New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) Hill Country Live - DC's go-to destination for Americana, alt-country, and roots music- brings the "remarkable" (SPIN) Lydia Loveless, the Marshall Tucker Band's Chris Hicks, Virginia's "Band of the Year" Folk Soul Revival, Govt Mule and
Wilco tourmates The Steepwater Band, and many more to their Capital Hill roadhouse and backyard BBQ stage at the
National Building Museum this July.
July 5 - Andrew Leahey and the Homestead- Andrew Leahey has ditched his classical roots in Juilliard and Carnegie Hall in favor of Tom Petty-influenced alt-country, premiering his band's new video, "Little in Love" on American Songwriter and releasing a new EP made with
R.E.M. and Drive By Truckers producer
David Barbe. The band employs organ, harmonized riffs, and pedal steel to create a rough-around-the-edges, Bob Dylan-inspired Americana sound. [Backyard BBQ stage]
https://music.hillcountrywdc.com/event/275003-live-hill-countrys-backyard-washington/
July 11 - Lydia Loveless - Greg Kot called this young Ohio native "a major new voice blowing into the country-punk dives and honky-tonks" in the
Chicago Tribune. SPIN called her "remarkable." LA Times calls her "splendidly relentless." [Backyard BBQ stage]
https://music.hillcountrywdc.com/event/304719-live-hill-countrys-backyard-washington/
July 16 - Guy Forsyth - Asylum Street Spankers alumn Guy Forsyth can wail on everything from resonator guitar to musical saw, diversity that steps from a wealth of life experiences including acting as a stuntman in Renaissance fairs and climbing mountains in Nepal. After five albums with the Spankers, e has Forsyth strikes out on his own, using his band experiences as the basis for his numerous gritty folk and blues albums.
https://music.hillcountrywdc.com/event/271283-guy-forsyth-washington/
July 19 - The Steepwater Band- JamBase called the most recent release from this veteran rock band "one of the greatest rock albums of the year," pulling together all types of influences from heavy psychedelia to passionate and gutsy blues. The band has toured extensively with a diverse roster including Govt Mule, Wilco, Cheap Trick, and Bad Company, who have all influenced their nostalgic, traditional, and tributary rock n' roll.
https://music.hillcountrywdc.com/event/293629-steepwater-band-washington/
July 20 - Folk Soul Revival- Having been named Virginia Band of the Year by the VA Tourism Board and charting on Billboard's Heatseekers chart with their last album, Folk Soul Revival are a proudly local group breaking big on a national scale. A group of diehard fans that call themselves 'the Congregation' follows the band around the country to hear their rowdy, rootsy, boot-stomping Americana band straight from the hills of Appalachia.
https://music.hillcountrywdc.com/event/247727-folk-soul-revival-washington/
July 25 - Chris Hicks Band (of The Marshall Tucker Band) - Chris Hicks is a current member of Southern rock legends The Marshall Tucker Band and past member of The Outlaws, playing lead and slide guitar and is a featured vocalist, and has been brandishing his style of rock and roll since his teens. Whether it was in his early groups - Legacy, the
Fresh Figs and Loose Change - or as a solo artist, The Hitman has captivated audiences with his netherworld vocals, arena echoing axmanship and his freight train harmonica playing.
https://music.hillcountrywdc.com/event/303161-chris-hicks-band-marshall-washington/
Hill Country Live is located at 410 Seventh St, NW, Washington, DC 20004. Phone: 202-556-2050
About Hill Country Live:
Hill Country Live features the best of Americana, Alt-Country and
Roots music presented in state-of-the-art performance venues in New York City and Washington DC. Since 2007, Hill Country Barbecue Market has been NYC's premier destination for authentic
Texas barbecue and recently, with Hill Country Live, has established itself as NYC's home for Americana music, hosting performances by legends such as Billy Joe Shaver, Rosanne Cash, Norah Jones, Bob Schneider, Dale Watson, Asleep at the Wheel and Shooter Jennings and live music events in partnership with Nashville's Americana
Music Association and New Orleans' Export NOLA. A second location, in Washington, D.C.'s thriving Penn Quarter (410 Seventh Street, NW) opened in 2011 meeting with equal success and has presented shows by
Roger Creager, Band of Heathens, Carolyn Wonderland, Slaid Cleaves and The Holmes Bros. Part of Hill Country Live's core mission is to serve our local communities in Washington DC and New York, as well as to serve the communities of our familial and spiritual roots: Austin, the Hill Country, and the great state of Texas.
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