Hello Hubbies, My friend is managing an amazing band that I know you'll love. I hope you'll check them out. And, LET ME KNOW HOW THE MUSIC MOVES YOU (OR NOT). Hahahah.
Tipped by Kings of Leon's Matthew Followill as the new band to watch in NME's 2010 New Music issue (a sentiment echoed by Matt Costa on jambands.com), The Romany Rye is touring in support of its debut album, 'Highway 1, Looking Back Carefully', an intimate collection of songs penned by former Colour guitarist Luke MacMaster. The singer-songwriter produced and recorded the album along with Delta Spirit's Kelly Winwrich and the two were joined in the studio by a group of friends that included Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), David Quon (We Barbarians) and Blake Mills. Shortly after completing the album, MacMaster put together the band now known as The Romany Rye, inviting Judson Spillyards, Joshua Spillyards and Ryan Hitt from Christopher Denny's former backing band, The Natives, to join him.

"If love is a language, I will cut out my tongue/no use for singing songs already been sung," sings MacMaster on the soulful album opener, "Brother." Gentle and melodic to the ear, a closer listen to "Dear Holly" shatters any peaceful, easy feeling as the narrator describes himself as "a ghost town with seven empty lakes." "Marquee," a tale of striving for fame in a city where "every diamond in the sidewalk is fighting for its time to shine," unfolds over a lazy banjo line. It's juxtapositions like these that brighten this journey through a dark night of the soul.

-barbie

Tour Dates:

05/30 - Little Rock, AR - Riverfest

Tour Dates (w/ Delta Spirit):

06/07 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
06/08 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
06/09 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
06/10 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
06/11 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's
06/12 - Vancouver, BC - The Venue
06/14 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
06/15 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Urban Lounge
06/16 - Boulder, CO - The Blue Theatre
06/17 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
06/18 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre
06/19 - Chicago, IL - Metro
06/21 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird
06/22 - Indianapolis, IN - Radio Room
06/23 - Columbus, OH - The Basement
06/24 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
06/25 - Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room
06/28 - Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs
06/30 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
07/01 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
07/02 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
07/03 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
07/05 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
07/06 - Charleston, SC - Pour House
07/07 - St. Augustine, FL - Café 11
07/08 - Orlando, FL - The Social
07/09 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
07/10 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
07/11 - Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo
07/13 - Little Rock, AR - Juanita's
07/14 - Tulsa, OK - Cain'e
07/15 - Dallas, TX - Lola's
07/16 - Houston, TX - Mango's
07/17 - Austin, TX - Emo's
07/20 - Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Brewing Company
07/21 - Tucson, AZ - Plush
07/23 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
07/24 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones