DKOS Artists 22nd Jan 2025 :- Sam Brothers – The Weeping Willows – Jack McLucky and The VC – Broken David. – Overflow
SAM BROTHERS
Described by Acoustic Magazine as “Always Compelling…”, Sam Brothers is a young Canterbury, UK based Folk Singer-songwriter whose performances bring to mind the Soho and Greenwich Village Folk Scenes of the 1960’s. His often bluesy guitar, stompbox and harmonica filled performances are deeply rooted in the music of greats such as Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee, Bert Jansch, Bob Dylan and Fairport Convention.A genuine travelling troubadour from a very young age, Sam was busking in Brighton when he was discovered by producer Mark st. John (Bob Marley, Flora Purim, Eddy Grant) in 2017. This led to the production and release Sam’s Debut album “Farewell To My Old Days”, (Recorded the old fashioned way – live onto tape). Distributed by Proper Records and appearing in Record stores across the UK, the first pressing sold out within a year.Following the success of the album, Sam went on to perform all across Europe and the UK proving support for acts as diverse as Nick Lowe, Rab Noakes, Chris Difford, Sarah Jarosz, Spiers and Boden, Hank Wangford, and The Christians, sweating his craft at funky, authentic venues such as like the Eel Pie Club, The Gulbenkian Theatre and London’s Iconic Troubadour, as well as playing festival stages at The Isle of Wight Festival, Lunar, Sandwich Folk & Ale, Blissfields and Smallworld.Sam went on to take up the unmissable opportunity in 2019 to be part of creating a stripped back acoustic album “Bare as Bone. Bright As Blood” with cult rock group ‘The Pretty Things’ , alongside founding members Dick Taylor and Phil May. Plans were underway to tour the album, until they were stopped in their tracks by the double bombshell of the Covid Pandemic
and the sad passing of Phil May in May, 2020.Now back out on the road with an arsenal of new material, Sam released a new EP independently on Friday 5th April entitled “The Folksinger”. He has been promoting the EP with a tours of Japan, Germany and The UK and Germany since then.
THE WEEPING WILLOWS – AUSTRALIA
3 x CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’, 2 x Australian Folk Music and Music Victoria Award winners, The Weeping Willows (Laura Coates and Andrew Wrigglesworth) are a couple of old souls, steeped in Bluegrass tradition and draped in Gothic Americana imagery. They regale their audiences with stories of sunshine and romance, God and The Devil, murder and decay. Real music.
The last 5 years have seen The Weeping Willows nominated for 14 x CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’ awards, 7 x Australian Folk Music Awards (AFMAs), 4 x Country Music Channel (CMC) awards, 2 x National Live Music Awards (NLMAs), performing Official Showcases at AmericanaFest (USA) and Folk Alliance International (USA) and appearing at Maverick Festival, Knutsford Music Festival, Beardy Folk Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival (AU), Queenscliff Music Festival (AU) and the Australian Americana Music Honours. In recent years they have supported Lukas Nelson & POTR (USA), Hayes Carll (USA), Iris DeMent (USA), Willie Watson (USA), Eilen Jewell (USA), Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman (UK) and Katherine Priddy (UK) and completed national and international tours in support of their three LPs, including sophomore album, Before Darkness Comes A-Callin’, which received four-star reviews in Rolling Stone, The Australian and The Music. A Weeping Willows performance, whether live on location or caught on tape will always delight.
JACK MCLUCKIE AND THE VC
Original Scottish trad blended with indie folk. Jack McLuckie and the VC is a project with Jack McLuckie (These Wooden Bones, Northern Central, Veritable Ceilidh Club) and some very talented friends. Debut EP “Great Bernera”, recorded at Black Bay Studio on the isle of Lewis, due to be released in January19th 2025 in Leith Depot in Edinburgh
A trio or quad featuring 3 vocals, double bass, mandolin pedal steel and two guitars recreating the alternative folk soundscapes from JCR’s debut album ‘I Care Not’ whilst also blending their love of bluegrass and American folk into their live performances, creating a diverse, unique and engaging performance.
BROKEN DAVID
Broken David glimmers in the space between soaring and crashing to the ground. Reared in Cumbernauld, refined in Milngavie and reformed in first South Queensferry and then Orkney, he now resides in Glasgow, bringing a haunting sense of dislocation to songs that know their place. A guitar of rosewood and spruce gives a punch to both fingerstyle and percussive strumming that offset his achingly beautiful melodies. David is joined by Orcadian multi instrumentalist James Groat, whose sensitive accompaniment adds layers of mandolin, banjo and dobro to the songs (though not all at the same time!).
The debut album ‘Weathering’ was launched in October 2024 and produced by renowned songwriter and producer Boo Hewerdine. Steeped in the weather of Orkney, where David lived for the last nine years, ‘Weathering’ is a long play eulogy to endurance, that’s just a bit battered by the breeze.
Live shows are characterised by tender arrangements and audience involvement, with a passion for connection. Fashioning narrative out of a fractured journey towards better things, Broken David sings of hope, pain and bemusement and you’re welcome to join in
OVERFALL
Overfall is a dynamic four-piece band formed in Dunoon, located on the West Coast of Scotland. The band comprises of Will Goan (guitar, vocals), Emily Goan (fiddle), Holli Scott (fiddle), and Michelle Willis (piano, vocals), who each bring a wealth of individual musical experience to the band. The music of Overfall is rooted in traditional Scottish, Irish, and North American music combined with contemporary influences, drawing from genres such as jazz and blues.
Since their formation in July 2024, Overfall has played a headline performance at the Dunoon Trad Fest. The band is currently focused on creating and arranging new music and is eager to bring their sound to stages across Scotland. Upcoming performances include shows at the Old West Kirk in Greenock and the Uig Hall in Dunoon in January.