Medicine Show for Lucky Jim, Drew Nelson and Alana Levandoski in June

Medicine Show for Lucky Jim, Drew Nelson and Alana Levandoski in June
Lucky Jim Highland dates (please book your seats, these will be busy nights 05602620901)
Riverside Tavern Conon Bridge IV7 8HD (by Dingwall) Monday 1st June 7.30pm TEL: 01349 866922 to book meal
Medicine Show Loch Broom FM Radio Session 7pm
Argyll Hotel Ullapool IV26 2UB Tues 2nd 8.30pm
(Entry by donation ) accomidation available +44 (0)1854 612422 to book meals and accom.

Gordon Grahame’s Lucky Jim monicker reached most UK households with the brilliant ‘You’re Lovely To Me’ which bread-makers Kingsmill chose to promote their bread a few years ago; with it’s anthemic love lyrics still as engaging now as ever this is very much still a live favourite.

Gordon Grahame, born in Edinburgh, cut his teeth playing pubs and busking before setting of to Europe for a couple of years and refining his songwriting craft to the point where on a move to Brighton he was snapped up by SKINT records and recorded four albums including Our Troubles End Tonight which contained the now famous You’re Lovely To Me which has been on national TV rotation accompanying the Kingsmill Bread Campaign of late. This seminal album went to # 1 in the UK folk chart. Gordon has written his 5th album under the Lucky Jim moniker, he has recently signed a recording deal with Ho Hum records and he is recording in Ho Hum studios now and these will be the first dates after that.

“I was born in Edinburgh in Scotland and got into bands and playing solo when I was 15 I played in pubs constantly till I formed a band called the Lost Soul Band who did three albums before descending into the usual chaos and depression that went with being dropped and going nowhere. Still, it’s only rock’n’roll.

I was then lucky enough to meet and play with Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright amongst many others but chose to drop out for a few years and busked and played pubs in Paris and Amsterdam”.
More here
http://www.skint.net/content.cfm?parID=829

Acclaimed Mitchigan songster Drew Nelson returns for Scottish Dates with a new album on widly respected Waterbug Records. A big hit of the 2007 Belladrum Fringe and Potting Shed Stage.

Inverness Hootananny June 21st 8pm
Conon Bridge Riverside Tavern (by Dingwall) June 22nd 7.30pm (by Donation)
Edinburgh Lieth Folk Club The Village Leith June 23rd 7.30 £8
The Medicine Show Nevis Radio Session June 24 10pm
Ullapool Argyll Hotel June 25 8.30pm (with the Confederates)

“it doesn’t happen often that I put in a cd the first day I receive it, much less that I absolutely love it on first listen. This cd will be a regular in the upcoming Acoustic Harmony playlists for the foreseeable future”
– Mark Michaelis Host; Acoustic Harmony, WGDR Folk Music Director (May 05, 2009)

“I am such a fan of Drew he’s the best I’ve heard since James McMurtry, perfect writing, great songs and a voice thats stops the pain ”
– Barry Marshall-Everitt, House Of Mercy (May 05, 2009)

“What a fantastic album this is! I was expecting something enjoyable after Immigrant Son, but I was really blown away by the consistent strength of this record. ”
– Shaun Whitehouse, Gilded Palace Radio Show (UK) (Apr 20, 2009)

“Drew just can’t fail to engage your senses, and this really is a rather special record, a highly evocative yet admirably subtle mini-epic of modern-day Americana.”
– David Kidman , Net Rythms (Apr 01, 2009)

“‘The Dusty Road…’ is enjoyable & evocative of a timeless America, but with very modern concerns.”
– Ian Fildes, Americana-uk (Mar 18, 2009)

“He wasn’t afraid to get dramatic, or poignant, or funny, or political, or loud, when necessary in a CD-release show that was as impressive as any I’ve seen for a West Michigan artist. ”
– John Sinkevics , Sound Check | The Grand Rapids Press

“Drew is a Michigan Guy Clark for his generation”.
– John (Bicuits and Gray) Davy , Flyin Shoes Review UK

Drew Nelson Little Catfish on Joe Cartoons http://joecartoon.atom.com/videos/959-drew_nelson_little_catfish

“Alana Levandoski is part of an emerging generation of new artists who are reflecting the range of influences that make Canadian music so exciting” Bob Harris of BBC2 :

Home site and music downloads
http://www.alanalevandoski.com/unsettleddown

Highland dates (please book your seats, these will be busy nights 05602620901)
Hootananny Inverness 28 June 8pm
Riverside Tavern Conon Bridge IV7 8HD (by Dingwall) Monday 29 June 7.30pm TEL: 01349 866922 to book meal
Medicine Show Loch Broom FM Radio Session 30 June 7pm
Argyll Hotel Ullapool IV26 2UB Tues 30 June 8.30pm
(Entry by donation ) accomidation available +44 (0)1854 612422 to book meals and accom.
The Nevis Radio Medicine Show Session July 1st 10pm

After the release of her first album Unsettled Down (Rounder Records), Alana Levandoski has been widely touring between 2005 and 2007. Having performed multiple times in Canada, the UK, France, The Netherlands, Spain and Ireland, Alana is now home for awhile and has gone on to record her second album in the winter of ’08 (out now).

The new album was recorded with famed Liverpool producer Ken Nelson (Coldplay, Paulo Nutini) and a group of wonderful musicians (*see top friends) in St. John Divine Anglican Church of Kelwood, Manitoba as well as at Parr St Studios in Liverpool.
Alana’s reputation has been bolstered by touring with Dar Williams, Lynn Miles, Blue Rodeo, Corb Lund, Randy Bachman, Tal Bachman, Lindy, Caroline Herring, Tanya Tucker and more. She has also co-written with Canadian folk icon Sylvia Tyson, Mark Simos(Alison Krauss), Simon Wilcox, Sam Ashworth, Colin Linden, Gary Nichols, James LeBlanc, George Canyon, and Colin Cripps.

Bob Harris of BBC2 says: “Alana is part of an emerging generation of new artists who are reflecting the range of influences that make Canadian music so exciting.” Hailed as “the best new artist I’ve heard come along since Mindy Smith” – Maverick Magazine, and “the ‘it girl’ of Canadian roots music this year” -CBC, Alana has gained a reputation as a great writer “with bags of potential”.