New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Following the release of 2016's breakout LP, 'Blindfaller,' Mandolin
Orange have rapidly grown from North Carolinian upstarts into under-sung heroes, selling out tours across the world, serenading the legendary stages of Red Rocks, Bonnaroo, Newport Folk, and the Ryman, and amassing praise from NPR Music, Paste, Vox and more. Today, they release their Spotify Singles, a surprise gift to the fans who have helped the duo earn over 75 million streams.
Listen to the exclusive, live renditions of "Echo" backed with "
Amsterdam" here (session photos below): https://spoti.fi/2GXvZP7
And familiarize yourself with the band's discography through Spotify's official This is Mandolin
Orange playlist: https://spoti.fi/2q4GTYC
Inspired by downtown Chapel Hill's high-rise influx and its impending deforestation, 'Blindfaller' standout "Echo" is a poignant match of Mandolin Orange's socially conscious lyricism and "low-key instrumental heroics" (Vox). Their "angelic harmonies" (NPR Music) are on full-display in "Amsterdam," however, offering a rich and raw re-imagining of the Gregory Alan Isakov hit.
Led by multi-instrumentalists and singers Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz, Mandolin
Orange fuse windswept romanticism with astute social critique. Mandolin
Orange begin an expansive spring/summer tour this month, including an already sold-out Red Rocks date with the
Avett Brothers in June, a headlining return to the 3000-cap North Carolina Museum of Art, and appearances at MerleFest, DelFest, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Kate Wolf
Music Festival, and more. Most headlining dates have sold-out already -- full tour below.
Tour Dates
4/12-4/13 - Las Vegas, NV @ Bender Jamboree
4/15 - San Rafael, CA @ Terrapin Crossroads
4/20 - Richmond, VA @ University of Richmond Modlin Center for the Arts
4/21 - Frederick, MD @ The Weinberg Center For The Arts
4/27 - Wilkesboro, NC @ MerleFest
4/29 - Wilmington, NC @ Greenfield Lake Amphitheater
5/11 - Greenville, SC @ Artisphere
5/18-5/19 - Kansas City, MO @ Bluegrass in the Bottoms
5/20 - Lincoln, NE @ The Great Pinewood Bluegrass Festival
5/24-5/27 - Cumberland, MD @ DelFest
6/1-6/2 - Buena Vista, CO @ Campout for the Cause
6/2-6/3 - Ogden, UT @ Ogden
Music Festival
6/8 - Canton, NC @ Cold Mountain
Music Festival
6/9 - Lexington, VA @ Lime Kiln
6/15 - Eau Claire, WI @ Blue Ox
Music Festival
6/23 - Raleigh, NC @ North Carolina Museum of Art
6/28-6/29 - Laytonville, CA @ Kate Wolf
Music Festival
6/30 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
7/5-7/8 - Winnipeg, MB @ Winnipeg Folk Festival
7/20-7/21 - North Plains, OR @ Northwest String Summit
7/23 - Salt
Spring Island, BC @ Pitchfork Social
8/16-8/19 - Manchester, VT @ Green Mountain Bluegrass &
Roots Festival
9/8-9/9 - Chattanooga, TN @ Moon River
Music Festival
*w/ The Avett Brothers
