AJ LEE AND BLUE SUMMIT ANNOUNCE NEW LP
I’LL COME BACK OUT ON AUGUST 20TH
NEW SINGLE “LEMONS AND TANGERINES” OUT TODAY
LISTEN: “LEMONS AND TANGERINES”
Today, award-winning Bay Area-based roots powerhouse AJ Lee and Blue Summit announce the upcoming release of their new LP I’ll Come Back, due out on August 20th. Today, the band unveils the latest track from the album, “Lemons and Tangerines,” inspired by a grafted lemon tree in Lee’s backyard. This single follows the release of “Magdalene,” which debuted in June. “This band is good in the bluegrass way,” said Country Queer in the premiere of “Magdalene,” adding, “they use their skill not to show off, but to build songs that are sturdy as houses, with plenty of room for guests, and ready for any weather.”
LISTEN: “MAGDALENE”
AJ Lee and Blue Summit made their first appearance in Santa Cruz in 2015. Led by singer, songwriter, and mandolinist, AJ Lee, the bluegrass band has performed all over the world, but found home in California’s Bay Area. In 2019, they released their debut album, Like I Used To.
Unlike their first record, which featured experimentation with session musicians and electric instruments, I’ll Come Back is a pure reflection of the live sound of the group, hearkening back to their acoustic roots. Each band member performs at their peak, and the variety of songs on the record caters to their broad fanbase. Certain tracks (“Put Your Head Down” and “Faithful”) fall more in the classic bluegrass realm of songwriting, while others (“Lemons and Tangerines” and “I’ll Come Back”) fall into that hard-to-define realm of acoustic Americana that blends mesmerizing lyricism and acoustic mastery.
Although falling loosely under the bluegrass label, AJLBS generally plays sans banjo, with Sullivan Tuttle and Jesse Fichman on steel stringed acoustic guitars, AJ on mandolin, Jan Purat on fiddle, and Chad Bowen on upright bass - a configuration effectively used to create unique space and texture in the arrangements not as commonly found in the music of their peers. Drawing from influences such as country, soul, swing, rock, and jam music, the band uses the lens of bluegrass as a vessel through which to express and explore the thread that binds and unifies all great music.
TOUR DATES
AUG 7 - The Independent @ 8:00pm - San Francisco, CA [ALBUM RELEASE SHOW]*
AUG 13 - Caffe Lena @ 8:00pm - Saratoga Springs, NY
AUG 14 - Podunk Bluegrass Festival 2021 @ 12:20pm - Goshen, CT
AUG 15 - Hardeman Orchards @ 7:30pm - Red Hook, NY
AUG 16 - Truro Vineyards @ 8:00pm - North Truro, MA
AUG 18 - Watermelon Wednesdays @ 3:00pm - Williamsburg, MA
AUG 18 Watermelon Wednesdays @ 7:30pm - Williamsburg, MA *SOLD OUT*
AUG 19 - Music Hall @ 6:00pm - Portsmouth, NH
AUG 19 - Music Hall @ 8:00pm - Portsmouth, NH
AUG 20 - Mauch Chunk Opera House @ 8:00pm - Jim Thorpe, PA
AUG 21 - Della Mae's Fam Fest @ 2:00pm - Round Hill, VA
AUG 22 - Stages Music Arts @ 7:00pm - Cockeysville, MD
AUG 26 - Casa Flamenca, Inc. @ 7:30pm - Albuquerque, NM
AUG 27 - Wildwood Sounds @ 7:00pm - Del Norte, CO
AUG 28 - Taos Center for the Arts @ 7:30pm - Taos, NM
AUG 29 - Number Thirty Eight @ 8:00pm - Denver, CO
AUG 30 - MainStage Brewing Company @ 6:00pm - Lyons, CO
AUG 31 - Sherbino Theater @ 7:00pm - Ridgway, CO
SEP 1 - Dolores River Brewery @ 7:00pm - Dolores, CO
SEP 3 - Four Corners Folk Festival 2021 @ 7:00pm - Pagosa Springs, CO
SEP 10 - Sierra Meadows @ 7:30pm - Ahwahnee, CA
SEP 11 - Black Oak Concert Series @ 7:00pm - Tuolumne, CA
SEP 18 - Whale Rock Music Festival @ 7:00pm - Templeton, CA, United States
SEP 19 - Lodi Grape Festival Grounds @ 6:00pm - Lodi, CA
SEP 24 - FreshGrass Festival 2021 @ 11:00am - North Adams, MA
SEP 22-25 - AMERICANAFEST - Nashville, TN
OCT 1 - Sisters Folk Festival 2021 @ 12:00pm - Sisters, OR
OCT 8 - McCabe’s Guitar Shop @ 8:00pm - Santa Monica, CA
OCT 9 - Paramount Ranch @ 3:00pm - Agoura Hills, CA
OCT 30 - Felton Music Hall @ 8:30pm - Felton, CA
NOV 20 - Hopmonk Tavern @ 8:00pm - Novato, CA^
* w/ The Sam Chase Trio & The Coffis Brothers
^w/ The Coffis Brothers
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