Conor Oberst Releases New Video + Upcoming Album and Tour

Conor Oberst released a video for "Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out" this week. The track is from his upcoming album Salutations that is scheduled to be released on March 17. You can pre-order the album HERE. Check out the Greg Marinaccio video below.

New York, Conor Oberst will be making a stop in Brooklyn at Celebrate Brooklyn! on July 20. See below for more details and tour dates.

Conor Oberst

Hop Along / Big Thief

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

Prospect Park Bandshell

Prospect Park West and 9th St.

Brooklyn, NY

Doors: 6PM / Show: 7PM

Tickets: $40.50 adv / $46 dos

All Ages

Rain or Shine

Oberst has partnered with Plus 1 so that $1 from every ticket sold on US headline dates will go to Planned Parenthood and their work delivering vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people in the US and worldwide. General on sale starts Friday, February 24th at noon EST. All tour dates below.

Tour Dates

March

• 9          Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room Lounge (SOLD OUT) #
• 10        Kansas City, MO @ Madrid Theater #
• 11        Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall #
• 12        Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom #
• 14        San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger #
• 16        Spicewood, TX @ Luck Reunion
• 17        Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live #
• 18        New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Theatre #
• 19        Macon, GA @ Cox Capitol Theatre #
• 21        Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel #
• 22        Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29 #
• 23        Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse #
• 24        McMinnville, TN @ Bluegrass Underground
• 25        St Louis, MO @ The Pageant #
• 26        Iowa City, IA @ The Englert Theater #

May

• 12        Oakland, CA @ The Fox %
• 13        Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theater
• 14        San Diego, CA @ The Observatory %
• 16        Tucson, AZ @ Rialto %
• 18        El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls %
• 19        Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater %
• 20        Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater %
• 21        McAllen, TX @ Cine El Rey %
• 23        Fayetteville, AR @ George's Majestic Lounge %
• 24        Wichita, KS @ Orpheum Theater %
• 31        Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theater*

June

• 1          Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Fest
• 3          Norfolk, VA @ NorVa*
• 4          Wilmington, NC @ The Throne Theater*

July

• 14-16   Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
• 20        Brooklyn, NY @ Celebrate Brooklyn ^
• 21        Boston, MA @ The House of Blues +
• 28        Camden, NJ @ XPoNential Festival with Wilco and Hop Along

* Big Thief support
# The Felice Brothers support
% Phoebe Bridgers support
^ Hop Along and Big Thief support
+ Hop Along

Recap: Newport Folk Festival, Day 3

Newport Folk Festival: July 27, 2014 @ Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI

Fort Stage

Mavis Staples (more photos HERE)

I declared musical lust a couple times over the weekend but it was Miss Mavis that I was outright giddy to see.  All weekend she was popping up on stages singing with various artists, Lucius, Lake Street Dive, Puss N Boots (if memory serves me correctly) but did I see any of those?  No! I kept missing her left, right and center but, I knew there was one set I was guaranteed to see her.  The legendary Miss Mavis closed the Newport Folk Festival in style while celebrating her birthday.  She announced that she's 30 with 45 years experience!  One thing's for certain, she was enjoying herself immensely.  She partook in some good natured teasing of her sister Miss Yvonne when she sat down for a bit.  Lucius came out and did a song with her.  She was joined by Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer on "You Are Not Alone." Norah Jones & Taylor Goldsmith joined her for "The Weight".  She had fun with Trampled By Turtles' name calling them Smashing Turtles and a few other variations of their name when they joined her on-stage with Jones.  It was a grand celebration with many of the festivals performers joining her on-stage for what is a Newport tradition, a sing-a-long. It was the perfect ending to the weekend.

Jeff Tweedy (more photos HERE)

Conor Oberst (more photos HERE)

Dang, that man looked seriously mopey and at times offered up a rather vacant seeming stare.  The guys from Dawes made up part of his band.

Dawes (more photos HERE)

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

The rain prevented me for catching more of Thao's set.  I was really looking forward to checking her out but rain and camera gear are a bad marriage.

Ages and Ages

And the rain came… I caught a few minutes of Ages and Ages before my camera and I headed for a more dry location.

Berklee Roots & Gospel Choir (more photos HERE)

Quad Stage

Rodrigo y Gabriela (more photos HERE)

This was a set I was looking forward to from the moment it was announced they would be at the festival.  Everyone at the Quad stage was on their feet dancing.  When I say dancing, they were dancing hard and often unrestrained. It was an intense heady experience.   

Hurray For The Riff Raff (more photos HERE)

If you were anywhere near me when they played my favorite, "Look Out Mama", then you likely heard me happily singing along rather off-key!

Gregory Alan Isakov

The Lonesome Trio

Leif Vollebekk (more photos HERE)

Harbor Stage

Valerie June (more photos HERE)

Hozier (more photos HERE)

Hozier was the second source of my musical lust.  If you haven't heard him, put him on your must hear list immediately.

Pegi Young & The Survivors (more photos HERE)

Caitlin Rose

The Deslondes (more photos HERE)

So, see you next year?