FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER
TOUR 2025 // WON’T BE LONG // ALBUM PREORDER
Well we’ve been in high gear over here in KD land, crossing T’s, dotting i’s, approving test pressings, confirming shows, cooking up videos, commissioning merch designs, booking rental cars, taping interviews…it was enough to make January fly by and now here we are a month out from the start of the first tour! That’s the main topic to report on today while we wait for various other things to come to light.
TOUR // I’m so thrilled to be hitting the road with the guys that made the record with me on the road: Erik Koskinen on guitar, Jeremy Moses Curtis on bass, Ray Rizzo on drums. When we recorded these songs, we were in discovery mode, just getting acquainted with them. We’ve played them together maybe a dozen times each, total, over a year ago. Tour is when all of us - me included - really get to know the songs intimately and understand them in a way that’s currently out of reach. I can’t wait for this unfolding, and to stop by so many favorite towns and clubs.
We’ll be joined by various special guests along the way - Erik Koskinen will open a few, Rose Cousins will join forces with us some at the beginning and the end, and other folks are scattered about the calendar. Almost of the shows are on sale via the links below, and I can’t encourage you enough to get tickets ahead - some rooms are real small and will sell out, some rooms are on the big side and it’ll be a big help to know who’s coming.
MIDWEST // We inaugurate things in Nicollet County, Minnesota, of which Erik Koskinen is currently the First Gentleman. We’ll shake the cobwebs off at The Venue in Mankato on 3/4 with Koskinen playing a hometown set as well, then drift down to see our friends at the Trempealeau Hotel in Trempealeau, WI on 3/5. Then we’ll convene with our Canadian ally Rose Cousins, whose new record Conditions of Love, Vol.1 comes out a week after ours. Rose will be on the bill in Illinois as we hit Evanston Space on 3/6, then celebrate the official release of GHOSTS IN THE GARDEN at The Bur Oak in Madison WI on 3/7. To wrap up this grueling 5-day tour we’ll make a triumphant return to MN and play the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on 3/8.
After that we’ll retreat to our corners to think about what we’ve learned, and pick things back up on the west coast later in March. Scroll down for full tour dates.
WON’T BE LONG // The second single came out a few weeks ago, the real banger of the record. Won’t Be Long is a song about restlessness and frustration, a song to sing along with very loud in the car. Homemade video below in case you somehow managed to miss me yammering about it on the socials. It looks like a lot of people have added this song to their playlists on the streaming sites and it’s a great feeling to think of it getting folded into assorted strangers’ lives. We’ll have another song out on Friday!
I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to getting this whole record out into people’s ears, and to hitting the road and playing the songs every night. In a world where not a lot makes sense at the moment, those are the things that do. Get your tickets and we’ll see you out there soon! *kd
UPCOMING SHOWS:
2/9 & 2/10 - CAMBRIDGE MA - CLUB PASSIM - Sub Rosa Songwriter Retreat Shows - TIX
3/4 MANKATO MN - THE VENUE (w Erik Koskinen)
3/5 TREMPEALEAU WI - TREMPEALEAU HOTEL - TIX
3/6 EVANSTON IL - SPACE (w Rose Cousins) - TIX
3/7 MADISON WI - THE BUR OAK (w Rose Cousins) - TIX
3/8 MINNEAPOLIS MN - THE CEDAR (w Rose Cousins) - TIX
3/26 PORTLAND OR - SHOW BAR - TIX
3/27 BELLINGHAM WA - NEW PROSPECT THEATER - TIX
3/28 SEATTLE WA - THE RABBIT BOX - TIX
3/29 HOOD RIVER OR - THE RED BARN - TIX
3/30 EUGENE OR - THE HYBRID (w Bootleg Rose) - TIX
4/1 ARCATA CA - ARCATA PLAYHOUSE - TIX
4/2 NOVATO CA - HOPMONK TAVERN - TIX
4/3 ALBANY CA - IVY ROOM (w Kristen Ford) - TIX/
4/4 CA TBD
4/5 SANTA MONICA CA - MCCABE’S GUITAR SHOP - TIX
5/1 GALWAY NY - COCK ’N’ BULL
5/2 BROWNFIELD ME - STONE MT ARTS CENTER (w Jeffrey Foucault) - TIX
5/3 TBD
5/4 WATERBURY VT - ZENBARN - TIX
5/7 VIENNA VA - JAMMIN JAVA (w Rose Cousins) - TIX
5/8 BROOKLYN NY - LITTLEFIELD (w Rose Cousins AND Ana Egge) - TIX
5/9 NORTHAMPTON MA - IRON HORSE (w Rose Cousins) - TIX
5/10 GROTON MA - GROTON HILL MUSIC CENTER (w Rose Cousins) - TIX
info & tickets for all dates at https://krisdelmhorst.com/tour