Jackie Greene Announces New Album & Tour
By Andy Kahn May 12, 2015 • 12:15 pm PDT
Singer-songwriter Jackie Greene has announced the upcoming release of Back To Birth, his first new studio album in five years. The new record marks his first on the Yep Roc Records label and will be issued on August 21.
[Back To Birth cover]
Greene’s seventh studio album, Back To Birth follows up his 2010 LP Till the Light Comes, and features contributions from Paul Rigby (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar), Damian Erskine (bass), Reinhardt Melz (drums) and Jason Crosby (violin, string arrangements). Produced by Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin and recorded at Supernatural Sound in Portland, Greene contributed guitar, piano, organ and drums as well as vocals across the album’s 11 tracks including “Trust Somebody” which you can stream below:
“Musically, this record is kind of a return to the simplicity that I started with, although I feel like I have a much better idea of what I’m doing now,” Greene said. “I think the lyrics are the part that’s really evolved. A lot of these songs are looking at the notion of a cyclical existence, and the sense that life goes in a circle.”
Greene will soon head out on the Back To Birth Tour in support of the record, playing both Jackie Greene Band shows as well as festival appearances with Trigger Hippy which he co-fronts with Joan Osborne.
Back To Birth Tracklist
1. Silver Lining
2. Now I Can See For Miles
3. A Face Among The Crowd
4. Light Up Your Window
5. Trust Somebody
6. Motorhome
7. Hallelujah
8. The King is Dead
9. Where The Downhearted Go
10. You Can’t Have Bad Luck All The Time
11. Back To Birth
Jackie Greene Tour Dates
5/16 – Chesterfield, VA @ Pocahontas Live (Trigger Hippy)
5/22 – Chillicothe, IL @ Summer Camp Music Festival (Trigger Hippy)
5/24 – North Lawrence, OH @ The Ville Music Festival (Trigger Hippy)
5/29 – Ventura, CA @ Discovery Ventura (Jackie Greene Band)
5/30 – Paso Robles, CA @ Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
5/31 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall (Jackie Greene Band)
6/5 – Hunter, NY @ Mountain Jam Festival (Trigger Hippy)
6/7 – Ozark, AR @ Wakarusa Music Festival (Trigger Hippy)
6/13 – Palisades, CO @ The Palisades Bluegrass and Roots Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
7/3 – Evanston, IL @ SPACE (Jackie Greene Band)
7/4 – Evanston, IL @ SPACE (Jackie Greene Band)
7/11 – Telluride, CO @ The Ride Festival (Trigger Hippy)
7/18 – Alma, WY @ Grand Targhee Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
7/22 – Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penn’s Peak (Trigger Hippy)
7/24 – Floyd, VA @ FloydFest (Trigger Hippy)
8/2 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley (Jackie Greene Band)
8/6 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
8/7 – Park City, UT @ O.P. Rockwell (Jackie Greene Band)
8/8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
8/9 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
8/22 – Pownal, VT @ Full Tilt Boogie Festival (Trigger Hippy)
9/18 – Nashville, TN @ Americana Music Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
Greene’s seventh studio album, Back To Birth follows up his 2010 LP Till the Light Comes, and features contributions from Paul Rigby (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar), Damian Erskine (bass), Reinhardt Melz (drums) and Jason Crosby (violin, string arrangements). Produced by Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin and recorded at Supernatural Sound in Portland, Greene contributed guitar, piano, organ and drums as well as vocals across the album’s 11 tracks including “Trust Somebody” which you can stream below:
“Musically, this record is kind of a return to the simplicity that I started with, although I feel like I have a much better idea of what I’m doing now,” Greene said. “I think the lyrics are the part that’s really evolved. A lot of these songs are looking at the notion of a cyclical existence, and the sense that life goes in a circle.”
Greene will soon head out on the Back To Birth Tour in support of the record, playing both Jackie Greene Band shows as well as festival appearances with Trigger Hippy which he co-fronts with Joan Osborne.
Back To Birth Tracklist
1. Silver Lining
2. Now I Can See For Miles
3. A Face Among The Crowd
4. Light Up Your Window
5. Trust Somebody
6. Motorhome
7. Hallelujah
8. The King is Dead
9. Where The Downhearted Go
10. You Can’t Have Bad Luck All The Time
11. Back To Birth
Jackie Greene Tour Dates
5/16 – Chesterfield, VA @ Pocahontas Live (Trigger Hippy)
5/22 – Chillicothe, IL @ Summer Camp Music Festival (Trigger Hippy)
5/24 – North Lawrence, OH @ The Ville Music Festival (Trigger Hippy)
5/29 – Ventura, CA @ Discovery Ventura (Jackie Greene Band)
5/30 – Paso Robles, CA @ Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
5/31 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall (Jackie Greene Band)
6/5 – Hunter, NY @ Mountain Jam Festival (Trigger Hippy)
6/7 – Ozark, AR @ Wakarusa Music Festival (Trigger Hippy)
6/13 – Palisades, CO @ The Palisades Bluegrass and Roots Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
7/3 – Evanston, IL @ SPACE (Jackie Greene Band)
7/4 – Evanston, IL @ SPACE (Jackie Greene Band)
7/11 – Telluride, CO @ The Ride Festival (Trigger Hippy)
7/18 – Alma, WY @ Grand Targhee Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
7/22 – Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penn’s Peak (Trigger Hippy)
7/24 – Floyd, VA @ FloydFest (Trigger Hippy)
8/2 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley (Jackie Greene Band)
8/6 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
8/7 – Park City, UT @ O.P. Rockwell (Jackie Greene Band)
8/8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
8/9 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Theater (Jackie Greene Band)
8/22 – Pownal, VT @ Full Tilt Boogie Festival (Trigger Hippy)
9/18 – Nashville, TN @ Americana Music Festival (Jackie Greene Band)
