ELLES BAILEY | Beneath The Neon Glow Tour

In the organizer's words:

Elles Bailey is an award-winning, critically acclaimed artist who seamlessly blends the worlds of Americana, rock and blues. These awards include: UK Song of the Year 2020 at the Americana Awards UK, Album of the Year 2020 and 2023 at the UK Blues Awards. Also Artist and Live Act of the Year 2023 at the Americana Awards UK, Female Vocalist of the Year 2023 at the UK Blues Awards and Artist of the Year 2020, 2021 and 2023 at the UK Blues Awards - a 'trifecta' that excluded her from any further wins but led to her induction into the UK Blues Hall of Fame.

At the age of three, the tragic foundation for her extraordinary voice was laid: due to viral and bacterial pneumonia, she had to breathe through a tube for 17 days. The result was that her voice took on a hoarse, deep timbre. She came into contact with music through her father's record collection; it was mainly blues and rock'n'roll records from Chess Records. She began leading a local indie rock band before her love of blues and Americana led Bailey to put together a touring band to match.

Her debut EP 'Who Am I to Me' (2015) was followed by the six-track collection 'The Elberton Sessions' (2016). The band became known for their powerful performances at gigs. In 2017, she went to Nashville to record her debut album "Wildfire". Two years later, she returned to Nashville to record her second album "Road I Call Home". Her breakthrough followed with her third longplayer "Shining in the Half Light" and many of the awards mentioned above. After shaking off the long effects of the coronavirus restrictions and finally being able to go on tour properly with this third album in 2023, she immediately set about writing the songs for her fourth work last summer.

Some 40 compositions, a writing trip to Nashville and a pleasantly uncomplicated recording session in Devon later, Bailey - backed in the studio by her fantastic live band - had her best fourth album to date, "Beneath the Neon Glow", which will now be released on August 9. Elles says this album "was about exploring all the different parts of who I am. A lot of traveling has made me who I am. We're not always just one person, we're constantly changing and learning, growing, becoming parents," says a musician who had her first child around the time of her last album. "All of this has flowed into my songwriting."