SA 12/06/14 Jay, CT - Jay Peak Resort * w/ Donna the Buffalo*
SU 12/07/14 Albany, NY - The Egg * w/ Donna the Buffalo*
WE 12/10/14 Washington, DC - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue*
TH 12/11/14 Collingswood, NJ - Scottish Rite Auditorium *
FR 12/13/14 New York, NY - The Beacon Theatre - Jack Casady's 70th Birthday Bash Electric Hot Tuna w/ Marty Balin and special guests GE Smith, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams and Justin Guip *
SA 1/03/15 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore #
SU 1/04/15 Grass Valley, CA - The Center for the Arts #
SU 3/15/15 Bayshore, NY - Boulton Center of the Arts
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jorma Kaukonen is premiering his new album, Ain't In No Hurry, this week at NPR Folk Alley's as their "Hear It Now" selection. The album will be released through Red House Records on February 17, 2015. The accompanying interview finds the artist sharing thoughts on the album and his ability to stay inspired after more than 50 years as a songwriter and performer. Stream the entire album and read the interview at http://bit.ly/1A8VCDP.
"I believe music is in the DNA of our souls. No matter what kind of music one likes, one has to have it," Jorma says. "You might have a favorite period, a favorite genre, but it never gets old and there is always something new to set you on fire.
This new version features Jorma's Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna bandmate and longtime collaborator, bassist Jack Casady. Ain’t in No Hurry is available for pre-order now on iTunes and Amazon. Jorma is currently on tour (scroll down for dates) and has announced 2015 tour dates that include both solo and Hot Tuna shows as well as an appearance at SxSW (scroll down for complete dates).
In a career that has already spanned a half-century, Jorma remains one of the most highly respected interpreters of American roots music, blues, and Americana with a history that influenced popular rock-and-roll. A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and a Grammy nominee as well as one of Rolling Stone's "Top 100 Guitarists of All Time," he is a founding member of two legendary bands, Jefferson Airplane (celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year) and the still-touring Hot Tuna, and is recognized as one of the leading practitioners and teachers of finger-style guitar. Jorma’s renown goes far beyond his involvement creating psychedelic rock; he is a music legend and one of the finest singer-songwriters in music. He's also an avid motorcyclist, a gallery owner (the Psylodelic Gallery, dedicated to the arts and culture of the 1960s arts) and co-owner of the Fur Peace Ranch, a 119-acre concert venue, guitar camp and recording studio where Jorma conducts workshops, bringing in such guitar masters as G.E. Smith and Larry Campbell.
Ain't In No Hurry is a collection of classic American songs, blues, rockers and Jorma originals including a lost Woody Guthrie lyric set to music by Jorma and Larry Campbell (Levon Helm, Bob Dylan). All tracks frame his life, development as an artist and where he stands today. Special guests include Jorma’s longtime Hot Tuna partner Jack Casady, mando wizard Barry Mitterhoff, Larry Campbell on all matter of strings, Teresa Williams on backing vocals, and the rhythm section of Myron Hart and Justin Guip.
“You just can’t go backward. The arrow of time only goes in one direction," says Jorma. "At this point in my life perhaps I should be in more of a hurry, but for me it's more important that each piece fits in the right place at the right time. The songs you hear in this album cover a lot of ground for me. Some are very old, and some quite new. From where I came from to where I am today... it is all here. Music does not happen in a vacuum. The orbit of my life is constantly tangential to others and I am richer for it. I am surrounded by friends who help give voice to my dream."
Jorma Kaukonen is constantly looking to take his musical horizons further still, always moving forward, always infusing his classic sound with fresh insights and the depth that comes with a lifetime as a performer.
Check out an in-depth interview with Jorma here at The Huffington Post
JORMA SOLO DATES
2/14 - 2/22 trio with Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams
2/25 - 2/28 Jorma solo
3/05 - 3/15 duo with Barry Mitterhoff
SA 2/14/15 Santa Monica, CA - McCabe's
SU 2/1515 Santa Monica, CA - McCabe's
MO 2/16/15 Phoenix, AZ - Instrument Museum
TH 2/19/15 Salt Lake City, UT - State Room
FR 2/20/15 Boulder, CO - ETown Hall
SA 2/21/15 Boulder, CO - ETown Hall
SU 2/22/15 Denver, CO - Swallow Hill, Daniel's Hall
WE 2/25/15 Houston, TX - Dosey Doe
TH 2/26/15 Dallas, TX - Kessler Theatre
SA 2/28/15 Nashville, TN - City Winery
TH 3/05/15 Leesburg, VA - Tally Ho Theatre
FR 3/06/15 Phoenixville, PA - Colonial Theatre
SA 3/07/15 South Orange, NJ - South Orange Performing Arts
SU 3/08/15 Newton, NJ - Newtown Theatre
SA 3/14/15 Fairfield, CT - Stage One
SU 3/15/15 Bayshore, NY - Boulton Center of the Arts
TU 3/17 Austin, TX - SXSW
WE 3/18 Austin, TX - SXSW
On June 23, two of the most in-demand artists in roots music, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, will take center stage with their self-titled debut album on Red House Records. After decades of marriage and seven years working closely with Levon Helm - Campbell as bandleader and producer (winning three Grammys for his work) and wife Williams as singer - their first album together features eight originals and three covers honed at Helm's legendary Midnight Rambles.
"It was the most pure musical experience I've ever had," Campbell says of their time with Helm. "It gave me the template for how to make music for the rest of my life: no egos, no agenda, no petty stuff. I got inspired to write more songs for Teresa and me to sing."
After Levon’s 2012 passing, they grieved, celebrated his life, and got to work finishing "Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams." They had the tunes, and, with drummer (and ace recording engineer) Justin Guip and Ramble Band member Byron Isaacs on bass, they had an ass-kicking, road-worthy band. Additionally, the lovefest of guests on Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams sweetened the pot considerably: Amy Helm’s voice melding with Larry and Teresa’s on the gorgeous Grateful Dead hymn “Attics Of My Life,” Little Feat keyboardist Bill Payne’s rollicking touch on several tracks, and Levon himself appearing on “You’re Running Wild,” a tune made famous by the Louvin Brothers, now given an Orbison touch (originally recorded during Levon’s Dirt Farmer sessions). Finally, it all dovetailed into place.
In addition to Helm, Campbell and Williams have played with a Who's Who of Music Icons: Bob Dylan (Rolling Stone called Larry's eight-year tenure "the greatest period of the Never Ending Tour"), Paul Simon, Phil Lesh, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow, Keith Richards, Cyndi Lauper, Hot Tuna and Mavis Staples. In addition to his Grammy wins with Helm, Campbell has won the Lifetime Achievement Award (2008) and Instrumentalist of the Year Award (2013) from the Americana Music Association.
With Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, this duo not only brings a lot to the table, they bring the table itself – plus the house, the still, the church, the marriage bed, the sawdust-covered floor, and abiding, unconditional love, all carried in two voices harmonizing across hills, hollers, porches, and fire escapes. Those close harmonies ride atop music made in a mountain refuge, far from the madding crowd, connected to a spirit that lives on in song.
Campbell and Williams will tour the country this spring and summer, including two New York shows before album release (4/8 at Rockwood and 5/18 at City Winery) and a two-day stand at Phil Lesh's Terrapin Crossroads in San Francisco (6/18-9). See current dates below (more TBA).
'Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams' Track Listing:
01. Surrender to Love
02. Bad Luck Charm
03. Another One More Time
04. Down on My Knees
05. You're Running Wild
06. Everybody Loves You
07. Did You Love Me At All
08. Ain't Nobody For Me
09. Midnight Highway
10. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
11. Attics of My Life
Tour Dates:
5/09 - Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios (Midnight Ramble)
5/18 - New York, NY @ City Winery
6/06-7 - Hunter, NY @ Mountain Jam Fest
6/12 - Marlboro, NY @ Falcon
6/13 - Amagansett, NY @ Stephen Talkhouse
6/18 - San Rafael, CA @ Terrapin Crossroads *
6/19 - San Rafael, CA @ Terrapin Crossroads
6/26 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Caffe Lena
6/27 - Katonah, NY @ Caramoor Roots Fest
7/10 - Plymouth, NH @ Flying Monkey !
7/11 - Beverly, MA @ Cabot Theater !
7/12 - Truro, MA @ Payomet PAC !
* w/ Phil Lesh
! w/ Hot Tuna
This is the third release by husband-and-wife duo of
Full of characters facing down difficulty and darkness with all the grit and humility they can muster, Transient Lullaby is an unfiltered and timeless portrait of all the joy and pain love can bring, though it's not without its political moments, too. The Mastersons found themselves on tour in Lexington, KY, during the height of Kim Davis' obstinate stand against the Supreme Court's same sex marriage decision, and so they penned the infectious "You Could Be Wrong" in a dressing room before taking the stage with "Love Wins" draped across their guitars.
Transient Lullaby follows the band's 2014 release, Good Luck Charm—which was premiered by the NY Times and praised by Mother Jones for its "big-hearted lyrics, tight song structures, and sweetly intertwined harmonies"—and their 2012 debut, Birds Fly South, which was awarded 9/10 stars by Uncut. Those albums earned The Mastersons slots on NPR’s Mountain Stage and at festivals around the world, from San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass to Australia's Byron Bay Bluesfest. For additional info and tour dates go to http://www.
You can catch The Mastersons at the Boulder Theater on August 4th.
Fans of top-notch musicianship and bluesy roots music take note: The David Bromberg Quintet will be joined by Grammy-nominated duo Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley for two weeks of tour dates in the Southeast kicking off February 16, 2022 in Charlottesville, VA. Bromberg's most recent album is the critically lauded BIG ROAD, which was acclaimed by Forbes, Relix and American Songwriter among others and prompted No Depression to write, “He [Bromberg] has always dived right into melodic and lyrical structures that are older than America and treated them all equally. By doing this, he communicates something that few outside of Bob Dylan or The Grateful Dead have ever succeeded at: He reflects roots music in all of its divergent pathways back to his listeners and allows it to stand on its own without judgment or apology. Big Road is a truly masterful work.” Bromberg and his band are on tour now; more info at https://davidbromberg.net.
Stream BIG ROAD HERE
Award-winning resonator guitarist Rob Ickes & guitarist/vocalist Trey Hensley's last album, WORLD FULL OF BLUES, found the white-hot players joined by Taj Mahal and Vince Gill on a rootsy collection showcasing their award-winning musicianship and Hensley’s clear tenor. The duo's performances on the album were lauded by the Wall Street Journal, American Songwriter, Downbeat, Relix and others. Premiere Guitar wrote, ""Dueling like Afghan kite fighters, and backed by upright bass, drums, percussion, B-3, and horns, the two acoustic virtuosos work the intersecting lines of blues, bluegrass, and traditional country while adding fresh moves of their own.” The duo recently joined Tommy Emmanuel for an EP, ACCOMPLICE SERIES VOL. 1. More about Rob & Trey at https://www.robandtrey.com.
Stream WORLD FULL OF BLUES HERE
DAVID BROMBERG QUINTET + ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY 2022
Wed. Feb. 16 - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern Cafe and Music Hall
Fri. Feb. 18 - Nashville, TN - City Winery Nashville
Sat. Feb. 19 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
Mon. Feb. 21 - Atlanta, GA - City Winery Atlanta
Tues. Feb. 22 - Ponte Vedra, FL - Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
Fri. Feb. 25 - Key West, FL - Key West Theater
Sat. Feb. 26 - Boca Raton, FL - Funky Biscuit
Sun. Feb. 27 - Melbourne, FL - The Maxwell C. King Center
Tues. March 1 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
