[Cover photo credit to Bob Ademek]
Roots Rock band Yarn have released a video for the Hammond organ and pedal steel driven new single, “Traveling Kind.” The Alt-Country track “celebrates the joys of the open road and an itinerant lifestyle” and arrives on streaming services this Friday, June 28th, 2024.
The inspiration for the song came during the pandemic shutdown. Lead singer Blake Christiana booked two months of house concerts and set out cross-country with his wife, performing in people’s houses and backyards.
Christiana shares:
It was 100 percent nomadic and it was badass. It was when all the major cities’ downtowns were boarded up from the George Floyd protests. It was a wild time in America and we saw it all. Even Rodeo Dr. was boarded up. Folks, If ya get a chance, hit the road; it gets in your blood and you’ll never wanna stop.
Born, Blessed, Grateful, & Alive, will be out July 26, 2024 via Symphonic Distribution, is Yarn’s first studio album eight years. Along with producer Damian Calcagne, the album brought together Yarn’s rhythm section, Robert Bonhomme and Rick Bugel, along with Mike Robinson and Johnny Grubb (Railroad Earth), Andy Falco (Infamous Stringdusters), Mike Sivilli (Dangermuffin), Heather Hannah, and Elliott Peck (Midnight North).
Christiana says about the album:
No one has any idea why we’re here, what we’re supposed to be doing here or what comes next, and there are very few things in this life to connect us to one another, other than the fact that we all don’t know these things. I like to think our music could be one of the places where we can connect.
TOUR DATES:
FR & SA, JUL 19 & 20 Erwin, TN – Yarn Camp on The Banks of The Nolichucky
TU, JUL 23 Emerald Isle, NC – Gaffer’s
WE, JUL 24 Emerald Isle, NC – Gaffer’s
TH, JUL 25 Charleston, SC – Pour House
FR, JUL 26 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater CD release show
SA, JUL 27 Charlotte, NC – Whitewater Center
FR, AUG 2 Charlottesville, VA – Ting Pavilion
SA AUG 3 Greensboro, NC – Natty Green’s
SU, AUG 4 Asheville, NC – AVL Fest
TH, AUG 15 Decatur, GA – Eddies Attic
FR, AUG 16 Nashville, TN – Basement East
SA AUG 17 Loudon, TN – Windy Hill Farm
FR AUG 30 Charlestown, RI – Rhythm & Roots Festival
SA AUG 31 New London, CT – Captain Scott’s Lobster Dock
SU SEP 1 Frenchtown, NJ – Concert Series
FR SEP 6 Thomas, WV – the Purple Fiddle
SA SEP 7 Thomas, WV – the Purple Fiddle
SA OCT 26 Troy, VA – The Yarnival 2024
—Northeast dates to be announced soon
