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Artist:The Weeping Willows

Genres:
  • Indie
  • Roots
Melbourne, VIC

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Track: Hold On by The Weeping Willows
Track: Hold OnGenres:
  • Indie
  • Roots
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    Artist: The Weeping Willows

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    “Oh bury me beneath the willows, under the weeping willow tree” - Traditional. Andrew Wrigglesworth and Laura Coates are a couple of old souls, steeped in bluegrass tradition and draped in gothic Americana imagery. That kind of description might make them sound like some carefully contrived concept-act but there’s something truly different about The Weeping Willows: they really mean it. Just like their old-timey forefathers, Laura and Andrew see themselves as simply contributors. They are cogs in the wheel; part of a long music tradition that emerged years before their own existence and will survive them by hook or by crook. The old songs they sing are plucked from the canon, the new ones they write are simply added to the book. The origin of each track is almost irrelevant, as all are performed with an authenticity and vibrancy befitting this most dignified and welcoming genre. A Weeping Willows performance, whether live on location or caught on tape will always delight. Some ...

    Members

    Andrew Wrigglesworth - vocals/guitars/resonator
    Laura Coates - vocals/piano accordion/autoharp
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