and the engine isn’t stopping anytime soon.
https://www.marcgallaghermusic.com
Connor Christian
For Connor Christian, frontman & principal songwriter of The Southern Gothic, life has always been about the journey. The son of an American serviceman & diplomat, that journey started at 6 months old, when his family moved from Los Angeles to Jakarta, Indonesia and from there on to places such as Singapore, South Korea, and Belgium, as well as stints all over the US. “I never lived anywhere long enough to think of it as a hometown, to make those lifelong memories and associations, so I learned to take little pieces from every stop and make them part of my story”
That story led Connor to Atlanta GA as a young adult. Stints in several other bands led to the formation of The Southern Gothic with former Truckadelic drummer Shawn Thacker. What started as a high energy, house cover band at venerated Atlanta dive bar, Dixie Tavern, grew along with Connor’s writing to become the band that Billboard Magazine called it’s ‘Band on the Verge’. Ten months later, the band’s second album, ‘New Hometown’ debuted #1 on Billboard’s Heatseeker chart and #17 on it’s country albums chart. The same month, the first single from the record, “Sheets Down” reached #1 on CMT’s Pure Country 12-Pack Countdown, a spot it held for 4 weeks. The album, a 20-song semi-autobiographical opus, equal parts Tennessee Williams & Homer, “Tumbleweed Connection” era Elton John, Guns n Roses and Chris Stapleton - tells the story of a man looking for a home, and artist searching for his muse, and a band finding its own way.
People surprised by the band’s ‘overnight’ chart success hadn’t been paying attention to the way the band built that excitement. Averaging almost 200 shows per year for the previous 4 years, the band built a chemistry with each other and a reputation for an electric live show – even the acoustic ones. Sharing stages with bands as diverse as Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker, Styx, Zac Brown Band, and Heart, SoGo’shonest lyrics, heartfelt melodies, and stellar musicianship cut through to appeal to fans across the world without regard to genre, age, or locale.
The 2020 release of the Southern Gothic’s New EP, Burnin’ Moonlight, Connor, Thacker and the band announced their return, continuing to evolve, unbound and unafraid to explore new territory every time out. Working with Grammy-winning producer Jonathan Roye (Kelsey Ballerini) and Grammy-nominated producer Keith Hetrick (Charlie Wilson) SoGoexplored the intersection of Americana, Pop, and Rock n’ Roll to create something uniquely now and undeniably
In 2023, The Southern Gothic have found both a way forward AND back to their high-energy acoustic roots. The band kicked off the year with a new single “Up On Your Love” featuring Old Crow Medicine’s frontman Ketch Secor. SoGo released their latest, full-length album One More For the Road in December2023, featuring the singles “Straight Up”, “Talking In My Sleep”, and “Rich Folks” – Rediscovering the joy in creating that made them a household name a decade earlier, Connor and the crew have once again harnessed that energy that’s always been at the center of The Southern Gothic.
Catch Connor touring as ‘the Southern Gothic Acoustic’ this summer across the US, UK, Europe and Australia.
