Cook visits Letterman, slates tour
Letterman is a fan of Cook's "Apron Strings" radio show that airs Monday - Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. eastern on SiriusXM's Outlaw Country, channel 60.
Cook and her band, husband Tim Carroll on guitar and Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil) on bass, will be hitting the road this summer. Tour dates are:
May 16 - Stickyz Chicken Shack - Little Rock, AR
May 17 - Dulling Hall - Jackson, MS
May 19 - The Kessler Theater (w/Amanda Shires) - Dallas TX
May 20 - Cheatham Street Warehouse - San Marcos TX
May 23 - Low Spirits - Albuquerque, NM
May 24 - KTAOS Solar Center - Taos, NM
May 25 - Meadowgrass Festival - Colorado Springs, CO
May 27 - Cabaret - Sparks, NV
May 29 - Bourbon Theater - Lincoln, NE
May 30 - Knuckleheads Saloon - Kansas City, MO
May 31 - Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
June 1 - Old Rock House - St Louis, MO
June 2 - Uncle Slayton's - Louisville, KY
June 3 - Mountain Stage - Morgantown, WV
June 7 - Station Inn - Nashville, TN
June 8 - Cosmic Charlie's - Lexington KY
June 9 - Kirk Ave Music Hall - Roanoke, VA
June 10 - Night Cat - Easton, MD
June 12 - City Winery (w/ Matthew Sweet) - NYC
June 14 - Mockingbirds - Staunton, VA
June 16 - Todd Snider's What the Folk Festival - Memphis, TN
July 6 - The Shed - Maryville, TN
July 7 - Rumba Cafe - Columbus OH
July 8 - Beachland Tavern - Cleveland, OH
July 9 - Sportsmen's Tavern - Buffalo, NY
July 11 - Higher Ground - Burlington VT
July 13 - One Longfellow Square - Portland, ME
July 15 - Green River Festival - Greenfield, MA
July 16 - Club Passim - Cambridge, MA
July 19 - Abbey Bar at ABC- Harrisburg, PA
July 20 - Rams Head On Stage - Annapolis MD
Aug. 24 - Shank Hall - Milwaukee, WI
More news for Elizabeth Cook
- 06/18/20: Cook considers the "Aftermath"
- 04/13/16: Cook seeks her "Exodus"
- 09/27/11: Cook says hi to Craig Ferguson
- 08/15/11: Letterman interviews Elizabeth Cook
- 10/06/10: Elizabeth Cook releases video
- 03/11/10: Elizabeth Cook announces new CD
- 03/31/09: Elizabeth Cook joins Twitty musical cast
- 10/29/07: Elizabeth Cook kicks off satellite radio show
CD reviews for Elizabeth Cook
Elizabeth Cook is one of the new guard of artists (Sturgill Simpson, Margo Price, Ashley Monroe and anyone who's been a Drive-By Trucker, among them) who revere the history of traditional country, but also views it as a foundation for creating new sonic templates that fold in elements of pop, classic rock and anything else that might serve the song at hand. Cook's catalog to date has been a marvel of musical cross-pollination, but "Aftermath" is clearly her most defiantly rock-based work. ...
Elizabeth Cook's "Exodus of Venus" is a difficult record to sit through. Not because of the music, which is filled with high quality sounds from start to finish, but because of its painful content. For instance, when an album features a song with a title like "Methadone Blues," about a drug used to treat heroin addiction, you realize right away you're not in the realm of squeaky clean mainstream country. Cook has had some rough patches along the way, and "Exodus ...
On her latest release (the title is a nod to her father), Elizabeth Cook is as full of sass and vinegar as ever, and her hick valley-girl recitation El Camino ("If I wake up married, I'll have to annul it/Right now my hands are in his mullet"), the marital advice she offers up in Yes to Booty and the wry portrait painted by Rock n Roll Man will likely end up being the record's popular favorites, and for good reason.
But other songs may turn out to be more enduring: ...
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