Blackberry Smoke tours in '16
The band released its forth studio album, "Holding All The Roses," and toured heavily throughout the year.
Blackberry Smoke has a headliner spot on the maiden voyage of The Outlaw Country Cruise, which features performances by Blackberry Smoke, Lucinda Williams, The Mavericks and Bobby Bare.
The group will criss-cross the country, with shows in the south and midwest and internationally, including their first-ever Australia show at Byron Bay Bluesfest, which will also feature performances by Jackson Browne, Jason Isbell, Brian Wilson and Elle King.
Tour dates are:
Feb. 4-5 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
Feb. 7-11 Miami, FL Outlaw Country Cruise
Feb. 12 Jacksonville, FL FL Theatre
Feb. 13 Birmingham, AL Iron City
Feb. 18 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
Feb. 19 Springfield, IL Boondocks
Feb. 20 Glasgow, KY Plaza Theatre
March 10 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
March 11 Richmond, VA The National
March 12 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
March 24 Sydney, Australia The Basement
March 25-28 Byron Bay, Australia Bluesfest
More news for Blackberry Smoke
- 03/05/24: Blackberry Smoke drummer passes away
- 02/17/23: Cleveland, Blackberry Smoke's Starr enjoy "One Horse Town"
- 08/16/22: Blackberry Smoke celebrates "The Whippoorwill" anniversary with tour
- 09/08/20: Isbell, Blackberry Smoke play drive-in gigs
- 01/07/19: Blackberry Smoke plans to Break It Down acoustically
- 07/19/18: Blackberry Smoke announces acoustic set
- 04/06/18: Blackberry Smoke tries to "Find a Light"
- 02/16/18: Blackberry Smoke offers "Best Seat In The House"
CD reviews for Blackberry Smoke
Blackberry Smoke's covers EP is not a tribute to just one group. Rather, it's a celebration of one particular recording studio, Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, Ga., instead. Blackberry Smoke has become one of the best modern Southern rock revivalists, so it follows logically that the group would salute the studio home and city to many of its primary artistic inspirations where some of the songs were originally recorded.
This six-song release includes a couple of The Allman ...
Blackberry Smoke's "The Southern Ground Sessions" EP is five versions of songs from the band's recent "Find a Light" album, along with a cover of Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky," which also features vocalist/violinist Amanda Shires. The project takes its name from the Southern Ground studio in Nashville, and this band, which can ramp up its music to Southern rock power - especially in concert - takes a few moments to quiet things down. ...
Blackberry Smoke will never fit the mold of a mainstream country act the way, say, Midland has done. They love to rock way too much to ever tamp it down permanently. And the aptly named "The Crooked Kind" follows a rollicking, rock & roll path that feels like just the right road. With that said, though, there are moments during "Find A Light" where Blackberry Smoke softens the sonic nicely and naturally.
"Medicate My Mind," for instance, rocks to a likeable, gentle groove. ...
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