UK W SPOUSE // NY STATE // ISLAND SONGS
Spring in the Northeast always feels a bit like climbing out from under a dark rock and emerging into a bright, vaguely familiar world. This year brings an extra-strength version of that vibe, and it does feel a bit surreal to list all these travels and shows; I’m telling you about them, but at the same time I’m not entirely convinced they’re real. But this is what spring does, there are 3-1/2 crocuses blooming in my yard and suddenly nothing’s too crazy to believe in, so I’m choosing to think that all of this will play out just as described below. No real tours in the near-term, but quite a scattering of dates and formats here as we crank up the various machines and see if they still run.
UK APRIL // Mid-month I’ll leave the US for the first time in you-know-how-long as Esteemed Spouse Jeffrey Foucault and I head to the UK for a few shows in & near London. These nights will be full collaborations with both of us onstage for the whole show, playing into one microphone, trading songs and backing each other up. On the 19th we’re at The Water Rats in Camden, a show which is currently sold out, and on the 21st at The Slaughtered Lamb in Farringdon-ish, for which there are still some tickets available. Our friend Dietrich Strause, who has a new album about to drop, will join us for a couple songs on these nights as well. On the 22nd we’ll closing out Friday night at the Ramblin’ Roots Revue in High Wycombe. Come reunite with us! As always I’ll be accepting alternate merch payment in the form of sleeves of Hobnobs.
NY STATE // I used to play in upstate New York quite a bit, but it seems to have somehow fallen off the tour calendar along the way, so it’ll be interesting to take a swing out there and find out if anyone remembers I exist. Friday April 29 I’ll play a solo show at Argyle Brewing in Cambridge, NY, and then another the next night at 443 Social Club in Syracuse. See you there New Yorkians, we have lots of catching up to do!
SONGS FROM THREE MILE // Every June I have the bewilderingly good fortune to retreat to a lake island with some friends and write songs for a week, with much thanks to a grant from Club Passim’s Iguana Fund. Later in the year we gather at the club to play songs written at that year’s retreat, and they’re truly special nights, full of collaboration and joy, and the uniquely thrilling energy that comes from a whole night of brand-new songs being taken for a spin. This year’s shows, rescheduled from January, are now May 2 & 3 at Club Passim in Cambridge MA. I’m only able to be there the first of the two nights, but either of them is completely worth going to.
STONE MOUNTAIN DO-OVER // The show at Stone Mountain Arts Center last month got snowed out, so now I get to look forward to playing it all over again! More details on this next month but if you’re a planner, you can get your tickets right here right now and check it off your list.
RED ANTS PANTS // I’m thrilled to be in the lineup for this year’s Red Ants Pants Festival in White Sulfur Springs, MT. Red Ants is a multifaceted force for good, making excellent outdoor workwear for women, supporting women-led small businesses, and on top of all that running one of the sweetest music fests you’ll hope to find. Full great lineup and tickets here.
It’s such good medicine to be in a room and experience music together; I hope some of you can come out this spring for a dose. *kd
UPCOMING SHOWS
APR 19 - Cobill w Jeffrey Foucault at The Water Rats, Camden/London, UK (SOLD OUT)
APR 21 - Cobill w Jeffrey Foucault at The Slaughtered Lamb, London, UK Tix
APR 22 - Cobill w Jeffrey Foucault at Ramblin’ Roots Revue, High Wycombe, UK Tix
APR 29 - Argyle Brewing, CAMBRIDGE, NY Tix
APR 30 - 443 Social Club, SYRACUSE, NY Tix
MAY 2 - Sub Rosa Songwriting Retreat Show at Club Passim, CAMBRIDGE, MA Tix
MAY 13 - Stone Mountain Arts Center, BROWNFIELD, ME Tix
JULY 29 - Red Ants Pants Music Festival, WHITE SULFUR SPRINGS, MT Tix
photo // Brittany Powers
