Wild Rose star Jessie returns to Glasgow to play songs from soundtrack
The Irish actress who has wowed audiences playing a Glaswegian country singer in new movie Wild Rose will return to the city to play the music from its soundtrack.
Jessie Buckley will reprise songs she performs throughout the film with a full band at St Luke’s, in the east end of the city, on June 27.
Buckley is expected to appear as her character in the new film, which she wrote a clutch of new songs for with Glasgow-born Nicole Taylor, the writer of the movie, which was released at the weekend.
It follows the events which unfold when mother-of-two Rose-lyn Harlan is released from a jail sentence and attempts to revive her dreams of becoming a country singer in Nashville.
Wild Rose, which also stars Julie Walters as Rose-lyn’s mother, was filmed on location around Glasgow, including scenes shot at the Grand Ole Opry and Old Fruitmarket.
A spokesman for promoters Regular Music said: “Six of the powerful, rousing and emotive songs which occupy the heart of this wonderful film, were co-written by the film’s Baftawinning writer Nicole Taylor and Buckley, who performs throughout with enormous passion, sincerity and genuine vocal prowess.
“The writing and recording experience was completely new to Jessie, who found the experience so rewarding that she has since performed the songs live and will be playing a series of shows with a full band this year.”
Wild Rose, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last September and had a Scottish launch at the Glasgow Film Festival in February, has been hailed as Scotland’s answer to A Star Is Born and Billy Elliot by critics.
When the film launched in Glasgow, Buckley said she had fallen in love with the city during the making of the movie.
She said: “The story in the film is a story of identity, where you’re from and the four corners you’re told you’re only allowed to dream in. Being a Glasgow girl is so much part of Rose-lynn’s make-up. Glasgow stole my heart. The people are so open and there’s a real humanity behind them.”