There’s ‘Something Lovely’ coming to Cork

The daughter of legendary American musician Glen Campbell is set to perform in Cork this weekend for the second time.

As one might imagine, music has always been a major part of Ashley Campbell’s life - she began piano lessons at age six and picked up the guitar at 15. But it wasn’t until she was asked to learn the banjo for a role in Pepperdine’s Edinburgh Theatre programme that music began to take the wheel as both a passion and a career.

After graduation, Ashley spent the next three years touring with her father, playing banjo and keyboards.

As the tour went on, Ashley began writing and performing music of her own and subsequently moved to Nashville in 2013 where she signed a publishing deal and began her own journey as an artist.

Ashley went on to write and release her first single ‘Remembering’ in 2015, a deeply personal reflection on her father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The song was featured on her father’s documentary, ‘Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me’. The soundtrack went on to win two Grammys.

This success launched Ashley into a solo career as an independent artist, releasing her first album, ‘The Lonely One’, in 2018. Ashley co-produced the record with her brother Cal and released on her own label, Whistle Stop Records. The album hit the top ten of the UK Country Chart upon release.

Since then, Ashley has toured all over the US as well as the UK and Europe, including opening for Kris Kristofferson in London, the C2C Festival MainStage in 2018, and playing at Carnegie Hall with songwriting legend Jimmy Webb.

Ashley’s sophomore album, ‘Something Lovely’, was released in 2020 and features eleven new tracks including ‘If I Wasn’t’ which features Vince Gill on vocals and electric guitar.

Ashley Campbell plays DeBarra’s in Clonakilty this Sunday 8 May from 7.30pm. Tickets are €18 and are available at debarra.ie.