December 2011/January 2012 Tour Recap

Thanks to everyone along the Cote d'Azur and in Italy  for the warm welcome(s) in the last concerts of 2011. The Su La Testa fest was particularly lovely - Ginger Leigh and I are permanently memorialized in ceramic tile in Albenga. Fun. The New Year started off with uvas, followed by several big shows in Espana and lots of rehearsals for the upcoming tours - as well as a few flamenco lessons in the ancient caves of Granada.

Benefit Concerts and Spring Tours

This month: Shows in Italy, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Scotland, including two nights at the Belfast Songwriters' Festival (Nanci Griffith and Friends, and more...)  Also, don't miss the two benefit concerts in Barcelona. "Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan" to benefit Amnesty International, and "Barcelona Fam Zero," collecting provisions for Banc d'Aliments de Barcelona. Details are here.  Big tour of Spain starts in mid-March.

Prensa! Me Gusta.

Thanks so much to the supportive press from all corners of Europe, especially from my/our adopted home country.  Spain: Rock in Spain, MondoSonoro, El Mundo, This is Rock, BarcelonaMusic, and Metal Symphony. Other: Thanks to Blues Matters, WN Network, Rock Society magazine, Le Cri du Coyote, Real Roots, Lira, the Lower Southampton Patch and Folkworld. And much love to Heaven magazine in the Netherlands for putting Until Morning/Come Out of the Dark on the "Best of 2011" list, and Hemifran in Sweden for the "Album of the Week" nod.

Don't Rock Out Naked, It's Bad Taste

...or it's really fun, depends on your perspective. But, if you're of the former mentality, don't forget that a few of the new limited-edition TS tee-shirts are still available here. Designed with the help of local graffiti artists and screen printers Monostereo BCN.  Pick yours up ahora!