Hillfolk Noir Dates

[Editorial]

Fronted by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Travis Ward, Hillfolk Noir’s peculiar take on traditional acoustic mountain music is filtered through a half-century of folk, country and rock ‘n’ roll and fed by an affinity for medicine show culture and Depression-era string-band blues. The band calls it Junkerdash, which has multiple definitions up to and including “psychedelic swamp-shack rags.” However, if you’re looking for something neat and tidy to place in print or casual conversation, feel free to use current music-journalism parlance and call it “indie folk.”

Hillfolk Noir’s touring lineup usually but not always consists of:

Travis Ward: Resonator guitar, vocals, harmonica, kazoo, words
Mike Waite: Stand-up bass
Sam Sonite: Snare, washboard, tambourine, harmonies
Alison Ward: Singing saw, washboard, banjo, harmonies

Hillfolk Noir is touring behind its latest album, Hillfolk Noir Radio Hour (March 2012). The full-length studio recording is sequenced like an old-timey radio program straight out of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, complete with commercial breaks plugging a bunch of fake products they made up. The album is available on CD, MP3 and limited-edition 10-inch vinyl packaged to resemble a 1920s-era 78 (but sounding much better).

Record of the Week On The Medicine Show listen again here http://flyinshoes.ning.com/profiles/blogs/mediicne-show-march-15 

Friday, June 1
Birnam Arts Centre, Perthshire

Saturday, June 2
Newcastle Fest, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Sunday, June 3
Heart of Hawick auditorium (tbc)

Tuesday, June 5
The Old Library, Kilbarchan

Wednesday, June 6
Douglas Robertson’s Studio, Edinburgh

Thursday, June 7
Woodlands Hotel, Broughty Ferry

Friday, June 8
The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen

Saturday, June 9
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Sunday, June 10
The Catstrand, New Gallowa

Tuesday, Jue 12
Stereo – Glasgow

Wednesday, June 13
Eastgate Theatre, Peebles

Thursday, June 14
Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcald

Friday, June 15
Saltburn Community Theatre, Saltburn-by-the Sea

Saturday, June 16
Lazy Bishops Music Festival, Farnham, Surrey

Monday, June 18
Norwich Arts Centre

Tuesday, June 19
The Musician, Leicester

Wednesday, June 20
The Green Note, London

Friday, June 22
The Square and Compass, Worth Matravers

Saturday, June 23
SeaFest, Rathmullan, Co Donegal, Ireland

Thursday, July 5
Bittercreek Alehouse – Boise, ID
9pm