The trio released an album made together earlier this year, Dear Companion, which also sought to generate further awareness of the devastating impact of mountaintop removal mining. See the JamBase review for the album here.
Tickets for the shows will go on sale beginning Friday, May 21st. For links and info, go to www.yimyames.com. A statement on the site reads:
"The people and the land of Appalachia are too important to us as a nation to be sacrificed for something as short-sighted as Mountaintop Removal (MTR) coal mining. Our cultural stake in the region, from its music to its log cabins, is an indispensable part of our history and identity as Americans. People all over the world know our country music, our dances and our stories and they call them American. They are the fruit of Appalachia." - Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore and Yim Yames.
Tour Dates
7/22 Lexington, KY - The Opera House
7/23 Knoxville, TN - The Bijou
7/25 Charleston, WV - Mountain Stage
7/26 Marlinton, WV - Pocahontas Opera House
7/28 Charlottesville, VA - The Jefferson Theater
7/29 Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater
7/30 New York, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg (with Special Guest The Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
7/31 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival (Yim Yames Solo)
8/1 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival (Daniel Martin Moore & Ben Sollee)
7/22 Lexington, KY - The Opera House
7/23 Knoxville, TN - The Bijou
7/25 Charleston, WV - Mountain Stage
7/26 Marlinton, WV - Pocahontas Opera House
7/28 Charlottesville, VA - The Jefferson Theater
7/29 Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater
7/30 New York, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg (with Special Guest The Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
7/31 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival (Yim Yames Solo)
8/1 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival (Daniel Martin Moore & Ben Sollee)
5 comments:
Hey hey, catching any of these shows??
I'm working that out as we speak! I hope so. You?
I'm definitely catching at least one!! WV is just a hop away, and Woodstock NY is goooorgeous, I'd really really like to go there again. We'll see though, cause now there's all these new August dates!
Is it a safe assumption that Jim will play some MMJ songs?
I'd say so. I think I even read that.
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