2025
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Sat08Mar2025
CARTER SAMPSON band show + CALLAGHAN
GUEST LIST FULL | Doors 18:45 | Live 19:15 | Finish 10:45
Oklahoma is a hotbed of good music and no-one knows that better than the self-crowned ‘Queen of Oklahoma’ Carter Sampson, who will be touring the UK with her full band from 28 Feb to 16 March 2025.
Born and raised in the central state, Sampson writes relatable and honest songs about family, love, life and historical characters. She’s released six albums with her two latest records being released on the influential Horton record label. Her last album, Gold, spent many months on the Americana Music Charts.
She tours internationally, and has had much success playing regularly in Europe and the UK:
‘I really love playing in the UK. I joke about it a lot but American audiences are generally loud and don’t listen very well – English audiences are so quiet and kind.’
Carter won first place in the Chris Austin Songwriting contest at Merlefest, NC, and has performed at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Rocky Mountain Folks Fest and the Lincoln Center in NYC as a top finalist in their respective songwriting contests.
Carter is also the founder and director of The Rock and Roll Camp for Girls OKC, a non-profit organisation set up in Oklahoma that empowers girls, women and non-binary folks through music education.
As she describes it: ‘Most of our campers have no or little musical experience and it is truly amazing what these kids achieve in one week. The amount of self-esteem that comes from such an accomplishment is really what it’s all about.’
Carter is recording her first solo live album at The Blue Door listening room in Oklahoma City this November – the album will be her seventh, and will be released in January 2025, two months before her UK tour starts.
‘Sampson’s high-quality songwriting and gorgeous vocals show she can now be talked about as being one of the very best around. If Wilder Side sowed the seeds, her tremendous new album Gold brings that talent into full bloom’ Americanarootsuk.com
‘Sampson sings from the heart. Nothing is sugar coated. She's as real as her red dirt roots or the red cowboy boots that she proudly wears’ Country Standard Time
‘Sampson deserves all the success that will continue to come her way’ No Depression
‘Really, really special songs; songs that are capable of lifting Ms Sampson to the next level’ Rocking Magpie
‘Heartfelt, sincere, and honest. There’s an inherent happiness that populates a Carter Sampson record and it’s something I’ve truly come to look forward to with each album she’s released’ Americana Highways
CARTER DOCUMENTARY: https://youtu.be/k-oQFTd_SwY?si=R7E0K_uiKBcMx7dJ
MUSIC VIDEOS
Tulsa (full-band version): https://youtu.be/k-oQFTd_SwY?si=O9vIVkQUudsvWuD_&t=794
Peaches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSzlq940Kq4
Queen of Oklahoma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdJjP3-ZLt4
Gold (with Amelia White): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HBOiKAbQFY
CARTER’S WEBSITE: https://cartersampson.net/home
CALLAGHAN | Duo Show "Breathtaking...absolutely incredible" is how BBC London's Gaby Roslin describes hearing Callaghan live. Originally from the UK Callaghan moved from London to Atlanta in summer 2010 to record her debut album with Grammy-Nominee Shawn Mullins. Ten years performing and winning fans all over the USA followed. Bob Harris describing her as "a wonderful artist...hugely talented”. Callaghan performs on piano and guitar and offers a stunning voice
“her extraordinary voice truly sets her music apart...nothing short of stunning” No Depression(US)
GUEST LIST FULL
Please contact us via website or email for reserve list.The Little Rabbit Barn music evenings are private invitation-only gigs.
Contact us if you'd like to be on the guest list and we will get back to you to confirm.
email: live@littlerabbitbarn.com or website: Contacts PageWe suggest an artist donation from £20
Complimentary food served in the interval
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Sat19Apr2025
STEPHANIE LAMBRING
Doors 18:45 | Live 19:15 | Finish 10:45
STEPHANIE LAMBRING | Saturday 19 April 2025 | big welcome for one of Nashville's Music Row finest writers. Own release, 2020 album Autonomy was a critical smash, prompting Rolling Stone to hail her “John Prine-esque observation” and NPR to declare her “one of Nashville’s most fearless young singer-songwriters.” Follow up album Hypocrite, is a remarkable work of self-reflection that finds comfort in facing the uncomfortable head-on. The arrangements are lush and hypnotic, and the writing is as raw and vulnerable as it gets, confronting everything from religion and trauma to body image and motherhood with unflinching honesty.
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Please contact us via website or email for more details.
Little Rabbit Barn music evenings are private invitation-only gigs.
Contact us if you'd like to be on the guest list and we will get back to you to confirm.
email: live@littlerabbitbarn.com or website: Contacts PageWe suggest an artist donation from £20
Complimentary food served in the interval
PLEASE CONTACT US FIRST BEFORE USING THE PAYPAL LINK BELOW...UNLESS YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL CONFIRMING YOUR GUEST PLACE(s)
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Sat31May2025
LAUREN HOUSLEY AND THE NORTHERN COWBOYS
Doors 18:45 | Live 19:15 | Finish 10:45
LAUREN HOUSLEY AND THE NORTHERN COWBOYS | Saturday 31 May 2025
Lauren Housley, is an award-winning singer and songwriter hailing from Yorkshire and a young female artist and recent mother of two who has already made her mark with three independent albums and two BBC Radio playlist hit singles. Housley’s innate talent of writing beautiful, engaging songs, was born from the intuitive craft of earthy storytelling and delivered with an emotive knock out vocal performance at their core.
Early 2022, she decided to focus on developing her live show and going full tilt with the addition of The Northern Cowboys to being a 6 piece with key members Thomas Dibb and Mark Lewis. The Live Band rapidly developed into a recording and performance led music outfit with a new sonic departure, garnering two nominations at the 2024 UK Americana Music Awards for her song “High Time” (WON) and Live Act Of The Year. On 23rd September 2023 The Band played the finale set for the Thirty Tigers Gospel Brunch as part of AmericanaFest in Nashville, drafting in local musicians Jeff Coffin on Sax (Dave Matthews Band), Andrew Golden on Trumpet (Lauren Daigle) and Drummer Chris Brice (Meg McRee, Fancy Hagood). Following this triumphant return to Nashville, the band have been invited to play the prestigious music showcase and film festival SXSW in March 2024, Austin, TX.
Housley will be leaving a trail of joy with her ‘Rousing’ new shows, introducing songs from the next release as Lauren Housley and The Northern Cowboys and some classics. Influential Blog, ‘Holler’ included the band in their TOP 10 artists seen at the Black Deer Festival 2023 whilst others witnessing the band referenced the performance as a UK female vocal fronted version of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats - be prepared to be uplifted and moving those hips and leaving with some lyrics to think about.
Housley's first three albums, Sweet Surrender in 2015, The Beauty of This Life in 2017 and current album ‘Girl From the North 2021, which was produced a fresh and eclectic sound around the central theme of one rediscovering herself and her roots: "To move forward we sometimes have to go back. I wanted to prove to myself that it doesn't matter where you are in the world, you can make great music." Lauren confides, "Returning to my hometown of Rotherham a few years ago, after leaving at the age of 18, seemed like the most bizarre decision I'd ever made. It was never part of my 'plan' but it has in fact enabled me to reassess my life and career goals and move forward in a way that feels true to myself."
She has consistently garnered acclaim from fans, critics and fellow musicians alike. Her single “Ghost Town Blues”’ was playlisted by BBC Radio 2, where fans include Bob Harris OBE, whilst “The Waiting Game”, became Robert Elms’ favourite track of the year on his BBC Radio London Show (“Absolutely monumental”). Rave press reviews included Q, Uncut “Her voice is potent and the emotional directness of her songs is estimable” and RNR Magazine “Lauren Housley’s blend of material is both thrilling and tender, propelled by a voice that stirs and soothes”. Music journalist and broadcaster Paul Sexton sums it up with: “What I love about Lauren’s voice, and the music she makes with her stellar band, is that she brings such pure, spontaneous soulfulness to everything she touches. Both on record and on stage, she’s the real deal. Live, Housley was invited to perform at the 02 Arena in London as part of Bluesfest, alongside some of the artists that have inspired her, including Van Morrison & Tedeschi Trucks Band. As well as opening for Vintage Trouble, Jack Savoretti and Van Morrison, Lauren has also performed with some of her favourite female contemporaries including Yola and Klara Soderberg (First Aid Kit).
PRESS AND RADIO QUOTES
Uncut“A bulldozing Country-Soul sound”
Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2“One of my favourite UK artists. I really love her sound”
Louder Than War“Lauren is one of our most talented new singer songwriters, blessed with a sublime voice, and a natural rapport with audiences. Lauren plays one of the best festival opening sets this reviewer has witnessed.”
RnR Magazine“Lauren Housley’s blend of material is both thrilling and tender, propelled by a voice that stirs and soothes”
VIDEOS
Stay Awake to Dream
Please contact us via website or email for more details.
Little Rabbit Barn music evenings are private invitation-only gigs.
Contact us if you'd like to be on the guest list and we will get back to you to confirm.
email: live@littlerabbitbarn.com or website: Contacts PageWe suggest an artist donation from £20
Complimentary food served in the interval
PLEASE CONTACT US FIRST BEFORE USING THE PAYPAL LINK BELOW...UNLESS YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL CONFIRMING YOUR GUEST PLACE(s)
