New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Singer/mandolinist Chris Thile has announced a solo tour starting at Koerner Hall in Toronto on October 15, with stops in upstate New York, North Bethesda, New York City, and Grand Rapids, culminating at
Chicago Symphony Center on October 24. This follows previously announced performances of his piece ATTENTION! A narrative song cycle for extroverted mandolinist and orchestra in Philadelphia, Asheville, Detroit, and upstate New York; an evening with Cécile McLorin Salvant and The Knights at Carnegie Hall in New York City next week; and, with his fellow Punch Brothers, a taping of their
Energy Curfew
Music Hour variety show in New York City, a return to Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and the third annual Acousticamp in California. See below for details/tickets; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Chris Thile released his first truly solo album, Laysongs, on Nonesuch in 2021: just Thile, his voice, and his mandolin, on new recordings of six original songs and three covers, all of which contextualize and banter with his ideas about spirituality. Recorded in a converted upstate New York church during the pandemic, Laysongs features the three-part Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth, which was inspired by C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters; a song Thile wrote about Dionysus; a selection from Béla Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin; "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot" based on Buffy Sainte-Marie's adaptation of a
Leonard Cohen poem; and a Hazel Dickens cover. You can get it and hear it below:
CHRIS THILE ON TOUR
Mar 27 Carnegie Hall* New York, NY
Apr 11 The
Energy Curfew
Music Hour** New York, NY
Apr 23 Marian Anderson Hall*** Philadelphia, PA
May 10 Rabbit Rabbit*** Asheville, NC
Jun 19-22 Telluride Bluegrass Festival** Telluride, CO
Jun 26 Orchestra Hall*** Detroit, MI
Jun 27-Jul 1 Acousticamp** Pacific Grove, CA
Jul 11 Montecito Club† Santa Barbara, CA
Jul 20 Venetian Theater, Caramoor*** Katonah, NY
Oct 15 Koerner Hall† Toronto, ON
Oct 16 Smith Opera House† Geneva, NY
Oct 17 The
Music Center at Strathmore† North Bethesda, MD
Oct 19 Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92NY† New York, NY
Oct 23 St. Cecilia
Music Center† Grand Rapids, MI
Oct 24 Chicago Symphony Center† Chicago, IL
* w/Cécile McLorin Salvant & The Knights
** w/Punch Brothers
*** ATTENTION! with orchestra
† solo
