Joan Shelley | Lewes
Joan Shelley Lewes
Joan Shelley live in Lewes at Lewes Con Club on 26th March! Get tickets above, or from SeeTickets.
Announcing new album REAL WARMTH, coming September 19th, 2025. Joan Shelley has long factored place into her recordings. For her self-titled album (2017) she landed in Chicago, at The Loft with Jeff Tweedy producing. In 2019 she went to Iceland, bringing along collaborators Nathan Salsburg and James Elkington to make Like The River Loves The Sea. The pandemic kept her close to home in Kentucky for The Spur (2022), but as a new batch of songs began to take shape in late 2024—and as Shelley and her family began settling into their new home in Michigan—she began searching for a place where she could record in the company of talented friends. Joan, with husband Nathan Salsburg and their 4-year-old, traveled to snowy Toronto, ON in the winter of 2025 to make a record with Ben Whiteley, friend and bassist for The Weather Station. Ben tapped his rich community musicians for the session, including drummer Philippe Melanson, saxophonist Karen Ng, singer/songwriters Doug Paisley and Tamara Lindeman, Matt Kelley, and Ken Whiteley. Joan’s partner, guitarist Nathan Salsburg, also appears. Toronto artist Heather Goodchild designed and painted the cover and inner sleeve.
Real Warmth is the follow-up to Shelley’s acclaimed 2022 album The Spur, a record praised by The New York Times, Pitchfork and The Guardian. It was deemed the #2 album of that year by Uncut Magazine and prompted MOJO to ask:” “Is Joan Shelley America’s most consistently exceptional songwriter? Right now, that does not seem like too much praise”.”
Shelley has toured and performed with the likes of Richard Thompson, Wilco, Patty Griffin, Michael Hurley and Bonnie “Prince” Billy. She has been featured on the covers of Fretboard Journal and Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and has appeared as a guest on WTF with Marc Maron, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and Later… with Jools Holland. https://joanshelley.bandcamp.com/
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Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
05112025 – CIEL. Patterns
05112025 – ROIS. Green Door Store
09112025 – Lonnie Holley. Lewes Constitutional Club
13112025 – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Concorde 2
14112025 – B.A. Johnston, Hope & Ruin
14112025 – Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip. Lewes Constitutional Club
15112025 – Stick in the Wheel. Lewes Constitutional Club
18112025 – Laura Groves. The Prince Albert
24112025 – The Belair Lip Bombs. Volks
28112025 – mclusky. Chalk
28112025 – Ozric Tentacles + System 7. Concorde 2
04122025 – Immersion. Alphabet
04122025 – SANAM صنم (Beirut). Patterns.
06122025 – Chainska Brassika. Alphabet
12122025 – Die Twice. Patterns
13122025 – Cubzoa. Alphabet
13122025 – John Otway & his band. Lewes Constitutional Club
14122025 – Hard Skin. The Hope & Ruin
24012026 – Niall McNamee. Folklore Rooms
31012026 – Naima Bock. West Hill Hall
03022026 – Junior Brother. Prince Albert
17022026 – caroline. Chalk
20022026 – Mermaid Chunky. Revenge
19032026 – Gong + Henge. Chalk
20032026 – Beans on Toast. Concorde 2
26032026 – Heavenly. Hope & Ruin
26032026 – Joan Shelley. Lewes Constitutional Club
07042026 – Bibi Club. The Prince Albert
09042026 – Martin Carthy. Lewes Constitutional Club
01052026 – Love. Concorde 2
05052026 – Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. The Hope & Ruin
10052026 – Sean Rowe. Green Door Store
19052026 – Charlie Parr. Green Door Store
Accessibility: We operate the Buddy Scheme at our gigs. The Club is accessible for wheelchairs with management. It’s all on one level apart from a small threshold at the front door for which we have a portable ramp. The toilets are not Building Regulations Part M compliant, but one of the WC’s is reasonably accessible. Visiting outside gig times should present no problems, but please email music@lewesconclub.com ahead on gig nights so we can meet and greet and reserve a space with a view of the stage. If you require a carer at the venue, please contact us at info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk for guestlist, with evidence such as a blue badge or access card.
Joan Shelley Lewes
Joan Shelley Lewes