THE DEAD SOUTH SIGN TO SIX SHOOTER RECORDS
NEW MUSCLE SHOALS-MADE ALBUM DUE IN THE FALL
100 MILLION MILESTONE: Video for “In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company” continues to surge.
Sold out 2300-cap London, UK show,
Red Rocks date with Trampled By Turtles set for July 24, more big tour news coming.
It’s a banner month for The Dead South, a four-piece bluegrass band from Regina, SK. The group’s upcoming London, UK show just sold out (2300 tickets), as have multiple other UK and European dates. Their video for “In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company” crossed the 100 million view mark on YouTube. The band just returned home from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with a new album in hand. This record, their third full-length and first since 2016, will be released by their new label, highly regarded Toronto independent Six Shooter Records. "The Dead South is a family," reads a statement from the band. "We find it very important to surround ourselves with people we enjoy, people who believe in us and people who will fight for us. Also, people who like to get shit done. Thankfully, these are all things Six Shooter provides. We would like to welcome them into our family."
2018 was a year of recognition at home and exciting growth on the road. At the JUNO Awards, the first-time nominees won Traditional Roots Album of the Year and were also nominated for Breakthrough Group of the Year. They also won both of their first Western Canadian Music Award nominations in October. Outside Canada, The Dead South were floored to see huge responses from their American fans; on only their second tour of the USA, they sold out large shows in LA, Denver, Nashville, Minneapolis and more.
2019 is shaping up to be a year of even bigger milestones. The band is confirmed to join Trampled By Turtles and Deer Tick at Red Rocks on July 24, 2019. There are already nearly 20,000 tickets sold for 2019 UK and EU tour dates. The Dead South’s forthcoming album, expected this fall, is their first recorded outside their hometown. "We just got home from recording our most bangin' album yet," says Colton Crawford. "Before we even get our feet warm we'll be out the door and on our way to the UK to show you all what we've been up to."
The Dead South have built a fervent worldwide fanbase and sold nearly 100,000 records through grassroots discovery and support. “Helen Britton and Chris Wynters of our management company have been working with The Dead South for a year now,” says label president Shauna de Cartier. “We are absolutely delighted to welcome them to the label. This is a fantastic band, and together we are going to climb new heights.”
THE STATS:
90,000 albums sold worldwide (Illusion & Doubt and Good Company).
55 million Spotify Streams.
466,000 YouTube channel subscribers.
225,000 Facebook fans.
20,000 tickets pre-sold for upcoming UK/EU tours.
Illusion & Doubt debuted #5, Billboard Bluegrass Chart.
Recent festival appearances include Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Tønder Festival, Calgary Stampede.
The Dead South x Six Shooter Records at The Nutthouse Studio. L-R: Danny Kenyon, Shauna de Cartier, Scott Pringle, Chris Wynters, Nate Hilts, Emily Smart, Colton Crawford.
TOUR DATES:
DUBLIN, IE: Button Factory, Jan 30 SOLD OUT
BELFAST, UK: Limelight, Jan 31 SOLD OUT
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, UK: 02 Academy, Feb 2
GLASGOW, UK: 02 Academy, Feb 3
LIVERPOOL, UK: 02 Academy, Feb 5
MANCHESTER, UK: 02 Ritz, Feb 6
LEEDS, UK: 02 Academy, Feb 7
NOTTINGHAM, UK: Rock City, Feb 8
NORWICH, UK: Banking Hall @ Norwich Open, Feb 9
BRISTOL, UK: 02 Academy, Feb 10
CARDIFF, UK: Tramshed, Feb 12 SOLD OUT
PORTSMOUTH, UK: Pyramids Centre, Feb 13
BRIGHTON, UK: Concorde 2, Feb 14 SOLD OUT
LONDON, UK: 02 Forum Kentish Town, Feb 15 SOLD OUT
CAMBRIDGE, UK: J2, Cambridge Junction, Feb 16 SOLD OUT
BIRMINGHAM, UK: 02 Institute3, Feb 17
BREMEN, DE: Schlacthof, Mar 26
AMSTERDAM, NL: Melkweg, March 27 SOLD OUT
EINDHOVEN, NL: Effenaar Grote Zaal, March 28
COLOGNE, DE: Die Kantine, March 30 SOLD OUT
SINT-NIKLAAS, BE: De Casino, March 31
WUPPERTAL, DE: Haus Der Jugend Barmen, April 1
WIESBADEN, DE: Kulturzentrum Schlachthof, April 2
STUTTGART, DE: LKA-Longhorn, April 4
WINTERTHUR, CH: Salzhaus, April 5 SOLD OUT
LAUSANNE, CH: Les Docks, April 6
MUNICH, DE: Muffathalle, April 7 SOLD OUT
VIENNA, AT: WUK, April 8 + 9 SOLD OUT
HAMBURG, DE: Gruenspan, April 14 SOLD OUT
BERLIN, DE: Astra Kulturhaus, April 15/16
EAU CLAIRE, WI: Blue Ox Music Festival, June 13-15
TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UK: Black Deer Festival, June 21-23
MORRISON, CO: Red Rocks Ampitheatre, July 24 w/ Trampled By Turtles, Deer Tick
ABOUT THE DEAD SOUTH:
Try not to step on the chalk outlines when navigating prairie pickers The Dead South's catalogue. Over the course of two full-length albums, it's true that the villainous, murderous match-strikers and revenge-takers outnumber those with good intentions, but in the end, no heinous act goes unpunished.
The Dead South, a gold rush vibing four-piece acoustic bluegrass set from Saskatchewan, infuse the genre's traditional trappings with an air of frontier recklessness, whiskey breakfasts and grizzled tin-pan showmanship. The sound, build on a taut configuration of cello, mandolin, banjo and guitar, speeds like a train past polite definitions of bluegrass into the grittier, rowdier spaces of the traditional world.
Currently one of the hottest tickets on both sides of the Atlantic, The Dead South's rise to touring juggernaut status is in part a very modern music biz fairytale, an algorithm-breaking success story in a one hundred million view YouTube hit. The other factor, one simpler to see in terms of cause and effect, is their actual show - on stage they deliver, show after sold out show, a relentlessly great, high-energy frenzy that has resulted in nearly 50,000 tickets sold in 2018. The numbers are adding up for this Billboard charting, JUNO Award winning, Next Big Sound Trendsetting, Road Gold certified band. Through partnerships with ethical ticket resellers, The Dead South are helping fans fight back against shady secondary ticket markets, and have become, in their success, a model of fan-first artist citizenship.
The Dead South's original and current lineup includes the gnarled baritone of Nate Hilts, Scott Pringle on mandolin, whistling cellist Danny Kenyon and virtuosic banjo player Colton Crawford. The four-piece, acoustic string-driven approach puts the interplay of unique and versatile voices front and centre, with Hilts, Pringle and Kenyon all sharing lead vocal duties.
Since their 2016 release, The Dead South have maintained this formidable touring pace while also finding time to pop up in fitting and meaningful ways; the band contributed to the recent, star-studded bluegrass and Americana Roger Miller tribute album, Hilts has appeared in sparse and sweet duets with fellow prairie boy Colter Wall, and the band has taken the first steps towards a new album with a trip to Muscle Shoals. The Dead South are ready for 2019 with an impressive amount of fuel for the fire.
ABOUT SIX SHOOTER RECORDS:
Six Shooter Records is an independent record label with an award-winning, critically acclaimed roster of unique artists who defy easy classification. Based in Toronto, the roster includes Whitehorse, 2014 Polaris Music Prize winner Tanya Tagaq and Americana Music Awards’ Emerging Artist nominees Sam Outlaw and The Deep Dark Woods. Six Shooter’s catalogue includes The Strumbellas’ Canadian gold certified album Hope, which also boasts a triple platinum single. Six Shooter’s wide-ranging roster has seen releases from countrypolitan spitfire Whitney Rose, enigmatic new wave rocker Ensign Broderick, disco punk oddballs The Wet Secrets, cult art-rockers The Rheostatics and JUNO Award regulars Amelia Curran and NQ Arbuckle. The Dead South, Six Shooter’s newest roster addition, look towards a new album in 2019. Over the course of nearly 20 years, Six Shooter Records’ steadfast commitment to artist development and integrity has fostered a reputation for excellence.
For more information, please contact:
Emily Smart
Six Shooter Records
emilysmart@sixshooterrecords.com
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