JONNY LANG
ANNOUNCES
FIRST NEW
ALBUM IN FOUR YEARS
SIGNS TO BE
RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 8th
2017 World Tour In Support Of
Signs Goes On Sale This Week
First Track “Make It Move”
Available As A Free download at: www.jonnylang.com
Los
Angeles, CA --- Jonny Lang is pleased to announce a brand new
studio album, Signs, which will be released in North America on
September 8th via Concord Records. The album (his sixth major label
release) is his first in four years. A pre-order for physical goes live
today, with digital to follow on June 9. The European release for Signs
will be on August 25 via Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group.
Starting
off the record with a juke joint stomp, “Make It Move” is Lang’s story about
going to the mountain rather than waiting for it to come to you. “There have
been times in my life where I thought something would take care of itself, when
I should have put some effort forth to help it happen,” says Lang. “Being
proactive has been a weak spot for me, and the song is about doing your part to
get things moving.”
All
fans can immediately download “Make It Move” for free via Jonny’s website at: www.jonnnylang.com.
Anyone
who originally discovered Jonny Lang through his searing instrumental work will
revel in the huge guitar tones and go for broke solos on Signs, while
those who have appreciated his growth as an honest and passionate songwriter
will find that honesty and passion unabated. Though he long ago left blues
purism behind, Lang has never abandoned its spirit of universal catharsis
through the relating of personal trials. Signs reaffirms his
commitment to the blues and the guitar without sacrificing the modern approach
that has made him such a singular artist.
It
is hard to believe that at only 36 years old Jonny Lang has already had a
successful career for two decades. Easier to believe when you learn he released
his first platinum record at 15—an age when many young people are just
beginning to play music. Lie to Me revealed a talent that transcended
the crop of blues prodigies floating around in the late Nineties. No flashy
re-hasher of classic blues licks, even at that early age Lang was a full-blown
artist with a style of his own. Also, setting Lang apart from the wunderkind
crowd was a 15-year-old voice that sounded like a weathered soul shouter.
Actual life experience was yet to come, and has been subsequently chronicled in
a series of five uniformly excellent recordings.
What
began as a bluesy sound, influenced by electric pioneers like Albert Collins,
B. B. King, and Buddy Guy, evolved over those recordings into a modern R&B
style closer to Stevie Wonder and contemporary gospel music. Lang’s
distinctive, blues-inflected licks appeared on every album, but became one
element in a sea of passionately sung and tightly arranged songs.
Signs is not merely a return the
artist’s guitar-based beginnings, but an embodiment of an even more elemental
sound. Beyond focusing attention on his soloing prowess, it is about
recapturing the spirit of the early blues, where the guitar was front and
center, fairly leaping out of the speakers. “A lot of my earlier influences
have been coming to the surface, like Robert Johnson, and Howlin’ Wolf,” he
reports. “I have been appreciating how raw and unrefined that stuff is. I had
an itch to emulate some of that and I think it shows in the songs. Still, I let
the writing be what it was and that was sometimes not necessarily the blues.”
The
record, which features funk, rock, and blues elements, is held together by Lang’s
distinctive playing and singing, and the lyrics, which center on themes of
embattlement and self-empowerment. “Some of the songs are autobiographical, but
not usually in a literal way,” Lang explains. “The main goal is for folks to be
able to relate to what I went through. If I can’t make it work using just my
personal experience, I use my imagination to fill in blanks.”
Signs
was
produced by Lang, Drew Ramsey, and Shannon Sanders. Josh Kelly helmed “Bring Me
Back Home.” Lang offers, “Josh and I cut six or seven songs together and had a
blast doing it. I am saving the other ones for who knows what, but I
definitely wanted that one to be on this record.”
Since
the release of his debut album, Grammy Award winning Jonny Lang has built a
reputation as one of the best live performers and guitarists of his
generation. The path Lang has been on has brought him the opportunity to
support or perform with some of the most respected legends in music. He
has shared the stage with everyone from The Rolling Stones and B.B. King to
Aerosmith and Buddy Guy, who he continues to tour with today.
NORTH
AMERICAN APPEARANCES ANNOUNCED TODAY
ALL
DATES OTHER THAN 9/30 – GENERAL ON-SALE FRIDAY, MAY 19
8/11
Los Angeles,
CA
Teragram
8/13
Arlington,
WA
Stillaguamish Festival
8/19
North Thornton,
NH
White Mountain Boogie
8/22
New York,
NY
Highline Ballroom
8/23
Philadelphia,
PA
World Café Live
8/25
Toronto,
ON
Danforth Music Hall
8/26
Trois-Rivieres,
QUE
Trois-Rivieres en Blues
9/08
Aspen,
CO
Belly Up
9/09
Boulder,
CO
Boulder Theater
9/10
Arvada,
CO
Arvada Center
9/14
Dallas,
TX
House of Blues
9/15
Houston,
TX
House of Blues
9/16
Austin,
TX
ACL Live
9/18
Kansas City,
MO
Knuckleheads
9/19
St. Louis,
MO
Pageant
9/21
Milwaukee,
WI
Potawatomi Casino
9/22
Milwaukee,
WI
Polawatomi Casino
9/23
Chicago,
IL
House of Blues
9/24
Louisville,
KY
Bourbon & Beyond Festival
9/26
Indianapolis,
IN
The Vogue
9/29
Huntington,
NY
Paramount
9/30
Hartford,
CT
Infinity Hall (On-Sale 5/18)
10/01
Fairfield,
CT
Warehouse (On-Sale 5/31)
10/03
Boston,
MA
The Wilbur Theater
10/04
Portland,
ME
Aura
10/06
Cranston,
RI
Park Theatre
10/07
Hampton Beach,
NH
Hampton Beach Casino
EUROPEAN
APPEARANCES ANNOUNCED TODAY INCLUDE:
10/22
Zwolle,
NL
Hedon
10/23
Cologne,
Germany
Gloria
10/25
Berlin,
Germany
Columbia Club
10/27
Hamburg,
Germany
Mojo
10/29
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Amager Bio
10.30
Oslo,
Norway
Rockafeller
10/31
Stockholm,
Sweden
Nalen
11/04
London,
UK
SBE (London Folk and Roots Fest)
11/05
Leuven,
Belgium
Hep Depot (Leuven Blues Festival)
11/07
Cleon,
France
La Travene (Blues de Travene)
11/09
Marseille,
France
Espace Julien
11/10
Six-Fours-les-Plages,
France
Espace Malraux
11/11
Paris,
France
La Cigale
11/13
Prague, Czech
Republic
Lucerna
11/14
Vienna,
Austria
Porgy and Bess
11/16
Sumperk, Czech Republic
House of Culture (Blues Alive Fest)
ALREADY
ANNOUNCED AND ON-SALE:
5/18
Rochester,
NY
Rochester Lilac Festival
5/20
St. Joseph,
MI
BBQ, Blues & Bluegrass
5/21
Annapolis,
MD
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
6/10
Birmingham,
AL
Alys Stephens Performing Arts
6/11
Nashville,
TN
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
6/16
Riverside, IA
Riverside Casino & Golf Resort
6/17
Aurora,
IL
Blues on the Fox Fest
6/18
Moorehead,
MN
Bluestem for the Arts Amphitheatre
6/22
Columbia,
MO
The Blue Note
6/23
Wichita,
KS
Orpheum Theatre
6/24
Okmulgee,
OK
Musogee (Creek) Nation Festival
7/06
Lexington, MI
Lexington Village Theater
7/07
Kent,
OH
Kent Stage
7/08
Rochester, MI
Meadowbrook
7/13
Peoria,
IL
Riverfront
7/14
Minneapolis, MN
Music In The Zoo
7/15
Sioux Falls,
SD
Sioux Falls Jazz Fest
7/20
Tucson,
AZ
Rialto theatre
7/21
Chandler,
AZ
Chandler Center
7/22
Las Vegas,
NV
Boulder Station
7/28
Saratoga,
CA
Mountain Winery
7/29
Lincoln,
CA
Thunder Valley Casino
ADDITIONAL
DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY
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