TOURING and performing together for nearly two decades, America's premiere hot jazz and Western swing trio Hot Club of Cowtown have released Midnight on the Trail, their ninth studio album.
To coincide with the release they hit the road in the UK for 17 live dates, including a Turner Sims date on Thursday.
Midnight on the Trail is a vintage mix of 12 Western swing songs and cowboy ballads hand-collected to reflect the spirit and joy of the American West. Utterly danceable, romantic and rustic, these songs truly represent the Cowtown of the Imagination, a source of inspiration for the band since it first began.
Along with the Hot Club’s dedicated cult following worldwide--they have toured for the US State Department as Musical Ambassadors to Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Republic of Georgia and the Sultanate of Oman--certain titans of the industry have also taken notice. Bob Dylan, with whom the band toured and with whom James has toured and recorded, is a continuing inspiration both personally and professionally. The Hot Club has opened several shows for Willie Nelson, toured with Nelson and Dylan during a summer-long stadium tour and opened seven nights of Roxy Music’s sold out For Your Pleasure UK stadium tour. In the UK the Hot Club of Cowtown has been featured at the Glastonbury Festival and has also been a returning guest on Later with Jools Holland, the Cambridge Folk Festival, the Radcliffe and Maconie Show, and Bob Harris Country on BBC Radio 2.
Box office: 023 8059 5151 or turnersims.co.uk
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