[Cover photo credit to Zack Smith]
Award-winning singer/songwriter/guitarist Anders Osborne has released new single “To Live.” It’s the latest from his upcoming album Picasso’s Villa, out on April 26th through 5th Ward/Missing Piece Records. “To Live” speaks to the overall theme of “renewal, self-reflection, and self-healing” heard throughout the new album.
As the 17th full-length from the veteran Swedish-born, New Orleans-based artist, Osborne describes Picasso’s Villa as a “condensed story” about living in America between 2018-2021.
After a career that spans almost four decades, Anders Osborne came to a crossroads and decided to take a step back in order to get his bearings. He went through “a period of refocus and self-renewal”. Throughout this process of looking inwards, he made discoveries that led to “rejuvenation.”
Osborne, who has been in a twelve-step program for fifteen years, says:
The biggest change in getting sober was the focus on meditation and prayer, just looking more inward. When I’m sleeping in 140 different beds a year, eating unhealthy foods, the meditation is what keeps me centered. Holding myself in that sacred space for a while is what makes it possible for me to do all this.
Recorded at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans, Picasso’s Villa features a backing musicians including Waddy Wachtel (Warren Zevon), Chad Cromwell (Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Joe Walsh), and Bob Glaub (Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne).
Tour Dates:
04/27 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues (w/ The Infamous Stringdusters)
04/29 – New Orleans, LA @ The Broadside (NOLA Crawfish Festival) 04/30 – New Orleans, LA @ Deutsches Haus
04/30 – New Orleans, LA @ Chickie Wah Wah
05/02 – New Orleans, LA @ Republic NOLA
05/03 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
05/04 – New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Theatre
05/15 – Montgomery, NY @ City Winery Hudson Valley
05/16 – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
05/17 – Boston, MA @ City Winery
05/18 – Ludlow, VT @ Music On The Mountains
05/25 – Tampa, FL @ Skipper’s Smokehouse
05/26 – St. Augustine, FL @ Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
05/29 – New York, NY @ City Winery
05/30 – Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage
06/01-06/02 – Ardmore, PA @ The Ardmore Music Hall
07/11 – Winston-Salem, NC @ The Ramkat*
07/12 – Greenville, SC @ Peace Concert Hall*
07/14 – Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre*
07/17 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27*
07/18 – Alexandria, VA @ The Birchmere*
07/19 – Phoenixville, PA @ The Colonial Theatre*
07/20 – Riverhead, NY @ The Suffolk Theatre*
07/21 – East Greenwich, RI @ The Greenwich Odeum*
07/23 – North Truro, MA @ Payomet Performing Arts Center*
07/25 – Fairlee, VT @ Lake Morey Resort*
07/26 – Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre*
07/27 – Beverly, MA @ Cabot Theatre*
07/28 – Portsmouth, NH @ Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club*
07/31 – Red Bank, NJ @ The Vogel*
08/01 – Newton, NJ @ The Newton Theatre*
08/02 – Jordan, NY @ Kegs Canalside*
08/03 – Warrendale, PA @ Jergels Rhythm Grille*
08/04 – Warren, OH @ Robins Theatre*
08/23 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore*
08/25 – Sacramento, CA @ Crest Theatre*
08/27 – San Juan Capistrano, CA @ Coach House*
08/28 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up*
08/29 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up*
09/05-09/08 – Las Vegas, NV @ 10th Big Blues Bender
01/05-01/12 – The Big Easy Cruise
* w/ Tab Benoit and Special Guest Mike Zito Band
