Monday, May 23, 2016

C.W. STONEKING’S “THE THING I DONE”
PREMIERES AT POPMATTERS
 
GON’ BOOGALOO OUT JUNE 3 VIA
KING HOKUM RECORDS

ST LOUIS DATE AT OFF BROADWAY CONFIRMED

  
                                                                              photo credit: Kane Hibberd

“immaculate, old-world musicianship”—Rolling Stone

“Stoneking’s delivery is indistinct but beautiful in the way Tom Waits’s growl can be beautiful.”
The Guardian

“The Australian’s authentic early blues sound…only adds to the impression that, somehow, he is the real McCoy.”—The Age

“Classic electric chicken grease chords, a three-piece backup harmony, rhythmic bass and claps fitting for a jitterbug or bouncy two-step combine for a feel reminiscent of early Ray Charles.”
—Stereogum

PopMatters is premiering the track “The Thing I Done” from Gon’ Boogaloo, the upcoming third full-length album from ARIA Award-winning Australian artist C.W. Stoneking (out June 3 on his own King Hokum Records). Stream/share the track at http://popm.at/22hs7cP.

In celebration of the forthcoming release Stoneking has added a run of west coast dates to his first ever North American tour, including stops at the Vancouver Folk Festival, Pickathon and Chicago’s Do Division Festival. See below for a list of dates.

Hailing from Australia’s remote Northern Territory, Stoneking grew up listening to gospel, ragtime and Chicago blues, citing American musicians including Son House, Robert Johnson, Skip James and Bukka White among his earliest influences. “When I first heard it I thought it was kinda funny music,” Stoneking explains, “because it was so deconstructed and not really adhering to any rules that I’d been told music [should] fit into.” The Guardian notes that “you get the impression that he is so completely immersed in the era of the earliest folk recordings that his shambling, clattering sound is a default setting, not an artistic choice. Hearing Stoneking perform live is, somehow, like listening to an old ‘78 recovered from a dusty attic in New Orleans.”

Stoneking’s debut album, 2006’s King Hokum, garnered extensive critical praise in his native Australia. ABC Radio National’s “Breakfast” named it the 2006 Album of the Year and it was nominated for Best Blues/Roots Album at the ARIA Music Awards. His follow-up, 2008’s Jungle Blues, won the ARIA for Best Blues/Roots Album and was nominated for Best Independent Release, Best Male Artist and Best Album Cover Art. The album was also shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize and saw Stoneking perform the tracks “Jungle Blues” and “Jungle Lullaby” on “Later…with Jools Holland” during his European tour.

GON’ BOOGALOO TRACK LIST

1. How Long
2. The Zombie
3. Get On The Floor
4. The Thing I Done
5. Tomorrow Gon’ Be Too Late
6. Mama Got The Blues
7. Goin’ Back South
8. The Jungle Swing
9. Good Luck Charm
10. I’m The Jungle Man
11. On A Desert Isle
12. We Gon’ Boogaloo

C.W. STONEKING LIVE

May 24                                                    Washington, DC                                                         DC9
May 25                                                     Philadelphia, PA                                         Boot & Saddle
May 26                                                       Brooklyn, NY                                              Rough Trade
May 27                                                      New York, NY                                        Mercury Lounge
May 29                                                        Boston, MA                                                   Great Scott
May 31                                                       Montreal, QC                                                 Bar Le Ritz
June 1                                                          Toronto, ON                                                Drake Hotel
June 2                                                          Ferndale, MI                                                  Magic Bag
June 3                                                           Chicago, IL                                       Do Division Street
June 4                                                           Chicago, IL                                                Beat Kitchen
June 5                                                        St. Louis, MO                                            Off Broadway
June 6                                                         Davenport, IA                                                   Daytrotter
July 16–17                                                 Vancouver, BC                            Vancouver Folk Festival
July 20                                                           Boise, ID                                              Alive After Five
July 22                                                         Denver, CO                                                     Lost Lake
July 23                                                     Kansas City, MO                                              Record Bar
July 24                                                          Dallas, TX                                                   Three Links
July 25                                                          Austin, TX                                                     Stubbs Jr.
July 27                                                         El Paso, TX                                           Lowbrow Palace
July 28                                                         Phoenix, AZ                                                           Rebel
July 29                                                 Huntington Beach, CA                         Don the Beachcomber
July 30                                                     Los Angeles, CA                                                  The Echo
July 31                                                       San Diego, CA                                                   Soda Bar
August 2                                                 San Francisco, CA                                                     Slim’s
August 4                                                      Seattle, WA                                              Tractor Tavern
August 5–7                                             Happy Valley, OR                                                Pickathon

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