Bassist Oteil Burbridge and vocalist Lamar Williams Jr. have previously announced their forthcoming collaborative album, The Offering, and released its second single, “Hush”.
The song is a “soul meditation rooted in love, peace, and emotional clarity” and is the centerpiece of the album which aims to “block out all of that nonsense” and “remember that there is more love in the world than hate”, according to Williams.
The full-length album arrives May 1, 2026 via Flóki Studios, was recorded on Iceland’s northern coast, and Produced by drummer, engineer, and Soulive co-founder Alan Evans.
While much of The Offering grew out of Burbridge’s banjo-based writing, “Hush” emerged from the two working together.
The album features an all-star lineup of drummer John Morgan Kimock, percussionist Weedie Braimah, organist Melvin Seals of the Jerry Garcia Band, pianist and violinist Jason Crosby, guitarists Tom Guarna and Jaden Lehman. These are musicians whose histories connect the Allman Brothers Band, Dead & Company, the Jerry Garcia Band, Soulive, and West African percussion traditions.
The music on the album began more than a decade earlier during informal writing sessions between Burbridge and Williams in Burbridge’s basement studio in Georgia, where Burbridge was teaching himself banjo.
Burbridge says:
I didn’t have any kind of aim in mind when we wrote these songs. I was just learning to play the banjo, and those exercises ended up turning into songs.
He brought the melodies to Williams and asked whether he heard lyrics within them, and Williams did. The material remained unfinished for years, however, written but not arranged, due to touring schedules, family life, and other projects until the collaborators unexpectedly circled back.
| Tour Dates: |
| May 1 – The Joy Theater, New Orleans, LA (w/ The Heavyweights) |
| May 9 – The Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, PA |
| May 10 – The Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, PA |
| May 12 – Nevermore Hall, Baltimore, MD |
| May 13 – Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY |
| May 14 – Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY |
| May 15 – The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY |
| May 16 – Sun Patio at Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT |
| May 17 – Royale, Boston, MA |
| May 18 – Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, Wilmington, NC (w/ Toy Factory Project) |
| May 19 – Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, Wilmington, NC (w/ Toy Factory Project) |
| May 20 – Music at Maymont, Richmond, VA (w/ Toy Factory Project) |
| May 21 – DelFest, Cumberland, MD (w/ Toy Factory Project) |
| May 28 – Iroquois Amphitheater, Louisville, KY |
| May 29 – Atomic Block Party, St. Louis, MO |
| May 30 – Park West, Chicago, IL |
| May 31 – The Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI |
| July 25 – GratefulFest, Garrettsville, OH |
| July 27-31 – Roots Rock Revival, Big Indian, NY (Music Masters Collective Participant) |
| August 1 – Jampacked, Richmond, VA August 2 – French Broad River Brewery, Asheville, NC August 5 – The Muse, Nantucket, MA August 6 – Summer Stage at Treehouse, Deerfield, MA August 7 – Center for the Arts, Nashua, NH August 8 – Jay Peak, Jay, VTAugust 9 – Lincoln Hill Farms, Canandaigua, NY |
