“Texas powerhouse” Rolling Stone
ACM-nominated recording artist Sunny Sweeney has long been known for her uncanny ability to straddle the line of demarcation between Texas country and Nashville americana. Her latest album, Married Alone (Thirty Tigers) was top 10 in the americana charts for twenty-four weeks straight. Produced by Paul Cauthen and Beau Bedford, Married Alone is Sweeney’s finest work yet, bringing together confessional songwriting, image-rich narratives, and no shortage of sonic surprises for a loosely conceptual album about loss and healing.
Sweeney debuted in 2006 with the acclaimed Heartbreaker’s Hall of Fame, which announced her as an important new voice in songwriting. 2011’s Concrete led to a Top Female Artist nomination at the 2013 ACM Awards. Sweeney continued to expand upon the traditional-leaning, forward-thinking sound of her earlier work with 2014’s Provoked and 2017’s Trophy, both of which earned Sweeney rave reviews across roots communities.
Sunny Sweeney’s confessional songwriting is best enjoyed live, with some of her festival highlights so far including main stages performances at Latitude (UK), The Long Road (UK), Milport Country Music Festival (UK), The Country Rock Festival (ES), Country Festivalen Vinstra (NO), Seljord Country Festivalen (NO), Scandinavian Country Music Festival (SE), Country Gold (JP).
“A country music fireball who mixes up a Tennessee songwriting suss with a Texas taste for trouble…” Holler
Support comes from Grain Acoustic.
Grain Electric‘s Stuart Warburton and Jamie Fildes play a stripped back set of their finely crafted songs as Grain Acoustic.
“The sound is American country, but the words are unmistakably British. The dry humour, the wry wit, the ironic, the sardonic and the plain tongue-in-cheek set them apart…” Clint West Americana UK
Dates & Times
Derby Hall @ The Met
£25 (inc fees)
Reviews
“As they left the stage, it took us all a moment to move, perhaps processing what a truly special night we had just experienced; every bit worth the seventeen year wait.”
FATEA (On 2023 UK Tour)
“She is deliciously mischievous, really funny and delivers flawless, full-on country from a five-star song catalogue.”
Celtic Music Radio
“one of Sweeney’s greatest strengths as an artist; her songs feel familiar and lived-in without feeling clichéd.”
American Songwriter