ISOBEL & AMERICA
Former Belle & Sebastian Chanteuse, Isobel Campbell, Heads Out On First US Solo Tour

 

 

 

 

With a stop planned in Seattle at the Triple Door on March 9, Isobel Campbell (formerly of Belle & Sebastian) will be playing select US and Canadian dates this March to unveil songs from her new collaboration with Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, QOTSA) on V2 Music, Ballad of the Broken Seas, which is due out on March 7. Backing her on tour will be a group of fellow Glasgow luminaries: Eugene Kelly (Vaselines) on vocals and guitar, Jim McCulloch (Soup Dragons) on guitar and vocals, along with sometime Teenage Fanclub member Dave McGowan (on everything from bass and keyboards to lap steel) and Dave Gormley on drums.

             Campbell and Lanegan's Ballad of the Broken Seas is already being noticed in the UK, receiving four stars from MOJO. And their 4-song EP, Ramblin Man, which is available now, contains a "quite dirty" cover of the Hank Williams classic, with Spin.com calling it “a bittersweet mix of country and rock … walking the line between grit & grace.”

             Campbell will also reach into her back catalog for the tour, playing songs from her first solo record, Amorino, as well as some covers (including talk of covering the Vaselines’ "Son of a Gun").

             US & Canadian Dates:

    3/4 - Toronto - Revival
    3/5 - Chicago - Schubas
    3/7 - Los Angeles - Troubadour
    3/8 - San Francisco - Cafe du Nord
    3/9 - Seattle - The Triple Door
    3/10 - Vancouver BC - Richard's on Richards
    3/13 - New York - Joe's Pub
    3/14 - Philadelphia - World Cafe Live
    3/15 - Brooklyn - Southpaw  

 

 

 

    Published: 28 Feb 06 | 5:00 AM
    Reported By: Treble Bandoppler 

 

 

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