Article Contributed by Sacks and Company
Published on 2026-04-16
Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and musician Gregory Alan Isakov and Sylvan Esso share their rendition of Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You” today; listen/share HERE.
Produced by Isakov and Dave Wilton (Nathaniel Rateliff, A Boy & His Kite, Josh Garrels), the track is performed almost entirely by Isakov himself, as he plays acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, drums, banjo, piano, organ, and more, with vocals from Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath.
“I grew up listening to Mazzy Star and sort of sketched this song out one afternoon. I had read an article about Hope Sandoval (the singer of Mazzy Star) the week before, and there was this paragraph about how she played a few shows at the Sydney Opera House in almost complete darkness. Some of the crowd was super disgruntled about it and walked out. I remember thinking, ‘Wow, what a badass. She’s my absolute hero,’” shares Isakov.
“I sat on the recording I made for a long time, thinking it wasn’t quite finished, and reached out to Amelia of Sylvan Esso. She has one of my favorite voices of all time. Once I heard her on it, it felt ready. I really love how it came out.”
The track is the latest in a series of collaborations for Isakov, who recently released songs with Noah Kahan, Nathaniel Rateliff, Shovels & Rope, Jeremiah Fraites (of The Lumineers), and will be featured on the upcoming Kacey Musgraves album.
Following two recent sold-out shows at New York’s historic Radio City Music Hall, Isakov is set to return to Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre for two sold-out nights with the Colorado Symphony this Labor Day weekend. He will also perform a special show at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia, with the National Symphony Orchestra this summer, headline the Telluride Bluegrass Festival this June, and perform at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl this fall.
Isakov will also join Brandi Carlile and Zach Bryan on select tour dates. See below for complete tour itinerary.
Beloved by his devoted community of fans, critics, and fellow artists alike, Isakov has garnered over 1 billion streams to date and is celebrated as one of today’s most compelling and poetic singer-songwriters. He has released seven studio albums to date, including 2023’s Appaloosa Bones, of which The Associated Press praised, “His new songs are relentlessly majestic, a kind of musical morphine,” while Paste declared, “he’s continuing to make expertly-tooled music…it’s reliably beautiful and starkly self-possessed throughout.”
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov now calls Colorado home. When he isn’t on the road, he spends much of his time writing and recording songs in his barn studio, as well as running Starling Farm, his farm in Boulder County.
ABOUT SYLVAN ESSO
Sylvan Esso is a band from Durham, North Carolina. Across their career, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn have released four acclaimed albums, been nominated for two Grammy Awards, and collaborated with a wide-ranging community of artists including Arooj Aftab, Maggie Rogers, Tyler Childers, Reyna Tropical, Califone, and many more.
At the end of 2025, they released their latest pair of singles, “WDID” b/w “KEEP ON,” via their own label, Psychic Hotline. “WDID” was recorded at Betty’s, Sylvan Esso’s studio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and features additional production from Jake Luppen (Hippo Campus, Samia). “KEEP ON” was built from a week of improvisation with bassist Daniel Aged (Frank Ocean, Dijon) and drummer TJ Maiani (Weyes Blood, Neneh Cherry).
SYLVAN ESSO CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 15—Los Angeles, CA—Sid the Cat Auditorium
June 16 —Los Angeles, CA—Sid the Cat Auditorium
June 18—Los Angeles, CA—Sid the Cat Auditorium
June 19—Los Angeles, CA—Sid the Cat Auditorium
June 20—Los Angeles, CA—Sid the Cat Auditorium
July 11—Winnipeg, MB—Winnipeg Folk Festival
July 31—Burlington, VT—Waterfront Park
September 10-12—Abiquiu, NM—Blossoms & Bones
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
April 19—Boulder, CO—Bluebird Music Festival
June 18—Cheyenne, WY— Cheyenne Civic Center
June 19—Taos, NM—Red Willow Park
June 20-21—Telluride, CO—Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 22—Ogden, UT—Ogden Amphitheater
June 23—Jackson Hole, WY—Snow King Mountain
August 18—Peoria, IL—Prairie Home Alliance Theater^ (on-sale TBA)
August 19—Chicago, IL—Ravinia* (on-sale April 23 at 8:00am CT)
August 21—Philadelphia, PA—The Mann Center~
August 22—Saratoga Springs, NY—Saratoga Performing Arts Center||
August 24—Shelburne, VT—Shelburne Museum%
August 26—Vienna, VA—Wolf Trap#
August 29—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena§
September 6—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre† (SOLD OUT)
September 7—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre† (SOLD OUT)
September 15—San Francisco, CA—Davies Symphony Hall+ (on-sale July 18 at 12:00Pm PT)
September 17—Portland, OR—Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall= (on-sale April 21 at 10:00am PT)
September 18—Portland, OR—Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall= (on-sale April 21, at 10:00am PT)
September 20—Los Angeles, CA—The Hollywood Bowl‡ (on-sale May 5, at 10:00am PT)
October 2—Foxborough, MA—Gillette Stadium**
October 3—Foxborough, MA—Gillette Stadium**
October 10—Auburn, AL—Jordan-Hare Stadium**
^with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra
*with the Chicago Philharmonic
~with The Philly Pops
||with the Philadelphia Orchestra
%with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
#with the National Symphony Orchestra
§supporting Brandi Carlile
†with the Colorado Symphony
+with the San Francisco Symphony
=with the Oregon Symphony
‡with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and special guest José González
**supporting Zach Bryan
