Julia Cole and Alyssa Bonagura to appear on Aug. 31
and Gary Quinn, Katee Kross, and Kelsey Bovey on Oct. 12
(Nashville, Tenn. – August 25, 2021) – Organizers of the popular monthly series Nashville Meets London Presents at PizzaExpress Live! (Holborn) have released the lineup for two upcoming residency shows. Set to perform are Julia Cole and Alyssa Bonagura on August 31, and Gary Quinn, Katee Kross, and Kelsey Bovey on October 12. Both shows will be hosted by Matt Spracklen, Absolute Radio Country presenter. Additional artist lineup announcements will continue as the series moves on.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and shows begin at 8:30 p.m. with an £18.00 ticket price. Only a limited number of tickets are available. For more information or to purchase tickets to the events, please visit www.pizzaexpresslive.com.
Nashville Meets London Presents! is a monthly residency hosted by entertainment brand, Nashville Meets London. The monthly series features two rising Country music artists, frequently one from the U.K. and one from the U.S. Held at PizzaExpress Live (99 High Holborn in London), the location features an intimate space for the best in live entertainment and features a state-of-the-art sound system, stage, and setting.
Last year, the global entertainment brand launched Nashville Meets London Sessions, an online series featuring virtual performances, fan-led Q&As, Instagram takeovers, and other social activations. To engage in the new series, fans are encouraged to follow Nashville Meets London on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Launched in August 2016 as a music festival, Nashville Meets London has developed into a global music brand providing opportunities that support the globalization of Country and Americana music. The brand’s mission is to expand on the cultural and economic exchange of music while driving more synergy between the recording and live performance industries in the United States and the UK.
Nashville Meets London is co-produced by Peter Conway of Peter Conway Management, based in London, and Christy Walker-Watkins and Matt Watkins of Nashville-based agency, The AristoMedia Group. Matt Spracklen serves as a Nashville Meets London brand ambassador.
For more information, visit http://www.nashvillemeetslondon.com. For more information regarding sponsorships and partnerships, please contact christy@nashvillemeetslondon.com. Follow the brand on Facebook (@NashvilleMeetsLondon), Twitter (@NashMeetsLondon), Instagram (@NashvilleMeetsLondon), and Spotify.
About Julia Cole: Nashville recording artist, Julia Cole, encourages empowering self-worth and good vibes to her growing #ColeTeam community. Julia has amassed over 44,000,000 streams, gone viral with over three million views on her song “SidePiece” on TIKTOK, is a CMT Next Artist Discovery, and hosts her own weekly radio shows on YOCO 96.7FM and Twitch. With a musical style that blends authentic country storytelling with a little Houston rhythm and attitude, Julia got her start performing the Star-Spangled Banner before her own volleyball games, and was soon performing for NFL, MLB, MLS, NASCAR, and ESPN events before crowds of 75,000. She’s since signed to CAA and toured globally in over 10 countries opening for acts like Dan + Shay, Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Kane Brown, The Chainsmokers, Dierks Bentley, Chase Rice, Lee Brice, and more. You can find Julia’s music on all streaming platforms and social media @juliacolemusic. TikTok @juliacole_music. Welcome to the #ColeTeam.
About Alyssa Bonagura: A celebrated songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Alyssa Bonagura has spent the last decade fine-tuning a sound that reaches far beyond her Nashville roots. It’s a sound that blurs the boundaries between genres, mixing the southern storytelling of country music, the free-thinking spirit of rock & roll, and the cinematic sweep of Brit-pop into its own hybrid. For Alyssa—a lifelong road warrior who spent her infancy aboard a tour bus, recorded a duet with Kenny Rogers at ten years old, received her college diploma from Sir Paul McCartney, performed stadium shows as a member of the major-label duo The Sisterhood Band, and currently balances her critically-acclaimed solo career with an ongoing gig writing songs for Jessie James Decker, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, and others—it’s also a sound that’s every bit as diverse as her own story. Nowhere is that clearer than on 2021’s “New Wings.” Recorded during the pandemic, it’s a song about struggle, survival, and the soaring feeling of flight, delivered by a multi-dimensional musician who’s never shied away from the unexplored territory.
About Gary Quinn: A 6x British Country Music Association Awards winner, including ‘Male Vocalist of the Year 2019’ and ‘U.K. Songwriter of the Year’ and consecutive ‘Song of the Year’ honors, Northern Irishman Gary Quinn has become one of British country music’s more established performers. Quinn cites U.S. country artists such as Garth Brooks and Brad Paisley as influences, has opened for the visiting CMA Songwriters Series, toured with Phil Vassar and William Michael Morgan, and shared the stage with acts such as Kristian Bush, Sarah Darling, and hall of fame songwriter Bob DiPiero. An accomplished performer, Quinn is just as comfortable with a pen in his hand and has recently collaborated with Grand Ole Opry member and Grammy winner Steve Wariner and Brett James, Trent Tomlinson, Jenn Bostic, and J.P Williams. Quinn has hit 2021 strongly with singles’ Nobody Somebody’ and ‘Catch Me’ placing at #1 and #2 on the U.K. Country Chart, respectively as well as being championed by Ty Bentli (Ty Bentli Show, Apple Music) and being selected as Chris Country Radio’s ‘Single of the Week’ in January and June. ‘Catch Me’ is currently featured on Apple Music’s ‘Today’s Country,’ ‘New in Country’ and ‘Country Wide’ while ‘Nobody Somebody’ placed on Spotify’s ‘Wild Country,’ ‘Next from Nashville,’ ‘New Music Nashville,’ ‘Nashville Stripped and ‘Fresh Finds Country’ playlists.
About Katee Kross: Katee Kross is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Bishopbriggs near Glasgow. She has already worked with some top names, including Dougie MacLean, Barbara Dickson, Karine Polwart, James Grant, Red Sky July, John Doyle, Findlay Napier, JJ Gilmour, Tony McManus, Catherine McGrath, Wildwood Kin, Ferris & Sylvester, Whispering Bob Harris, and Seasick Steve. Katee has written and released three full-length albums. The first, ‘Beautiful Dreamer’ was released on the 26th March 2016, with the second ‘Don’t Fade to Grey’ just a year later, and the most recent album’ Body & Soul’ was released October 2018 at a SOLD-OUT show in Glasgow. A beautiful progression of original music following a young artist as she matures as a songwriter. Katee released her fourth album in February 2020, which Creative Scotland partly funded.
About Kelsey Bovey: Kelsey Bovey is a UK Country-Pop artist who aspires to make music that will empower the lives of young people. Kelsey prides herself on writing heartfelt honest lyrical content that is combined with a youthful, yet uplifting and captivating vocal delivery and encompassed within an eclectic mix of pop-infused country production. Her latest EP ‘XOXO’ was received exceptionally well by her audience and is her most explorative work to date. Kelsey has received two UK Country Number One’s and has collected over 110,000 streams on Spotify which paved the way for Kelsey to sign her first publishing deal.
About PizzaExpress Live: PizzaExpress Live presents more than 2000 shows each year across a number of venues, including our brand new venue PizzaExpress Live Holborn, the historic PizzaExpress Jazz Club in Soho, The Pheasantry in Chelsea, and our PizzaExpress Live venues in Maidstone and our newest venue Birmingham. There are over 20 restaurants hosting regular music every Thursday from Abbey Road to Manchester, go to The Live Playlist for all venues. Live music has always been an important part of PizzaExpress. Founder Peter Boizot was a jazz lover and constantly sought ways to include music in his restaurants, whether at PizzaExpress branches from the late 1960s and at his other ventures Pizza on the Park and Kettner’s from the 1970s. The flagship venue at 10 Dean Street, London has hosted internationally acclaimed music since its first ticketed shows in May 1976. A selective list of artists we have worked with over the years includes Gregory Porter, Benny Carter, Amy Winehouse, Brad Mehldau, Bill Wyman, Bud Freeman, Monty Alexander, Jamie Cullum, Brian May, Rick Wakeman, Milt Hinton, Van Morrison, Barry Harris, Cybill Shepherd, Melody Gardot, Steve Ross, Art Farmer, Diana Krall, e.s.t., Larry Carlton, Buddy Tate, George Shearing, Adelaide Hall, Benny Waters, Charlie Watts, Mose Allison, Anita O’Day, Doc Cheatham, GoGo Penguin, and many more. PizzaExpress Live is made up of a small team of experienced music industry professionals, always seeking to present the highest quality music in intimate venues – all topped off with great pizza!
