[Cover photo credit to Jason Stoltzfus]
Singer/songwriter and guitarist Daniel Donato has released new track “Hi-Country”, off his upcoming sophomore album Reflector, out November 10th, 2023 via Retrace Music.“Hi-Country” is intentionally an uplifting track.
Donato says:
There is a fine line between what is real and what is your imagination, but yet, both inform each other. ‘Hi-Country,’ is a symbol of this strange ever-present duality in life. It is a place that you are en route to physically, yet spiritually, you are already there. Life is but a day’s work, and ‘you got all day to make it true…’ in the Hi-Country.
Reflector is Donato’s first collection of all original material and focuses on the idea of Cosmic Country. Reflector was produced by multi- Grammy Award winning producer/engineer/mixer Vance Powell (White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Chris Stapleton). It’s the follow up to Donato’s 2020 independent debut, A Young Man’s Country.
In 2022 Donato and his band, including Nathan Aronowitz (keyboards/vocals), Will McGee (bass/vocals) and Noah Miller (drums and percussion), performed over 220 shows.
In 2023, they have performed with Widespread Panic and recently joined Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann as a member of his band Billy & The Kids for multiple dates. Billy Strings recently joined Donato and company on stage at the Double E Performance Center in Vermont where the two guitarists played together.
Daniel Donato Tour Dates
October 15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Café
October 18 – State College, PA – The State Theatre
October 19 – Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
October 21 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl
October 22 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
October 24 – Buffalo, NY – 9th Ward
October 25 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig
October 26 – Holland, MI – Park Theatre
October 29 – Minneapolis, MN – Amsterdam Bar and Hall October 31 – Milwaukee, WI – The Back Room at Colectivo November 1 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
November 2 – St. Louis, MO – The Old Rock House November 3 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
November 4 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
November 11 – North Charleston, SC – Holy Smokes BBQ Festival 2023 November 24 – Covington, KY – Madison Theater
November 25 – Covington, KY – Madison Theater
November 29 – Columbia, SC – The Senate
November 30 – Macon, GA – Capitol Theatre
December 1 – Savannah, GA – Victory North Savannah December 2 – Jacksonville, FL – Underbelly
December 5 – Gainesville, FL – Heartwood Soundstage December 6 – Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen Music Hall December 7 – Houston, TX – Rockefellers
December 8 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
December 9 – Dallas, TX – Deep Ellum Art Company December 10 – Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall December 12 – Fayetteville, AR – George’s Majestic Lounge December 13 – Memphis, TN – Railgarten
