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SADIE JEMMETT and RUSSELL JOSLIN present two contrasting twists on contemporary Americana songwriting. Forging their idiosyncratic styles after dark, in the folk clubs and small venues of noughties London, they collaborated, earnt accolades, and became great friends. Many of the old venues are gone, but the Green Note thrives, so they return once again for a double-bill of Jemmett’s ‘quivering and windswept’ anthems and Joslin’s biting ‘Americana noir’.
Sadie Jemmett’s extraordinary songs reflect a remarkable life, from a wildly bohemian childhood and teenage runaway to her role today as one of the most original singer-songwriters to excite our ears in many years.
Sadie’s latest album Phoenix was released June 2019 on TwoUpTwoDown Records/Absolute Universal and produced and recorded by Joby Baker (Cowboy Junkies, The Waylin’ Jennys) on Vancouver Island, Canada.
‘Don’t Silence Me’, the critically acclaimed single and music video from the album has already made international headline news on both CBS and the BBC and has been hailed as ‘A powerful anthem for the #metoo movement.’
Sadie’s was first discovered and mentored by legendary folk singer Judy Collins, who immediately signed her to her New York based label Wildflower Records. Her first album,‘The Blacksmith’s Girl’, was mixed and produced in Los Angeles by Grammy winner David Bianco (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash). The album was released in autumn 2011 to critical acclaim. Sadie then played support for Judy on a major tour of the UK.
London Love Songs, Sadie’s second album, was recorded partly at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, London and was released in 2015, again to critical acclaim, following a four month tour of the UK and France.
In 2018 Sadie released ‘These Days: Live at The Green Note’ earning a four-star review in Maverick Magazine. 2020 has proved to be a creative and productive time for Sadie. She is currently busy writing songs for both a UK based Musical and a Hollywood film, as well as songs for her next album, the first single of which will be released in Sept 2020.
Press for Phoenix:
‘A powerful record, Jemmett speaks her mind freely and intelligently’ – Maverick Magazine****
‘Powerful … heartbreakingly beautiful … as eloquently (written) as you could wish for ….
Jemmett has really matured as a songwriter and Phoenix is an intense album’ Rock ‘n’ Reel Magazine
‘An Anthem for our age… Sadie Jemmett speaks volumes with her defiant brand of protest songs’- Sunday Express Magazine
‘An anthem for survivors’ – CBS News
‘A defiant rallying cry … Not for nothing is the record called Phoenix’ – The National
‘A hit!’ The Sun
With a guitar style reminiscent of a grunge-soaked John Fahey moonlighting with the 13th Floor Elevators, plus vocal aims to mix the gravitas of 16 Horsepower’s David Eugene Edwards with the passionate abandon of The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser, London-based Russell Joslin vitiates the singer-songwriter tradition until it sounds as splintered as today’s society. His fifth album, ‘O Veisalgia’, is a collection of vivid sonic pictures which twists various forms of duet-led folk-rock, post-punk and grunge into modern tales of addiction, urban violence, masculinity and digital malaise.
‘Intense and artistically serious mental cinema’ – MangoWave
‘Incredibly dramatic storytelling … Americana noir’ – American Pancake
‘Living proof of how fresh, vigorous and abrasive an acoustic songwriter can and should be in the 21st Century’ – BBC 6music
‘Explosive, hard-hitting folk … a much-needed gust of fresh air into the British folk scene’ – Subba-cultcha
