John Craigie has mastered the art of creating live shows that feel more like intimate conversations than performances. Infusing humour, wit, and poignant storytelling, his shows are a space where audience members feel like old friends. Whether he’s headlining solo or sharing the stage with longtime collaborators, Craigie’s ability to make his crowd laugh, reflect, and connect is second to none. As he prepares to release Greatest Hits… Just Kidding… Live – No Hits, his latest live album captures the warmth and spontaneity of these memorable nights.

At this point, there have been quite a few good shows in the rearview…

As a tried-and-true performer, he has regularly sold out solo tours in addition to hitting the road with the likes of Langhorne Slim, Brett Dennen, Mason Jennings, Bella White and Jack Johnson. He has picked up fans with sets at Newport Folk Festival, Pickathon, Edmonton Folk Festival and High Sierra Music Festival, including numerous European tours and his first Australian tour in spring of 2024.

Tour support comes from Taylor Rae. Born in the scenic coastal town of Santa Cruz, California, singer-songwriter Taylor Rae has swiftly made her mark on the Americana music scene with her debut album, Mad Twenties, released in October 2021. The record went on to become a fixture on the Americana Radio charts (AMA/CDX) for 31 weeks, marking the longest duration for any independently released album in 2022.

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John Craigie + Taylor Rae

I Am California

John Craigie - I Am California (Live)

John Craigie

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Night & Day Café

A sense of rootedness is at the heart of Anna B Savage’s third record You and i are Earth, a record that is as much about healing as it is an unbowed sense of curiosity, and, more simply, ‘a love letter to a man and to Ireland’.

Following on from her critically acclaimed records A Common Turn and in|FLUX, You and i are Earth manages to convey a sense of intimacy, while also being open-ended. Sounds of the sea and bright-eyed strings coax us on opening song Talk to Me, a study in tenderness, which brings us to a place of the elemental. It is a charged signifier that sets the tone, ‘I don’t think I feel nervous because of the intimacy of it,’ says Savage, ‘the thing I feel nervous about is that it is so delicate and subtle, and the attention economy has made us desire big shiny things that will whisk us away.’

Yet You and i are Earth transports differently, swept along by an abiding sense of calm, a major progression from Savage’s earlier work, ‘when I was writing the first record, it felt difficult. I wanted to make sense of something I didn’t really understand. Then with the second record I had done some therapy, and was getting to grips with myself, but my old self was still pulling me back a bit, but with this one it was quite different.’

Tour support comes from Cub Zoa. Cub Zoa is the solo project of Brighton-based musician and producer Jack Wolter, who is also a core member of Penelope Isles.

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