By Pauline France
GRAMMY award-winning folk singer-songwriter and musician Patty Griffin dropped her new album American Kid on May 7, and announced summer tour dates in support of the release.
This United States and U.K. tour will kick off in Asheville, N.C. on May 30, and make stops along the East Coast, Midwest, and West Coast before heading to the U.K. on July 19.
The tour picks up back in America with a performance at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colo., on Aug. 17.
American Kid, much of which Griffin says “was written to honor my father,” returns to typical Patty Griffin territory, which is to say that it features a group of remarkably powerful, personal and unpredictable songs arranged and performed in a style that doesn’t entirely repeat anything she’s done on her previous albums, while drawing on all of them.
Listen to Griffin’s new album via The Wall Street Journal here, and check out her tour dates below:
TOUR DATES:
May 30 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
June 1 – Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom
June 2 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
June 3 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
June 5 – Brooklyn, NY – Celebrate Brooklyn
June 6 – Philadelphia, PA – Verizon Hall
June 7 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
June 8 – Waterville, ME – Waterville Music Hall
June 11 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
June 12 – Chicago, IL – Athenaeum Theatre
June 13 – Minneapolis, MN – Pantages
June 15 – Bozeman, MT – Wilson Theater
June 18 – Vancouver, BC – Chan Center for the Performing Arts
June 19 – Seattle, WA – Neptune
June 20 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
June 23 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore
June 25 – Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern
July 19 – Gateshead – The Sage Gateshead
July 20 – Manchester – Royal Northern College of Music
July 21 – Perth – Perth Theatre
July 23 – Milton Keynes – The Stables
July 24 – Birmingham, UK – Glee Club
July 25 – London, UK – Union Chapel
July 26 – Cambridge, UK – Cambridge Folk Festival
August 17 – Lyons, Co – Rocky Mt. Folks Festival
