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Steve J Curtis played Little Rabbit Barn back in August 2011, where he shared the billing with Bex Marshall. Steve was accompanied on stage with Greta Granger who sang backing vocals and applied the appropriate prompts if memory serves! No…

NEW DATES for our In Harmony tour! We have rescheduled our intimate acoustic tour to August and September. See you then for some sunshine, songs and stories 🧡   Date City Venue Wed 12 Aug 2020 Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells Forum…

We are gutted to have to do this but safety first. We are postponing our April tour to a later date which our team is fiercely working on now. We really hoped it wouldn’t come to this but we can’t…

2020 and the 10th anniversary year for the LRB started in style despite the weather doing its best to thwart us in our efforts. The show must go on! Isabella Coulstock opened tonight on her LRB debut. With a dream…

Some warm words for a little gig with a big reputation… I’m not directly involved in this now, and these guys really don’t need my help to promote the gigs because they all sell out! But… I just want to…

Big thank you to Julian Martin for the wonderful memories he has shared with us. A collection of high quality photos beautifully printed in a hard back photo book, captured from the shows he has attended from 2013-2019. It will…

This is it, the final show of 2019 and what a way to finish the year! Sarah Peacock and Michelle Malone opening the evening, and the Carter Sampson Trio with Kyle Reid and Jason Scott, to complete the occasion in…

Press Release The UK Americana Bar TV show is a new family viewing concept built around the growing Americana lifestyle here in the UK and beyond. The weekly show is a unique concept in British television, with light-hearted and fun-packed…

SARAH PEACOCK 1.2 million miles, 2,800 shows, and fourteen years of flying solo is quite a road trip. Sarah Peacock bridges gaps between Country, Blues, Americana, and Rock-N-Roll. Her music is raw, truth telling, and fiercely unique. Held hostage by…

An amazing evening of live music at Little Rabbit Barn. Finally the weather came right as LRB welcomed Shelly Fairchild and Morganway to a full house including music industry representatives, UK Americana Bar, Black Deer Festival, W21 Music, Grapevine Magazine.…

Tonight we welcomed two first time artists to the LRB with Lexie Green accompanied by John Wright on Electric Guitar, and Sam Coe & The Long Shadows. Even at the sound check we knew this would be another special night.…

NEXT Saturday 17th August! The band’s highly anticipated debut album Full Moon, sees them firmly position themselves at the forefront of the UK Country/Americana Music scene. Produced by Kevin Duncan at Gingerdog Studios in Suffolk, this vibrant collection of honest,…

Every music night at Little Rabbit Barn is special, however, the return of Eve Selis was extra special; a record seventh LRB visit from the 7 time San Diego Americana Music Award artist Eve Selis. Eve Selis was the first…

Once more the weather attempted to thwart us at LRB, but as if by magic, the sun came out as Chasing Summer arrived for their sound check. If ever there was an apt name for a performing duo, this was it, and…

Dean Owens & The Southerners Award winning Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens is widely hailed as one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and BBC legend “Whispering” Bob Harris. The title track of his most recent,…

The unpredictable and unhelpful British weather could not dampen our spirits at the LRB as we prepared for the totally predictable quality musical performances from tonight’s amazing artists. THE LUCK, sibling duo Max and Esmay, on their very first LRB…

UK Americana Bar TV Show https://www.alancackett.com/uk-americana-bar-tv-show For more years than I care to remember, country music in the UK has been treated shabbily, both within and outside of the entertainment industry. Homegrown talent has rarely gained the kind of support…

People new to the LRB often ask us “What sort of music do you host”? A question that’s hard to answer in any meaningful way, especially with a genre, as that would would not represent the broad spectrum of music…

The record breaking February temperatures were destined to come to an end before the first LRB music evening of 2019, it was inevitable, such is the nature of the English climate but the show must go on, and so it…

Reb won big at New Zealand Country Music Awards in Gore, scooping up 2018 Recorded Music NZ Best Country Music Artist and APRA Best Country Music Song for ‘Hopeful & Hopeless’. ‘Hopeful and Hopeless’ is a song about people like…

It seems like the right time to look back on 2018 as final preparations are being made for the 2019 season of shows at Little Rabbit Barn; and what a year it was, possibly our finest to date, and based…

Peacekeeper Corporal Aaron Horrell risked his life to bring safety and sanctuary to others through two tours of East Timor and two of Afghanistan with the New Zealand army. Providing comfort to the brave Kiwi trooper were the haunting words…

That’s it for 2018 and what a year it’s been… Editor: What a year indeed, and who would have thought that it would include both the AMA (Americana Music Association) UK Artist of The Year 2018, EMILY BARKER and International…

The autumnal weather could not stop us setting up LRB for tonight’s show, although it did its best to make things difficult. However, the LRB crew are tougher than they look… Honest… and so we welcome, for the first time,…

Nothing prepares you for the sight of so many flight cases on the lawn, and it means The Courtney Marie Andrews road show has arrived at Little Rabbit Barn to play the fastest filling gig we have ever hosted.  People…

Hannah Aldridge and Cherry Lee Mewis proved to be the perfect entertainment on a hot and balmy summer evening at Little Rabbit Barn.  We even took some of the marquee sides down to provide a cooling breeze; that was a…

At the end of a recent show at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, we were approached by a couple who are regular guests at LRB. “You’ve spoiled concerts for me!” the woman says. “Why?” somewhat puzzled… “Well; music at…

In an idle moment of reflection, we worked out that this show was the 50th consecutive full house for us at LRB. This is something we are very proud of and we would like to thank everyone for their attendance…

Gig two of 2018 already and we have managed to dodge ‘The Beast from The East’ with the weather twice. Phew!! Jonathan tells us in the intro that Steve Young played with Lionel Richie, before setting out as a Singer…

Sam Millar and the lovely folk at The UK Americana Bar filmed our End of Year Show back in October 2017 and interviewed Sean Taylor, Elles Bailey and Angel Snow. They have just released the film onto YouTube. Please give…

The first gig of 2018 started for us a couple of days before with The LYNNeS appearing on BBC Essex with Tony Fisher and BBC Radio Suffolk with Stephen Foster talking about themselves, their music, history and influences.  It was…

Robert Plant, Mumford & Sons and Emily Barker were among the big winners at the third annual UK Americana Awards, which took place in London last night (01 February 2018).     During a ceremony at the Hackney Empire, host…

This is it! The last gig of 2017 and what a showcase of talent. Two artists we know well at LRB, Angel Snow and Sean Taylor, with one new one, Elles Bailey (although LRB have seen her play three times…

Putting on an LRB gig does not always happen smoothly, there can be a fair amount of unforeseen complications, to put it mildly! Today we had uncertainties with the weather, a printer that wouldn’t print and a speaker that failed a…

Tonight ‘We Are All Fossils’ opened with local based singer-songwriter Jakob Deist playing a short 30 minutes solo set. This is Jacob’s third appearance at LRB, twice before supporting the wonderful Red Sky July. WAAF played new previously unreleased material. With…

Tonight we celebrated Lyn’s Birthday with some sensational music, great company, excellent food and perhaps a glass or two among friends. Nicole Silva opened the evening with a 15 minute set of original songs accompanied by Adam Churchill on his Gretch…

Tonight was the night for some UK Country rock music at Little Rabbit Barn with an Americana twist for what was, can you believe it, the 78th gig.  The twist? A debut appearance from The Flyin’ A’s who were introduced…

All roads lead to the little rabbit barn, but today of all days the council decided to re-dress the road outside just as everybody was about to arrive, but that didn’t stop what was to become a memorable show for…

The sun shines on the righteous, or so they say. So, righteous or not, it shone on LRB today.  Not only did the sun shine, the music shone too despite the fact that Balsamo Deighton could not be with us. …

2017 and the first official gig of the new year at Little Rabbit Barn has come and gone already to a capacity house. So good to see many new guests joining the guest list to support live music. A lot of…

It is 2017 and the first LRB evening of the new year has come and gone. Everyone was thrilled to welcome back Dennis Ellsworth from Canada’s Prince Edward Island, with his latest Album ROMANTIC AS IT GETS. This is the second time…

Following this end of year double headliner featuring ILONA and KELLEY MCRAE, 2016 will go down as another classic year in the history of Little Rabbit Barn. Editor: Totally amazed at the quality of artists performing LRB, such a privilege to host. Ten…

A recent trip to London to see the wonderful Honey Ryder at The Borderline led me thinking  just how lucky we locals are to have the Little Rabbit Barn bringing what would otherwise be ‘London acts’ to us on the…

It’s always a special night at Little Rabbit Barn but this night it was J&L’s wedding anniversary…some 33years. I know it does not seem possible…they must have tied the knot early on! Editor: Thank you Chris…flattery will get you everywhere!…

Tonight at LRB there was an Australian theme to the evening with the legend that is Anne McCue with the superb Belle Roscoe.  First to take the stage were Belle Roscoe. Brother-sister duo, Jules and Matty Gurry with Jeremy Badcock on…

Missing out on an Eve Selis gig was my first introduction to the Little Rabbit Barn back in 2013, so if you missed this one I know how you feel. I’ve not missed an LRB music evening since! The guest…

Tonight was yet another LRB gig where you leave literally giddy with the thrill of it all. I have to pinch myself, how did I get here, is this real? Brilliantly talented performers in a beautiful intimate venue where you…

Janet Robin | Don Gallardo | Stevie Jones | Saturday 7th May 2016 | review by Chris Kyan So many great artists have played so many great gigs here at The Little Rabbit Barn it really feels like this is…

Review by Chris Kyan Ready set Little Rabbit Barn has been a musical journey for me over recent years and I am never disappointed with the quality of the many new artists I’ve discovered that were not previously on my…