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NEW DOUBLE ALBUM HAPPY BOOK OUT
MARCH 20
Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons |
For more than 30 years, Jerry Joseph has been strapping on a guitar and chasing down truth, understanding and soul with tenacity and resonant skill. Joseph is the archetypal musician’s musician – something that’s resoundingly clear on his sweeping new double album Happy Book, to be released March 20, 2012 on Response Records. Look for Joseph and his The Jackmormons to tour this spring in support of the album’s release. The list of currently confirmed tour dates is listed below – with many others still to be announced.
Produced by Joseph’s former Little Women band mate Gregg Williams (Dandy Warhols, Blitzen Trapper), Happy Book is an emotional and sonic wallop fueled by the tightest, tastiest playing the Jackmormons have ever captured in the studio. “After 17 years, this album brings together a lot of things I’ve always wanted on a record,” explains Joseph. “This sounds like a band thats been together 17 years and has evolved along the way.”
Happy Book incorporates horns and other choice elements from guests – Jenny Conlee-Drizos and Chris Funk (The Decemberists), Eric Earley (Blitzen Trapper), Dan Eccles (Richmond Fontaine), Wally Ingram, Little Sue Weaver and Paul Brainard – into The Jackmormons’ tight-knit chemistry to create an expansive work that captures Josephs startlingly broad musical range in a roughly graceful, swiftly intoxicating way.
Tour Dates
Friday, March 16 Dante’s Portland OR
Saturday, March 17 Player’s Bar and Grill Bend OR
Sunday, March 18 Sam Bond’s Garage Eugene OR
Wednesday, March 21 Great Northern Bar Whitefish MT
Thursday, March 22 The Palace Missoula MT
Friday, March 23 – Saturday, March 24 Whiskey Jack’s Big Sky MT
Friday, April 6 – Saturday, April 7 The Mint Los Angeles CA
Wednesday, April 11 Moe’s Alley Santa Cruz CA
Thursday, April 12 Cafe du Nord San Francisco CA
Friday, April 13 Mystic Theatre Petaluma CA
Saturday, April 14 Humboldt Brews Arcata CA
Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons Tour Dates
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“DRY BONE VALLEY” IS FOLLOW-UP TO GRAMMY-NOMINATED
“CURL OF THE BURL” FROM BAND’S ACCLAIMED ALBUM THE HUNTER
Mastodon |
To create the video for their new single “Dry Bone Valley,” Atlanta rock icons Mastodon have teamed up with noted fine artist Tim Biskup, a long-time friend who has amassed a cadre of loyal fans and collectors of his painting and sculpture, which boast complex color and design theories and a decidedly populist aesthetic. This collaboration with Mastodon marks Biskup’s first foray into film/video work in nearly six years.
The “Dry Bone Valley” video is “basically about waking up to find yourself being chased by death and having to reckon with dying and what that actually means to you,” Biskup explains. “It’s a life/death metaphor where the girl in the video goes from hunted to hunter. There’s a whole lot more going on metaphorically, and the symbolism goes very deep and is very specific, but I’ll leave the rest up to interpretation.” Watch the new video below.
Mastodon and Talenthouse are giving fans a chance to design a “Dry Bone Valley” banner that will be featured on MastodonRocks.com and Facebook.com/Mastodon for a month. The winner will also receive a $1,000 prize, while two runners-up will get $500 and be featured in the band’s photo gallery as well. The designs will be chosen by fan votes, Mastodon, and Tim Biskup. Click here for more information.
“Dry Bone Valley” is the second single from Mastodon’s critically acclaimed album The Hunter. At present Mastodon are immersed in an extensive tour of Europe and Australia, which culminates in an appearance at the Soundwave Festival in March. The band is expected to tour the U.S. again this spring. Tour dates will be announced shortly.
Mastodon Tour Dates
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MERLEFEST RETURNS TO WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN APRIL
MerleFest 25, slated for April 26 – 29, 2012, is proud to announce the lineup for the music festival’s 25th year. The four-day event will once again take place on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
MerleFest is an annual homecoming of musicians and music fans, gathering to celebrate the memory of musician Eddy Merle Watson, beloved son of American music icon Doc Watson. Click here for ticket information.
Click here for more information in our Festival Guide
The following artists will join host Doc Watson at MerleFest 25:
Richard Watson
Timmy and Susana Abell
Alberti Flea Circus
Banknotes
Benedict College Gospel Choir
Blind Boy Chocolate & The Milk Sheiks
Roy Book Binder
Laura Boosinger
The Boxcars
Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
Brooke and George Buckner
Buffalo Barfield
Sam Bush
T Michael Coleman
Dailey & Vincent
The Deep Dark Woods
Dehlia Low
Donna the Buffalo
Casey Driessen
Sarah and Christian Dugas
Enter The Haggis
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Mary Flower
The Gibson Brothers
Vince Gill
The Greencards
Mitch Greenhill
Stefan Grossman
John Hammond
Wayne Henderson
Bob Hill
David Holt
The Honeycutters
Sierra Hull & Highway 111
The InterACTive Theater of Jef
Fruteland Jackson
Johnson’s Crossroad
Jubal’s Kin
Kickin Grass Band
Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
The Kruger Brothers
Jim Lauderdale
Jack Lawrence
Jeff Little
The Local Boys
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Claire Lynch Band
Dougie MacLean
Bill Mathis
Andy May
Cliff Miller
Misty River Band
Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Neighbors
Paul’s Creek Band
Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
Joe Sam Queen
Red June
Tony Rice Unit
Carol Rifkin
Michael Roach
Peter Rowan & The Free Mexican Airforce
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
Scythian
The Sigmon Stringers
Sims Country Cloggers
Steve and Ruth Smith
Joe Smothers
Snyder Family Band
The Steel Wheels
Steep Canyon Rangers
Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives
Tut Taylor
Tedeschi Trucks Band
The Tone Blazers
Happy Traum
The Waybacks
Charles Welch
Pete and Joan Wernick
The Wild Rumpus
Tony Williamson
Wylie & the Wild West
The Zephyr Lightning Bolts
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