liars Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/liars/ New and independent music Wed, 18 May 2016 18:52:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 liars Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/liars/ 32 32 88787050 Gregory Alan Isakov unveils ‘Liars’ from new album with The Colorado Symphony https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/05/18/gregory-alan-isakov-colorado-symphony/ Wed, 18 May 2016 18:52:40 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=9266 If you consider yourself a fan of contemporary American folk music, chances are you will already be aware of Gregory Alan Isakov. Ever since 2003’s Rust Colored Stones, Isakov has been releasing an evocative brand of indie folk music, adding a Springsteenian energy to his own timeless, guitar-driven tales of love and loss. There are plenty of records to explore, but if you need convincing in a hurry just listen to his cover of Iron & Wine’s ‘The Trapeze Swinger’ for Fuel/Friends’ […]

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]]> If you consider yourself a fan of contemporary American folk music, chances are you will already be aware of Gregory Alan Isakov. Ever since 2003’s Rust Colored Stones, Isakov has been releasing an evocative brand of indie folk music, adding a Springsteenian energy to his own timeless, guitar-driven tales of love and loss. There are plenty of records to explore, but if you need convincing in a hurry just listen to his cover of Iron & Wine’s ‘The Trapeze Swinger’ for Fuel/Friends’ Chapel Session series and tell us you aren’t a believer.

Anyway, Isakov is back with a new album to be released early this summer, Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony. The perspicacious amongst you might be able to guess just what the record entails, but we’ll expand for the sake of clarity. After performing with the symphony in 2013, Isakov has enlisted their help to record eleven old compositions, transforming his humble folk songs into large, sweeping things. ‘Liars’, the first song from the album, was written by Ron Scott and the arrangement is from Jay Clifford, with the Colorado Symphony conducted by Scott O’Neil. Check out the video below, directed and edited by Sarah Megyesy:

Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony is due out on the 10th June and you can pre-order it now via iTunes. He is also taking the record onto the road, teaming up with a variety of other orchestras across a multitude of states:

June 10 / Lincoln, NE / venue TBA*
June 11 / Iowa City, IA / The Englert Theatre*
June 12 / Minneapolis, MN / The Varsity Theater*
June 13 / Chicago, IL / Thalia Hall*
June 14 / Chicago, IL / Thalia Hall*
June 15 / Ann Arbor, MI / venue TBA*
June 17 / Atlanta, GA / Atlanta Symphony Hall — with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
June 18 / Asheville, NC / The Orange Peel*
June 19 / Philadelphia, PA / Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts — with the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
June 20 / Burlington, VT / The Flynn Center — with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
June 21 / Portland, ME / State Theatre — with the Maine Youth Rock Orchestra*
June 22 / Boston, MA / Royale*
June 23 / New York, NY / Webster Hall*
June 25 / Washington, DC / The Kennedy Center — with the National Symphony Orchestra (tickets on sale 4/7)
June 26 / Durham, NC / The Carolina Theatre*
June 27 / Charlotte, NC / McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square*
June 28 / Nashville, TN / Marathon Music Works*
June 30 / Kansas City, MO / Madrid Theatre*
July 1 / Dallas, TX / Granada Theater*
July 2 / Austin, TX / Emo’s*
*accompanied by The Ghost Orchestra

 

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