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.
Lauren Housley performing their version of Jolene, live at Little Rabbit Barn back in March 2019
