JACKSON BROWNE – SOLO ACOUSTIC, VOL. 2 SET FOR RELEASE
Recorded live at concerts worldwide, the title follows up 2005’s GRAMMY®-nominated Vol. 1; a new studio album from Browne is due in late ’08.
Jackson Browne to perform solo dates in the U.S. beginning March 7
Los Angeles, CA, January 31, 2008: On March 4, 2008, singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will release JACKSON BROWNE–SOLO ACOUSTIC, VOL. 2, the second in a series of live albums recorded at recent solo concerts in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Building on 2005’s critically acclaimed and GRAMMY®-nominated Jackson Browne – Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1, the album features twelve career spanning songs, with Browne alternately on both guitar and piano. Also like its predecessor, VOL. 2 features lively exchanges between Jackson and his audiences. The disc will be available on the artist’s own Inside Recordings label, with distribution through ADA.
One selection from JACKSON BROWNE – SOLO ACOUSTIC, VOL. 2, “Something Fine,” reaches all the way back to the artist’s landmark 1972 self-titled debut album, about which Rolling Stone wrote in its original review, “Jackson Browne’s sensibility is romantic in the best sense of the term: his songs are capable of generating a highly charged, compelling atmosphere throughout, and – just as important – of sustaining that pitch in the listener’s mind long after they’ve ended.”
That rapt connection is felt throughout JACKSON BROWNE–SOLO ACOUSTIC, VOL. 2., which also features the track “Redneck Friend” from his second album, For Everyman, and four songs from Browne’s most recent studio album, 2002’s The Naked Ride Home: “Never Stop,” “The Night Inside Me,” “My Stunning Mystery Companion” and “Casino Nation”. Other highlights include “In The Shape Of A Heart,” from 1987’s Lives In The Balance, “Sky Blue And Black” from 1993’s I’m Alive, “Alive In This World” from ’96’s Looking East and the 1982 Top 10 hit “Somebody’s Baby,” originally featured on the Fast Times At Ridgemont High soundtrack.
Throughout his career, Jackson Browne has defined a genre of songwriting and performing charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He’s been honored with inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2004) and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame (2007). As influential and enduring as Browne’s music is his legacy as an advocate for social and environmental justice. Recent humanitarian honors include the John Steinbeck Award and the Chapin-World Hunger Year Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award. In 2007, Browne re-united with his Musicians United For Safe Energy (MUSE) co-founders Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt to oppose a revival of the nuclear energy industry.
Jackson Browne is currently at work on a studio album of new material slated for release in fall 2008. Following the March 4 release of JACKSON BROWNE–SOLO ACOUSTIC, VOL. 2., he will perform a series of solo concert dates in the U.S.
Jackson Browne concert dates 2008 (more dates to be added):
03/07/08 Brown Theater Louisville, KY
03/08/08 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
03/10/08 Von Braun Center - Concert Hall Huntsville, AL
03/11/08 Tivoli Theatre Chattanooga, TN
03/14/08 Tennessee Theatre Knoxville, TN
03/15/08 Montgomery Performing Arts Center Montgomery, AL
03/17/08 Saenger Theatre Mobile, AL
03/19/08 Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall Ft. Myers, FL
03/20/08 King Center for the Performing Arts Melbourne, FL
03/22/08 Florida Theater Jacksonville, FL
03/24/08 North Charleston Performing Arts Center N Charleston, SC
03/26/08 Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts Newport News, VA
03/28/08 Music Box Theater at Borgata Atlantic City, NJ
03/29/08 Foxwoods Casino Mashantucket, CT
03/31/08 Opera House – LACE Benefit Barre, VT
04/01/08 Calvin Theatre & Performing Arts Center Northampton, MA
04/03/08 Merrill Auditorium at City Hall Portland, ME
04/04/08 Providence Performing Arts Center Providence, RI
04/06/08 Chevrolet Theatre Wallingford, CT
04/07/08 Sovereign Performing Arts Center Reading, PA
04/13/08 Fox Tucson Theatre Tucson, AZ
04/14/08 Ikeda Theater Mesa, AZ
04/16/08 Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Santa Rosa, CA
04/17/08 Bob Hope (Fox) Theatre Stockton, CA
04/19/08 Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Santa Cruz, CA
04/20/08 Fox Theatre Bakersfield, CA
04/22/08 Lancaster Performing Arts Center Lancaster, CA
04/23/08 Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA
JACKSON BROWNE'S SOLO ACOUSTIC VOL. 2 IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW!