6 October 2014

The Atkinson is delighted to announce its second festival of Americana, this year organised in association with the Americana Music Organisation ( AMA-UK). Over three nights they will be welcoming some of North America’s finest contemporary musicians. Enjoy a weekend of American food specials and merchandise stalls. Their are also a number of stay for the weekend deals on offer with local Hotels. Friday 31 October Anais Mitchell & The Mastersons with support from Luke Tuchscherer www.luketuchscherer.co.uk
From 7.30pm | Tickets £12 Saturday 1 November Martha Wainwright & Carrie Rodrigues with Luke Jacobs From 7.30pm | Tickets £22 with support from Case Hardin- www.casehardin.com Sunday 2 November Mary Gauthier & Red Sky July
with support from Lewis & Leigh – www.lewisandleigh.com
From 7.30pm | Tickets £15

The lineup for one of country music’s biggest nights gets better and better following the announcement of additional performers for the 48th annual CMA Awards. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will host for the seventh consecutive year and they will also each perform during the show which takes place from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Paisley is among the top CMA Award winners of all time, with 14 trophies and 58 career CMA Awards nominations. He is a former CMA Entertainer of the Year (2010) and three-time CMA Male Vocalist of the Year (2007-2009), with multiple wins in the Music Video and Musical Event of the Year categories. Paisley’s first CMA Award came in 2000 when he won the Horizon Award, now known as New Artist of the Year. A three-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year (2006-2008), Underwood is again nominated in that category in 2014, as well as Music Video and Musical Event of the Year with Lambert for ‘Somethin’ Bad.’ Underwood is a five-time CMA Awards winner with 21 career CMA Awards nominations. She has been nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year every year since her first nomination in 2006 (2006-2014). Joining Paisley and Underwood to perform will also be three of country music’s biggest bands – Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, and The Band Perry. Previously announced performers include Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, and Keith Urban. Tickets for the CMA Awards are officially sold out, marking the sixth year in a row the ceremony has sold out in advance. Winners of the CMA Awards will be determined in a final round of voting by eligible voting members of the Country Music Association.

Americana folk trio Red Molly have announced their first ever tour of the UK and Ireland scheduled for October 2014 in support of their latest release THE RED ALBUM. Their edgiest CD to date, a wildly cool collection of songs produced by Ken Coomer (Wilco). The Americana/folk trio takes a distinctive shift towards darkness in the new indie collection, while maintaining their signature three-part harmony; gorgeous. The full tour schedule for their UK and Irish dates is as follows: Wednesday 8th: Rathfriland, Thursday 9th: Lisburn, Friday 10th: Clonmel, Co. Tipperary Saturday 11th: Ballincollig, Co. Cork Sunday 12th: Ratoath, Co. Meath Monday 13th: Ballybofey, Co. Donegal Wednesday 15th: Sligo, Co. Sligo Friday 17th: Menai Bridge, Anglesey Saturday 18th: Colwall, Malvern Sunday 19th: London Tuesday 21th: Birmingham Wednesday 22th: Milton Keynes Thursday 23th: Glasgow Friday 24th: Gateshead Saturday 25th: Cranleigh Sunday 26th: Nottingham