Johnny Dowd reveals new album details plus European tour in October
16-05-2016Johnny Dowd's new record is called "Execute American Folklore" - a grim title for a jolly record. Once again he played all the instruments, with assistance from his trusty drum machines. Anna Coogan contributed some really fine vocals. "I think this is the best stick-in-your-CD-player-and-drive-around record I have made. It has some killer grooves, if I do say so myself. I hope you dig it." The album will be released in September, followed by a EU tour in October, see dates below.
Ever since Johnny Dowd made his first record in 1997, “Wrong Side of Memphis,” he has been the alternative to the alternative. He has walked a twisted path through nearly every genre of American music. Each of his dozen albums has been an equal mix of Hank Williams and Captain Beefheart. Along the way, he has collaborated with artists as diverse as Jim White and The Mekons and toured with Neko Case and Beukorkest.
Support Park Doing * plays ambient electronic experimental folk music. Based in American folklore, roots, and protest, Park Doing incorporates looped live guitar, scientific noises, atmospheric sounds, beats, morse code, musical samples, and looped live vocals to create a unique, innovative, modern brand of American folk music. Dates marked with º will be opened by Mark Lotterman.
TOURDATES:
12-10-2016: Haarlem (NL) @ Patronaat *
13-10-2016: Norderstedt (DE) @ Music Star *
14-10-2016: Krefeld (DE) @ Kulturrampe *
15-10-2016: Zeist (NL) @ De Peppel *
17-10-2016: Zurich (CH) @ El Lokal *
19-10-2016: Bristol (UK) @ The Thunderbolt *
20-10-2016: Liverpool (UK) @ Dumbulls *
21-10-2016: Bovey Tracey (UK) @ Edgemoor Hotel *
22-10-2016: North York Moorse (UK) @ The Band Room *
23-10-2016: Glasgow (UK) @ O2 ABC2 Glasgow *
25-10-2016: London (UK) @ The Islington º
26-10-2016: Eye (UK) @ The Bank Eye º
27-10-2016: Sheffield (UK) @ Greystones º
29-10-2016: Zemst (BE) @ GC De Melkerij º
30-10-2016: Eindhoven (NL) @ Bureau Beukorkest at TAC º