Quirky NY Chick: Amos Lee

Friday, June 10, 2016

Amos Lee Releases New Single + Tour Dates

Amos Lee released his new single, "Vaporize", on June 3. It's the first single from his upcoming album. I really like Amos Lee but, sorry, I'm just not feeling this song. Check it out below. You can pick it up HERE.

Amos Lee

Saturday, September 10

Radio City Music Hall

1260 6th Avenue

New York, NY

Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM

Tickets: $39.95 - $84.50

This is the first release from his forthcoming sixth full-length album and debut for John Varvatos Records/Republic Records.

“Vaporize” indicates a distinct musical evolution for the critically acclaimed Philadelphia singer and songwriter. Driven by expansive production, elegant keys, and his unmistakable soulful delivery, the song immediately enchants and signals a bright new chapter for LEE.

AMOS comments on the release of the new single, “I wrote the verse and chorus of "Vaporize” one day. Then put it on the shelf for a while until I heard “Studio” by ScHoolboy Q, which made me wanted to find a way to do something with that flavor in a room with a drummer and bass player. Add to it live strings moods, and an incredible rhythm section, and you get the core of “Vaporize.”

Label founder and namesake and fashion icon John Varvatos says, "I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to work with such an amazing talent . Amos is one of the great singer songwriters of our generation , and his new album is groundbreaking ."

Tour Dates

September 6 Burlington, VT Flynn Center for the Arts
September 7 Torrington, CT Warner Theater
September 9 Boston, MA Boston Opera House
September 10 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
September 11 Philadelphia, PA Academy of Music
September 13 Washington, D.C. Kennedy Center
September 14 Richmond, VA The National
September 16 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheatre*
September 17 Louisville, KY Iroquois Amphitheatre
September 18 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
September 20 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium
September 21 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
September 23 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Center
September 24 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theater
September 26 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theater
September 27 Saint Louis, MO The Pageant
September 28 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
October 26 Indianapolis, IN Old National Centre - Murat Theatre
October 28 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
October 29 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater
October 30 Minneapolis, MN Northrop Auditorium
November 1 Des Moines, IA Hoyt Sherman Theater
November 2 Salina, KS Stiefel Theater for the Performing Arts
November 4 Denver, CO The Buell Theater*
November 9 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theater
November 11 Los Angeles, CA The Theater at The Ace Hotel
November 15 Oakland, CA The Fox Theater
November 17 Eugene, OR McDonald Theater
November 18 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
November 19 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre

Monday, November 28, 2011

What I Did This Summer: Newport Folk Festival, Day 2

Today we have a look at day two of the 2011 Newport Folk Festival. The legendary festival was a great mix of classic and modern folk.

On the main stage where we spent most of our time, we got the soulfulness of Amos Lee, had one heck of a party with Miss Wanda Jackson and a musical journey with the Carolina Chocolate Drops who one minute played traditional folk from the 20's to beat boxing the next even tossing in a cover of R&B pop song "Hit 'em Up Style (Oops!)." Also on the main stage, Elvis Costello, headliner Emmylou Harris and the David Wax Museum who played one of the smaller stages as contest winners the previous year.

Meanwhile, over on the Quad stage, Middle Brother killed and The Secret Sisters charmed. At the Alex and Ani Harbor Stage, my guest blogger, Addison Braver Walsh, loved The Head and the Heart and I might have squealed a little bit and definitely sang along when Brown Bird, after an already impressive set, launched into the classic "Jackson" to close their set.

If you missed it or want to re-live it, this is what it looked like!

Fort Stage

Emmylou Harris

(more photos HERE)