Rhiannon Giddens Announces Spring "Freedom Highway" Tour

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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.

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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.

RHIANNON GIDDENS ON TOUR

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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