Surf’s Up For Seasick Steve
Seasick Steve will return with a new album and tour in the early part of 2015. ‘Sonic Soul Surfer’ will be released by Caroline International on March 23, and the great guitarist has announced a UK tour for April to accompany it.
‘Sonic Soul Surfer’ is Steve’s seventh studio album and is being acclaimed by those who’ve already heard it as perhaps the most adventurous record he’s ever made. Written and produced by the man himself, it was recorded in the front room of his small farm, with longtime drummer Dan Magnusson encouraging Steve’s usual raw, direct sound, and the addition of some guest musicians on certain tracks.
Luther Dickinson from North Mississippi All Stars plays slide guitar on two songs, while Georgina Leach is on fiddle and Ben Miller plays jaw harp on the album’s lead song, ‘Summertime Boy.’ “The whole record is mostly me and Dan sitting there drinking and playing,” says Steve. “There ain’t a whole lot of producing going on! But I know what I’m doing and I know what I want.”
Steve is playing some European shows this side of Christmas, with one at the 229 Club in London on December 9 to be followed by dates in Holland and France. He then mounts his first full UK tour for four years next spring, with the following dates:
April 2015
Wed 8th FOLKESTONE, Leas Cliff Hall
Thu 9th NORWICH, UEA
Sat 11th MANCHESTER, O2 Apollo
Sun 12th LIVERPOOL, Philharmonic
Mon 14th LONDON, Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
Wed 16th SHEFFIELD, O2 Academy*
Fri 18th GLASGOW, Barrowland
Sat 19th ABERDEEN, Music Hall
Mon 21st DUNDEE, Fat Sams Live
Wed 23rd NEWCASTLE, O2 Academy
Thu 24th YORK, Barbican
Sat 26th SOUTHAMPTON, O2 Guildhall
Mon 28th CARDIFF, St David’s
Tue 29th WOLVERHAMPTON, Civic Hall
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