Named by Rolling Stone as one of the “11 Best Things We Saw” at Merlefest, Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based Mandolin Orange announce the first leg of their fall tour, which includes stops in the Midwest and East Coast. After notable summer festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Red Wing Roots, Forecastle, Newport Folk Festival and Pickathon, the duo’s 19-city fall tour will begin September 17 in Bristol, TN. A full list of dates is below.
Created by Matt Carter and Ricardo Bouyett, the duo’s official video for “Take This Heart of Gold” premiered with Newport Folk Festival.
With “mesmerizing” (Wild Honey Pie) and “striking originals” (Rolling Stone), the duo’s Blindfaller debuted at #3 on Billboard’s Bluegrass Album Chart and #7 on the Heatseekers chart. Songs from Blindfaller have garnered over 12 million album track streams, with 6.5 million streams of the first single, “Wildfire,” and 3 million for the second single, “Hey Stranger.”
Founded in 2009, the duo’s 2013 release This Side of Jordan garnered critical acclaim with NPR calling the album “effortless and beautiful.” Their 2015 follow-up, Such Jubilee, garnered further press praise with Rolling Stone including the album in “30 Great Country Albums of 2015 You Probably Didn’t Hear” and NPR’s Folk Alley’s “Best of 2015 Listener’s Poll.” The record was #1 on Magnet’s “Top 10 Indie Roots Albums of 2015” and Paste called it “an album full of blissful moments.”
MANDOLIN ORANGE TOUR DATES
May 27 – Rooster Walk – Axton, VA
June 11 – Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
July 6 – Blue River Series at Riverwalk Center – Breckenridge, CO
July 14 – Red Wing Roots Music Festival – Mount Solon, VA
July 15 – Forecastle – Louisville, KY
July 16 – Green River Festival – Greenfield, MA
July 22 – North Carolina Museum of Art – Raleigh, NC
July 29 – Newport Folk Festival – Newport, RI
July 30 – Red Ants Pants Music Festival – White Sulphur Springs, MT
August 5-6 – Pickathon – Happy Valley, OR
August 11 – Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival – Alta, WY
August 19 – Rocky Mountain Folks Festival – Lyon, CO
August 26 – Fayetteville Roots Festival – Fayetteville, AR
FALL TOUR 2017
September 17 – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion – Bristol, TN
September 19 – The Hi-Fi – Indianapolis, IN
September 20 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
September 22 – Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN
September 23 – The Englert Theater – Iowa City, IA
September 26 – Rex Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
September 27 – 9:30 Club – Washington, D.C.
September 28 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA
September 30 – Sugarlands Mountain Fest – Gatlinburg, TN
October 3 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
October 4 – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON
October 5 – The Haunt – Ithaca, NY
October 6 – Royale – Boston, MA
October 7 – Gateway City Arts – Holyoke, MA
October 8 – Club Metronome – Burlington, VT
October 11 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
October 12 – Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC
October 13 – 40 Watt – Athens, GA
October 14 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
