The old Crow Medicine show will return to the UK this autumn for a series of headline shows.
The band, who played at C2C: Country to Country earlier this year, will perform shows in London, Glasgow and Manchester during the upcoming run. In the year It kicks off at the Eventim Apollo in London before heading to the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow on November 1st and finishing at the Albert Hall in Manchester on November 2nd. You can now get tickets for the shows.
Old Crow Medicine Show will release their new album on 25 August 2023 via ATO Records. The record comes as the band celebrates its 25th anniversary and is a collaboration with the band’s Matt Ross-Spang. ‘Jubilee’ was recorded at their own Heartland Studios and features features from legendary soul singer Mavis Staples and singer/songwriter Sierra Ferrell.
The album’s first single, ‘Miles Away’, is a sweetly reflective track co-written by bandleader Ketch Secor and bluegrass virtuoso Molly Tuttle, with guest vocals from Old Crow Medicine Show co-founder Willie Watson.
Earlier this year, Old Crow Medicine Show released a powerful protest song, ‘Louder Than Guns,’ written in the wake of the devastating Covenant School shooting. Kate Secor, father of two and founder of Nashville Episcopal School, felt compelled to lend her voice in an effort to unite the Nashville music community in the fight for gun reform.
As Secor explains, the old Crow Medicine Show’s boundless love of contemporary appeal in folk music played a big role in the band’s longevity. “Being the kind of songwriters and playwrights that we always are, we stick to current content and what’s going on right now—issues that we’re facing right now in our species, in our country, in our beloved Southlands. So as long as these things continue to exist in our world, and as long as banjos are being plucked and quills are no longer used to draw bows, you can bet that we’ll still be interested in making this kind of music. It’s just second nature to us at this point.”
‘Jubilee’ Tracklist:
1. Ballad of Jubilee Jones
2. Mile Distance (ft. Willie Watson)
3. Keel Over and Die
4. Allegheny Lullaby
5. I want now
6. Smoking Mountain Girl
7. Belle Meade Cocktail (ft. Sierra Ferrell)
8. Shit’s in.
9. Highland girl
10. Wolfman of the Ozarks
11. Anonymous, T.N
12. One Drop (ft. Mavis Staples)
