Fresh off triumphant performances at New York’s Town Hall and Big Ears Festival, guitar virtuoso Julian Lage announces fall tour dates to continue the celebration of his latest opus, Speak to Me, out now on Blue Note Records. The tour kicks off at the Country Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA Theater on September 7 and ends on September 22 at The Palace Theatre in Los Angeles.
Artist pre-sale tickets go on sale tomorrow Wednesday, March 27 at 10am (local), and the general ticket on-sale begins this Friday, March 29 at 10am (local). One dollar from every ticket purchase goes to support World Central Kitchen (WCK). Lage will be offering exclusive pre-show Master Classes at select cities throughout the tour. The full list of new dates is below.
SEPTEMBER
7 - Nashville, TN - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA Theater
8 - Indianapolis, IN - The Tobias Theater
9 - St. Louis, MO - City Winery
11 - Kent, OH - Kent Stage
13 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
14 – St. Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater
>15 - Iowa City, IA - Hancher Auditorium
17 - Fort Collins, CO - The Armory
18 - Denver, CO - The Gothic Theatre
20 - Phoenix, AZ - Musical Instrument Museum
22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Palace Theatre
Speak To Me was produced by Joe Henry and offers a series of dispatches from Lage’s ongoing search for narrative beyond words. Intimate in tone and capacious in intention, the music travels a wide range of American music and delights in the deliberate crossing of wires between gospel hymn and rural blues, California singer-songwriter sunshine, and skronky jazz. Speak To Me showcases the guitarist in a variety of settings, including solo acoustic, duo, his accustomed trio with bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King, and a larger ensemble with keys (from Kris Davis and Patrick Warren) and woodwinds (Levon Henry). It’s Lage’s fourth effort for Blue Note, and it’s part of a torrent of creative activity that includes his participation in Charles Lloyd’s Trio of Trios project and records with Terri Lynn Carrington, John Zorn, and Cautious Clay.
Speak To Me is out now on black vinyl, CD, and digital download, as well as an exclusive color vinyl variant including the bonus track “Cars/Colors” which is available on the Julian Lage Artist Store and the Blue Note Store.
The 13-track set of new Lage originals was first introduced in late 2023 with the release of its first song, “Omission,” a reverent tune imbued with a pastoral swing. In January, a 2-track single came out, pairing the hard-driving, bluesy “76” with the atmospheric acoustic ballad “As It Were.” In February, Lage shared the acoustic-guitar-based ballad “Nothing Happens Here." A video of this band performing “Nothing Happens Here” live at SFJAZZ on January 20, 2024, is streaming on YouTube. On album release day, Lage shared a live performance video of the title track, which is highlighted by a tricky corkscrew of a surf-rock theme.
LISTEN TO “NOTHING HAPPENS HERE”
WATCH “NOTHING HAPPENS HERE” LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO
LISTEN TO "76" AND "AS IT WERE"
LISTEN TO "OMISSION"
WATCH "SPEAK TO ME" LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO
PURCHASE/STREAM SPEAK TO ME
Tracklisting:
1. Hymnal (Lage)
2. Northern Shuffle (Lage)
3. Omission (Lage)
4. Serenade (Lage)
5. Myself Around You (Lage)
6. South Mountain (Lage)
7. Speak To Me (Lage)
8. Two And One (Lage)
9. Vanishing Points (Lage)
10. Tiburon (Lage)
11. As It Were (Lage)
12. 76 (Lage)
13. Nothing Happens Here (Lage)
Lage is currently touring in support of Speak to Me Tour with the American dates continuing tonight in Charlotte, NC and finishing in Washington, DC on March 30 before he heads to Europe in April. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.julianlage.com/tour.
JULIAN LAGE – 2024 TOUR DATES
MARCH
26 – The Underground – Charlotte, NC
28 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
29 – Lincoln Theater – Raleigh, NC
30 – Lincoln Theater – Washington, DC
APRIL
11 – Nasjonal Jazzscene – Oslo, Norway
13 – Maison De Radio France – Paris, France
14 – De Roma – Antwerp, Belgium
16 – LantarenVenster – Rotterdam, Netherlands
17 – Bimhuis – Amsterdam, Netherlands
19 – Gretchen – Berlin, Germany
20 – Mojo – Hamburg, Germany
21 – Barbican – London, UK
23 – Wiener Konzerthaus – Vienna, Austria
24 – Jazzclub Unterfahrt – Munich, Germany
25 – Moods – Zurich, Switzerland
27 – L’Astrada – Marciac, France
