Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Greg Laswell to tour

Producer, singer, songwriter Greg Laswell announces his 2012 Spring tour. Laswell's dates begin on May 15 on the East Coast before heading out across North America to the West Coast and circling back around to the East Coast, ending with three shows in New York City, Washington DC, and Philadelphia. Along the way he will play shows in Los Angeles and Chicago, and many more. For a full list of complete dates, please see below.



Laswell will be touring in support of his newest album, Landline, to be released April 24th on Vanguard Records. Landline is his first album since 2010's Take A Bow, and his fourth full-length. Laswell, a talented producer and musician in his own right, self-produced the record.



Landline's 11 new tracks were recorded by Laswell in a church-turned-house in a small lobstering town in down-east Maine. Laswell's nomadic tendencies caused him to relocate from Los Angeles to New York City, eventually ending up at the church-turned-house that is owned by his wife's parents. The album's title was inspired by the fact that the home-recording-studio had no cell-phone reception, forcing Laswell to use landlines for all of his calls.



The album features collaborations with a number of well-known female singers, including Ingrid Michaelson, Sia, Elizabeth Ziman (of Elizabeth and the Catapult) and Sara Bareilles (on the album's lead single 'Come Back Down.') Inspired by hip-hop records that he was listening to while writing and recording the album, Laswell decided he wanted to work with and feature female vocals alongside his own. Each singer brings a new element and personality to the songs, whether it's Bareilles' energy that caused Laswell to re-record his vocals, or the fact that he co-wrote the album's title track with Ingrid Michaelson when the power went out one night.



Laswell's songs have won over several of film and television's top music supervisors, who have featured his songs in films such as Friends With Benefits and My Sister's Keeper, and television placements in the season premieres of CBS' NCIS and NBC's Parenthood, as well as ten individual placements on ABC's hit drama Grey's Anatomy.





Greg Laswell Tour Dates

May 15 - Charlotte, NC @ Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall

May 16 - Charleston, SC @ The Pour House

May 18 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall

May 19 - Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley

May 21 - Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl

May 22 - Birmingham, AL @ Work Play Theatre

May 24 - Houston, TX @ Dosey Doe

May 25 - Dallas, TX @ The Prophet bar

May 26 - Austin, TX @ The Parish

May 28 - Tuscon, AZ @ Club Congress

May 29 - San Diego, CA @ Belly Up Tavern

May 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre

June 01 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill

June 02 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios

June 03 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern

June 05 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room

June 06 - Denver, CO @ The Walnut Room

June 08 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock

June 09 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern

June 11 - St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House

June 14 - Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio

June 15 - Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe

June 16 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern

June 19 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

June 20 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

June 21 - Washington, DC @ Rock N Roll Hotel

June 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live

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