Melbourne based singer-songwriter James Kenyon is rather appropriately taking his latest album Imagine You Are Driving on the road for a national tour.
‘Imagine you are Driving’ is the soundtrack to an as yet unmade great Australian road movie. Think of a road trip with Paul Kelly and Don Walker up front with Bruce Springsteen (circa Nebraska) and Iron & Wine in the back seat. Emotive, harsh, dry, beautiful and poetic, this is a striking, finely crafted album that is haunting and captivating all at once.
Following up his critically acclaimed 2012 debut album The North Pole, Kenyon collaborated with some of Melbourne’s finest musicians for his latest record, including Luke Richardson, Matt Dixon, John Bedgood, Nick O’Mara, Brooke Russell, Broads and many more, and he spent over 2 years crafting it all with producer Nick Huggins.
On the back of the album’s release and its successful October 8 launch show at the Toff in Town, Kenyon will be playing rural venues, intimate city shows and festivals. Dates will be staggered across the states and months, beginning at the Swagger Festival in Victoria on October 21, with headline shows in Canberra, Sydney, Maitland, Bellingen and Brisbane in December 2016.
2016 NATIONAL TOUR DATES:
23/10: Swagger Festival, Wandiligong
28-31/10: Happy Wanderer Festival, Benalla
3-06/11: Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival, Bendigo
18/11: Cooks Beach, New Zealand
04/12: Wandi Pub, Wandilagong
05/12: Phoenix Bar, Canberra
07/12: Gasoline Pony, Sydney
08/12: Junkyard, Maitland
09/12: Cedar Bar, Bellingen
10/12: Queen St Mall, Brisbane
11/12: Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane
More dates to be announced…
Tickets and gig info at www.jameskenyonmusic.com.au