Sturgill Simpson Plays “Turtles All The Way Down”

STURGILL SIMPSON PERFORMS “TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN” ON
“THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON”

FALL TOUR SELLING OUT NATIONWIDE, 2015 DATES JUST ADDED

METAMODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY MUSIC OUT NOW TO WIDESPREAD ACCLAIM

“Best New Country Badass.”—Rolling Stone

“It is the best country record of the year, hands down. That is, if you can even call it country. Frankly, I don’t know what it is, except for brilliant…”—Esquire

“We’ll be lucky to hear a stronger album—country or otherwise—this year.”—The Washington Post

“…will endure as one of this young century’s best traditionalist country records.”—Stereogum

Sturgill Simpson performed “Turtles All The Way Down” last night on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” The performance celebrates Simpson’s new album, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, which continues to receive overwhelming acclaim (iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp). In support of the release, Simpson and his band—bassist Kevin Black, guitarist Laur Joamets and drummer Miles Miller—will continue their sold-out nationwide tour this fall/winter, including newly announced 2015 headlining dates. See below for complete details.

Already enjoying a break-out 2014, Simpson recently performed on “Conan” and the “Late Show with David Letterman” and was featured on the BBC’s “Later Live with Jools Holland,”“Later…with Jools Holland,” American Public Media’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” and NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk Concert.” He was also recently awarded “Emerging Artist of the Year” at the 2014 Americana Honors & Awards. Of the competitive category, The Wall Street Journal asserted, “The new, impressive young performers put forward for Americana’s ‘Emerging Act of the Year’ for 2014 are undoubtedly the strongest set ever nominated in a single year; who they are and what they do should further define the arena…” PBS will broadcast an edited version of the Honors & Awards show as an Austin City Limits special, “ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival,” on November 22.

Of Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Rolling Stone heralds, “Sounds Like: Merle Haggard with a stack of books on cosmology and metaphysics,” while Garden & Gun praises, “Metamodern is what country music should sound like.” Moreover, The Washington Post calls him, “Country music’s most exciting new outsider” and The Wall Street Journal describes, “the album salts old-school country, bluegrass and gospel sounds with hints of psychedelia and even electronica—although fans of his authentic-country cred aren’t likely to be disappointed.” Additionally, NPR Music recently premiered his music videos for “The Promise” and “Turtles All The Way Down.”

Produced once again by friend and trusted collaborator Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Lindi Ortega, Jamey Johnson), Metamodern Sounds In Country Music was recorded live-to-tape at Nashville’s LCS studio over four days in late 2013. Of the album, Simpson comments, “Myriad worldly offerings—religion, drugs, and more—all claim to be the omnipotent universal truth, but in my experience, love is the only certainty. That’s what this record is about.”

Simpson’s portrait on the album cover was designed by friend and painter Jason Seiler, who is perhaps best known for illustrating Pope Francis for TIME Magazine’s 2013 “Person of the Year” issue in addition to contributing art to publications such as The New York Times, Rolling Stone and The Wall Street Journal.

STURGILL SIMPSON TOUR DATES
October 31 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Festival
November 1 Mobile, AL Moe’s
November 2 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
November 4 Charleston, SC The Pour House
November 5 Augusta, GA Sky City
November 6 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center*
November 7 Charlotte, NC The Chop Shop
November 8 Macon, GA Cox Capitol Theatre (SOLD OUT)
November 9 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre (SOLD OUT)
November 11 Oxford, MS Proud Larry’s
November 12 Hattiesburg, MS Thirsty Hippo
November 14 San Antonio, TX Sam’s Burger Joint (SOLD OUT)
November 15 Dallas, TX Club Dada (SOLD OUT)
November 16 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s Upstairs
November 18 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
November 20-22 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore†
November 23 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
November 25 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios (SOLD OUT)
November 26 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern (SOLD OUT)
November 28 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room
November 29 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater (SOLD OUT)
November 30 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
December 2 Kansas City, MO Knuckehead’s (SOLD OUT)
December 4 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café (SOLD OUT)
December 5 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall
December 6 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall (SOLD OUT)
December 7 Indianapolis, IN Vogue Theatre
December 30 Austin, TX ACL Live at The Moody Theater‡
January 29 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
January 30 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom
January 31 Covington, KY Madison Theater
February 3 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
February 4 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
February 5 Detroit, MI The Magic Stick
February 6 Grand Rapids, MI The Stache @ The Intersection
February 11 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
February 12 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
February 13 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
February 14 Asbury Park, NY The Stone Pony
February 17 Northampton, MA Pearl Street
February 18 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground Ballroom
February 20 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
February 21 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
February 22 Charlottesville, VA The Southern
February 24 Richmond, VA The Broadberry
February 27 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
February 28 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
March 1 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
April 24 Indio, CA Stagecoach Festival

*supporting Jason Isbell
†supporting Drive-By Truckers
‡supporting Willie Nelson