New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today, PJ
Morton releases new studio album PAUL, his fourth LP since moving back home to New Orleans in 2016, starting his own record label, earning five fresh Grammy nominations and this year's win, and abandoning the once resolute ambition to end his solo music-making, instead arriving at what he calls "the purest form of who I am" with PAUL.
Read more about the story of how PJ got back to being Paul in The Wall Street Journal, and look for him on Spotify's New
Music Friday Billboard in Times Square.
Listen to the album (out via
Morton Records / EMPIRE), featuring Tobe Nwigwe, Jazmine Sullivan, Rapsody, JoJo, and CNN commentator
Angela Rye, who closes out the record on the poignant and political "MAGA?"
Watch the music videos for singles "
Ready" and "
Say So" feat. JoJo.
Morton wrote all the songs on PAUL himself, creating it in a matter of days in his New Orleans studio. Along with questioning the timeline of America's greatness, and using his "buttery-smooth vocals" (The New Yorker) to celebrate compassion and childhood, he encourages black and oppressed minorities to take ownership of their neighborhoods on "Buy Back The Block," paying tribute to
Nipsey Hussle along the way. This past spring,
Morton revealed his plans to restore the home of New Orleans' forgotten father of jazz, Charles "
Buddy" Bolden, enriching Bolden's legacy by rehabilitating the double shotgun property into both a museum and music clubhouse for kids.
Today, PJ
Morton also announces his North American PAUL Tour, adding 23 US shows to his already extensive, international run of dates, including LA's Belasco, New York City's Webster Hall, multiple performances in Louisiana and more. For first access to tickets, fans can sign up for the special artist pre-sale, which begins at 10am local time this Monday, August 12th. Public on-sale starts 10am local time on Friday, August 16th, and full dates are below.
PAUL Track List
Ready
Practicing feat. Tobe Nwigwe
Kid Again
Yearning For Your Love
Buy Back The Block
Built For Love feat. Jazmine Sullivan
Don't Let Go
Don't Break My
Heart feat. Rapsody
Say So feat. JoJo
MAGA? feat.
Angela Rye
PJ
Morton Tour Dates
8/10 - Reno, NV - Grand
Sierra Resort & Casino (with Leon Bridges)
8/11 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
Music & Arts Festival
8/11 - San Francisco, CA - The New Parish (Outside Lands Night Show)
9/12 - Lynchburg, VA - Warehouse Live Concert Series
10/5 - Rome, IT -
Alcazar Live
10/6 - Stockholm, SE - Nalen
10/9 - Paris, FR - BIZZ'ART
10/10 - Köln, DE - Reineke Fuchs
10/11 - Berlin, DE - Yaam
10/13 - Manchester, UK - Band on the Wall
10/14 - London, UK - Islington Assembly Hall
10/15 - Amsterdam, NE - Paradiso Noord
10/17 - Rotterdam, NE - Bird
10/18 - Madrid, ES - Clamores
10/20 - Memphis, TN - Mempho Fest
10/26 - Greensboro, NC - White Oak Event Space
11/7 - Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
11/8 - Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco
11/9 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
11/11 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
11/13 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
11/15 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
11/16 - Chicago, IL - Concord
Music Hall
11/17 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
11/25 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
11/26 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
11/27 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
11/29 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
11/30 - Austin, TX - Scoot Inn
12/1 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
12/3 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues
12/4 - Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theatre
12/6 - Jackson, MS - Duling Hall
12/7 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay Theatre
12/8 - Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre
12/19 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
12/20 -
Silver Springs, MD - The Fillmore
12/21 - Boston, MA - Brighton
Music Hall
12/22 - Philadelphia, PA - The TLA.
