New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Beginning in mid-September, Brandi Shearer launches an exclusive "Shore To Shore In-Store Tour" across the US with free concerts at independent record stores. This is the first time the independent coalitions (CIMS, AIM and
Music Monitor Network, banded under the Recordstoreday.com moniker) have sponsored an artists' tour. The tour coincides with the release of her new album, "Love Don't Make You Juliet," out
September 1 on Vinyl Tiger Records. In addition to the release of her full length album, Shearer is selling a 4 song EP, "Live At The Soiled Dove" exclusively at indie stores.
The inspiration for the tour was Shearer's. "The more impersonal buying music digitally becomes, the more I crave talking to an actual human - there is no replacement for someone sizing you up and putting a record in your hands that they know you'll love," says Shearer. "I don't believe that can ever be duplicated, and somehow having those spaces becomes more & more special to me."
Check out what else Shearer has to say on this Vlog entry on the tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FipKnkboCLw
"Record Store Day could not be more thrilled to have Brandi Shearer be the first artist we've ever sponsored to do a tour of indie stores across the country," says Record Store Day co-founder Michael Kurtz. "Having an artist of Brandi's quality provide in-store performances for indie-record store customers gives her a tight connection to the hub of local music communities and gives the music fans who shop indie a special intimate no cost experience. She's a wonderful performer and we are confident that, together with the indie stores, we are going to create a bit of magic."
Kicking off September 15, Shearer will hit the West Coast before taking the trek to the South, with East Coast and Midwest dates currently being booked.
'Love Don't Make You Juliet' has already begun to receive advance praise. Entertainment Weekly calls Shearer 'soulful,' while Blurt lauds her as 'a talent to be reckoned with.' RCRDLBL.com highlighted standout track 'When You Wake Up,' instructing readers to "check out the can't-stop-me vengefulness she sketches out over some Tom Waitsian clatter."
Brandi Shearer Shore To Shore In-Store Tour Dates (more dates to come):
Sept 15 - Long Beach, CA - Fingerprints
Sept. 16 - Claremont, CA - Rhino
Sept 17 - San Diego, CA - M-Theory
Sept 20 - Davis, CA - Dimples Music
Sept 23 - Portland, OR - Music Millennium
Sept 24 - Eugene, OR - CD World
Sept 25 - Seattle, WA - Silver Platters
Oct. 7 - Atlanta, GA - Criminal Records
Oct 8 - Knoxville, TN - Disc Exchange
Oct. 9 - Greenville, SC - Horizon Records In The Bohemian Cafe
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