Hello Friends!
Where to begin? We've been quite busy preparing for our fall national tour that will take us to California and back throughout September and October. We've been posting more dates every day so please stay tuned for dates near you.
For Michigan compatriots, we are happy to report that this tour will kick off with a home-state trifecta:
Sept. 4, Lansing, MI--Macs Bar
Sept. 5, Ann Arbor, MI--Blind Pig
Sept. 6, South Haven, MI--Foundry Hall
From there, we will move on to the following thus-far posted dates, though there is a good amount yet to be announced:
Sept. 8, Chicago, IL--House of Blues: Back Porch Stage
Sept. 9, Rock Island, IL--Daytrotter presents: Huckleberry's w/ Cotton Jones
Sept. 10, Omaha, NE--The Waiting Room w/ Cotton Jones
Sept. 11, Ames, IA--Zekes
Sept. 12, Madison, WI--University of Madison @ Memorial Union Terrace
Sept. 17, Tucson, AZ--Club Congress
Sept. 19, Los Angeles, CA--The Hotel Cafe
Sept. 23, Santa Cruz, CA--The Crepe Place w/ Cotton Jones
Sept. 24, San Fransisco, Ca--Bottom of the Hill w/ Cotton Jones
Sept. 27, Seattle, WA--Tractor Tavern
Oct. 1, Des Moines, IA--Vaudeville Mews
Oct. 2, Lincoln, NE--Lincoln Calling Festival
Oct. 3, Denver, CO--Moe's
Oct. 10, Joshua Tree, CA--Joshua Tree Roots Festival w/ Deer Tick, O'Death, and more
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We would also like to thank Lansing's City Pulse for featuring us on their
cover this week. We owe so much to Lansing and are so grateful for all the support we have been shown there.
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New web-worlds made possible by the diligence and patience of Richard Maisano in tolerance of my prodding.
New orangeglow photographs courtesy of Marc Nardacci.
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Frontier Ruckus is currently within a swing of great momentum and dynamism. It is palpable and thick. New songs are gaining muscle and dominance. New words and mythologies are replacing the old. New localities and bodies are earning veneration while others recede a little further into overgrown memory each day. Changes, changes. Anna now plays the bass in addition to her harmonization and we couldn't be more proud of her. Dave is slinking around more on a slip-sliding dobro. Smalls is providing such new and refreshed punctuation to my necessary run-ons, giving syntax to my night-axe. Zach's horns are growing larger with bells the size of the glowing firmly-fixtured-fast-food-beacons. Please join us in this new world as we discover more of it each day!
With love and squalor,
Matthew/ frontier ruckus