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In a genre as storied as American roots and soul, Larkin Poe made a mark all their own with the 2018 release of their fourth album Venom & Faith, which has just earned the sister duo their first ever GRAMMY® Award nomination for “Best Contemporary Blues Album.” Recorded in Nashville in 2018, in between headline shows, festival dates such as Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, and a featured guest performer spot on Keith Urban’s Graffiti U world tour, the album reached #1 on Billboard’s “Top Blues Albums” chart amidst critical acclaim from Billboard, Rolling Stone, American Songwriter, Taste of Country, Paste, NPR, Uncut, and many more.
“As independent, self-produced artists, we feel incredibly honored and empowered to have received this Grammy nomination,” says slide guitarist/singer Megan Lovell. “As sisters, we invested so much of ourselves into this project with our engineer, Roger Alan Nichols, so to get recognition for all of our hard work feels really good. We really appreciate the support of Blues lovers around the world who have gathered around us in 2019 as we continue to push the genre of Roots American music.”
Venom & Faith is highlighted by such extraordinary singles as “Honey Honey,” “Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues,” and “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues,” all of which are joined by official companion videos streaming now at the official Larkin Poe YouTube channel.
Since forming in 2010, Larkin Poe has proven a formidable duo both in and out of the studio. In 2014, producer T-Bone Burnett enlisted Rebecca and Megan for Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes, a project that also saw contributions from Marcus Mumford (Mumford & Sons) Elvis Costello, Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), and Rhiannon Giddens. 2017’s Peach showcased the Lowell sisters’ mastery in orchestrating, harmonizing and breathing new life into the musical heritage of their upbringing, earning a Blues Music Award nomination for “Best Emerging Artist Album” alongside international critical applause.
Steeped in the traditions of Southern music but determined to create their own modern-day depiction of blues-based roots rock, Larkin Poe have been hailed for their confident, soulful live performances, including performances at such esteemed festivals as Glastonbury (twice) and Newport Folk Festival, stints both supporting and backing Elvis Costello and Conor Oberst, and tours alongside the likes of Gary Clark Jr. Rebecca and Megan were also members of the all-star backing band for the 2017 MusiCares Person Of The Year tribute honoring Tom Petty (also organized by Burnett) alongside Jakob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Elle King, Lucinda Williams, Gary Clark Jr., Don Henley, and Randy Newman.
LARKIN POE UNVEIL VIDEO FOR “MISSISSIPPI”
ACCLAIMED SISTER DUO EARN FIRST-EVER GRAMMY® AWARD NOMINATION
FOR THEIR CHART-TOPPING VENOM & FAITH ALBUM
EPIC WORLD TOUR SET FOR 2020
“Larkin Poe cover themselves in the Delta mud, clawing through the mosquito-infested woods with sounds that get under your skin and stay there… The Lovell sisters have opened the door to a dark, bluesy, portentous worldview, something sinister and threatening even in its lightest moments. It’s like little else out there, so hang on tight and join them.”
– AMERICAN SONGWRITER
GRAMMY® Award-nominated sister duo Larkin Poe have announced today’s premiere of the new official video for “Mississippi,” a song from their self-produced chart-topping and now Grammy-nominated album Venom&Faith, out now via Tricki-Woo Records. “Mississippi” is streaming now via YouTube. Billboard premiered the video earlier today with an exclusive Q&A.
“When you boil it down, ‘Mississippi’ is a love letter to the musical heritage of the southern United States,” says guitarist/lead singer Rebecca Lovell. “As sisters born in Tennessee and raised in Georgia, American Roots and Blues music is the currency of our soul and, Megan and I want our songs to express that connection. We shot the music video in Nashville at our local Jumbo 24 Hour Coin Laundry with two incredible videographers, Andy Snyder and Sean O’Halloran. Andy and Sean both shoot year-round with Keith Urban – we made friends with them in 2018 when we were touring as part of KU’s ‘Graffiti U’ tour – so we feel lucky that they were free make a video with us in one of their rare moments at home. Getting to enjoy the smell of clean laundry while also shooting a music video was definitely a first.”
Larkin Poe will spend much of 2020 on the road, with wide-ranging tour dates around the globe spanning headline shows, festival appearances, and much more. The Georgia-bred, Nashville-based duo’s eagerly anticipated U.S. tour begins March 14 at North Little Rock, AR’s University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College and then travels through early April. An epic world tour will follow, including stops in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. For complete details, please visit www.larkinpoe.com. Larkin Poe are currently working on their next album, which is due to be released in 2020.
LARKIN POE
WORLD TOUR 2020
FEBRUARY
8 – Mumbai, India, Mahindra Blues Festival
27 – March 2 – Port Everglades, FL – Rock Legends Cruise
MARCH
13 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
14 – North Little Rock, AR – University of Arkansas: Pulaski Technical College
18 – Jackson, WY – Center for the Arts
25 – 29 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Fest
27 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
28 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theatre
APRIL
1 – Boston, MA – Royale
2 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
3 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
5 – Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Blues Festival
11 – Tyagarah, Australia – Byron Bay Bluesfest
13 – Tyagarah, Australia – Byron Bay Bluesfest
15 – Sydney, Australia – Factory Theatre
16 – Richmond, Australia – The Corner Hotel
18 – Auckland, New Zealand – Powerstation
19 – Christchurch, New Zealand – James Hay Theatre
21 – Tokyo, Japan – duo Music Exchange
24 – Atlanta, GA – Sweetwater 420 Festival
25 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
MAY
1 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – O2 Institute
2 – Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory
3 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – SWG3 Studio Warehouse
5 – Manchester, United Kingdom – O2 Ritz Manchester
6 – Bristol, United Kingdom – SWX
7 – London, United Kingdom – O2 Empire Shepherds Bush
9 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
10 – Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall
12 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
13 – Paris, France – Le Trianon
15 – Barcelona, Spain – Sala Apolo
16 – Madrid, Spain – Sala But
19 – Milano, Italy – Santeria Toscana 31
20 – Zurich, Switzerland – Dynamo
22 – München, Germany – Technikum München
23 – Wien, Austria – WUK
25 – Prague, Czech Republic – Lucerna Music Bar
26 – Berlin, Germany – Huxley’s Neue Welt
27 – Hamburg, Germany – Markthalle
29 – København V, Denmark – VEGA
30 – Göteborg, Sweden – Restaurang Trädgårn
31 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller Music Hall
JUNE
2 – Stockholm, Sweden – Berns
JULY
12 – Weert, Netherlands – Bospop Festival
17 – 19 – Peer, Belgium – Blues Peer Festival
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LARKIN POE UNVEIL “SELF MADE MAN”
GRAMMY® AWARD-NOMINATED SISTER DUO RETURN WITH
FIRST SONG, “SHE’S A SELF MADE MAN,” FROM NEW ALBUM
SELF MADE MAN ARRIVES VIA TRICKI-WOO RECORDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 1
“Larkin Poe cover themselves in the Delta mud, clawing through the mosquito-infested woods with sounds that get under your skin and stay there…
The Lovell sisters have opened the door to a dark, bluesy, portentous worldview,
something sinister and threatening even in its lightest moments.
It’s like little else out there, so hang on tight and join them.”
– American Songwriter
GRAMMY® Award-nominated sister duo Larkin Poe have announced today’s premiere of “She’s A Self Made Man,” the first song from their eagerly awaited new album, SELF MADE MAN. The track is available now with all album pre-orders as well as at all DSPs and streaming services. American Songwriter premiered the song earlier today, saying, “Murky blues ooze off chunky riffs, delivering something ominous on ‘She’s a Self Made Man.’ It goes deep. It’s melodious and mucky. It’s a punch to the gut.”
LISTEN TO “SHE’S A SELF MADE MAN”
PRE-ORDER SELF MADE MAN
“She’s A Self Made Man” heralds Larkin Poe’s upcoming fifth studio album, SELF MADE MAN, due Friday, May 1, via their own Tricki-Woo Records. With its playfully pointed gender twist, “She’s A Self Made Man” both gives the LP its title and serves as an anthem for the multi-instrumentalist sister duo, comprised of the Atlanta-bred, Nashville-based Rebecca and Megan Lovell, kicking off the proceedings with a big-riffed assertion of their current intent and amplified artistic power.
“Life is all about balance,” says Rebecca Lovell. “Sometimes it’s sweet, sometimes it’s sour. With ‘She’s A Self Made Man,’ I wanted to write a song about the up-and-down ride that Megan and I have been on for the past 10 years of building Larkin Poe. It’s hard to know who you are and it can take time to figure out what your purpose is, but I feel thankful that in recent years, my own feelings have started to click and make sense. Knowing and accepting yourself: that is empowerment.”
SELF MADE MAN – which follows 2018’s chart-topping, GRAMMY® Award-nominated fourth studio album, VENOM & FAITH – sees Rebecca and Megan Lovell pushing their music and message towards unexplored terrain, inspired by their world travels yet still powerfully rooted in the creative heritage of their beloved American South. SELF MADE MAN is ambitious in both its eclectic, energetic sound and its resolutely welcoming mission; a universal lyrical approach fueled by tradition and invention, as well as Larkin Poe’s remarkable ability to touch the hearts and souls of their fellow humans worldwide.
“This is, in a lot of ways, is the first lyrically uplifting record we’ve made,” Megan says. “People can go through terrible things. People can weather immeasurable sorrow and hard times, and yet we can still come out on the other side, pull ourselves together, and thrive. This record reflects some of the joy and positivity that we ourselves feel and appreciate.”
Like its predecessor, SELF MADE MAN is self-produced by Larkin Poe with “our good buddy and engineer” Roger Alan Nichols at his studio, Bell Tone Recording, in Nashville. Working in an industry with too few female producers, the Lovells chose to implement their independent spirit throughout their whole operation, further showcasing their grit, moxie, and determination.
“Taking the creative reins and producing the last three records ourselves has been a formative experience for us, as sisters and as artists; it has been essential in the development of our own artistic voice,” says Rebecca. “It has brought us even closer together as a team and has done wonders in crystallizing and distilling the vision that my sister and I share.”
“Being authentic is very important to us,” Megan says. “Rebecca and I are heavily involved with every decision that is made. We’re independent artists and it filters into everything that we do.”
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LARKIN POE
SELF MADE MAN
TRICKI-WOO RECORDS
Release date: May 1, 2020
Tracklisting:
Self Made Man
Holy Ghost Fire
Keep Diggin’
Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant)
Tears of Blue to Gold
God Moves on the Water
Every Bird That Flies
Scorpion
Ex-Con
Easy Street
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