Highlights include shows at The Living Room in New York City (July 16th) and at Los Angeles' Hotel Caf� (August 29th). Echo, Sharp's fourth full-length solo album, will be released on August 11th by Crooked Crown Records, Sharp's own label.
"John Q. Lonely," the album's lead single, was #1 Most Added in its first week at Triple A radio. It can be heard on such influential stations as Sirius/XM Loft, KPRI in San Diego and WYEP in Pittsburgh.
Recorded at Henson Studios in Hollywood, CA, Echo was produced by Don Was and features Bonnie Raitt singing background on the track "Death By Perfection." Sharp wrote three songs for Raitt's 2005 album, Souls Alike, and has frequently toured with Raitt, opening for her and sitting in with her band. Drummer Jim Keltner (George Harrison, John Lennon, Rufus Wainwright, Fiona Apple) plays on all 12 tracks.
Sharp will play a free KPRI listener concert this Thursday, June 18th, in San Diego, CA. Free tickets are available to the public; additional details are available at: http://www.kprifm.com/pages/landing?blockID=58486.
Maia Sharp - Upcoming Tour Dates
6/18 San Diego, CA Hornblower cruise with KPRI - free listener concert
7/8 Cambridge, MA Club Passim
7/9 Westfield, MA Park Square Green - Summer Sounds Concert Series
7/10 Pawling, NY Town Crier Caf�
7/11 Shrewsbury, MA Steve Levine's - big brothers - big sisters benefit
7/13 Portland, ME One Longfellow Square
7/15 Haddon Heights, NJ Robert Norcross Memorial Dell
Haddon Heights Sundown Music Series
7/16 New York, NY The Living Room
7/17 Pittsburgh, PA Club Caf�
7/18 Easton, MD NightCat
7/22 Charleston, SC The Pour House
7/23 Decatur, GA Eddie's Attic
7/26 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley (WRLT will broadcast live)
7/30 Los Angeles, CA Pershing Square Concert Series (KSWD)
8/11 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
8/12 Cleveland Heights, OH Night Town
8/14 Louisville, KY WFPK Live Lunch
8/16 Evanston, IL S.P.A.C.E.
8/17 Saugatuck, MI Saugatuck Center for the Arts
8/22 Madison, WI Capital Brewery
8/29 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Caf�
9/4 Santa Rosa, CA KRSH Afterwork Concert Series
9/19 San Diego, CA KPRI Greenflash Festival
w/Mat Kearney, Brett Dennon & Eric Hutchinson
11/4 Santa Ynez, CA Maverick Saloon w/Steve Poltz
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