Gregory Alan Isakov to tour

Friday, June 11 @ 8:00 PM
Hotel Cafe
1623 1/2 North Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Tickets $10 / Ages 21+ Welcome
For more information, please contact 323-461-2040 or visit www.hotelcafe.com

Saturday, June 12 @ 8:00 PM
Zoey's Cafe
185 East Santa Clara Street
Ventura, CA
Tickets $12 ADV, $15 DOS / All Ages Welcome
For more information, please contact 805-652-1137 or visit www.zoeyscafe.com

2009 was a big year for Gregory Alan Isakov. Following the spring 09 release of his critically acclaimed new album, This Empty Northern Hemisphere, Isakov promptly hit the road supporting some of folk’s music most respected artists, including The Indigo Girls, Brandi Carlile, and Ani DiFranco – all the while building a legion of his own fans. Now after wrapping up another tour with musical colleague Brandi Carlile in early February, a week on Cayamo Cruise - known for hosting the best singer/songwriters around - and his own headlining tour in April, Isakov looks to hit the road again in June for a string of west coast dates.

Gregory Alan Isakov confirmed tour dates are as follows:
Friday, May 14 Waterfront Music Festival & Camp Out Fort Collins CO With Head for the Hills, Billy Nershi's Blue Planet, Adam Aijala & Ben Kaufmann, Greensky Bluegrass, etc.
Saturday, May 29 Meadowgrass Colorado Springs CO With Grant-Lee Phillips
Thursday, June 10 Lestats San Diego CA
Friday, June 11 Hotel Cafe Los Angeles CA
Saturday, June 12 Zoey's Cafe Ventura CA
Monday, June 14 Cafe du Nord San Francisco CA
Wednesday, June 16 The Woods Portland OR
Saturday, June 19 The Roost Bellingham WA
Sunday, June 20 Tractor Tavern Seattle WA
Friday, July 9 - Sunday, July 11 Winnipeg Folk Festival Winnipeg MB
Friday, August 13 - Sunday, August 15 Folks Festival Lyons CO
More dates to be announced.

Please visit the newly revamped website www.gregoryalanisakov.com for more information.

"Writing and performing is a mystery to me," explains the South African born multi-instrumentalist Gregory Alan Isakov. "I try to get myself out of the way as much as I can."

"There were moments while making the new album that were so different than anything I've done before,” says Isakov, who combines his personal past with poetry to create a musically visceral present.

His music dubbed “punk folk” by the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray, Isakov has been recognized by critics and colleagues as a real and original talent. In 2008, Denver’s Westword named Isakov their Best Acoustic Folk Artist. The previous year he was given the paper's Best of Denver Singer-Songwriter award; they called him "a rootsier Glen Phillips channeling Kelly Joe Phelps.

"Comparisons don’t bother Isakov; he’s brought his influences into the fold for This Empty Northern Hemisphere. "Everyone I've ever listened to made it into the record--It's like a traveling circus."

And Isakov is its truth and beauty-seeking ringmaster.

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