Canadian country/folk songwriter Sarah Jane Scouten returns to the UK in November for a run of dates that commence with a show at The Harrison in London on November 11th. Sarah Jane Scouten will perform tracks from her recent 'Railtown Sessions Vol 1' EP and songs from her upcoming album due early next year. Please read on for much more about Sarah Jane Scouten and those tour dates.
Toronto-based Americana-songwriter Sarah Jane Scouten is excited to announce a return to the UK with a tour throughout November 2016, kicking off at The Harrison in King’s Cross, London on Friday November 11th. She will be performing tracks from her upcoming new album due for release in 2017, as well as the recently released EP Volume One in The Railtown Sessions through Vancouver label Light Organ Records.
TOUR DATES
Newly updated with additional shows:
Friday 11th November - The Harrison – London
www.harrisonbar.co.uk
Sunday 13th November - The Golden Eagle – Chester
www.thegolden-eagle.co.uk
Wednesday 16th November - Deeside Inn – Ballater, Scotland
Friday 18th November - Craigdarroch Arms Hotel – Moniaive, Scotland
www.craigdarrocharmshotel.co.uk
Saturday 19th November - The Running Horse – Nottingham
Sunday 20th November - The Cellar Bar – Cardigan, Wales
www.thecellarcardigan.com
Monday 21st November - Bell Inn – Bath
www.thebellinnbath.co.uk
Tuesday 22nd November - The Canteen – Bristol
www.canteenbristol.co.uk
Wednesday 23rd November - In The Barn At The Three Horses – Towersey
www.threehorseshoestowersey.co.uk
Saturday 26th – Monday 28th November - Wintertide Festival - Hartlepool
www.wintertidefestuk.com/
Sarah Jane Scouten - BIO
At age 5, Sarah Jane Scouten was sitting on the dining room table, singing “Lace and Pretty Flowers,” by Canadian Folk and country musician, Willie P. Bennett. Hank Williams and Stan Rogers were her greatest inspirations, both a staple at Sunday morning pancake breakfast and afterward, singing bluegrass and gospel music with her father. Her talent for performing came naturally, and as chance would have it, so emerged a knack for songwriting. Bringing us up to date, Sarah Jane Scouten is an international touring songwriter, loved by audiences across the Northern Hemisphere.
With flavours of Lucinda Williams, Nanci Griffiths, Old Crow Medicine Show and a wealth of old-time and bluegrass music, the two-time Canadian Folk Music Award nominee's songs are faithful to a long-standing folk music tradition, but often spill over into modern themes that are outspoken and edgy, from homelessness to midwifery to tongue-in-cheek heartache songs and unabashed Canadiana.
Sarah Jane was discovered by Vancouver label Light Organ Records when she was cold-called into the studio to make an EP with producer Andy Bishop as part of a series of releases, coined The Railtown Sessions. Her EP was Volume One of the series, released digitally in July 2016 and will be available on vinyl in December 2016. She has since teamed up with the label and will be releasing a brand new full-length album, recorded in Toronto at Revolution Recording with veteran Canadian producer Andre Wahl (Hawksley Workman, Jill Barber), in February 2017. The album includes ten original songs, ranging in style from classic honky tonk to Western-swing to indie-folk rock, and two traditional Western Canadian songs, discovered in university archives and crackly recordings, and given new life through Scouten's haunting arrangements.
Previously, Sarah Jane released her second full-length album The Cape, named after her childhood playground Cape Roger Curtis and a stormy seven-and-a-half minute long ballad by the same name. The record throws a wake for all the things we won’t have back again. You’ll find it in the shameless nostalia for place, time, lost loved ones, frayed family ties and bonds too strong to break. It's what Americana UK calls "reminiscent of Iris Dement at her best."
A traditionalist at heart, Sarah Jane Scouten shows her signature flair for the roots of roots music. With respect for these roots, she writes from her own perspective, and rather than copying a style, only writes about what she knows profoundly. This songwriter hits hard and close to home, then laughs it off. Somewhat of an itinerant musician, spending much of her time on the road, Sarah Jane has called Bowen Island, Vancouver and Montreal her home. She now lives in Toronto with two cats named after Cajun musicians.