the sunshine delay

It’s not only the weather that’s been heating up; we’ve got a sunhat-ful of summer gigs lined up for you:

Biblos, Chambers St, Edinburgh – Friday 22nd July, 9pm

Southern Fried Festival, Outside Stage, Perth Concert Hall – Saturday 29th July, 3pm.

Sunday Service, The Village, Edinburgh – Sunday 30th July, 4pm.

Foodies Festival, Inverleith Park, Edinburgh – Saturday 5th August, 3pm, and Sunday 6th August, 4.40pm.

March into Pitlochry, Saturday Sessions, McKays Hotel, Pitlochry – Saturday 26th August, 9pm.

Hope to see you looking hot somewhere!

We’re very excited to be taking part in this year’s Southern Fried all-things-Americana-fest in sunny Perth.

We’ll be playing the free Outdoor Stage at 3pm on Saturday 29th July.

And we’re sharing a poster with Nick Lowe!

See youse down the front.

Looking forward to making our debut at the Leith Depot next Sunday, 25th June, playing as part of the Americana Backroom Sessions.

We’re sharing the stage with fellow Americaners, Under The Dogwood Tree, who’ve also been working hard to get a lot of great bands playing this cool venue.

We’ll be treating you to a set of our own tunes, some new and some old.

Doors 5pm, Dogwood Tree 5.30pm, The Sunshine Delay 7pm. Free gig, so see youse down the front!

We had a great night there last month, and we’re very happy to be playing Bilbos on Chambers Street again this Friday 14th April, 9pm.

The very talented Mike Foy (Dropkick, Basher, Spangles) will be sitting in for Brendan on drums.

Yes, we’re back playing the Barony Bar on Sunday 26th February, 6-8pm.

New tunes, old tunes, top times.

We’ll see you there!

Postponed from Christmas due to illness, we will now be playing Thursday 2nd February at The Village, South Fort Street, Edinburgh, 7.30pm.

Definitely postponed but also now post-pay day – and any January-not-drinking crazy shenanigans folks may indulge in.

And we’ve new songs to share – yes, that Christmas number will get debuted, plus some more new album tracks in the making – and Paula’s new guitar.

Come join us, in the almost new year!

Posted this cracking review by Alena Yakushova on Facebook, where she writes up our 17/11/16 gig at the Voodoo Rooms, opening for Carrie Rodriguez, but forgot to share it with you all here! So here it is and thank you Alena – glad we hit the spot!

http://www.channel7a.com/live-review-carrie-rodriguez-voodoo-rooms-edinburgh-17-11-16/

Live Review: Carrie Rodriguez, Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh 17.11.16

It’s happening! Come and join us Thursday 17th November at in the Voodoo Rooms as we open the show for the talented, entertaining and gorgeous Texan songstress, Carrie Rodriguez. And we’ll be playing songs new and old on instruments old and new, in one of favourite venues, The Ballroom, upstairs at the Voodoo Rooms. Doors – 7.30pm.

The Sunshine Delay play – 8pm / Carrie Rodriguez – 9pm

Tickets only £12 on the door. See youse down the front!

We’re starting to get excited about opening for the delectable Carrie Rodriguez on Thursday 17th November at the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh.

The daughter of accomplished songwriter David Rodriguez, Carrie came to everyone’s attention a decade ago, performing with singer-songwriter Chip Taylor.

She has established an impressive roster of touring, recording, and co-writing affiliations—with Lucinda Williams, Rickie Lee Jones, John Prine, Mary Gauthier, Alejandro Escovedo, guitarist Bill Frisell, and others. Carrie is returning to the UK for her first tour since the birth of her baby Cruz, armed with her new album ‘Lola’.

Lola is “the perfect bicultural album…It’s the album she was born to do, what with her mother’s west Texas roots and her father’s Mexican American background, but she arrived at this point by collecting her own identity along the way: first classical violin, then Americana fiddle and country vocal duets with Chip Taylor. The beauty of this album is in the details.”—Felix Contreras, NPR Music

Tickets are only £12 – for a show not to be missed! – and are available now from Tickets Scotland.

‘Nowt happens and then two come along at once. Gigs, that is.

We’re playing a couple of sets at a new venue for us, Biblos, on Chambers Street, on Friday 29 July, 9pm start. Full band, full rock out, full pints, and a full venue, if y’all come along.

The following Wednesday, 3 August at 7.30pm, we’re excited to be opening for Case Hardin at The Village on South Fort Street. Signed to the UK’s leading independent Americana label, Clubhouse Records, Case Hardin are touring their new album, Colours Simple.

‘Colours Simple is an album-lovers album, where characters tumble into each other for better or (mostly) worse, stories and ideas spilling out into the night like drunks from a bar’ – Andy Fyfe Q/Mojo

‘Incredible… Case Hardin rock harder than most’ – Maverick Festival 2015

We’re really looking forward to kicking off what promises to be an excellent night, with an opening set of original tunes, new and old.

It’s bound to be summer by then, so come on out and join us. There’s plenty of buses to get you there…