WELLAND will be a stop for award-winning artist, Elles Bailey, who is on tour and on a roll.

In fact, she's just won a major award for one her songs.

And she'll be raising the rafters of St James Church in Welland, on February 29.

The award-winning song fans will be dying to hear is Little Piece of Heaven, the song winning the Single of the Year at the 2020 Americana Awards.

A spokesman said: "The win heralds another year of creative effort, inspiration and achievement - in the studio and out on the road touring. Never one to rest on her laurels, this self-confessed ‘rolling stone’, ever committed to live performance, is rolling out her headline spring tour and has released a new acoustic single of her hit ‘Medicine Man’.

‘Little Piece of Heaven’ (which Elles co-wrote with Bobby Wood and Dan Auerbach won, UK Song of the Year at the prestigious UK Americana Awards 2020, run by the Americana Music Association.

The 5th Annual UK Americana Awards - seen as the jewel in the crown of AmericanaFestUK -was compered by the legendary Bob Harris OBE.

Elles performed her nominated song, live, alongside a cavalcade of incredible artists and talent from the US and the UK: nominees and recipients of the glitzy 2020 awards.

Elles said she could not be more be more delighted.

She added: "Two years ago I sat in the gods at The Hackney Empire watching the awards and I thought to myself: one day I want to be playing on that AMA stage. Performing at the Troxy, in front of this wonderful community, has been the most incredible experience and to come away with Song of the Year — I’m utterly stunned! There were so many incredible people involved in the making and releasing of the record — I’m so grateful to you all. I do need to give a special huge shout-out to Dan Auerbach and Bobby Wood, my co-writers. I am in awe of your genius — thank you for helping me bring this song to life!”

Further details: https://www.ellesbailey.com/