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Crossover Touring June Update |
Hello, everyone!
What a great time it was in Minneapolis! Congrats to the NIVA team for a fantastic event, and thanks to everyone who came to our party with outer/most at Berlin. There's really nothing that beats seeing folks face-to-face for making connections and cooking up shows. The wheels are turning.
We especially appreciated the opportunity to get inside a number of the Minneapolis venues and get a feel for the Hennepin Avenue neighborhood that birthed so many iconic bands. It's a good reminder that matching up the right artist with the right venue's well-cultivated crowd can make all the difference (and it was cool seeing Prince's motorcycle).
See you out there on the road,
CT |
• We're happy to welcome the psychedelic-folk duo Beefheart & McQuinn to the Crossover roster, where they'll join We Are Busy Bodies labelmate Gwenifer Raymond. Their debut album, "Midtown Downtime," just dropped June 12 and it's full of lush harmonies, highly technical guitar work, and plenty of ruminations on life under late-stage capitalism. The project joins Fur's William Murray, performing here as Moby Beefheart, with Sunfruits' Winter McQuinn, and the result is something like what happened when David Crosby first joined up with Stephen Stills — just substitute rural Britain for Laurel Canyon.
• While we had taken to referring to her as "BKH" here in the Crossover offices, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes was looking to trim things even further, so she took the step this month of dropping the last names to become the artist known simply as Bronwyn. With the billing change came an apropos single, "Sticks and Stones," a song about names and the power they hold. She'll be dropping the full-length "Rattlin' Bones" on August 14.
• Speaking of name changes, Victor Wooten and the Wooten Brothers have coalesced into the more streamlined billing of "The Wooten Brothers," and we've got word that they're in the studio and actively recording a debut album for what's now the supergroup's main project. Regi, Roy, Joseph, and baby Victor have 26 Grammy nominations between them, and played their first show together way back in 1966, but they report it's only now they've found their musical home. They're in the Northeast all June on the way to Montreal Jazz Fest, then hit Europe before returning to the southeast this fall.
• After last year's stripped-down and heady "Baby Man," it feels like a bounty of riches to get the 10-song "Landfill" so hot on its heels. With full-band arrangement and a return to the singalongs Eric D. Johnson is so well known for, it's the perfect accompaniment to the full-band tour that soft-opened this past Friday and roars into full gear for July. After a quick jaunt to Australia, the band will hammer another 30+ dates in October and November — everyone ought to know all the words to the new songs by then.
• Now that Jarrod Walker has his "Nighthawk" in the world, it seems it's Billy Failing's turn to take a solo turn. Last week, he dropped the brand-new "All Alone" with Western AF, a mid-tempo crooner that shows off his resonant baritone. He'll celebrate with a string of solo shows in Colorado this August and you can look for targeted solo avails when he's not heating up the stage with Billy Strings.
• Speaking of Billy Strings, the leg is healing up and you can tell he's getting antsy, as he's been sitting in with everyone from Primus to Trey Anastasio as they swing through his Michigan stomping grounds. Oh, and did you hear he recorded a new take on the Jackass anthem, "If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough"? He even has signature shoes now! And there might be a bit more news dropping before he resumes his full touring schedule on July 14 in Virginia.
• If you've been waiting patiently for the follow-up to 2023's "Modern Cowboy," we've got good news: Two Runner will be releasing the full-length "Porchlight" on Gar Hole Records, August 28. The Paige Anderson-fronted project dropped a tasty single, "Strawberry Rhinestone," along with a slew of tour dates, to celebrate the announcement. And don't forget to catch them opening for Watchhouse this month.
• After a string of singles and a whole bunch of tour dates, "EGO TRIP," Amelia's debut full-length, hit on June 12. A concept album of sorts, filled with songs lamenting a relationship that went seriously south, it puts her immense talents on full display, with crystalline and powerful vocals, alt-rock guitars, pop hooks, swooning keyboards, and big-time songwriting. She'll be a must-see at Americanafest this fall.
• Finally, we would be remiss if we didn't draw your attention to the cover of "Fishin' in the Dark" released today by AJ and the boys. You might have seen a version of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band classic they put out live from their inaugural Sierragrass festival, and it's possible the 250k views that video got influenced their thinking. Regardless, it's a beautiful platform for AJ's wide vocal range and the band's capacity for interesting harmony parts and fills that come at you like well-tied flies ripping past your ear. Look for the track on the band's fourth album, "Cover to Cover," coming Sept. 11. |
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