SAM LEWIS
SOLO
Format CD & DL
Label Loversity Records
Release Date February 7 2020
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Sam Lewis has collaborated with everyone from Leon Russell to The Wood Brothers. Chris Stapleton dubbed him “a modern Townes Van Zandt”. He’s often labelled with some form of the word ‘soulful’ (some have even compared his voice to molasses), and while Lewis’ style meets at a juncture of many different genres, he’s discovered what most musicians spend lifetimes working for; the place where feel-good music meets vital social commentary.
After spending a nomadic youth throughout the Southeast (USA), he began calling Nashville home in 2009. Since then he’s been joined on his journey by some of music’s most righteous and luminary figures. To date he has pressed the first few chapters in his career’s studio anthology with the release of his self-titled debut (2012), sophomore release Waiting On You (2015), and third studio release Loversity (2018), with all receiving critical acclaim.
Waiting On You was co-produced by roots music cornerstone, Oliver Wood (The Wood Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band). Combining their savant fluency in the soul music lexicon, Lewis and Wood called upon the instrumental palettes of masters including Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson, Neil Young), Darrell Scott (Robert Plant, Guy Clark), Will Kimbrough (Jimmy Buffett, Rodney Crowell), Gabe Dixon (Paul McCartney) and the McCrary Sisters (The Fairfield Four), all placing their stamp on this enduring expression of uncompromised songwriting.
Billboard announced the highly anticipated third studio release Loversity and premiered the video for the first single, ‘One and The Same’. The album landed Lewis a spot on Rolling Stone’s “10 New Artists to Watch” list, with writer Marissa Moss describing the album as, “… seventies psychedelic soul, with a storyteller’s eye, a swampy Southern groove and an emotional, political punch.” Once again Lewis delivered an album filled with relentless grooves courtesy of rhythm section JT Cure and Derek Mixon (Chris Stapleton) and the transfixing guitars of Kenny Vaughan (Marty Stuart, Lucinda Williams) and Dan Cohen (Bruce Hornsby).
With a decade of touring behind him and performing mostly solo Sam has captivated audiences around the world with his songs and stories, glued together with his irresistible stage banter, finessed from performing in numerous music halls, clubs, theatres, festivals, music cruises and the occasional living room. SOLO, Sam’s latest release, is a solo-acoustic album featuring a mixture of new material alongside reimagined songs from across his back catalogue. Recorded at Southern Ground Studios in Nashville in front of a live audience in September 2019, SOLO is an intimate snapshot that captures Lewis in his element and is certain to be a fan favourite for years to come.
While each of Sam’s albums has a distinct sound, they all circle back to a universal theme – “we are all trying to get somewhere – all running from something or toward something; we’re all in it together, though.”
SAM LEWIS · SOLO · FEBRUARY-MARCH 2020 UK & EUROPEAN TOUR
FEBRUARY
Sat 1 Newcastle upon Tyne Live Theatre
Tue 4 York The Basement
Wed 5 Sheffield The Greystones
Thu 6 Cirencester, Glos. Sundial Theatre
Fri 7 Glastonbury Hawthorns
Sun 9 Bristol Hen & Chicken
Wed 12 London Green Note
Thu 13 Winchester The Hyde Tavern
Fri 14 Witney, Oxon Fat Lil’s
Sat 15 Grayshott, Hants. Applegarth Farm
Mon 17 Cambridge Cambridge Junction J2
Wed 19 Norwich Open
Fri 21 Lewes Lewes Con Club
Sat 22 Swansea Sin City
Sun 23 Shrewsbury Henry Tudor House
Tue 25 Manchester Gullivers
Wed 26 Leek, Staffs. The Old Mill Smokehouse
Thu 27 North Wingfield, Derbs. North Wingfield Community Resource Centre
Fri 28 Atherstone, Warks. The OSCA Centre
Sat 29 Salisbury The Vestry
MARCH
Mon 2 Köln Blue Shell
Tue 3 Utrecht TivoliVredenburg
Wed 4 Eindhoven Cafe ‘t Rozenknopje
Fri 6 Hamburg Pooca Bar
Sun 8 Berlin Privatclub
Tue 10 München Orangehouse
Wed 11 Vienna Chelsea
Fri 13 Olten, CH Mokka-Rubin
Sat 14 Lugano, CH Rete Tre Show, RSI Studio 2
Tue 17 Barcelona La Pandora
Wed 18 Zaragoza Rock & Blues Cafe
Thu 19 Madrid Intruso Bar
Praise for Sam Lewis
“His songs possess a keen intelligence and hang about in your head long after they’ve finished…Lewis is a truly distinctive talent” Country Music magazine
“The first thing that strikes you about Sam Lewis is the voice, a laid back sound that evokes cream sliding over black coffee, dark bourbon rippling over ice, whatever images it evokes it’s supremely soulful and deeply affecting. Simple as that.” FolkWords
“Everything sounds effortless and completely natural, particularly Lewis’s voice, and the results are perfect for a Sunday morning coming down.” Maverick
“The easy groove, and warm, effortless, gravel-edged voice reel you in from the very start… he sounds from another time, or timeless.” Mojo
“Lewis proves he’s a talent to be reckoned with.” No Depression
“…warm and classy…if you’re in the mood for mellow, Waiting on You is a most agreeable prospect” R2
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