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Cobb returns to Britain

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 – Brent Co b is returning to Great Britain in May after having only gone across the pond in February.

Tour dates are:
May 20 - Brighton, The Great Escape
May 21 - Oxfordshire, Wood Festival
May 23 - Manchester, Deaf Institute
May 24 - London, The Borderline
May 25 - Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
May 28 - Glasgow, King Tut's Wah Wah

Cobb also released a new video of him performing the laid-back song "Black Crow" from a session recorded at the Sam Philips Studio in Tennessee. The song is from his much praised release "Shine on Rainy Day." His cousin, Dave Cobb, who has worked with Chris Stapleton, Jamey Johnson, Sturgill Simpson and album guest Jason Isbell, produced.

Brett Cobb has been touring with Nikki Lane and also plays this year with The Cadillac Three, Little Big Town, Jamey Johnson and Stapleton, as well as playing California's Stagecoach Festival.


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CD review - And Now, Let's Turn To Page... Brent Cobb sounds like an old country gospel singer while doing his version of "Old Rugged Cross," backed by gospel quartet-sounding backing vocals. Many of these accompanying vocalists are family members, and gospel music is in Cobb's blood. Furthermore, Cobb has said it's "like a rite of passage country singers to make a gospel album." So, for Cobb, this album feels necessary. Although Cobb has always wanted to make a gospel album, a near-death auto accident was ...
CD review - Keep 'Em On They Toes Not sure we've seen the term 'minimalist country' but that's a fair description for Brent Cobb's artistry, especially on "Keep 'Em On They Toes," one that he prefers to call 'quiet and conversational.' His fourth album is certainly reflective as Cobb and his family moved back to his native Georgia a few years ago. The locale seems to suit him, and it's at the heart of these 10 songs where he chooses to write about his thoughts and feelings as ...
CD review - Shine on Rainy Day Brent Cobb is an unpretentious sort of guy, and that in itself makes him an unusual entity in an entertainment arena built on flash and sparkle. That at least is the attitude he purveys on "Shine on Rainy Day," an album that takes its cues from everyday aspirations. The songs center on the simpler things that affect us all, whether the solace of living life in the country or the everyday challenges that all too often take a toll. It's that ying and yang that that's most ...


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