Rhiannon Giddens has announced an extensive US tour this spring, including several new shows that go on sale this Friday, the day her new album, Freedom Highway, will be released. Following several intimate performances in the Northeast in March with Dirk Powell, with whom she co-produced the album, and a performance in a multi-artist tribute to Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall, Giddens heads to Europe and Australia to tour. She returns to the US in April to tour, starting at the Stagecoach festival in California on April 28. The tour includes headline shows throughout the country and festival sets at New Orleans Jazz Fest, Newport Folk, Newport Jazz, Spoleto, ROMP, and more.
Rhiannon Giddens, who celebrates a birthday today, has announced an extensive tour of the United States this spring, including several new shows that go on sale this Friday, which also happens to be the day her new album, Freedom Highway, will be released on Nonesuch Records.
Following several intimate performances in the Northeast US in March with Dirk Powell, with whom she co-produced the new album, and a performance as part of a multi-artist tribute to Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall, Giddens heads to Europe for a two-week tour, then to Australia, where she joins Bonnie Raitt for two nights, headlines her own shows, and takes part in Byron Bay Bluesfest.
She returns to the United States in April to begin her spring and summer tour, starting at the Stagecoach festival in California on April 28. The tour includes headline shows throughout the country and festival sets at New Orleans Jazz Fest, Newport Folk, Newport Jazz, Spoleto, ROMP, and more. See below for all of the currently scheduled dates; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Freedom Highway is streaming till Friday as an NPR First Listen, which you can hear here. It's a "rich collection," says NPR's Ann Powers. "Hope comes back to life in Giddens' music." To reserve a copy of Freedom Highway, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl pre-orders include a download of the complete album on release day and a limited-edition print signed by Giddens.
| Mar 2 | Shea Theatre* | Turner Falls, MA |
| Mar 3 | Club Helsinki* | Hudson, NY |
| Mar 4 | Capitol Center for the Arts* | Concord, NH |
| Mar 5 | Infinity Hall* | Hartford, CT |
| Mar 6 | Carnegie Hall - The Music of Aretha Franklin | New York, NY |
| Mar 23 | Ducs des Lombards Jazz Club | Paris, FRANCE |
| Mar 25 | Amstelkerk - SOLD OUT | Amsterdam, HOLLAND |
| Mar 26 | AB Club | Brussels, BELGIUM |
| Mar 27 | Mojo | Hamburg, GERMANY |
| Mar 29 | Gloria | Cologne, GERMANY |
| Mar 30 | Union Chapel - SOLD OUT | London, UK |
| Mar 31 | Cambridge Junction - SOLD OUT | Cambridge, UK |
| Apr 2 | Queens Hall | Edinburgh, UK |
| Apr 3 | Whelan's | Dublin, IRELAND |
| Apr 7 | State Theatre** | Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
| Apr 8 | Factory Theatre | Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
| Apr 10 | Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne** | Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
| Apr 11 | The Corner Hotel | Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
| Apr 13–16 | Byron Bay Bluesfest | Byron Bay, AUSTRALIA |
| Apr 28 | Stagecoach Festival | Indio, CA |
| Apr 29 | Rialto Theatre | Tuscon, AZ |
| Apr 30 | MIM Music Theater | Phoenix, AZ |
| May 2 | National Hispanic Cultural Center | Albuquerque, NM |
| May 3 | Kessler Theater | Dallas, TX |
| May 5 | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival | New Orleans, LA |
| May 6 | Variety Playhouse | Atlanta, GA |
| May 7 | Memorial Hall | Chapel Hill, NC |
| May 9 | Lincoln Theatre | Washington, DC |
| May 11 | Somerville Theatre - SOLD OUT | Somerville, MA |
| May 13 | Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center | New York, NY |
| May 14 | World Cafe Live Downstairs | Philadelphia, PA |
| Jun 8 | Carolina Theatre | Greensboro, NC |
| Jun 9 | Spoleto Festival | Charleston, SC |
| Jun 10 | KCD Theater | Louisville, KY |
| Jun 11 | Chicago Blues Festival - FREE | Chicago, IL |
| Jun 22 | ROMP | Owensboro, KY |
| Jun 23 | Jefferson Center | Roanoke, VA |
| Jun 24 | American Roots Music Festival | Katonah, NY |
| Jul 21 | Gila River Arena^ | Glendale, AZ |
| Jul 22 | Citizens Business Bank Arena^ | Ontario, CA |
| Jul 23 | Valley View Casino Center^ | San Diego, CA |
| Jul 28 | Chautauqua Amphitheater | Chautauqua, NY |
| Jul 30 | Newport Folk Festival - SOLD OUT | Newport, RI |
| Aug 1 | Stone Mountain Arts Center | Brownfield, ME |
| Aug 4 | Newport Jazz Festival - International Tennis Hall of Fame | Newport, RI |
| Aug 5 | Newport Jazz Festival | Newport, RI |
| Aug 6 | The Egg | Albany, NY |
| Aug 9 | North Carolina Museum of Art | Raleigh, NC |
| Aug 18 | Rocky Mountain Folks Festival | Lyons, CO |
* w/Dirk Powell
** w/Bonnie Raitt
^ Soul2Soul w/Tim McGraw, Faith Hill
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