Pillars & Tongues Western States Tour Begins Today

If you live in the western portion of the United States of America, then Pillars and Tongues will probably be performing within earshot of your home this month. Scan the dates below and mark your calendar. This is the first Pillars and Tongues tour in the US since the release of Lay of Pilgrim Park, and it comes not a moment too soon. Rumor has it, they have already finished recording the next album.

Pillars and Tongues are a beautiful experience live. They have performed over 250 concerts in the past three years throughout the U.S., Canada, France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Each performance weaves composition and improvisation into unique golden braid. Be there… see it… and understand why they have been invited to tour with Bonnie “Prince” Billy and at other times perform with artists such as Nick Cave + Dirty Three, Bill Callahan, Sir Richard Bishop, Daniel Higgs, Chirgilchin, and many more…

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TOUR DATES
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Wednesday, September 1 – 7:00 PM
North Manchester, IN – The Firehouse – with TBA – FREE

Friday, September 3 – 9:00 PM
Bloomington, IN – The Bishop – with Elephant Micah – FREE

Saturday, September 4 – 8:30 PM
Nashville, IN – The Pine Room

Sunday, September 5 – 8:00 PM
Louisville, KY – Skull Alley – with Elephant Micah + tba

Monday, September 6 – 9:00 PM
Murfreesboro, TN – Trash Mt.

Wednesday, September 8 – 9:00 PM
New Orleans, LA – Allways Lounge – with Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship

Thursday, September 9 – 7:30 PM
Houston, TX – The Orange Show – with Listen, Listen

Friday, September 10 – 8:00 PM
Austin, TX – Annie St. Arts Collective – with Weird Weeds, Bosque Brown, Some Say Leland

Saturday, September 11 – 8:00 PM
Marfa, TX – Marfa Book Co. – with tba

Sunday, September 12 – 8:00 PM
Las Cruces, NM – Trainyard – with tba

Monday, September 13 – 8:00 PM
Taos, NM – Seco Pearl – with North America

Tuesday, September 14 8:30 PM
Albuquerque – Winning Coffee – with Hedia

Wednesday, September 15 – 9:00 PM
Flagstaff, AZ – Cottage Haus – with tba

Thursday, September 16 – 8:00 PM
Los Angeles, CA – Echo Curio – with Metal Rouge, Up Died Sound and tba

Friday, September 17 – 9:00 PM
Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place – with tba

Sunday, September 19 – 8:00 PM
Sacramento, CA – The Hub – with Pregnant and Up Died Sound

Monday, September 20 – 9:00 PM
Chico, CA – 1078 Gallery – with Up Died Sound

Tuesday, September 21 – 8:00 PM
Nevada City, CA – Cafe Mekka

Wednesday, September 22 – 8:00 PM
San Francisco, CA – Viracocha – with Up Died Sound, Words, & Joseph Childress

Friday, September 24 – 7:30 PM
Prescott, AZ – The Raven Cafe – with tba

Saturday, September 25 – 8:00 PM
Albuquerque, NM – The Kosmos – with North America and tba

Sunday, September 26 – 8:00 PM
Santa Fe, NM – the Process presents at Little Wing

Tuesday, September 28 – 7:00 PM
Colorado Springs, CO – Modbo Gallery – with tba

Wednesday, September 29 – 8:30 PM
Denver, CO – Meadowlark Bar – with Princess Music

Thursday, September 30 – 8:30 PM
Lincoln, NE – Clawfoot House

Friday, October 1 – 9:30 PM
Grinnell, IA – Grinnell College Herrick Chapel – with tba

Saturday, October 2 – 9:00 PM
Iowa City, IA – White Lightning Warehouse – with Prince Rama and Skye Carrasco

Sunday, October 3
Daytrotter session


Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang Tour “Wondershow of the World”


Bonnie “Prince” Billy and The Cairo Gang are hitting the road on a one of a kind tour. They will be playing their Wondershow of the World (Drag City) jams where they get all bi- with each other (Emmett and Will wrote these songs together). This tour is the sh*t! Two intimate electricity-free concerts each night. There will be surprises. In the mean time… check out some old vids of the two performing Bonnie “Prince” Billy tunes at this post.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang
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Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang – “The Wonder Show of the World”

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Our boy Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang) has been contributing guitar and voice to Bonnie “Prince” Billy recordings for the better part of the last decade. This Valentine’s day, Drag City announced the first official collaboration between Bonnie “Prince” Billy and The Cairo Gang. The newest full length featuring Bonnie “Prince” Billy or The Cairo Gang, The Wonder Show of the World (out march 22th on Drag City) is co-written between Emmett and Will… we are talking about the bee’s knees, the cat’s pajamas, the snake’s elbow. This is going to be rad. You can pre-order it from Drag City… and check out this atmospheric (non-LP) cover of Conway Twitty’s “Play Guitar Play”:

Play, Guitar Play: [audio:http://www.endlessnest.com/mp3player/source/bonnie-billy-wonder-show.mp3]

Watch the commercial:

…and here are some dope vids of Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang) and Will Oldham performing Bonnie “Prince” Billy songs:

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