Article Contributed by Missing Piece Group
Published on 2026-08-18
Singer/songwriter John R. Miller has announced headlining dates for his upcoming Fall/Winter tour in support of his latest critically acclaimed album, The Great Unknowing. Notable stops include New York City, Philadelphia, Asheville, and a hometown show in Nashville.
Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday, August 19 at 10 a.m. CT, and general tickets go on sale Thursday, August 20 at 10 a.m. CT. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit his website.
The announcement comes shortly after the release of his fifth studio album, The Great Unknowing, which currently sits in the Top 20 Americana charts. Miller recently celebrated the release with a performance at the Grand Ole Opry featuring J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. as guest guitarist on his latest single, “Steering Wheel Drums.”
Miller also made his debut performance at Newport Folk Fest, where he received the John Prine Fellowship Award. The Boston Globe listed Miller as one of the top 10 performers to see at the festival this year, while PopMatters praised his “rollicking, bluesy set” and “deadpan wit.”
Born in the Washington, DC area and raised in West Virginia, Miller has built a reputation as a thoughtful, boundary-pushing voice in alt-country and Americana, drawing from punk, traditional Appalachian music, and less conventional rock influences.
For this record, he traveled to Tulsa to record The Great Unknowing at the legendary Church Studio, drawn by the city’s deep musical legacy and its ties to artists like J.J. Cale. Co-produced with longtime collaborator Adam Meisterhans, the album was tracked live with a band of Tulsa-based musicians, including John Fullbright, Paddy Ryan, Aaron Boehler, Brady “Muskrat” Jones, Chloe Edmonstone, and Erin Rae, with veteran engineers Gary Laney and Mike Prado.
The result is Miller’s most ambitious work to date — a spacious, textured collection that expands on Depreciated and Heat Comes Down, blending road-worn storytelling, fuzzy atmospheres, and reflections on movement, memory, and change.
The Great Unknowing Tracklist
1. Don’t Bet On Me
2. Far From The Station
3. Tollbooth
4. Think I’ll Start Over
5. Looking For A Place To Die
6. Steering Wheel Drums
7. Daughter of Night
8. A World Away
9. Day Drinking
10. Golden Light
11. Two Days Clean
12. If You Could Only See Me Now
13. Double Lives
14. Static and White Noise
15. Cornbread and Pinto Beans
16. Walk of Life
Tour Dates
Fri, Aug 21 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm Roots Festival
Sat, Aug 22 - Falkenberg, Sweden - Rootsy Summer Fest 26
Aug 26-29 - Tønder, Southern Denmark - Tønder Festival
Sep 15-19 - Nashville, TN - AmericanaFest
Fri, Oct 2 - Thomas, WV - Purple Fiddle~
Sat, Oct 3 - Thomas, WV - Purple Fiddle#
Sun, Oct 4 - Wheeling, WV - Waterfront Hall^
Wed, Oct 7 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar^
Thu, Oct 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Nikki Lopez^
Fri, Oct 9 - New York, NY - Hill Country^
Sat, Oct 10 - Winchester, VA - The Bright Box Theater^
Wed, Nov 4 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl*
Thu, Nov 5 - Athens, GA - Flicker Theatre & Bar*
Fri, Nov 6 - Charlotte, NC - The Evening Muse*
Sat, Nov 7 - Greenville, SC - The Mockingbird*
Sun, Nov 8 - Greensboro, NC - Flat Iron*
Tue, Nov 10 - Richmond, VA - The Camel*
Wed, Nov 11 - Raleigh, NC - Kings*
Thu, Nov 12 - Asheville, NC - AyurPrana*
Sat, Nov 14 - Knoxville, TN - Barley’s Tap Room*
Tue, Dec 1 - New Orleans, LA - Chickie Wah Wah*
Thu, Dec 3 - Galveston, TX - Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe*
Fri, Dec 4 - Austin, TX - 3TEN ACL LIVE*
Sat, Dec 5 - San Antonio, TX - The Lonesome Rose*
Sun, Dec 6 - Dallas, TX - Sons of Hermann Hall*
Tue, Dec 8 - Tulsa, OK - Mercury Lounge*
Wed, Dec 9 - Fayetteville, AR - Ramblin Road House Show*
Sun, Dec 13 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East*
Supported by: ^William Matheny #Darrin Hacquard ~Olivia Ellen Lloyd *Lou Hazel
