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Slated for a February 3rd release, Changing Horses is Ben's follow-up to his 2006 self-titled work. Recorded mostly in Austin, TX, the title meaningfully marks a sea of change for Kweller. While his previous efforts have been stylistically restless, Changing Horses is a cohesive work, centered around Ben's affinity for country music. As he wrote to us at ATO Records this past November, the tracks on this disc "tell stories about life and love and desire and fear - people from the alleyways and roads unclear." Kweller produced the album himself, citing a "natural, warm beauty" inherent in the sound.
From Ben's website: On February 3rd , 2009, the whole deal comes full circle with the release of a captivating album called Changing Horses (ATO). With Horses , Kweller returns to his small-town roots as he takes one of his own back-roads, country music, and makes it the main road. It's a collection of stories with a hymnal quality. The genre seems so natural that you think he's finally settled down, at least for one album. Rootsy songs from his past, like “Family Tree”, “Lizzy”, “In Other Words” or “Living Life”, make Changing Horses a natural progression in this gifted songwriter's career. His inviting vocals still guide the songs, creating the compelling intimacy fans are familiar with. “People are asking me, ‘why did you wake up and decide to make a country album?' To them I say, ‘I didn't. It's been in me the whole time, I just never put it on tape.' Friends heard me talkin' about Changing Horses for years. They know how much country music means to me - when Alan Jackson comes on the radio, somethin' happens inside. Brings me back to the trees, back to pushin' cars out of the mud. Reminds me of my hometown.”
Ben Kweller U.S. Tour Dates 2009 Feb 16 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Feb 17 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre Feb 18 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Feb 19 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall Feb 21 - Cleveland, OH @ Case Western Reserve University Feb 22 - Toronto, ONT @ The Mod Club Theatre Feb 24 - Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theatre Feb 25 - New York, NY @ Town Hall Feb 26 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club Feb 27 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA Feb 28 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel Mar 1 - Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle Mar 3 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall Mar 4 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge Mar 5 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club Mar 6 - Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theater
Get yourself some Bobby Bare, Jr.
Now chase that with some Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons
Get yourself some Bobby Bare, Jr.
Now chase that with some Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons
