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| Keb' Mo' North American Tour With Bonnie Raitt Keb' Mo' embarks on a coast-to-coast North American tour with Bonnie Raitt on June 20. The almost three-month itinerary kicks off with a show at Atlanta, GA's Chastain Park Amphitheatre exactly one week after the June 13 release of Keb' Mo's eagerly anticipated new album "Suitcase, " his eighth full-length release for Epic/Okeh. The itinerary for Keb' Mo's tour with Raitt currently encompasses over 40 confirmed shows at major amphitheatres, sheds, stadiums and festivals nationwide as well as select dates in Canada. Highlights include a June 25 concert at NYC's Central Park Summerstage, Toronto's Hummingbird Centre on July 7, Morrison, CO's Red Rocks Amphitheater on August 29, Los Angeles, CA's Greek Theatre on September 9 and Nashville's historic Grand Ole Opry on October 1. While out on the road, Keb' Mo' will also headline several select solo dates, including a just added performance at Los Angeles, CA's famed Disney Hall on November 4. Other solo concerts include Albany, NY's Hart Theatre on June 30, Northampton, MA's Calvin Theatre on July 1 and the Reno-Tahoe Blues Festival on August 13. Another Keb' Mo' summer highlight is the July 26-August 1 etown broadcast of his performance with James Taylor, recorded this spring at Denver's Paramount Theater as a special 15th anniversary benefit event for the acclaimed weekly live music radio series. In addition to their individual sets, Taylor and Mo' collaborated on several numbers including "She Caught The Katy" and "Imagine." The concert will air nationwide on NPR stations and other etown affiliates; log on to www.etown.org for specific broadcast information in all markets. On-air dates mentioned above correct previously published dates that have since been changed. Keb' Mo's forthcoming album "Suitcase" follows up his 2004 double play of "Peace: Back By Popular Demand, " featuring Mo' covering classic peace and protest songs from the '60s and '70s, and the self-produced "Keep It Simple, " the artist's third release to win the GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues album. Handsomely spare and emotionally resonant, "Suitcase" was produced by Keb' Mo' and John Porter, and is a richly textured collection of songs that the artist feels are his most personal to date. Keb' Mo' -- aka Kevin Moore -- was born in South Los Angeles and raised in Compton, CA, and his distinctive sound is rooted in Delta blues and other American roots idioms. At the same time, it owes as much to contemporary music's singer-songwriter tradition, encompassing his longtime friends and collaborators Jackson Browne and 2006 touring companion Bonnie Raitt, as to the spirit of blues icon Robert Johnson that informs his work. Later this year, Mo' -- who has also pursued acting for over a decade -- will be featured both on-camera and on the soundtrack for the Sony Pictures feature film "All The King's Men, " set for release September 22, the day in between the Albuquerque, NM and Grand Prairie, TX stops on his North American tour with Bonnie Raitt. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |