Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country is set to release their highly-anticipated third LP, Horizons, on August 22nd (Retrace Music). Led by acclaimed singer/songwriter and guitar virtuoso Daniel Donato, Horizons finds the group injecting a bolt of lightning into a wealth of American music with their signature brand of cosmic country and fearless musical explorations. The album is steeped in a foundation of country, rock, bluegrass, funk and more, with no walls or boundaries in sight. Listen to the new honky-tonk inspired single, “Broadside Ballad,” HERE.
Following a rousing performance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival last week, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country has announced their first-ever headlining show at Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium on August 22nd. The event will serve as a special album release show in their hometown of Music City, USA. See a full list of tour dates and information below.
Horizons is the second LP from Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country containing all original material. The 15-track collection is the follow up to 2023’s Reflector, which received critical acclaim from a wide range of press, including No Depression, Glide Magazine, Magnet Magazine, and more. Donato the subject of features in Rolling Stone, UPROXX, Garden & Gun and Relix. They made their network television debut on CBS Saturday Morning and appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s #LateShowMeMusic online series. See more HERE.
Horizons showcases the continual evolution of a band with infinite musical possibilities. All of the new material was performed live numerous times before entering the studio, which allowed the band to gain a greater vision of what each song could be when recording, and even more importantly, while performing in front of their passionate fans. Vance Powell (White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Chris Stapleton, Trey Anastasio) returns to co-produce the album following his production work on Reflector.
There is an arc to Horizons that takes the listener on a journey which begins with super-charged roots influenced tracks "Blame the Train" and "Sunshine in the Rain." The tempo slows down at points throughout for melody-rich songs including "Better Deal Blues," "Along the Trail" and the stunning “Another Dimension.” A seismic shift takes place soon after the high-octane instrumental “Hangman’s Reel” with the funky “Prairie Spin,” opening a portal that leads to epic and experimental pieces “Chore” and album closer, “Down Bedford.”
Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country features Donato (guitars/lead vocal), Nathan “Sugar Legg” Aronowitz (keyboards/vocals), Will “Mustang” McGee (bass/vocals), and William “Bronco” Clark (drums & percussion).
At its core, Horizons is about finding meaning in the human experience via the open and philosophical Donato. “I wanted the lyrics to be easy to understand, not abstract," he says. "There are many layers to the meanings and you think about it, but it's not rocket science to understand them. Trying to maintain a human sound and faith in what humans can do really inform the actual sonics and production of the record, too."
DANIEL DONATO UPCOMING TOUR DATES
June 21, 2025 - Stanley, ID - Sawtooth Valley Gathering
June 26, 2025 - Owensboro, KY - ROMP Festival 2025
June 27, 2025 - Chicago, IL - Park West
June 28, 2025 - Chicago, IL - Park West
July 3, 2025 - Quincy, CA - High Sierra Music Festival *
July 4, 2025 - Quincy, CA - High Sierra Music Festival
July 6, 2025 - King of Prussia, PA - Heuser Park ^
July 8, 2025 - Manteo, NC - Roanoke Island Festival Park ^
July 10, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle ^
July 11, 2025 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Yards ^
July 12, 2025 - Wilmington, NC - BAD Day Music & Arts Festival ^
July 13, 2025 - St. Augustine, FL - The St. Augustine Amphitheatre ^
July 15, 2025 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Live ^
July 16, 2025 - Nashville, IN - Brown County Music Center ^
July 17, 2025 - St. Louis, MO - Atomic Pavilion ^
July 18, 2025 - Kansas City, MO - Grinders KC ^
July 19, 2025 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
July 23, 2025 - Salt Lake City, UT - Granary Live ^
July 25, 2025 - Bend, OR - Century Center ^
July 26, 2025 - Eugene, OR - The Cuthbert Amphitheater ^
July 30, 2025 - Basalt, CO - Basalt River Park - Summer Series
July 31, 2025 - Steamboat Springs, CO - Howelsen Hill %
August 3, 2025 - Del Norte, CO - Rhythms on the Rio
August 8, 2025 - Livingston, MT - Pine Creek Lodge
August 9, 2025 - Alta, WY - Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival
August 22, 2025 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
August 28, 2025 - August 31, 2025 - Garrettsville, OH - Lotus Summerdance 2025
August 29, 2025 - Lexington, KY - Manchester Music Hall
September 12, 2025 - Las Vegas, NV - Bender Jamboree
September 21, 2025 - Camden, NJ - XPoNential Music Festival
October 11, 2025 - Charleston, SC - Riverfront Revival
October 30, 2025 - November 2, 2025 - Live Oak, FL - Suwannee Hulaween
March 20, 2026 - March 25, 2026 - Miami, FL - Outlaw Country Cruise
^ with Railroad Earth and Yonder Mountain String Band
# with The String Cheese Incident - % with Bonfire Dub
