THE JAYHAWKS CONFIRM 2012 TOUR DATES
NEW ALBUM MOCKINGBIRD TIME OUT NOW ON ROUNDER RECORDS
In celebration of their widely acclaimed 2011 release, Mockingbird Time, The Jayhawks will resume their worldwide tour later this month, including shows at L.A.’s The Music Box, two nights at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore Auditorium and a hometown performance at Minneapolis’s State Theatre. See reverse for complete tour details. Of a recent live show, the Boston Globe praises, “…a coolly shimmering 95-minute set that reminded those in the packed house of everything that originally made them fall in love with the Minnesota roots rock outfit.”
Released last September on Rounder Records, Mockingbird Time is the first full-band studio album featuring both founding members Gary Louris and Mark Olson since 1995’s Tomorrow the Green Grass. Of the new record, Spin magazine heralds, “here they rekindle the band’s singular dynamic: a sugared pop strut…tempered by the heart-wrenching harmonies and sinister vibe…” while the New York Daily News asserts, “…it lives up to their legacy.” The band recently returned to the "Late Show with David Letterman” for a performance of “She Walks in So Many Ways.”
In addition to co-writing all the songs with Olson, Louris also produced the record. Mockingbird Time was recorded in Minneapolis at The Terrarium Recording Studios over a month’s time during the winter of 2010. Other original band members featured on the record include Karen Grotberg (keyboards, vocals), Tim O’Reagan (drums, vocals) and Marc Perlman (bass). Of returning to the studio as The Jayhawks, Louris notes, “The difference from then and now is that Mark and I have both experienced different kinds of music and expanded our palates. So this record has moments of experimentation and a bit of worldliness. I like a well-crafted, in-and-out kind of song, but with Mark, the lyrics dictate the music, and he’ll go off into interesting, asymmetrical compositions. So it’s a nice balance. Certain things were meant to be—like peanut butter and jelly—and Mark and I just work well together. And having done a lot of co-writing during the last six or seven years, I’m more appreciative of the magic that we have together. That doesn’t come along very often for anybody.”
The new release comes on the heels of several pivotal and reinvigorating years for the band, whose first career-spanning anthology Music From The North Country was released in 2009 by American/Legacy. Additionally, in August 2010, for the first time on CD, the self-titled debut album from the band (often referred to by fans as The Bunkhouse album) was reissued by Lost Highway Records. Moreover, in January 2011 the band’s first two albums for American Recordings—Hollywood Town Hall (1992) and Tomorrow The Green Grass (1995)—were re-released with a wealth of rare bonus tracks. In conjunction with these reissues the original Jayhawks line-up shared the stage for the first time in 15+ years in January 2011, performing special shows in Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Toronto. Of the band’s performance as a reunited quintet, the Chicago Tribune heralded, “During a soaring two-hour set, the Jayhawks put on a clinic in the art of blended melodies and balanced songwriting. As always, Olson and fellow guitarist/singer Gary Louris’ impeccable vocal harmonies held sway.”
For more information, please contact Asha Goodman, Mary Moyer or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000 or Jennifer Sacca at Rounder Records, 617.218.4480.
THE JAYHAWKS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
*on-sale Friday, January 6 at 12pm ET
†on sale Saturday, January 14 at 10am ET
**on sale Saturday, January 21 at 11am ET
January 26 /// Ft. Collins, CO /// eTown
January 27 /// Denver, CO /// Ogden Theater
January 28 /// Salt Lake City, UT /// The State Room
January 29 /// Reno, NV /// The Knitting Factory
January 31 /// San Diego, CA /// Belly Up
February 1 /// San Juan Capistrano, CA /// The Coach House
February 2 /// Los Angeles, CA /// The Music Box
February 3 & 4 /// San Francisco, CA /// The Fillmore
February 6 /// Petaluma, CA /// Mystic Theatre
February 7 /// Portland, OR /// Roseland Theater
February 8 /// Eugene, OR /// McDonald Theater
February 9 /// Seattle, WA /// Neptune Theater
February 10 /// Vancouver, BC /// Commodore Ballroom
February 11 /// Victoria, BC /// Club 9one9
February 16 /// Madison, WI /// Barrymore Theatre*
February 17 /// Chicago, IL /// Vic Theatre†
February 18 /// Minneapolis, MN /// State Theatre**
February 27 /// Bergen, Norway /// Ricks Theater
February 28 /// Oslo, Norway /// Rockefeller
February 29 /// Trondheim, Norway /// Byscenen
March 1 /// Stockholm, Sweden /// Debaser
March 2 /// Gothenburg, Sweden /// Tradgarn
March 3 /// Aarhus, Denmark /// Voxhall
March 4 /// Malmo, Sweden /// KB
March 5 /// Utrecht, Holland /// Tivoli
March 6 /// Brussels, Belgium /// Ancienne Belgique
March 8 /// London, UK /// Barbican
March 10 /// Edinburgh, UK /// Picturehouse
March 11 /// Liverpool, UK /// Academy
March 12 /// Bristol, UK /// Academy
March 13 /// Dublin, Ireland /// Button Factory
March 14 /// Belfast, UK /// Spring and Airbrake
March 16 /// Cologne, Germany /// Kantinue
March 17 /// Berlin, Germany /// Lido
March 18 /// Hamburg, Germany /// Gruenspan
April 28 /// Indio, CA /// Stagecoach Music Festival