Three-times CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’, two-time Australian Folk Music and Music Victoria Award winners, The Weeping Willows (duo) from Australia are making a welcome return to The Stables.
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.
Between 2017 and 2023 The Weeping Willows were nominated for 14 CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’ awards, seven Australian Folk Music Awards (AFMAs), four Country Music Channel (CMC) awards and two Live Act of the Year (Country) in the National Live Music Awards (NLMAs). They performed at AmericanaFest (USA), Folk Alliance International (USA), Maverick Festival (UK), Port Fairy Folk Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, Out On The Weekend and the Australian Americana Music Honours.
In recent years they have supported Lukas Nelson & POTR (USA), Hayes Carll (USA), Iris DeMent (USA), Eilen Jewell (USA) and Willie Watson (USA) 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.
“…a mature, courageous and beguiling experience.”–No Depression (USA)
“…on the way to making some serious waves in Americana.” – AmericanaUK (UK)
“…stunning acoustic guitar work, heavenly harmonies, and a haunting melody rooted in American Gothic.” – Pop Matters (USA)
★★★★– Rolling Stone, Rhythms Magazine, The Music and The Australian.
