BIG NEWS: New name: James McMurtry and the martial law review!
"One of America's greatest living songwriters" - Rolling Stone
"New James McMurtry is absolute [🔥] " - Aaron Lee Tasjan
"James McMurtry returns with masterful storytelling & truth laying on The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy." - Glide Magazine
"...there is so much to digest in the music of James McMurtry and this new album is filled with ample proof of his many gifts and talent." - Lonesome Highway
"...solidifying McMurtry as one of this generation's most unflinchingly potent and powerfully erudite recording artists." - American Songwriter
"This is a career-best collection of dense, fascinating narratives." - Country Universe
" A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller, McMurtry teases vivid worlds out of small details, setting them to arrangements that have the elements of Americana but sound too sly and smart for such a general category... this is roots rock at its most cathartic." - Americana UK
James McMUrtry on the road
11 Jul Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Okemah, OK
12 Jul GoldenLight Cantina Amarillo, TX
15 Jul Lulu's Downtown Colorado Springs, CO
16 Jul The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co. Santa Fe, NM
17 Jul The Rebel Lounge Phoenix, AZ
18 Jul Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace Pioneertown, CA
19 Jul Troubadour West Hollywood, CA
21 Jul SOhO Restaurant and Music Club Santa Barbara, CA
22 Jul The Siren Morro Bay, CA
23 Jul Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA
24 Jul The Chapel San Francisco, CA
25 Jul The Chapel San Francisco, CA
26 Jul Harlow's Sacramento, CA
28 Jul Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
29 Jul Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
30 Jul Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
31 Jul The District at Knitting Factory Spokane, WA
01 Aug Zootown Arts Community Center Missoula, MT
02 Aug Pine Creek Lodge Livingston, MT
04 Aug Pub Station Billings, MT
05 Aug Knotty Pine Victor, ID
06 Aug The State Room Salt Lake City, UT
07 Aug The State Room Salt Lake City, UT
08 Aug Chautauqua Auditorium Boulder, CO
09 Aug Wave Wichita, KS
04 Sep Downtown 312 McAlester, OK
05 Sep The Auditorium Eureka Springs, AR
12 Sep Evanston Folk Festival Evanston, IL
13 Sep . Evanston Folk Festival Evanston, IL
19 Sep Collinsville Pioneer Day Collinsville, TX
26 Sep Antlers & Acorns: The Boone Songwriters Festival Boone, NC
14 Nov The 04 Center Austin, TX
20 Nov Main Street Crossing Tomball, TX
*BettySoo Opens