New Monsoon adds tour dates

San Francisco-based quintet New Monsoon has announced more tour dates in support of its newest album release New Monsoon V.
Since its inception in 2001, the band has steadily grown its fan base with an active touring schedule highlighted by appearances at key festivals including Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Jamcruise, Summerfest and High Sierra.
New Monsoon takes its audience on a multi-faceted musical journey marrying acoustic and electric instrumentation, fusing numerous genres from bluegrass to reggae, jazz to funk all in one rock ‘n roll package. In fact, one of their popular live recordings, released in 2005, New Monsoon Live at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival was nominated for a JAMMY award as live album of the year.
New Monsoon V and was produced, mixed and engineered by John Cutler, best known for his production work with The Grateful Dead on the platinum release In the Dark (co-produced with Jerry Garcia) and Without a Net (co-produced with Phil Lesh) and the Jerry Garcia Band’s How Sweet It Is. New Monsoon took part in the highly successful Jamcruise earlier this year. Don’t miss your chance to catch New Monsoon’s exhilarating live shows near you.
Club tour dates are as follows:
2/15/08 Miners Foundry Nevada City, CA
2/16/08 Great Basin Brewing Co Sparks, NV
2/22/08 Humboldt Brews Arcata, CA
2/23/08 Humboldt Brews Arcata, CA
2/29/08 Moe’s Alley Santa Cruz, CA
3/01/08 Downtown Brewing Co. San Luis Obispo, CA
3/04/08 Club Roxbury Omaha, NE
3/06/08 Lucas School House St. Louis, MO
3/07/08 George’s Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, AR
3/13/08 Club 115 (SXSW) Austin, TX
3/14/08 Last Concert Café Houston, TX
3/15/08 Last Concert Café Houston, TX
3/28/08 Mystic Theatre Petaluma, CA
3/29/08 19 Broadway Fairfax, CA
4/10/08 Knitting Factory Los Angeles, CA
4/11/08 Belly Up Solana Beach, CA
4/19/08 Old Settlers Music Festival Austin, TX
5/02/08 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
5/03/08 Mercury Lounge New York, NY

For up to date information, visit www.newmonsoon.com