Ella Hooper is hitting the road with a sharp, heartfelt edge to her ever-evolving take on Americana. Ella’s gift for storytelling and humour shines as she fronts a dynamic band, laced with fiddle, guitar, warm group harmonies and more than a little grit.
Playing some favourites from Small Town Temple — the album that debuted at No. 1 on the Australian Country chart — Ella will also be sharing a sneak peek of new music recorded in Nashville in 2025.
There are bar room stompers, spectral ballads with a contemporary edge, and hooks sharp enough to draw blood.
"Call it Americana, call it alt-country, call it what you like. Hooper puts it this way: “Can you really ‘go country’ if you’re from the country in the first place?”
With special guest Owen Campbell
Owen Campbell is a powerhouse of alternative blues and soulful cosmic rock, fronting a tight rhythm section and delivering smouldering slide guitar, gritty caramel vocals, and songs that hit hard then linger. After 12+ years touring Australia, the USA, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and India, he’s built a global following and a reputation for shows that are raw, immersive and joyfully unpredictable — equal parts deep-groove blues, soaring rock crescendos and moments of hush that pull a room in close.
