Nashville-based, Memphis-born singer-songwriter Drew Holcomb announces January-February UK-Ireland Tour inc. Celtic Connections

For Nashville based, Memphis born Drew Holcomb, “music is medicine” and it seems only fitting that along with his band The Neighbors – wife Ellie (vocals, guitar), Nathan Dugger (guitar, keys) and Rick Brinsfield (bass) – the group will celebrate a decade long career with the release of their new full-length studio album Medicine on January 26 via his own imprint Magnolia Music. Recorded over eight days at Joe Pisapia’s Middletree Studios in East Nashville, the twelve song album was co-produced by Pisapia (Ben Folds, KD Lang, Guster, Josh Rouse) and the band and tackles issues of everyday life including loyalty, hardship, marriage, friendship, alienation and faith.

 

Medicine is the follow-up to 2013’s full-length studio release Good Light – their most successful album to date.

 

 

Drew Holcomb · January-February 2014 · UK & Ireland Tour

Accompanied by Nathan Dugger

 

JANUARY

Thurs 29      Glasgow                                  The Art Club          Celtic Connections 2015

Fri 30          Rathfriland, N. Ireland                The Brontë Centre

Sat 31          Lisburn, N. Ireland                     Island Arts Centre

FEBRUARY

Sun 1           Ballincollig, Ireland                    The White Horse

Tues 3         London                                    The Old Queen’s Head

Weds 4        Brighton                                  The Prince Albert
Thurs 5        Plymouth                                The B-Bar
Fri 6            Kirton-in-Lindsey                    Town Hall

Sat 7           Oxford                                    The Bullingdon

Sun 8          Nottingham                             The Maze

 

Praise for Good Light

 

“Mixes full-throttle Americana music with an introspective singer/songwriter approach. It sounds like the South. It sounds like Tennessee.”  American Songwriter

 

 “Holcomb is an amazing songwriter.” Americana-UK

 

 “Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors invest a whole lot of heart and soul and emotion into “Good Light,” and while that might not be something particularly new, it is most assuredly something special.”  Country Standard Time

 

“a great example of rockin’ Americana …an essential listening experience.”  Maverick

 

“Soulful, introspective Americana and a voice of an angel” No Depression

 

“a well-crafted album that gets better with every listen.”  Performer Magazine

 

“This is a record you’ll want to revisit again and again.”  Pittsburgh Tribune

 

“Groovy, passionate and drenched in Southern sensibility.”  StereoSubversion