It was quite an astounding 2022 for Welsh, Nashville loving songstress LAURA EVANS with the release of her debut EP under her belt that saw her truly making her mark on the country/blues scene. Laura’s first single from the EP charted straight at number one on the UK blues chart and peaked at 43 on the US blues chart as well as follow up singles “Drag Me back In” & “Solo” following suit, acquiring several Spotify & Apple music editorial playlists including ‘Nu-Blue’ & “Blues Drive” curated by Heidi Shenk, alongside US artists like Larkin Poe and Dave Stewart ‘Very Nearly Nashville’ and Apple Music’s ‘New In Country’playlist alongside Taylor Swift & Eric Church.
We spoke to Laura, who we can rightly claim as our own, as she comes from Aberdare, and as she told us recently, no matter where she is in the world, it’s a place she’ll forever call home. And when we say home, we really mean it. In fact she not only comes from Aberdare, but she wrote a song all about the place she loves so much.
You can find out more about the song, and Laura herself, in our original interview with her, right HERE.
The EP we talked about in that interview racked up thousands of streams in the first week of release resulting in this latest single being acquired and distributed worldwide by U-NXT c/o Universal Music. Laura has received continued support from BBC Radio Wales, with 4 A Listed singles airplay on Planet Rock, Chris Country Radio, Country HitsRadio and Absolute Radio Country.
Of course, with that sort of success, it’s inevitable that Laura was keen to get back on the road to play them to her fans. Having already played a stack of live dates, she’s out again this month (February) with a show at Clwb Ifor Bach tomorrow night, Tuesday 21st.
We caught up with Laura for a second time to find out what she’s been up to during lockdown 2.0. How the songwriting has been going, and of course the upcoming tour. She also told us about her first live performance which took place in London recently.
At the time we noticed there wasn’t a South Wales date in the diary, something Laura has put right a few times now.
Laura plays Clwb Ifor Bach tomorrow evening with John Adams as special guest. It’ll be a fantastic night and a great way to burn off the calories after stacking up on pancakes. To get yourself tickets go HERE.
For Laura’s dates and to see what she’s up to right now, jut head over to her website – LAURA EVANS. Here’s her live dates for the rest of the month.
- Thursday 23rd Gullivers in Manchester
- Friday 24th The Cluny in Newcastle
- Saturday 25th The Greystones, Sheffield
- Sunday 26th The Grace in London
