Ethan Johns Announces US Tour

Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and long-time Ryan Adams producer Ethan Johns will bring his "haunting and smart" (Esquire) classic folk stateside this September in support of his “dark and foreboding” (MOJO) album 'The Reckoning' (Aug. 12). The Grammy-nominated Brit Award-winner will hit the road performing his “high-concept” (Esquire) compositions solo at 10 stops including the Americana Music Festival in Nashville.

‘The Reckoning,’ Ethan’s second solo album, marks his first time switching roles with friend and frequent collaborator Ryan Adams, with Johns owning the songwriting and lead vocal duties over Adams’ raw production aesthetics. The album tells the story of fictional character Thomas Younger as he pursues his wayward older brother James across the ocean, and eventually into 1850’s America’s vast Western frontier.

“It will burn your soul,” declares Ryan Adams about ‘The Reckoning,’ “The record is truly watching the world burn… and it feels so good too.” Watch him and Ethan discuss the record here:

The son of legendary producer Glyn Johns, Ethan Johns’ production credits include Adams, Ray LaMontagne, Laura Marling, Kings of Leon, Joe Cocker, Tom Jones and Paul McCartney. The Reckoning' was released in the UK on June 4th, 2014.

Listen to the first single “Dry Morning” here [via Esquire] here

TOUR DATES:
17-19-Sep - Nashville, TN - Americana Music Festival
20-Sep - Atlanta, GA - Eddie's Attic
01-Sep - Asheville, NC - The Mill
23-Sep - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
25-Sep - Vienna, VA - Jammin' Java
26-Sep - Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live (Upstairs)
26-Sep - Freehold, NJ - Concerts in the Studio
29-Sep - New York, NY - Rockwood Stage 2
30-Sep - New York, NY - Rockwood Stage 3
1-Oct - Cambridge, MA - Passim's