The duo of Martin Harley and Daniel Kimbro will release their new album of blues-Americana 'Static In The Wires' on February 10th. The duo will support the release with an extensive UK tour in March 2017. More about the duo, tour dates and a sample of tracks from the album follows:
Static in the Wires is the new album from blues-Americana singer-songwriter Martin Harley and bass player extraordinaire Daniel Kimbro (Jerry Douglas, Larkin Poe).
Martin Harley is a supremely talented acoustic roots and blues guitarist, singer and songwriter with a burgeoning global reputation. Static in the Wires is his seventh album and the second with Daniel. The two first met through mutual friend, Sam Lewis, at Hippie Jack’s music festival in Crawford Tennessee. After a brief backstage rehearsal the two took to the stage for an hour of largely improvised music. A few weeks later they were cutting a record at Zac Brown’s iconic Southern Ground studios. Their live shows bring aspects of blues, Americana and folk to the table; Martin playing a 100 year Weissenborn (Hawaiian acoustic lap guitar), while Daniel beats scratches and bows a double bass to create an unexpected array of textures and sounds.
Static in the Wires was tracked live at Wow & Flutter Studios in East Nashville over four days. Engineered and mixed by analogue guru Joe V. McMahan making use of every corner of the space. The drums sounded great in the kitchen and if you listen carefully you can hear the freight trains rolling past. At one point heavily armed police sealed off the area to conduct a manhunt.
Mixing elements of Santo & Johnny, JJ Cale and Taj Mahal, Static in the Wires follows 2015’s Live at Southern Ground, glowingly described by The Observer as “A spellbinding 50 minutes”.
Guests on Static in the Wires include multiple Grammy Award-winner Jerry Douglas (Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton), Derek Mixon (Chris Stapleton, Sam Lewis), and Micah Hulsher (Alabama Shakes).
Martin has headlined Music City Roots in Nashville, performed on the Cayamo Cruise with Chris Stapleton, toured coast to coast with ZZ Ward and Delta Rae and opened for Iron & Wine, Bruce Hornsby, Five for Fighting, World Party, Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa amongst others. His music has featured on hit TV shows The Vampire Diaries and Banshee among others. In summer 2016 Martin and Daniel played Winnipeg, Vancouver, Canmore and Calgary Folk Music Festival as well as shows in the Caribbean, the US and Europe.
Daniel has played the Ryman Auditorium, The Grand Ole Opry, the Tennessee Theatre, Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, MerleFest, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Stordfest, The Kate Wolf Folk Festival, The Edmonton Folk Festival, New Orleans Jazz Fest, The Blue Note Tokyo, Chateau St. Michelle, Jammin at Hippie Jack’s andmany more.
MARTIN HARLEY AND DANIEL KIMBRO · MARCH 2017 UK TOUR
MARCH
Fri 3 Leicester The Donkey
Sat 4 Barton upon Humber The Ropewalk
Sun 5 Gateshead Sage Gateshead
Tue 7 Perth Inchyra Arts Club
Wed 8 Glasgow Cottiers
Thu 9 Manchester Band on the Wall
Fri 10 Liverpool Liverpool Philharmonic
Sat 11 Barnsley The Civic
Tue 14 Wimborne Tivoli Theatre
Wed 15 Farnham Farnham Maltings
Thu 16 London The Forge
Fri 17 Canterbury The Marlowe Theatre
Sat 18 Lewes The Con Club
Tue 21 Cardiff St David’s Hall
Wed 22 Bristol The Lantern, Colston Hall
Thu 23 Exeter Exeter Phoenix
Fri 24 Falmouth Princess Pavilion
Sat 25 Dorchester Dorchester Corn Exchange
Sun 26 Didcot Cornerstone Arts Centre