Farrar update - Guthrie, Son Volt, Terroir Blues

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Transmit Sound wrote:
JAY FARRAR TO LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE
We will be launching a new Jay Farrar website. We’ll keep you posted!

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12 track release and a 24 track limited edition. The limited edition features original Guthrie lyric sheets, the 12 track release, and 12 additional compositions recorded by Farrar and Parker
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2012 will be awesome.

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Farrar update - Guthrie, Son Volt, Terroir Blues

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Hi everyone - We will be sending out a mailing list blast later today with this info. The Jay Farrar and Son Volt websites will be updated later to reflect all the news!

GUTHRIE PROJECT, NEW MULTITUDES, TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 28
Like a cadre of musical brothers finally coalescing after years on the road apart, Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Gob Iron, Uncle Tupelo), Will Johnson (Centro-matic, South San Gabriel), Anders Parker (Varnaline, Gob Iron) and Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket, Monsters of Folk) gratefully deliver New Multitudes, an intimate interpretation of American icon and musical legend Woody Guthrie’s previously unrecorded lyrics.

Set to coincide with the centennial celebration of Woody Guthrie’s birth year, New Multitudes will be released on February 28, 2012 by Rounder Records as a 12 track release and a 24 track limited edition. The limited edition features original Guthrie lyric sheets, the 12 track release, and 12 additional compositions recorded by Farrar and Parker. The album will also be available on vinyl.

We have created a new Facebook page for the group www.facebook.com/newmultitudes Right now, we are streaming “Old L.A.” from the album, featuring Anders Parker on lead vocal. Please “like” this page so you can receive updates including interview footage, live performance video, etc.

Jay, Will and Anders will play Celctic Connections (http://www.celticconnections.com/whatso ... ody-at-100) in Glasgow, Scotland on January 25. Jay, Will, Anders & Yim will hit the road for a select run of dates in March.

March 6 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
March 7 – Music Box – Los Angeles, CA
March 9 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR
March 10 – Showbox – Seattle, WA
March 12 – The Birchmere – Alexandria, VA
March 13 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
March 14 – Webster Hall – New York, NY
March 16 – Paradise – Boston, MA

Under the invitation of Nora Guthrie, Woody’s daughter, to tour the Guthrie archives, each of the four songwriters were offered the chance to plumb and mine the plethora of notebooks, scratch pads, napkins, etc. for anything that might inspire them to lend their voices and give the words new life. “These guys worked on an amazing group of lyrics”, says Nora. “Much of it culled from Woody’s times in LA. Lyric wise, it’s a part of the story that is still mostly unknown. From Woody’s experiences on LA’s skid row to his later years in Topanga Canyon, they are uniquely intimate, and relate two distinctly emotional periods in his life.”

The spirit of Guthrie may have been involved in more ways than one, as all four songwriters mentioned the immediate connection to the songs they chose, or as they would suggest, “chose them.” The writing came together quickly, as if the mischief muse who originally penned them latched himself to each writer's grey matter upon first contact.

Musically, it is this sense of collaboration that makes New Multitudes not just another trite and traditional acoustic regurgitation of back porch blues. From the ragged jangle of its opening track, “Hoping Machine”, the loping lilt of “Fly High”, the floorboard stomp of “No Fear”, to the lush warmth and sudden sonic gut punch of “My Revolutionary Mind” the cohorts deliver a lesson in discovering a song’s sweet spot. It’s the function and preparedness of each artist’s dogged work ethic gleaned the old-fashion way; veracious songs, road weary odometers, and sweat stained live shows, all attributes of the man they are honoring.

TERROIR BLUES: THE DOGTOWN SESSIONS TO BE RELEASED DIGITALLY ON JANUARY 13
On January 13, Jay’s web store, as well as iTunes and all other digital outlets, will feature the release of Terroir Blues: The Dogtown Sessions. The latest release features an 11-track sequence, including 5 alternate mixes from the Terroir Blues session (“Cahokian”, “Fool King's Crown”, “Dent County”, “Out on the Road” and “Walk You Down”) as well as 6 re-mastered tracks from the original 2003 Terroir Blues release. Jay’s web store will feature the exclusive album art for this release.

SON VOLT TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM AND PLAY IN 2012
We will be releasing a new Son Volt album in the Fall of 2012 (more info to come). In advance of that release, the band will be playing a few shows throughout the year. Along with Jay, the touring line-up will feature Dave Bryson on drums, Andrew Duplantis on bass, Gary Hunt on guitar and Mark Spencer on keyboard and steel. We have these shows confirmed so far:
May 24 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE
May 26 – Meadowgrass Festival – Black Forest, CO

JAY FARRAR TO LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE
We will be launching a new Jay Farrar website. We’ll keep you posted!

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