New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Rounder Records) 2013 is shaping up to be an incredibly busy year for Son Volt: on March 5, they will release Honky Tonk, the highly anticipated follow up to 2009's acclaimed American Central Dust.
In late March, Son Volt's "eloquent and thought-provoking" (Spin) founder and leader, Jay Farrar, will publish Falling Cars and Junkyard Dogs (Soft Skull/Counterpoint Press).
The band is planning to tour behind Honky Tonk throughout the year. They have announced the dates for April through June, which will include a hometown show on June 1 in St. Louis.
Honky Tonk features eleven new Son Volt compositions that excavate the classic honky tonk sound of Bakersfield, yet distill and reimagine it. Honky Tonk stays true to the spirit of honky tonk music, while stretching out its familiar contours into new shapes and spaces.
Wall Street Journal music critic Jim Fusilli wrote that with American Central Dust, Farrar "claimed his spot in the line of America's great country songwriters who rocked in their own, inimitable way." As evidenced by the songs on Honky Tonk, that was only the beginning.
Son Volt Spring/Summer 2013
4.10 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
4.11 - The
Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
4.12 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GA
4.13 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
4.14 - Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN
4.16 - WorkPlay Theatre - Birmingham, AL
4.17 - The Parish - New Orleans, LA
4.18 - Continental Club - Houston, TX
4.19 - Old Settler's
Music Festival - Driftwood, TX
4.20 - Sons of Hermann Hall - Dallas, TX
5.30-31 - Wakarusa at Mulberry Mountain - Ozark, AR
6.1 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
6.3 - The Englert - Iowa City, IA
6.4 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
6.5 - Turner Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
6.6 - High Noon - Madison, WI
6.7 - Park West - Chicago, IL
6.8 - Majestic Theatre - Detroit, MI
6.9 - The Vogue - Indianapolis, IN
6.11 - The Egg - Albany, NY
6.12 -
Pearl Street - Northampton, MA
6.13 - The Paradise - Boston, MA
6.14 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
6.15 -
Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
6.16 - Clearwater Festival - Croton-On-Hudson, NY
6.18 - SOPAC - South Orange, NJ
6.19 - Union
Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
6.20 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
6.21 - Mr. Smalls - Pittsburgh, PA
6.22 - Southgate House - Cincinnati, OH
6.23 - Headliners - Louisville, KY
6.25 - Rhythm & Brews - Chattanooga, TN
6.27 - Levitt Shell - Memphis, TN
6.28 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
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