‘West Of Broadway’ Era Begins: Rachael & Vilray Announce New Album & Fall Tour 2025

Vintage-pop duo Rachael & Vilray will release their third collaborative album, West Of Broadway, on August 1 through Concord Jazz. The Lake Street Dive vocalist and guitarist/singer-songwriter shared the LP’s lead single, “Love Comes Around,” and confirmed tour dates supporting the upcoming release.

Rachael & Vilray recorded the follow-up to 2023’s I Love A Love Song! at Sear Sound in New York City. Once again, the pair worked with producer Dan Knobler and Jacob Zimmerman, as they did on their first two albums. Late Show host Stephen Colbert contributed to West Of Broadway track “Off Broadway.”

The nine-song collection finds the Brooklyn-based duo accompained by saxophonist Steve Wilson and drummer John Riley. “Instead of attempting to recreate a big band section with a smaller number of musicians, I wanted to get a little wild and slightly weird with the instrumentation and trust that it would make for an interesting record,” revealed Vilray, who composed all of the material.

“Going into the studio, there was a bit of a question as to whether we could bring together all these different elements that aren’t really connected, like West Coast jazz and Broadway musicals and all the crazy characters and flavors within the songs,” added Vilray. “But it showed us that even if the themes don’t feel unified at first, they’ll feel unified by the end—just as long as you’ve done your work, and you’ve got a room full of great musicians to knock the whole thing out of the park.”

Rachael & Vilray did a great job threading the multiple-genre needle on “Love Comes Around.”

“That song was a commission from a widower who thought he was done with love but then fell in love again,” Vilray remembered. “As I was writing, I could hear an arrangement that had the colors of West Coast cool—something angular with rich harmonies and vibraphone instead of piano, which adds a bit of a penthouse jazz flavor.”

The new single, which features Warren Wolf on vibraphone, was right in Price’s wheelhouse. “Once I figured out how to get the phrasing in the pocket, I could focus on bringing out the character of the lyrics,” Rachael explained.

Watch Rachael & Vilray’s “Love Comes Around” video below:

After celebrating the album’s release by performing in King Of Prussia (Pennsylvania) on July 30 and at Newport Jazz on August 1, the fall tour begins in Canada with a show in Vancouver on October 20, followed by Seattle on October 21 and Portland on October 22. Rachael & Vilray then head to California for performances in San Francisco on October 24 and Los Angeles on October 26 before wrapping up the month in Scottsdale (Arizona) on October 27.

November starts with a show in Ann Arbor (Michigan) on November 7, followed by Evanston (Illinois) on November 8 and St. Louis on November 9. The duo continues with Nashville (Tennessee) on November 11 and Cincinnati on November 12 before heading to Washington D.C. on November 14 and Boston on November 15. The tour concludes with a performance in New York City on November 18.

Presale tickets for the fall dates will be available starting at 10 a.m. local time on Monday, June 9. Tickets then go on sale to the general public on Thursday, June 12 at 10 a.m. local venue time.

West Of Broadway Tracklist

1. Forever Never Lasts
2. Is It Jim?
3. My Key to Gramercy Park
4. Lookin’ at You, I Forgot
5. The Stuff
6. Closer
7. Love Comes Around
8. Off Broadway (featuring Stephen Colbert)
9. To Change
10. Manhattan Serenade