Music News - Joe Pug announces NZ tour with support from Courtney Marie Andrews
11 April 2017 - 0 Comments
Following his appearance at last year’s Southern Fork Americana
Fest, Joe Pug announces his return to New Zealand for his first headline shows
with his new album ‘Windfall’- performing at Wellington’s San Fran on July 19, and Auckland’s Tuning Fork on
July 20. Support for both shows will come from Ryan Adams endorsed
singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews, in her first ever solo performance in
New Zealand.
The Austin singer-songwriter Joe Pug has made a habit of defying expectations,
so the piano-driven‘Bright Beginnings’ and the atmospheric rumination of ‘Great Hosannas’ on
his latest LP ‘Windfall’are just further indication that he’s quite comfortable stepping
outside of the guy-with-a-guitar trappings of the genre. The theme of
resilience plays a central role throughout Windfall. The weary
protagonist in ‘Veteran
Fighter’ wills his way further down the highway despite the gloom
that seems certain to overtake him. The album was greatly received, with Paste
Magazine calling it: “An
album about not just the broken moments and uphill climbs that shape life, but
how to exist in those moments... how to live through it all and come out
stronger.”
Pug’s rise has been as improbable as it has been impressive. After dropping out
of college and taking on work as a carpenter in Chicago, he got his musical
start by providing CDs for his fans to pass along to their friends. This led to
a string of sold out shows and a record deal with Nashville indie Lightning Rod
Records (Jason Isbell, Billy Joe Shaver). The years since saw him on the road
for over four hundred shows, including stops at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, touring
with Steve Earle, and more. The live Joe Pug show is a true experience, with
engaging the audience at the forefront, not only through the music, but through
conversations and political musings.
After releasing her first album at just 16-years-old, Courtney Marie Andrews
was asked by fellow Arizonian band Jimmy Eat World to join them on a global
tour - which saw her take on late night television performances, and even a
show at Auckland’s Powerstation in 2011. She’s since gone on to release six
albums, and has been heralded by Ryan Adams as “a phenomenal songwriter.” She describes
her latest [entirely self-produced] release‘Honest Life’ as a coming-of-age album, about “a great desire to fit somewhere,
when nowhere fits.”
Joe Pug
w/ Courtney Marie
Andrews
San Fran -
Wellington - Wednesday 19th July
The Great South
Pacific Tuning Fork - Auckland - Thursday 20th July
Tickets on sale Thursday 13th April @ 9am from http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/ 0800 111 999
Tickets in advance $45
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