Live Music in Essex

LAUREN HOUSLEY BRINGS THE NORTHERN COWBOYS TO LRB ON SATURDAY 31 MAY. WORLD QUALITY LINE UP FEATURING LAUREN, TOM, MARK, JARROD and JO.

LAUREN HOUSLEY AND THE NORTHERN COWBOYS | Saturday 31 May 2025 | award-winning singer and songwriter hailing from Yorkshire. Housley’s innate talent of writing beautiful, engaging songs, delivered with an emotive knock out vocal performance has yielded including three independent albums and two BBC Radio playlist hit singles, UK Americana Award nominations for Best Song & Live Act Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2 “One of my favourite UK artists. I really love her sound”

BELLE ROSCOE | Saturday 31 May 2025 | Brother-Sister duo, Matty and Jules radiate a unique and mesmerising chemistry. Multi-talented musicians, with songs laced with glorious 70’s folk/rock undertones that not only showcases their musicianship and songwriting but those shines a light on those unmistakable soaring sibling harmonies.

Here is a what new LRB guest JAY said about Saturday evening...."wow! We absolutely loved it! The venue is fantastic and the artists tonight were absolutely amazing. My wife was in tears listening to Stephanie (in a good way) and then Rachel’s performance was just so,so good. Really blew us away to be honest."

EVE SELIS | Saturday 19 July 2025 Hugely thrilled to host an eighth LRB show for EVE and the first since 2019. She has a NEW ALBUM Dark Sky Blue which is a collection of songs EVE wrote during the darkest time of her life, wanting to heal through music and find her way back to the light. Eve says "many of these songs came from journaling from the years of trying to understand what will never be understood to the decision to choose love and walk out of that darkness, one step in front of the other, one breath at a time until I could surrender and let Grace help me find a way towards healing and hope again. " You can follow EVE by becoming a Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/eveselis

FLORENCE SOMMERVILLE | Saturday 19 July 2025. Delighted to welcome back by special request from Eve Selis, one of the UK’s fastest-rising Americana-country performers. Since releasing her self-penned debut single, the aptly-titled On My Way, to widespread radio play in October 2023, Florence has gone from strength to strength with high quality support and headline slots including American singer-songwriter Diana Jones, Australian singer Ange Boxall, 1980s pop star Tom Robinson, New York singer-songwriter Annie Keating, and more.

HOLLY CARTER & JOE WILKINS | Saturday 19 July 2025 | Holly Carter is a singer-songwriter, multi-award-winning instrumentalist and one of UK's leading pedal steel players. Accompanied by guitar maestro Joe Wilkins (Elles Bailey)

SORREL NATION w full band | Saturday 11 October 2025. Delighted to welcome back with a full six piece band. Travelling troubadour Sorrel Nation brings a soulful mix of folk-rock to country and engages audiences with emotive lyrics, 70s inspired style and a voice full of soul that can truly open the heart. “Sorrel’s voice is off the scale stunning” (Gill Tee, Co-founder Black Deer Festival)

ANGEL SNOW Saturday 11 October 2025 | Delighted to welcome ANGEL back to LRB with Joe Wilkins (Elles Bailey) on guitar. Quote from American Songwriter “Her songs, which were played to perfection by her all-acoustic band, have an air of magic to them — at times sounding like Gillian Welch mixed with Sarah Mclachlan; other times, like an Appalachian Fiona Apple or Jeff Buckley…Watching Snow on this night, on the famed Ryman stage, it felt like a star was born.”

REVISED LOGO as we celebrate 15 years AND COUNTING | TIMELINE 2010 - 2025 | 2020 was the 10th ANNIVERSARY YEAR FOR LITTLE RABBIT BARN | LRB | First show 2008 | First barn show 02 July 2010 featured EVE SELIS and THE FLOE | 150+ shows in the barn | more than 300 artist sets

HANNAH ALDRIDGE VIDEOS NOW LIVE ON LITTLE RABBIT BARN YOUTUBE CHANNEL | FILMED AND RECORDED LIVE WITH FULL BAND ON 05 OCTOBER 2024

MICHELE STODART | VIDEOS NOW LIVE ON LITTLE RABBIT BARN YOUTUBE CHANNEL | DROWNING | THE HOUSE | UNDONE | FILMED AND RECORDED LIVE WITH FULL BAND ON 07 SEPTEMBER 2024

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL COMMENTS HANNAH WHITE "A very special place where magic happens. That photo just fills my heart. I just know this would have been an amazing evening x" TARA MACLEAN "Thank you we felt so at home!" CAtHERINE MACLELLAN "We love you!" ELECTRIC BLUE YONDER "Magical thank you!!" JULIE THOMPSON GUEST ".....You have a fantastic venue run by people who do it for the pure love and joy of live music...absolutely 10 out of 10" SALLY FORD Fantastic night to end the year. Thank you little Rabbit barn and all the team for giving us the best live music a community of friends and for all your hard work. Another fantastic year ????❤️????xx

QUOTES: REB FOUNTAIN'S MANAGER "Thank you and the amazing team for hosting such a Wonderful & Professional shown. The crowd were so engaging and you have such a great venue" JASMINE RODGERS "Thank you so much for having me play, I had a gorgeous time""The hospitality at LRB for both Artists and audiences is unparalleled" "Each month just gets better and better roll on the next one!" ATH. "Both Reb and Jasmine were absolutely stunning" Shaun M " What a wonderful evening of music Kate Ellis and Andy and Mim Grey and her band gave us. Such complementary performances - Kate Ellis with her gentle music and Mim Grey with her effortless singing but both performances coming from within them" PAUL ROBERTS "Well there certainly is no let up in the quality of music at LRB, what a night of music" "We greatly enjoyed our first visit to LRB, it was a lovely atmosphere, the performances-such clear sound-were brilliant, with food as well! We shall be back." THANK YOU PAUL R and CHRIS R "We were so lucky to be at this gig - Live at Little Rabbit Barn is an oasis of music and joy, thank you" M.B. KELLY "Thanks for another great evening. Hannah and Gus were superb" STEVE WILDING

THE ANNIE KEATING BAND | LIVE VINYL ALBUM + 25 YEAR COMPLIATION VINYL TOUR | AVAILABLE AT LIVE SHOWS AND DIRECTLY VIA ANNIE KEATING

CHERRY LEE MEWIS | NEW LIVE ALBUM | 5 tracks from LRB show on 21 July 2018 | Recorded over three separate performances from 2018 & 2019, this is an album you simply must add to your Cherry collection, the one album that truly captures that high energy CLM vibe, only experienced live. Recorded alongside Cherry's faithful band of Max Milligan, Robbie Stewart-Mathews, Nick Slater, Brian Greene and with special guest Lee Vernon on blues harp, this is a hotpot of bluesy soulfulness at it's best.

CONGRATULATION ELLES ON SIGNING TO COOKING VINYL | PHYSICAL 6 TRACK EP/CDs NO LONGER AVAILABLE | ELLES BAILEY LIVE EP recorded at Little Rabbit Barn 28 October 2017 mixed by Jay Stapley | executive producer and cover Elles Bailey. ONLY 4 TRACK DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE | To download go to GIGS page OR click ARTISTS tab > Elles Bailey above ARTIST + ALBUM of The Year in the BRITISH BLUES AWARDS 2020. UK BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2021. AMAUK ARTIS OF THE YEAR + UK ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2023 + UK LIVE ACT 2023 AND 2024

LRB Merchandise | To celebrate our 10 anniversary year as LRB, top fashion designer Tiffany, has created a brand new design to recognise some of the 250 artists that have played LRB. These high quality Gildan cotton Ts come in Mens M L XL and Ladies S M L sizes and are printed front and rear

SNIFF 'N' THE TEARS played an acoustic set at LRB April after a 27 year break from live shows Their acoustic project has a new acoustic album for us all to enjoy. LRB proud to have been a stepping stone on their journey and wish them all success with the new album and acoustic shows. NEW ALBUM OUT NOW Sniff'n'the Tears acoustic album 'Jump' is available now. Videos of the LRB performance can be found on both LRB and SnTT websites and YouTube channel. Read the story, hear a couple of sample tracks, and buy the album here: https://www.sniffnthetears.com/jump

Out&About with interviews filmed at Little Rabbit Barn! For more information and details please contact – Email: info@theukamericanabar.com

Catch LRB on 'The UK Americana Bar TV Show'. HANNAH ALDRIDGE. TV Show ft interviews w Sean Taylor | Elles Bailey | Angel Snow. Wonderful ANNE McCUE interview and unplugged song from her LRB show. Early WARD THOMAS interview at LRB PLUS MANY MORE FINE SESSIONS AND INTERVIEWS WITH SAM MILLAR and THE UK AMERICANA BAR Team

2024 AMAUK | Congratulations to all of the evening’s winners, honorees and nominees!

CONGRATULATIONS TO JANET ROBIN AND THE STRING REVOLUTION GRAMMY FOR BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA “Folsom Prison Blues,” John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin and Roberto Luis Rodriguez, arrangers (The String Revolution featuring Tommy Emmanuel)

Here is the awesome line up. All girl super group for one evening only. Elles Bailey | Jackie Bristow and Tamara Stewart from our end of year showdown 2018. One of our favourite pictures from the LRB archive. The coming together of three amazingly talented artistes from US, NZ and UK was truly an alignment of good fortune and fate that will be hard to recreate. Can't believe this was October 2018. Where do the years go.

Everyone keep well, stay safe, have grace (thank you Elles so well put) and please look out for those less fortunate. Best wishes from us all at Little Rabbit Barn