[Cover photo credit to Joshua Black Wilkins]
Singer/songwriter Cris Jacobs has released new song “Daughter, Daughter” that comes from a very personal place, “sharing thoughts no parent should have to consider.”
The track appears on Jacob’s first album in five years, One Of These Days, out April 26th, 2024 on Soundly Music.
Jacobs says:
‘Daughter, Daughter’ is a song I wish I never had to write. But as a parent of school aged children in today’s world, there’s a struggle that we all experience. We want to protect our kids, shield them from violence, but also maintain some naivety to not live in constant fear. We want to still preserve the innocence they deserve, as children. One evening, after a soulful conversation with my friend, a fellow musician and father, Paul, ruminating on how to change the world, the song poured out of me – part blues, part prayer. A plea for some sort of answer. It’s a helpless feeling.
The track features the duo of Jacobs on cigar box guitar and Jerry Douglas, who also Produced the album, on lap steel.
Jacobs wrote all 11 of the tracks on One Of These Days. He enlisted artists/friends to contribute to the recording, including The Infamous Stringdusters (Travis Book, Andy Falco, Jeremy Garrett, Andy Hall and Chris Pandolfi), who serve as the backing band, with Lee Ann Womack, Billy Strings, Lindsay Lou, Sam Bush, The McCrary Sisters and also Douglas.
Writing the new songs was a cathartic process for Jacobs. Following the pandemic, he found himself dealing with “a difficult bout of depression,” but he sought help and took up meditation. He came through it and in doing so realized that, aside from his family, creating music gave him “a sense of purpose.” He wrote all of the songs alone with his guitar in his barn. The process was “healing and inspiring” for him.
Cris Jacobs is set to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on April 27th, 2024.
Cris Jacobs 2024 Tour Dates
Feb 25 – Mar 1 – Miami, FL – Jam Cruise
Mar 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Hall
Mar 15 – Baltimore, MD – The 8×10
Mar 21 – Hartford, CT – Infinity Hall Hartford #
Mar 22 – Pawtucket, RI – The Met #
Mar 23 – Portland, ME – State Theatre #
Mar 24 – Amherst, MA – The Drake #
Mar 27 – Harrisburg, PA – Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center #
Mar 28 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre #
Mar 29 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl #
Apr 2 – Syracuse, NY – The Westcott Theater
Apr 3 – Buffalo, NY – Electric City
Apr 4 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
Apr 5 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Apr 6 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Brewery
April 26 – Baltimore, MD – The Recher
April 27 – Nashville, TN – The Grand Ole Opry
May 7 – Durham, NC – Carolina Theatre ^^
May 8 – Richmond, VA – Dominion Energy Center ^^
May 10 – Gettysburg, PA – Majestic Theater ^^
May 11 – Newton, NJ – The Newton Theatre ^^
May 12 – Westhampton Beach, NY – Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center ^^
May 14 – Lebanon, NH – Lebanon Opera House ^^
May 15 – New London, CT – Garde Arts Center ^^
May 16 – Lexington, MA – Cary Hall ^^
May 17 – Albany, NY – The Egg ^^
May 18 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre ^^
May 19 – McKees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre ^^
May 21 – Buffalo, NY – Asbury Hall ^^
June 16 – Charleston, WV – Mountain Stage
July 5-6 – Quincy, CA – High Sierra Music Festival
July 20 – Snowshoe, WV – 4848 Festival
* w/ The Lone Bellow
# w/ Kitchen Dwellers
^^ w/ Tommy Emmanuel
“ w/ The Infamous Stringdusters
