Gram Parsons, Redlands Palomino Co., Richmond Fontaine, Allman Brothers, Ryan Adams, Buffalo Springfield, The Jayhawks, Treecreeper, The Byrds, Laura Cantrell, Neil Young, Dolly Varden, Johnny Cash, Nutty Slack, Crosby Stills and Nash, Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Band, Oakley Hall, Bob Dylan, Pernice Brothers, Gene Clark, Be Good Tanyas, Poco, Cosmic Rough Riders, Flying Burrito Bros, Lone Pine, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Ox, Grateful Dead, Whiskeytown, Emmylou Harris, Wilco, Robert Johnson, Lucinda Williams, Lone Pine, Nickel Creek, Lynryd Skynryd, Teenage Fanclub, Meat Puppets, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Prince Billy, Blind River Scare, Son Volt, Loretta Lynn, My Morning Jacket, William Elliott Whdgmore and The Swampers at Muscle Shoals!
Tickets are available from Diverse as well as www.wegottickets.com, Spillers and Derricks.
For gig listings around South Wales and the West plus previews of upcoming gigs (including ours), click below.
Been & gone...
Hot Burrito is held in Le Pub, Newport, it used to be on the first Wednesday of every month but is now more sporadic. Keep a look out here for confirmed dates.
Resident DJs Earl Hawkins (a.k.a. Paul from Diverse Music) and The Maindee Cowboy invite you to a regular hoe down of classic country rock, west coast pop and today's americana, spliced with a hint of blue-grass and historic recordings. We'll be featuring the finest alt.country and americana artists to play live, hopefully from either side of the Atlantic. There'll also be album launches and other special events. Keep checking the blog for an update.
Plaid shirts, leather chaps and cowboy boots positively encouraged!
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AND HOW TO GET TO US:
Click on the image for a more detailed map.
Trains times from Cardiff Central Station to Newport are:
Downstairs in Le Pub opens at 7pm, doors to upstairs open at 8pm. All these trains will get you there in time, it's a 5 minute walk from the train station.
The pub 's last orders are at 11pm, the headliners will have finished at 10.45pm, the following trains will get you home:
If you somehow miss all of these or just fancy a late drink somewhere after the gig then last train leaves Newport at 00.52 and gets into Cardiff at 01.12.
SLIDE SHOW OF HOT BURRITO'S GONE BY
and this is a clip of Alex and Hannah from Redlands at our June gig supporting them.
Who I'd like to meet: Country and americana fans, we know you're out there!
Do you fit the bill? If so, make yourself known and you could end up playing. Message us, mail us CDs/MP3s or just come along on the night and introduce yourself.
Oh my Lord! What a cracking line-up we have for No.9 on THURSDAY 15TH JANUARY, check it out! NOW UPSTAIRS AT THE BUFFALO BAR, Windsor Place, Cardiff - 8pm till Late! - £4.00 *** Drink offers include £2 a pint and £2 for a spirit + mixer ***
CHRISTOPHER REES [Blues / Soul / Country] "Intense and absolutely mesmerizing" Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1)
CONVOI EXCEPTIONNEL [Minimalist / Rock / Hip Hop] "Convoi Exceptionnel are a Welsh rock and hiphop duo from the mean streets of Aberystwyth. Despite now living 300 miles apart and armed with only an SM58, a Mac and a twenty pound guitar from Argos they've managed to knock up some tunes for your enjoyment and get played on national radio"
DRAW ME STORIES [Alternative / Folk Rock / Indie] "A dark and raw yet perfectly polished and professional performance that will surely lead to bigger things...No doubt helped along by the fact lead singer Carl Hodgetts has the kind of Ian Curtis/ Paul Banks voice that makes girls go weak at knees!"
VALLEY LINES [Electronica / Dub / Psychedelic] "Valley Lines is the main musical project of Cardiff based electronic producer and sound artist Christian Gates, his musical output shifts from simplistic electro to densely layered electronica, often incorporating sound recordings from the natural environment with complex beats and synthesised noise"
...plus DJ's for a good old dance!
Get the weekend started early ;~) Luv, [Thee alternative - EVERY month!]
Hey Hot Burritos and companeros - hope all is going well for you. Still puting on sporadic gigs over the border and the next one featuring Robyn Hitchcock, Kimberley Rew and Terry Edwards is one worth slipping over the border for perhaps? Ticket details on my page. Take care Richard MC of the WHC
GONNA BE A MAD ONE!! 29th November. We're doing an all dayer gig at TJs Newport hope you make it down (you might even know about it already!), check out our profile if you are interested, if not at least tell someone that might be!
Oh my Lord! What a cracking line-up we have for No.7 on THURSDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER, check it out! Be there or be square ;~)
CYMBIENT [Indie / Experimental / Surf] "...from lavish psychedelia to valve crunching riffs to structured beauty...rich backing tracks and lush harmonies...Stuff Brian Wilson into a split screen camper van with some retro valve amps, a first edition stylophone, Beefheart’s ’Clear Spot’ on the stereo and head for the welsh surf breaks with cymbient..."
STRAY BORDERS [Alternative / Experimental / Rock] "...current essential new Welsh tunes include a demo by Stray Borders which could give Mogwai a run for their money..." [Huw Stevens]
DRONE [Electronica / Indie / Pop] "F!?&ing Godly" [A friend] "As much fun to listen to as Dylan" [Another friend]
...plus DJ's for a good old dance!
Upstairs at 10 Feet Tall, Church St, Cardiff - 8 till Late - £4. 00
Luv, [Thee alternative - 3rd Thursday of EVERY month!]
THE AUTUMN DEFENSE (two members of WILCO) + PLUSH (Liam Hayes) Sunday 7th September @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
The Autumn Defense is a collaboration between Wilco/Uncle Tupelo bassist John Stirratt and Wilco multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone who has also produced records for the likes of Andrew Bird and Joseph Arthur. They have released 3 albums of beautifully arranged, organic, wispy folk-rock and singer-songwriter musings.
"Comfort music for the soul...” UNCUT **** "never less than utterly gorgeous" THE WORD "reference points include Nick Drake and CSN, Bread, Big Star and the essence of Love, Steely Dan and a dozen others" MOJO **** "edifying and beautifully textured" DAILY MIRROR **** "soft rock at it's most elegant." TIME OUT "Soft, dreamy and bittersweet” WASHINGTON POST "Warming, gorgeous and delightful” DAVID FRICKE, SENIOR EDITOR, ROLLING STONE
Liam Hayes appeared as himself in High Fidelity and his band Plush's long lost masterpiece 'Fed' is currently receiving rave reviews across the music press including 5/5 in Uncut, 4/5 in Mojo, Q, Plan B, NME 8/10 etc. A regular collaborator, he has also worked with Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy), appearing on keyboards across the Palace era output, and also played on records by Royal Trux.
"Fed is beautifully excessive, ornamented with dazzling soul/pop arrangements. And the songs are glorious..." UNCUT ***** "A banquet of sonic gorgeousness" NME 8/10 "Fed is something of a lost classic" MOJO **** "Fed can be finally heard as a testament to Hayes's widescreen obsessions" Q **** "Perfect takes time" PLAN B “a soulful symphonic masterpiece” ROLLING STONE
A pretty decent amount of superlatives there for just £9 (adv.) Get your tickets from www. clwb. net, Spillers (Cardiff) or Diverse (Newport)
I wanted to thank you for accepting my friendship request. Hope you don't mind a total stranger contacting you, but not many people know about my music, so I'm trying to find ways to introduce it to them. I grew up in the Delta regions of the USA, but now permanently reside in Newport, Wales - so my music has a bit of a Americana/Blues/Alt-Country with a dash of Celtic kind of sound to it (I think!).
I do appreciate you taking the time to listen to some of my tunes. I'd love to know what you think of my Americana tune 'MAN FROM IDAHO' and my bluesy song 'MEN'!
Hot 'n' Sticky June day greetings! Really hope you can make it along to No.4 on THURSDAY 19TH JUNE for some great music and a boogie...you know you want to ;-)
All the best, [Thee alternative - 3rd Thursday of EVERY month!]
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