Rod Picott + Mat Wale @ WagonWheel Presents...

On Thursday October 16th, WagonWheel Presents… welcomes the fabulous Rod Picott back to The Greystones. Rod returns to Sheffield playing songs from critically acclaimed new album Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail. Advance tickets priced at £10 are available from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/266204 or entry on the night will be £12. Plus support from Mat Wale. Doors open 7.30pm.

***ROD PICOTT***

The son of a welder from rural New England, Rod Picott is a masterful songwriter and soulful singer who carries with him as fine a suitcase of songs as you’ll find anywhere. Slaid Cleaves, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Fred Eagelsmith have recorded Rod Picott songs. A former construction worker who hung up his tools when he released his debut CD in 2000, Picott has carved a career for himself with a run of 6 beautifully crafted self released CDs over the last 13 years and a well earned reputation as a engaging, emotion fueled performer.

Hang Your Hopes On Crooked Nail, produced by RS Field is a collection of carefully crafted songs of rugged truth and beauty. Recorded at Joe Pisapia’s Middletree Studios in East Nashville the CD highlights Picott’s particular gift for exploring complex themes in common language. The eleven songs on Hang Your Hopes On a Crooked Nail offer an unblinking albeit wry gaze into our common heart and a clenched fist of defiance against the trials that tear at our humanity.

“Accept Rod Picott for what he is; Americana of the highest order” Acoustic Magazine

“Lives are described vividly, with little details that bring everything about them into full focus and enable the listener to both see and empathize with them – there but for the grace of God. Outstanding.” Americana UK

“This is quite simply another blue collar classic from Maine’s finest songwriter” Maverick Magazine

“Highly impressive” Q Magazine

“Beautiful and heartbreaking songs-one of the best on the Americana and folk scene” Slaid Cleaves

http://www.rodpicott.com

***MAT WALE***

Mat Wale has been writing and recording since early 2004. Rising out of the tumultuous Chesterfield music scene of the mid 2000s that spawned ‘avanGaad’, ‘Vigilante Wing’ and ‘The Culture Thieves’ among others. Whether working with Alt. Country behemoths ‘The Rackets’ (2006-2013 on and off), Grunge/Electro/ Folk duo ‘Arrogant Whale’ (2006-2010), Country Rock outfit ‘Big Convoy’ (2011-Present) or performing solo, Mat is untouched by his peers in terms of sheer volume of work. Unwaveringly sticking to his ‘Lo-Fi’ ideals and grass roots approach to making music, at last count he has independently released 18 E.P.s, 7 albums and provided the soundtrack to Welsh indie film ‘Big Font, Large Spacing’.

http://www.matwale.com