SHAWN COLVIN & STEVE EARLE UNITE AS
COLVIN & EARLE
GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITERS UNVEIL DEBUT COLLABORATIVE ALBUM,
PRODUCED BY BUDDY MILLER
COLVIN & EARLE ARRIVES EVERYWHERE ON JUNE 10TH
ROLLING STONE COUNTRY PREMIERES FIRST SINGLE
“YOU’RE RIGHT (I’M WRONG)” HERE
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
APRIL 1ST, 2016 – Fantasy Records is proud to announce the release of COLVIN & EARLE, the self-titled, debut album from acclaimed GRAMMY® Award-winning artists Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle. COLVIN & EARLE arrives everywhere on June 10th, 2016.
COLVIN & EARLE will be available for pre-order beginning Friday, April 1st, with all pre-orders accompanied by an instant-grat download of the album’s lead single, “You’re Right (I’m Wrong)”, which Rolling Stone Country premieres exclusively today, listen HERE. The album will be available in a variety of formats, a standard 10-track CD, a deluxe 13-track limited edition with three exclusive bonus tracks as well as vinyl.
Colvin & Earle will celebrate the album’s release with a worldwide tour that kicks off June 10th at New York’s famed City Winery and continues through the summer and fall. Highlights include a two-night stand at London’s historic Union Chapel, Islington (June 13th and 15th) and an eagerly awaited performance at Bruce Hornsby’s inaugural Funhouse Festival, taking place June 25th on the Lawn of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. For complete details and ticket information, please visit funhousefest.com.
Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle first met nearly three decades ago as Colvin opened a solo acoustic performance by Earle at Northampton, MA’s beloved Iron Horse. The two proved fast friends, collaborating occasionally over the years until finally teaming up for 2014’s “Songs and Stories, Together Onstage” tour, a sold-out run that saw the duo uniting for one-of-a-kind evenings of song-swapping, duets and storytelling. The Albany Times Union hailed the show as “a near perfect pairing,” while The Morning Call praised
Colvin & Earle for “(spurring) each other to greater heights.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer summed it up best, declaring it “a joy to be able to witness two of the greatest at their craft.”
The shows were so exceptional Earle immediately proposed he and Colvin record an entire album together in the spirit of the tour. Their all-star backing band included guitarist Richard Bennett (Neil Diamond, Mark Knopfler, and Earle’s seminal 1986 debut, GUITAR TOWN), drummer Fred Eltringham (Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves), and bassist Chris Wood (of Medeski Martin & Wood) along with GRAMMY® Award-winner Buddy Miller (Patty Griffin, Robert Plant, Lucinda Williams) at the helm as producer and baritone guitarist. Colvin, Earle and Miller led the combo through a week-and-a-half-long session that possesses all the spontaneity and magic of the duo’s live acoustic shows while also fleshing out the arrangements with alternating moments of subtle grace and raucous grit.
COLVIN & EARLE reveals a truly collaborative creative partnership, with each singer/songwriter contributing verses, melodies, choruses, and chord progressions. Songs like “Tell Moses” – a rollicking slice of folk-gospel that works its way from Egypt to Ferguson, MO – and the irresistibly vibrant “Happy & Free” see Colvin & Earle gelling into a gorgeous, cohesive duo, the perfect vehicle for their sterling harmonies and infinite songwriting gifts. COLVIN & EARLE’s more melancholy moments cut close to the bone from both artists’ personal experiences, from the winsome “The Way That We Do” and the self-reflective “You’re Right (I’m Wrong)” the closing “You’re Still Gone” (featuring lyrics by Julie Miller). Colvin & Earle also chose to include four distinctive covers, including “Ruby Tuesday” and “Raise The Dead” as well as a bluesy take on The Nashville Teens’ garage rock standard, “Tobacco Road,” and a new interpretation of “You Were On My Mind” blending elements of both Ian & Sylvia and The We Five’s classic versions.
Fueled by deep emotional connection and spiritual bond, COLVIN & EARLE captures the once-in-a-lifetime magic of two extraordinary artists so in tune that they seem to be able to read each other’s minds. It would have been impossible to predict at the Iron Horse all those years ago, but Colvin & Earle have gone from sharing a stage to sharing one of the finest records in either of their storied careers.
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Colvin & Earle
COLVIN & EARLE
(Fantasy Records)
COLVIN & EARLE
(Fantasy Records)
Release Date: June 10th, 2016
Produced by Buddy Miller
TRACKLISTING
1. Come What May
2. Tell Moses
3. Tobacco Road
4. Ruby Tuesday
5. The Way That We Do
6. Happy and Free
7. You Were On My Mind
8. You’re Right (I’m Wrong)
9. Raise the Dead
10. You’re Still Gone
CONFIRMED TOUR DATES BELOW:
JUNE
10 – New York, NY – City Winery
13&15 – London, UK – Union Chapel
21-22 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
24 – Concord, MA – The Umbrella Community Arts Center
25 – Williamsburg, VA – Funhouse Fest
27 – July 1 – Big Indian, NY – Steve Earle’s Third Annual Camp Copperhead
JULY
14 – Burlington, VT – Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
15 – Chautauqua, NY – Chautauqua Amphitheater
16 – Northampton, MA – Calvin Theatre
17 – Portland, ME – Merrill Auditorium
19 – Rockport, MA – Shalin Liu Performance Center
20 – Englewood, NJ – Bergen PAC
24 – Raleigh, NC – Meymandi Concert Hall
26 – Lexington, KY – Opera House
27 – Bowling Green, KY – The Warehouse at Mt. Victor Lane
29 – Detroit, MI – Motor City Casino Hotel
30 – Madison, WI – Capitol Theater
31 – Bayfield, WI – Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
AUGUST
3 – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
5 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
6 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion
7 – Cleveland, OH – Music Box Supper Club
20 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
21 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
23 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
30 – Boulder, CO – Chautauqua Auditorium
SEPTEMBER
8 – Redding, CA – Cascade Theatre
10 – Arcata, CA – Van Duzer Theatre
11 – Chico, CA – Laxson Auditorium
