The Jayhawks New Album and Tour
08/02/2011
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(S&C) Rounder Records have set a September 20th release for The Jayhawks new album Mockingbird Time. Already receiving acclaim, the album's first single, "She Walks In So Many Ways," debuted at #29 at BDS and #30 at Mediabase and is currently #13 at FMQB's Top 200 and #13 at their Non Commercial Chart. In celebration of the release, the band will embark on a worldwide tour spanning this summer and fall, including an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on September 23. The 12-track album is the first full-band studio release featuring both founding members Gary Louris and Mark Olson since 1995's Tomorrow the Green Grass. In addition to co-writing all the songs with Olson, Louris also produced the record. Mockingbird Time was recorded in Minneapolis at The Terrarium Recording Studios over a month's time during the winter of 2010. Other original band members featured on the record include Karen Grotberg (keyboards, vocals), Tim O'Reagan (drums, vocals) and Marc Perlman (bass). Of returning to the studio as The Jayhawks, Louris notes, "The difference from then and now is that Mark and I have both experienced different kinds of music and expanded our palates. So this record has moments of experimentation and a bit of worldliness. I like a well-crafted, in-and-out kind of song, but with Mark, the lyrics dictate the music, and he'll go off into interesting, asymmetrical compositions. So it's a nice balance. Certain things were meant to be�like peanut butter and jelly�and Mark and I just work well together. And having done a lot of co-writing during the last six or seven years, I'm more appreciative of the magic that we have together. That doesn't come along very often for anybody." August 2 Birmingham, UK HMV Institute August 3 Glasgow, UK ABC August 4 Manchester, UK Academy 2 August 5 London, UK Forum August 6 Heuveland, Belgium Dranouter Festival August 8 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso August 9 Hengelo, Holland Metropool August 10 Copenhagen, Denmark Amanger Bio August 12 Oslo, Norway Oya Festival August 13 Gothenburg, Sweden Way Out West August 14 & 15 Helsinki, Finland Tavastia September 15 & 16 St. Cloud, MN The Paramount September 17 Mankato, MN Riverfront Park September 23 New York, NY Late Show with David Letterman October 8 Chattanooga, TN River Rocks Festival October 9 Athens, OH Mountain Stage- Blackburn Auditorium October 11 Nelsonville, OH Stuart's Opera House�� October 12 Bloomington, IN The Bluebird�� October 14 Louisville, KY Brown Theatre�� October 15 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theatre�� October 16 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls�� October 18 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club�� October 20 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live�� October 21 New York, NY The Beacon� October 22 Glensdale, PA Keswick Theatre* October 23 Charlottesville, VA The Paramount Theater* October 25 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel* October 26 Durham, NC Carolina Theatre October 27 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre* October 28 Atlanta, GA The Buckhead Theatre* October 29 Charlotte, NC McGlohan Theater* November 9 Milwaukee, WI Turner Ballroom November 10 St. Louis, MO The Pageant November 11 Columbia, MO The Blue Note November 12 Kansas City, CO The Beaumont November 13 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall November 15 Tulsa, OK Cains Ballroom November 16 Dallas, TX Granada Theater November 17 New Braunfels, TX Gruene Hall November 18 Austin, TX The Paramount Theater November 19 Houston, TX House of Blues �with special guest Rosanne Cash *with support by Tift Merritt ��with support by Jessica Lea Mayfield
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