The Twangtown Paramours’ Mike T Lewis and MaryBeth Zamer: Promoting new album The Wind Will Change Again in Leyburn and Bradford. Picture: Scott Simontacchi
NASHVILLE soulful folk duo The Twangtown Paramours play Leyburn Arts Centre on May 3 and Black Dyke Mills Heritage Venue, Queensbury, Bradford, on May 10 on their debut British tour.
Husband-and-wife duo MaryBeth Zamer (lead singer) and Mike T Lewis (writer, producer and guitar player) released their new album, The Wind Will Change Again, in January, charting at number one on the Folk Alliance International Chart for that month.
Their first folk recording in 12 years, the album addresses the themes of resilience in the face of loss, the realisation that our time is finite, and renewed appreciation of the people we love who are gone and of those who are still with us.
In their own lives, Zamer and Lewis “relied on their songwriting to help get them through difficult times with gratitude and humour”.
“We are very excited to finally get a chance to travel to England,” say Zamer and Lewis, winners of Texas’s Wildflower Contest. “It’s something we’ve been wanting to do for many years. Especially after getting very generous reviews in the UK for our last two albums, we can’t wait to play the great venues where we’re booked.”
Zamer used to sing backing vocals for Eva Cassidy; Lewis wrote a platinum-selling number one in Korea and sometimes plays upright bass for Jimmie Dale; other artists have started to record their songs.
The Twangtown Paramours play Leyburn Arts Centre on May 3, 7.30pm; Black Dyke Mills Heritage Venue, Queensbury, Bradford, May 10, 7.30pm. Box office: Leyburn, 01969 624510 or leyburnartscentre.com; Bradford, 07920 122735 or blackdykemills.org/events/twangtown2025.html.