In support of her new record, The Harrow & The Harvest, singer-songwriter Gillian Welch has confirmed the first leg of a North American tour. Welch and her longtime musical partner David Rawlings will play 31 cities in July and August, beginning July 6 in Santa Cruz, CA and ending August 28 in Charleston, SC.
Prior to the official tour launch, Welch will perform at the High Sierra Music Festival on June 30 in Quincy, CA. Other festivals include the Vancouver Folk Festival and Newport Folk Festival. In addition to Austin City Limits Festival in September, more dates will be added in the fall.
Scheduled for a June 28 release, The Harrow & The Harvest, "is a new Southern sound," writes Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, "with the sort of songs you wouldn't be surprised to hear issuing from some verdant, wooded hollow in Appalachia; Songs you'd expect to hear hollered from an Asheville grange hall, all too late in the evening. Songs with the wry humor of the back porch. Listen to this record with the lights low. "
Tour Dates:
July
6 CA Santa Cruz, Cocoanut Grove Ballroom
7 CA San Francisco, Warfield Theatre
9 OR Grants Pass, Rogue Theatre
10 OR Eugene, McDonald Theatre
12 OR Portland, Roseland Theatre
13 WA Seattle, Moore Theatre
15 BC Vancouver, Vancouver Folk Festival
16 WA Olympia, Capitol Theatre
17 MT Missoula, Wilma Theater
20 MN St. Paul, Fitzgerald Theater
21 WI Madison, Capitol Theatre
22 IL Chicago, VIC Theatre
23 MI Royal Oak, Royal Oak Music Theatre
25 ON Toronto, Phoenix Concert Hall
30 RI Newport, Newport Folk Festival
August
2 MD Bethesda Music Center at Strathmore
3 NC Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art
4 NC Winston-Salem, Ziggy's
5 NC Asheville, The Orange Peel
6 GA Atlanta, Variety Playhouse
11 LA New Orleans, Tipitinas Uptonw
12 AL Birmingham, Workplay Soundstage
13 AL Huntsville, Von Braun Center Concert Hall
14 GA Athens, Georgia Theatre
17 VA Roanoke, Jefferson Ctr/Shaftman Performance Hall
18 VA Charlottesville, Paramount Theatre
19 VA Richmon, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
20 NC Charlotte, Knight Theater at Levine Ctr for the Arts
21 SC Greenville, Peace Center Concert Hall
23 VA Bristol, Paramount Center for the Arts
24 TN Knoxville, Tennessee Theater
27 NC Wilmington, Winoca Festival - Battleship Park
28 SC Charleston, Charleston Music Hall
September
17 TX Austin, ACL Festival
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