Daughter of Swords stopped by WNYC Studios as the guest on New Sounds' Soundcheck today to talk with host John Schaefer about her debut album, Dawnbreaker, and perform three songs from it: "Long Leaf Pine," "Fields of Gold," and "Human." "As with the songs that you wrote for the last Mountain Man record, there is a very timeless, old, really deep folk sound," says Schaefer. See for yourself in the session here.
Daughter of Swords—Mountain Man's Alexandra Sauser-Monnig—stopped by WNYC Studios as the guest on New Sounds' Soundcheck today to talk with host John Schaefer about her debut album, Dawnbreaker, and perform three songs from it: "Long Leaf Pine," "Fields of Gold," and "Human." "As with the songs that you wrote for the last Mountain Man record, there is a very timeless, old, really deep folk sound," says Schaefer. You can see for yourself in the session below.
Earlier today, Daughter of Swords released a new lyric video for "Easy Is Hard," from Dawnbreaker, and announced new tour dates for the fall as special guest of Wilco and Joan Shelley. She has a headline show at Union Pool in Brooklyn tonight and continues on tour for the coming months. See below for details and tickets; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
To pick up a copy of Dawnbreaker, head to your local record store, iTunes, Amazon, the Daughter of Swords shop, and the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout. You can also hear the album on Spotify, Apple Music, and other digital service providers.
| Aug 13 | Union Pool | Brooklyn, NY |
| Aug 14 | Songbyrd | Washington, DC |
| Aug 15 | Ambrose West | Asheville, NC |
| Aug 18 | 3rd and Lindsley* | Nashville, TN |
| Sep 7 | Hopscotch Music Festival | Raleigh, NC |
| Sep 30 | Club Dada** | Dallas, TX |
| Oct 1 | Antone's** | Austin, TX |
| Oct 3 | 191 Toole** | Tucson, AZ |
| Oct 4 | Casbah** | San Diego, CA |
| Oct 5 | Teragram Ballroom** | Los Angeles, CA |
| Oct 8 | Café du Nord^ | San Francisco, CA |
| Oct 9 | Bunk Bar^ | Portland, OR |
| Oct 10&11 | Wang Theatre, Boch Center^^ | Boston, MA |
| Oct 12 | Radio City Music Hall^^ (Sold Out) | New York, NY |
| Oct 13 | Brooklyn Steel^^ (Sold Out) | Brooklyn, NY |
| Nov 17&18 | Beacon Theatre† | New York, NY |
| Dec 4 | Turf Club†† | St. Paul, MN |
| Dec 5 | Paradigm Coffee†† | Sheboygan, WI |
| Dec 6 | Stoughton Opera House†† | Stoughton, WI |
| Dec 7 | Colectivo†† | Milwaukee, WI |
| Dec 8 | Szold Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music†† | Chicago, IL |
* with Molly Tuttle
** with Hiss Golden Messenger
^ with Molly Sarlé
^^ w/Wilco
† w/Sylvan Esso
†† w/Joan Shelley
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