Marc Cohn continues the 'Parade"
Singer/songwriter Marc Cohn has booked another round of US dates to support "Join the Parade," his first new studio set in nearly a decade.
Cohn is scheduled to return to the road June 7, starting with a festival performance in Elmer, NJ. From there, he'll play more than 30 dates across the US through late September. Details are listed below.
Fans can also catch Cohn performing a live, interactive concert June 12 at the DeepRockDrive website. Online concertgoers will be able to select the angle from which they view the show and vote on which song will be played next.
Cohn, best known for his 1991 hit, "Walking in Memphis," returned to the road last fall for his first nationwide trek since the "Rainy Season" tour of 1993. The Grammy winner's long hiatus and case of writer's block ended with "Join the Parade," which surfaced in October.
The 10-song set, Cohn's first since 1998's "Burning the Daze," was inspired by some life-changing events. In August 2005, the singer was shot in the head during a random attempted carjacking following a Denver concert but, miraculously, sustained only minor injuries. Three weeks later, while recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder in his New York home, Cohn watched the city of New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
"I'm in the middle of my own crisis, and now I'm watching all these haunting images on television of thousands of people suffering through a far more horrific event," Cohn explained in his bio. "And then something I never could have predicted happened. It was like my song-writing receiver got flipped into the on position. Everywhere I turned, in conversations I overheard, even in get-well emails I was receiving, song ideas started coming. For several weeks, I'd be working on two-three songs simultaneously. And these songs weren't polite about their sudden presence either; they insisted on being written."
"Join the Parade" was co-produced by former Bob Dylan guitarist and solo artist Charlie Sexton, and features guest vocalists Shelby Lynne, N'Dea Davenport and the Holmes Brothers. A couple of songs from the set are streaming at Cohn's MySpace page.
June 2008
7 - Elmer, NJ - Appel Farm Arts & Music Center
8 - Norfolk, VA - Town Point Park/Harborfest
10 - Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
13 - Henderson, NV - Ovation at Green Valley Resort
15 - Santa Barbara, CA - Lobero Theatre
18 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - The Coach House
19 - Agoura Hills, CA - The Canyon Club
21 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
July 2008
9 - Boulder, CO - Chautauqua Auditorium
11 - Denver, CO - Denver Botanical Gardens
12 - Park City, UT - Deer Valley Ski Resort
14 - Saratoga, CA - Mountain Winery
15 - Roseburg, OR - Stewart Park
16 - Seattle, WA - Woodland Park Zoo
18 - Billings, MT - Montana Ave. Live outside McCormick
19 - Bismarck, ND - Belle Mehus Auditorium
20 - Fargo, ND - Fargo Theatre
22 - Apple Valley, MN - Weesner Amphitheater/Minnesota Zoo
25 - Kansas City, MO - The Crossroads
27 - Indianapolis, IN - The Music Mill
August 2008
21 - Staten Island, NY - St. George Theatre
22 - Atlantic City, NJ - Club Harlem Ballroom at House of Blues
23 - Westbury, NY - North Fork Theatre at Westbury
24 - Westhampton Beach, NY - Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
26 - Pittsfield, MA - The Colonial Theatre
27 - Cohasset, MA - South Shore Music Circus
28 - Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent
29 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino
30 - Brownfield, ME - Stone Mountain Arts Center
September 2008
17 - Bartlett, TN - Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center
18-19 - Hoover, AL - The Library Theatre
23 - Baton Rouge, LA - Manship Theatre
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