SummerTyne Americana Festival is pleased to announce Martha Wainwright as headliner, with special guest Sam Amidon, at The Sage Gateshead on Saturday 20th July. Opening for Matthew E. White will be Nashville’s finest gospel group, The McCrary Sisters on Friday 19th July.
SummerTyne Americana Festival takes place over three days at The Sage Gateshead from Friday 19th– Sunday 21st July 2013 (full line up below).
A fantastic bill with two of the most powerful voices in the folk-Americana firmament, Martha Wainwright, the youngest of the Wainwright-McGarrigle clan, with her hugely expressive voice and arsenal of powerful songs, writes shamelessly confessional and sometimes vengeful lyrics. Yet to perform in the North East since the release of her most recent critically acclaimed album “Come Home to Mama,”written during a particularly difficult patch for Wainwright following the death of her mother and the birth of her first child, we are thrilled to welcome her to SummerTyne. Opening for Martha will be Vermont born folk singer Sam Amidon on the back of his debut release “Bright Sunny South” for Nonesuch records. Another powerful and distinctive new voice, Sam has recently collaborated with Bill Frisell, Nico Muhly and Beth Orton and performed with Martha Wainwright in NYC.
Also announced, for their first ever visit to the UK, are Nashville legends The McCrary Sisters. The gospel choir of choice for many of the big Nashville country, soul and gospel artists, such as BeBe & CeCe Winans, Mike Farris, Patty Griffin, Charlie Louvin and even Bob Dylan, these four sisters – Ann, Regina, Deborah and Alfreda – are the last word in gospel singing as it should be performed, full of power, passion and pure soulfulness. Thrillingly, as a Gateshead special, they will also lead and perform with the SummerTyne Community Gospel Choir for a very special gospel brunch at The Sage Gateshead on Saturday 20th at 11am.
See Regina McCrary live here with the Chicago Mass Choir.
With such a strong contingent of Nashville artists this year, Festival Programmer Tamsin Austin says:
“As more and more Americana acts than ever pick up awards across the globe, we are thrilled to be throwing open our doors once again to welcome this year’s contingent of friends from Nashville and across the US and UK, as well as the many dedicated music lovers who support the scene, for another jam-packed weekend of first class music.”
The full line up for SummerTyne is now as follows:
Friday 19th July The Mavericks Patty Griffin Matthew E. White The McCrary Sisters Home Fries Outdoor Stage Fickle Lily Big Red & The Grinners David Broad & Serious Sam, The Mee Kats, The Gathering Sky, Rob Heron and The Tea Pad Orchestra, | Saturday 20th July Martha Wainwright ‘Honky Tonk Angels’ – (Elizabeth Cook, Jan Howard, Brennen Leigh, Yolanda Quartey, Hannah Rickard, Lou Dalgleish) Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Larkin Poe, My Darling Clementine, Sam Amidon Jumpin’ Hot Outdoor Stage John Turrell & Band Leeroy Stagger River Cruise Boats Anth Purdy, Honey Bop Trio, King Jim, Rainbow Girls | Sunday 21st July Heritage Blues Orchestra Mud Morganfield Shelby Lynne Willy Mason Vera Van Heeringen Dan Walsh The Kentucky Cowtippers Jumpin’ Hot Outdoor Stage Tom Russell David Wax Museum Shiverin’ Sheiks, Brendan Croker, Polly & The Billets Doux, Jon Langford, River Cruise Boats David Wax Museum, Dan Walsh, Vera Van Heeringen, Kentucky Cowtippers |
SummerTyne Americana Festival offers a sizzling gumbo of American roots music – from fiery tex-mex to classic country and blues, the newest southern soul and Americana, to cajun, folk and bluegrass. Taking place on the south side of the River Tyne, in and around the iconic music venue The Sage Gateshead, it promises a selection of the best Americana music in one of the most stunning city locations in the world.
With an incredible FREE outdoor stage bill including among many others, The David Wax Museum, Tom Russell and Polly & The Billets Doux, cajun suppers with Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, musical boat trips up the River Tyne, a come-and-sing community gospel choir, film programme and an exclusive exhibition of art work by Jon Langford of The Waco Brothers entitled ‘Nashville Radio’, is there any place you’d rather be this summer than south of the River Tyne?