McCrary Sister
Southern Fried, which won The Scotish Event Awards Small Festival Award in 2014, will also feature an all-women celebration of the songs of Dolly Parton plus a host of support acts, guest artists, late night gigs and free shows.
Now in its eighth year, the festival offers three days of the very best in Americana, covering all the roots music bases from blues to bluegrass, soul to country, rock and gospel.
Samantha Crain – who has recently toured extensively and collaborated with Swedish sensations First Aid Kit – completes the Late and Southern Fried Songwriters Sessions in The Salutation Hotel on Friday, 31 July, with her quirky, earthy interpretation of folk music.
She joins Canada’s Meaghan Blanchard and ex- Phantom Limb lead singer Yola Carter for the intimate upstairs gig as Della Mae and Speedometer, featuring James Junior, rock out downstairs.
Lonesome vocals from former Old Crow Medicine Show mainstay Willie Watson and the distinctive southern soul, country, blues sound of Lisa Mills complement the alt-country and blues of Amythyst Kiah in the Songwriters Sessions on Saturday, 1 August, while Doug Seegers and Champion Dog Veitch – in his first Scotish gig in 30 years – entertain downstairs in The Salutation Hotel.
“We’ve wanted to stage a major rockabilly event for some time and we’re very happy we can make it
happen this year.
:Andy Shearer Festival Director
The free Outdoor Stage on Perth Concert Hall plaza on Saturday and Sunday, 1 and 2 August, shines a light on many home-grown musicians who are influenced by Americana.
Opening Saturday aſternoon’s session, young musicians from DIY Rock Shop’s special Southern Fried week will show off what they’ve learned.
They are followed by the hazy, Americana-inflected sound of Red Sky July; husband and wife duo, Ally McErlaine (also guitarist with Texas) and Shelly Poole (formerly Alisha’s Atic), along with former model Charity Hair.
Dundee-based bluegrass and roots revival seven-piece, Wire and Wool, are up next, followed by Glasgow’s Eugene Twist combining unique pop sensibility with ethereal Americana and folk.
Dundee’s Louisiana zydeco and Cajun dance band Boogalusa and Glasgow Americana outfit
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