“Willie and his band put on a GREAT show – I can´t wait to bring them
back to Tønder Festival – our audience absolutely loved them.”
— Maria Theessink, Tønder Festival (Denmark)
“Willie Stratton’s Drugstore Dreamin’ Retro-feeling country rock for fans of Orville Peck and early Johnny Cash sees Stratton earn a spot on our list of the year’s best records.” — The Coast
"Every time I watch a Willie Stratton set I can’t stop smiling - the energy and the look paired with the great songs and playing is basically everything you want from a good live music experience . . . I was keen to have him showcase at AmericanaFest UK in front of bookers and agents here as I knew they would love him too."
— Stevie Smith
For more than a decade now, Willie Stratton has been building his good name on stellar sonic shape-shifting and a charismatic, super charged live show. The Halifax-based singer-songwriter has proven time and again that he can dive into any of rock ‘n’ roll’s various iterations—heartsick blues, twanged-up country, hip-shaking rockabilly, groovy surf, anything and everything in between—and emerge, again, as a maestro of the style. But on his latest album Stratton seeks synthesis: Drugstore Dreamin’ finds him playing alchemist, melting down the myriad sounds he’s mastered over the years to create singular sonic gold. As Stratton deftly weaves and mixes musical forms, Drugstore Dreamin’s intoxicating concoction brings his timeless songwriting to the forefront.
