Following the release of their critically acclaimed new album ‘Venom & Faith’ and a sold-out headline show at London’s Islington Assembly Hall last week, Larkin Poe have announced a 2019 UK & European headline tour. The Nashville-based sister duo comprising Rebecca and Megan Lovell have also today been confirmed for next June’s Black Deer Festival. Currently finishing their 2018 run of European dates, the Nashville-based sister duo will return to the UK next week for an appearance on The Cerys Matthews Blues Show on BBC Radio 2 on Monday December 3rd at 8pm.
LARKIN POE HEADLINE UK TOUR 2019
March 10 Manchester Gorilla
March 11 Birmingham Glee Club
April 3 Brighton Concorde 2
April 4 Bristol Fleece
April 6 Newcastle Riverside
April 7 Glasgow Oran Mor
April 8 Inchyra (Perth) Inchyra Arts Club
FESTIVAL
June 21 – 23 Black Deer Festival, Kent
Larkin Poe recently premiered the video for their “raw, powerful, ragged” (CLASH) version of Skip James’ blues classic ‘Hard Time Killing Floor Blues’ – watch here – one of two covers on ‘Venom & Faith’, the other being ‘Sometimes’ by blues legend Bessie Jones. The rest of the album’s tracks are Larkin Poe originals, including the blistering lead single ‘Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues’
The follow-up to their critically acclaimed second album ‘Peach’, which was nominated for a Blues Music Award for Best Emerging Artist Album, ‘Venom & Faith’ was produced by the band and engineered by their long-time collaborator Roger Alan Nichols. Recorded in Nashville earlier this year 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, Larkin Poe approached ‘Venom & Faith’ with fierce independence. From Rebecca’s powerful vocals on “Ain’t Gonna Cry” to Megan’s sultry lap steel on “Good And Gone,” the sisters weave their talents into the fabric of their experience and a picture of the American South. “Blue Ridge Mountains” harkens to the sisters’ hometown Atlanta, “drinking sweet tea every day” with stomping percussion and churning riffs. ‘Venom & Faith’ redefines what it means to make emotionally resonant music while also maintaining boundary-pushing musicality.
2018 EUROPEAN TOUR, REMAINING DATES:
Nov 27 Vienna, Flex
Nov 28 Bergamo, Druso
Dec 1 Madrid, Cool Stage
Dec 2 Barcelona, Razzmatazz 2
2019 HEADLINE EUROPEAN DATES:
March 13 Paris FR La Maroquinerie
March 14 Stuttgart DE Universum
March 17 Hamburg DE Knust
March 20 Stockholm SE Nalen
March 22 Oude Bildtzijl NL Aerden Plaats
March 23 Amsterdam NL Bitterzoet
March 25 Prague CZ Jazz Dock
March 26 Warsaw PL Hybrydy
March 27 Budapest HU Durer Kert
April 1 Frankfurt DE Zoom
April 2 Brussels BE La Madeleine