Katie Herzig to tour in support of album

Colorado-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Katie Herzig is on tour to support the Marion-Lorraine / Mercer Street Records debut The Waking Sleep, "the album she's always hinted that she was capable of making," Glide Magazine. "The Waking Sleep is not just a step forward, because in many ways it's a quantum leap....her most consistent effort yet"

The Waking Sleep was constructed over a full year of work, as Herzig continued to tour on her own and open for Brandi Carlile across the US. "I recorded whenever I was home, and each time it felt like it was a different season of the record," she says. Songs like "Make A Noise", 'Lost and Found' and "Midnight Serenade" represented uncharted territory for Herzig, with skittery rhythms and multiple movements. By combining digitally programmed sounds with organic instruments, she was finding a fresh musical identity.

"The Waking Sleep could very well be the wake-up call modern pop needed." - Artist Direct

Herzig knew that these songs would present a new kind of challenge for her on stage, and she has followed the release of this album with successive headlining tours. Speaking a few days after her first live performance of five songs from The Waking Sleep, she says that "it felt like I was playing my first show-a whole different energy, like we were a different band."

In addition to the changes that The Waking Sleep represent in her sound, Herzig also found that the lyrics of her new songs were moving into new areas. "These songs are less relationship-driven," she says. "Of course, there's still some of that but the key songs-"The Waking Sleep," "Make a Noise," "Way to the Future," "Free My Mind"-all raise bigger questions about things going on in the world. Like a lot of people, I've felt constantly overwhelmed by the state of the world, and finding myself asking how it will work out and how we can help solve things."

And her continued growth as an artist hasn't gone unnoticed, "Katie Herzig's musical progression, from her initial role as the drummer and back-up singer in now-defunct Newcomers Home to her current prominence among the most promising independent singer-songwriters of her generation, traces a trajectory of uninhibited artistic potential." - Philadelphia's influential radio station WXPN.

Katie Herzig displays maturity and creative fearlessness that extend far beyond her previous work. She knew the risks involved, and knew that breakthroughs only come from having the confidence to believe in your instincts. "I was afraid that all I wanted to write about was global warming and the economy," she says, "and I don't really know how to write about those things. But I just needed to raise questions. I see all these things happening around me, what can I do about them?

"On some songs, I don't even know what I'm writing about," Herzig concludes. "But it feels like exactly what I need to say."

In 2008, she released Apple Tree, that "marks the culmination of Katie Herzig's grassroots success and critical acclaim: Her third album is a collection of heartfelt, beautifully executed songs that put her writing and considerable vocal talent in the spotlight." (- NPR) And Paste Magazine honored her as a "Best of What's Next, "Apple Tree, pushes her now-signature style - brightly textured acoustic pop that's clever yet sincere, sunny but grounded-to exquisite new heights. It's Herzig's most accomplished work to date."

Katie Herzig continues her tour through May 2012. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Mar 02 Aspen, CO - Wheeler Opera House
Mar 05 Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
Mar 06 Ames, IA - Maintenance Shop
Mar 07 Minneapolis, MN - The Varsity Theater
Mar 08 Evanston, IL - S.P.A.C.E.
Mar 09 Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
Mar 10 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
Mar 12 Toronto, ON, CANADA - Drake Hotel
Mar 14 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
Mar 15 Londonderry, NH - Tupelo Music Hall
Mar 16 Portland, ME - Empire Dine & Dance
Mar 17 S. Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Showcase
Mar 18 Providence, RI - Fete
Mar 21 Fairfield, CT - Fairfield Theatre-Stage One
Mar 22 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
Mar 23 Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
Mar 24 Washington, DC - The Red Palace
Mar 30 Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindsley
Apr 25 Little Rock, AR - Juanita's Cantina Ballroom
Apr 27 Ft. Worth, TX - McDavid Studio
Apr 29 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
May 01 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour
May 03 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
May 04 Sacramento, CA - Blue Lamp
May 06 Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theater
May 08 Vancouver, BC, CANADA - Biltmore Cabaret
May 09 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
May 10 Spokane, WA - A Club Spokane
May 11 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House
May 12 Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
May 15 Fort Collins, CO - Everyday Joe's
May 16 Denver, CO - The Bluebird Theater
May 18 St. Louis, MO - The Old Rock House
May 19 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall