New Ray LaMontagne Album

getoutoftheleftlane · #1 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 11:58 PM

Details were announced today on his site:

RAY LAMONTAGNE TO RELEASE THIRD ALBUM,
'GOSSIP IN THE GRAIN' ON SEPTEMBER 9TH

Lauded singer/songwriter, Ray LaMontagne is set to release his much-anticipated third album, Gossip In The Grain, on September 9th on RCA Records. Recorded with returning producer, Ethan Johns in Box, England, and touching upon a range of styles and musical settings- spanning pastoral folk, railroad blues, front porch country, and plangent balladry - Gossip In The Grain proves to be his most creative and emotionally expansive collection to date.

Whereas LaMontagne's two previous albums, 'Trouble' and 'Till The Sun Turns Black', were largely solo affairs, with Johns serving as multi-tasking instrumentalist, Gossip In The Grain sees him joined by members of his touring band, bassist Jennifer Condos and guitarist Eric Heywood (with Johns largely handling drum duties). Along with his band members, LaMontagne is also joined on two tracks - "A Falling Through" and "I Still Care For You" - by singer/songwriter Leona Naess.

As LaMontagne explains "It was time to open up a little bit more, not be quite so reserved in my choice of songs that I wanted to record. I'm really very critical of myself and it's sort of a process of opening up. I felt like I was in the right space to show that side of myself." Recently called by Vanity Fair "a fresh reminder that the genuine artist is not yet an extinct species," Gossip In The Grain reconfirms Ray LaMontagne as an artist and a craftsman without limits, a songwriter who is able to work his melodic gifts and distinctive lyricism through any of the myriad musical traditions that catches his fancy.

Tracklisting:
1. Let It Be Me
2. Hey Me, Hey Mama
3. Sarah
4. I Still Care For You
5. Winter Birds
6. Meg White
7. Achin' All The Time
8. Henry Nearly Killed Me (It's A Shame)
9. A Falling Through
10. Gossip In The Grain

getoutoftheleftlane · #2 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 08:28 AM

fall dates announced. i hope some of you duders are going to be doing prints for this tour.

08 Aug
E-Town - The Boulder Theater
Boulder, CO
with Ingrid Michaelson

30 Sep
Murat Theatre
Indianapolis, IN
with Leonna Naess

01 Oct
Chicago Theatre
Chicago, IL
presale 8/1 @ 10

0am
with Leonna Naess

03 Oct
Union Theatre
Madison, WI
with Leonna Naess

04 Oct
State Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
with Leonna Naess

06 Oct
Royal Oak Music Theatre
Detroit, MI
with Leonna Naess

07 Oct
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Toronto, ONT
with Leonna Naess

09 Oct
Opera House
Boston, MA
with Leona Naess

10 Oct
Opera House
Boston, MA
with Leona Naess

11 Oct
Radio City Music Hall
New York, NY
with Leona Naess

13 Oct
Keswick Theatre
Philadelphia, PA
with Leonna Naess

14 Oct
Music Center at Strathmore
Washington, DC
with Leonna Naess

16 Oct
Meymandi Concert Hall
Raleigh, NC
with Leonna Naess

17 Oct
Bijou Theatre
Knoxville, TN
with Leonna Naess

18 Oct
The Tabernacle
Atlanta, GA
with Leonna Naess

19 Oct
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, TN
with Leonna Naess

21 Oct
Uptown Theater
Kansas City, MO
with Leonna Naess

23 Oct
Verizon Wireless Theater
Houston, TX
with Leonna Naess

24 Oct
Majestic Theater
Dallas, TX
with Leonna Naess

25 Oct
Paramount Theatre
Austin, TX
with Leonna Naess

27 Oct
Macky Auditorium
Denver, CO
with Leonna Naess

28 Oct
Murray Theatre
Salt Lake City, UT
with Leonna Naess

30 Oct
Wiltern Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
with Leonna Naess

01 Nov
Spreckels Theatre
San Diego, CA
with Leonna Naess

03 Nov
Paramount Theatre
Oakland, CA
with Leonna Naess

05 Nov
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Portland, OR
with Leonna Naess

06 Nov
McDonald Theater
Eugene, OR
with Leonna Naess

08 Nov
Vogue Theatre
Vancouver, BC
with Leonna Naess

09 Nov
Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Seattle, WA
with Leonna Naess