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Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert have regretfully cancelled the remainder of their Australian tour, including Milton Theatre on 21 March. This has been an very difficult decision for them but they feel that it is the most appropriate thing to do in the current circumstances re. the Coronavirus. They are extremely disappointed and apologise to everyone concerned for the massive inconvenience they know this will cause.


Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert

Kieran Kane’s seminal work in The O’Kanes and Kane Welch Kaplin, as well as co-founding the independent label Dead Reckoning Records, laid the foundation for the contemporary world of Americana music. A successful solo artist, collaborator and songwriter (with songs recorded by Alan Jackson, John Prine, Emmylou Harris and many more), Kieran is a musician’s musician: his playing is always understated, always groove-oriented and always serving the song.

If Rayna Gellert seems a preternaturally gifted songwriter, it’s because she’s seen farther into the old songs than most. Growing up in a musical family, she turned to Appalachian old-time music at a young aged, becoming a prodigious fiddler and leading a new revival of American stringband music through her work with the acclaimed roots band Uncle Earl. An in-demand collaborator, she has toured and recorded with artists such as Scott Miller, Abigail Washburn, Toubab Krewe and Robyn Hitchcock.

Kieran and Rayna first met, fittingly, at San Francisco’s celebrated Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, which led to their cowriting songs for Kieran’s album Unguarded Moments (Dead Reckoning). They joined forces again for Rayna’s 2017 release, Workin’s Too Hard (StorySound) Records, which they also co-produced. Their first album, The Ledges, was released in February of 2018 on Dead Reckoning Records. Their second album together, When the Sun Goes Down, was released March 20, 2019.


Check out a sample of their fine melodies here.