Nikki Lane, Brent Cobb & Robert Ellis Team Up for Stagecoach Tour
Recycled clothing fashionista and country music neotraditionalist Nikki Lane has a new record coming out February 17th, 2017 called Highway Queen, and when it hits the streets she will be heading out on tour with some other cool names on her way to a performance at Southern California’s Stagecoach Festival.
Called the Stagecoach Spotlight Tour, it will take Nikki Lane across the country, and will include fellow Stagecoach performers Brent Cobb on the first leg, and Robert Ellis on the second leg. Jonathan Tyler will also be supporting. The tour once again illustrates how Stagecoach is not just about their massive headliners, but is committed to helping to develop Americana and up-and-coming artists as well. The 2016 Stagecoach Festival happens in late April in Indio, CA.
Originally from Greenville, South Carolina, Nikki Lane worked as a fashion designer in Los Angeles and New York before getting into writing country songs after dating a country artist. Her last album All or Nothin‘ was released via New West Records and was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Nikki Lane was nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year at the 2015 Americana Music Awards.
TOUR DATES:
- Wed – Feb 22 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
- Thu – Feb 23 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
- Fri – Feb 24 – New Brookland Tavern – West Columbia, SC
- Sat – Feb 25 – The Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
- Sun – Feb 26 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
- Mon – Feb 27 – U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC
- Tue – Feb 28 – Underground Arts – Black Box – Philadelphia, PA
- Thu – Mar 2 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
- Fri – Mar 3 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA
- Sat – Mar 4 – Bar le Ritz PDB – Montréal, Canada
- Sun – Mar 5 – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, Canada
- Tue – Mar 7 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
- Wed – Mar 8 – Headliners Music Hall – Louisville, KY
- Thu – Mar 9 – The Bluebird – Bloomington, IN
- Fri – Mar 10 – Off Broadway – St Louis, MO
- Sat – Mar 11 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
- Mon – Mar 13 – Turner Hall Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI
- Tue – Mar 14 – Turf Club – St Paul, MN
- Fri – Mar 17 – The Filling Station – Bozeman, MT
- Sat – Mar 18 – The Olympic – Boise, ID
- Mon – Mar 20 – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
- Tue – Mar 21 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
- Thu – Mar 23 – Social Hall SF – San Francisco, CA
- Fri – Mar 24 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
- Sat – Mar 25 – Beauty Bar – Las Vegas, NV
- Sun – Mar 26 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
- Mon – Mar 27 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
Kross
November 28, 2016 @ 8:39 pm
Sweet!! I’ll check this out. I was just at Terminal West this past weekend watching American Aquarium.
RG
February 24, 2017 @ 7:42 am
It was a good show last night. Nikki pulled up my neighbors daughter on stage and did three songs with her. Pretty nice of her to do that!
And Brent is always good to see. Great songwriting and good delivery in his live shows. He’s a good cat.
seak05
November 28, 2016 @ 9:06 pm
oooh, I am rewarded for not going to see Cobb when he was performing with Anderson. This is much better.
Cole
November 29, 2016 @ 7:27 am
Where is the review on the new Slim Cessna album? It is so good.
Trigger
November 29, 2016 @ 9:58 am
Over the last few weeks I’ve been posting reviews for records released earlier in the year now that the new releases have slowed down a bit, and that will continue until the end of the year. Slim Cessna is definitely on the list.
RobertS
November 29, 2016 @ 2:58 pm
I am digging Seth James’ new album. “I Don’t Need a Reason” is perhaps my favorite song on there, with plenty of steel guitar. Matthew Lane’s new album is another that seems to have slipped under most radars. “Scarecrow in the Garden” is a song I like on that one. “It’s a Wonderful Life” is probably my favorite song on Jimmy Stewart’s underrated album that came out a few months ago- I love the Louisiana feel to that particular song. I’ll also throw in a good word for Dustin Sonnier’s new song “People Like Me.” I thought his EP earlier this year was very strong, too.
10-GEN-NC
November 29, 2016 @ 11:10 am
Thanks for the heads up on this I had no idea will check it out
ElectricOutcast
November 29, 2016 @ 8:35 am
I actually just took a listen to Highway Queen a few minutes ago, it reminded me of an early Lucinda Williams and “Can’t Let Go”.
10-GEN-NC
November 29, 2016 @ 9:50 am
Fuck yeah will definitely be checking this out glad it’s coming near me, all 3 are some of my favorites
She must be a busy ass woman between touring / running a business / consistently dropping good records / bullriding fashioning monster trucking social media-ing etc…makes me feel like a fucking slacker and I got plenty going on compared to most lol
Her hard work & effort will no doubt pay off in the long run. Lookin forward to the album!
Side note I have heard very little about it in advance publicity wise…I don’t know if that’s a good thing or bad thing, since so many recent albums have already had 5 of the 10 songs ‘exclusively’ premiered, but at the same time an NPR plug or something like that can be a major boost (ie brent cobb)
Trigger
November 29, 2016 @ 9:55 am
More publicity might be coming for Nikki after the Christmas break. If you try to build up too much momentum now, people may forget about it after the Holidays. Best to wait until afterwards and then be at the top of the list for anticipated albums in 2017. Very soon here all the attention is going to turn to everyone’s end-of-year lists.
Jim Z.
November 29, 2016 @ 1:55 pm
wow, so little talent on one tour. lots of flash and fashionistas though.
Biscuit
November 29, 2016 @ 8:20 pm
Robert Ellis is extremely talented as is his band. He’s a headliner in his own right. Give Robert and his band a chance live you will change your mind.This will be my first time to see Nikki and William live, so I will withhold opinion until then.
Trigger
November 29, 2016 @ 8:52 pm
It’s been hard for me to follow Robert’s career as he continues to veer further from country. But I saw him at SXSW and he put on one hell of a show.
Biscuit
November 30, 2016 @ 6:56 am
Trigger, Ellis was heavily influenced by Willie Nelson. We think of Willie as country but in his career, he has done concept albums, jazz standards, worked with Daniel Lanois, covered Coldplay, and done a mainstream duet with Julio Igleseas. Ellis can belt a Lefty Frizzell or George Jones cover with the best and also incorporates jazz and mainstreaminto his trad country roots like Willie has. So I guess I don’t perceive him as veering away from country as much as he’s in his own way following a path similar ro Willie. Ellis also has one of the best pedal steel players out there right now, Will Van Horn.
Trigger
November 30, 2016 @ 10:43 am
Yeah, but Willie was doing those things as side projects and asides from his otherwise solidly country career. Ellis has taken his music solidly away from country influences, even if he might do a cover of a classic country song live. My comment has to do with his albums, not his live performances. I’m not criticizing Ellis, I still like his music. But it makes it harder to write about him here the farther away he goes from country. Same for Sturgill, same for Elizabeth Cook, same for Lydia Loveless and a score of other artists who tarted in country, and have veered away in 2016. Again, that’s not a criticism of the music necessarily, but running a site called “saving Country Music,” it makes it difficult for me to keep up. Still, I saw him perform live recently, and would recommend folks check it out. That’s one of the reasons I decided to highlight this tour.
Jack Williams
November 30, 2016 @ 7:26 am
You’re wasting your time. With Jim Z, that is.
I saw Robert Ellis do an opening set once and thought he was quite good. Good guitar player, too. As for Nikki Lane, I think her All or Nothin’ album is very good and a lot of fun. After getting that and enjoying it, I bought her earlier Walk of Shame album, which is also quite good.
Ryan
November 29, 2016 @ 2:44 pm
Seems like more and more of these acts are skipping past Kansas City these days.
Don’t get me wrong, Knucklehead’s still gets a lot of great shows, whether they be Americana, Rockabilly, Blues, Country, etc., but that’s about the only venue for that kind of music in town.
Guys like Isbell and Sturgill come through town on pretty much every tour, but they’re now big enough to play the Uptown or Midland.
There’s no Off Broadway type of place that seems to snag everyone who comes through the Midwest.