Western Wednesday #92: Brea Burns and the Boleros x Tony Hannah
Wed, 22 Jul, 7:30 PM PDT
Doors open
7:00 PM PDT
Moe's Alley
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Description
Western Wednesday #92 is coming in hot with a special double bill featuring Brea Burns and the Boleros x Tony Hannah!
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Doors: 7pm / Two-step Lesson: 7:30pm / Show: 8pm
$15 in advance / $20 day of the show
21+
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BREA BURNS & THE BOLEROS
The Arizona desert honky-tonk princess commands the room with her witty and clever, sometimes poignant and heart-wrenching, throwback country songs. Her music will which whisk you away to the dance halls of beer-soaked yore, while also giving voice to the evolution of real country music in the here, now, and the future.
For more than a decade, Brea and her Boleros have toured Europe, the United States, and Mexico…sharing stages with legends such as Billy Joe Shaver, Wayne Hancock, Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys, Dale Watson, Junior Brown, Joshua Ray Walker featuring Ditch Kurtz, and many more. She’s been rockin’ festivals in France and Switzerland and twanging in clubs from California to Tennessee, sharing with fans the intoxicating energy of an artist who is both confident in her performance and joyous. Maybe she’ll stand atop the upright bass like the royalty she is, presiding over her loyal subjects, or let a ripping steel solo melt your face into a pool of honky-tonk love. She may even grab your heart and squeeze it, as you crumple onto the floor, just another victim of a heartbreak-attack.
TONY HANNAH
Tony Hannah is a Country Artist for the girls who hold it all together; juggling men who act like boys, flings that end in ghosting, late night gigs, and the grind of long shifts that barely cover the rent. She draws on the everywoman idols of the genre–Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Linda Rondstadt–but updates the tropes for twenty-first century malaise. Her characters aren’t mere disgruntled housewives; Hannah croons about women who are “bringing home the bacon, and frying it too.”
Women have been working overtime,” says Tony Hannah. “From pulling double shifts to mending heartbreak after heartbreak… it feels neverending. We do it all, alone.” A preacher’s daughter from East Tennessee, Hannah is no stranger to hard work. It’s a work ethic that’s criss-crossed her across the country, doing everything from farm-labor gigs in California, to high-fashion modeling in New York City, to every odd job in between. This duality is on full display on her debut record. With years of national touring under her belt, opening for acts like Margo Price, Jesse Daniel, and Summer Dean, Hannah is ready to do it all on “Love It Or Leave It”, soon to be released in Spring 2026.
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Age Limit
21+
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Honky Tonk
Brea Burns & The Boleros
Brea Burns & The Boleros
Honky Tonk
When Brea Burns saunters onto a stage, you can’t take your eyes off of her. Her hair is loud and glorious orange, her vintage leotards sexy and cheeky, and her voice as seductive as warm velvet.
The Arizona desert honky-tonk princess commands the room with her witty and clever, sometimes poignant and heart-wrenching, throwback country songs. Her music will which whisk you away to the dance halls of beer-soaked yore, while also giving voice to the evolution of real country music in the here, now, and the future.
For more than a decade, Brea and her Boleros have toured Europe, the United States, and Mexico…sharing stages with legends such as Billy Joe Shaver, Wayne Hancock, Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys, Dale Watson, Junior Brown, Joshua Ray Walker featuring Ditch Kurtz, and many more. She’s been rockin’ festivals in France and Switzerland and twanging in clubs from California to Tennessee, sharing with fans the intoxicating energy of an artist who is both confident in her performance and joyous. Maybe she’ll stand atop the upright bass like the royalty she is, presiding over her loyal subjects, or let a ripping steel solo melt your face into a pool of honky-tonk love. She may even grab your heart and squeeze it, as you crumple onto the floor, just another victim of a heartbreak-attack.
Yet Brea is a benevolent presence: She’ll kick your ass back into gear with a raucous rockabilly jam about getting drunk. Fun for all ages!
Brea ain’t no upstart rookie. Her father is a country music industry stalwart who moved the Burns family from their native Southern California to Nashville when she was 14. Their next-door neighbor George Jones may have never babysat for her, but a young Brea couldn’t avoid absorbing some of that Possum magic from across the street. She was drawn to the country music ethos: heartache, cheating, smart word play, infectious rhythm and melody, drinking (but not driving!), and, of course, that sweet, sweet steel guitar.
No doubt, when Brea Burns comes to town, that irresistible bouffant, her radiant smile, and come-hither laugh will draw you in, but it’s her true-blue country songs that’ll follow you home — and leave you hungry for more.
Neo-Traditional Country
Tony Hannah
Tony Hannah
Neo-Traditional Country
Tony Hannah is a Country Artist for the girls who hold it all together; juggling men who act like boys, flings that end in ghosting, late night gigs, and the grind of long shifts that barely cover the rent. She draws on the everywoman idols of the genre–Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Linda Rondstadt–but updates the tropes for twenty-first century malaise. Her characters aren’t mere disgruntled housewives; Hannah croons about women who are “bringing home the bacon, and frying it too.”
Women have been working overtime,” says Tony Hannah. “From pulling double shifts to mending heartbreak after heartbreak… it feels neverending. We do it all, alone.” A preacher’s daughter from East Tennessee, Hannah is no stranger to hard work. It’s a work ethic that’s criss-crossed her across the country, doing everything from farm-labor gigs in California, to high-fashion modeling in New York City, to every odd job in between. This duality is on full display on her debut record. With years of national touring under her belt, opening for acts like Margo Price, Jesse Daniel, and Summer Dean, Hannah is ready to do it all on “Love It Or Leave It”, soon to be released in Spring 2026.
Produced and recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with Elijah Ocean at Back Cabin Sound, the album balances slick 90’s country production (Zach Top, The Judds) with vintage cool-girl nostalgia (Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Kathy Mattea) and blue collar lament (Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams). Hannah’s country-glam sensibility is supported by an all-star band; drummer Aaron Goodrich (Colter Wall, Zach Top), fiddler Mary Meyer (Alison Krauss, Molly Tuttle), multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Long, and mixer Buster Allen (Garth Brooks).
The entire record was written by Hannah herself and a few trusted co-writers (Elijah Ocean, Brennen Leigh, Stefanie Joyce), with one special, notable exception, her late Uncle AJ Masters, who penned songs for Randy Travis and Faith Hill in the 90’s. “My uncle definitely planted the seed for me to move to Nashville, although I didn’t know it at the time,” says Hannah. “Singing songs with him around the campfire, I never thought I’d have the chance to record one of his in Nashville.” She lends her piercing, soft-spoken vocals to “Old Pair of Shoes,” a hit song he wrote for Randy Travis in 1992. She’s more than overjoyed to carry on the family tradition of songwriting and musicianship as she releases her first ever full length debut record “Love It Or Leave It”.