Guitar virtuouso Robben Ford announces new album

Guitar virtuouso Robben Ford is set to release his new album, Into The Sun via Mascot Label Group on March 31st. The new album will highlight Robben’s artful contemporary songwriting and his spectacular playing in an 11 song set that he describes, “one of the top recordings I’ve ever done”.

This new release will incorporate his timeless vocabulary of jazz, pop, blues and rock into a modern framework for his poetic lyrics and the most graceful, emotionally nuanced and melodic vocal performances of his career. All of the music and most of the lyrics come from Robben but he also collaborated with ZZ Ward on “Breath Of Me” and enlisted the enigmatic Kyle Swan, whose own recordings liberally mix images and styles to build articulate modernist-pop tone poems. He explains more about the album,

“The album is really upbeat. It has a positive vibe to it — a good time feel. There are a lot of different rhythms and colors and the way the instruments are used is really different on this. It makes me very happy to have something so diverse.”

“This album is obviously of these times. And the rule during the recording process was to have no lid on things. I’ve worked very hard to master my craft as a musician and a songwriter, but other than relying on my strengths in those areas, I made sure there was room for new ideas and everything my collaborators brought to the music. When you’re open to different concepts and approaches, the most beautiful things can happen.”

We are excited to hear this new album and you can check out an album trailer here:

Check out the tracklisting for the album:

1. Rose Of Sharon

2. Day Of The Planets

3. Howlin’ At The Moon

4. Rainbow Cover

5. Justified (with Keb’ Mo’ & Robert Randolph)

6. Breath Of Me (with ZZ Ward)

7. High Heels And Throwing Things (with Warren Haynes)

8. Cause Of War

9. So Long 4 U (with Sonny Landreth)

10. Same Train

11. Stone Cold Heaven (with Tyler Bryant)

In addition Robben has several upcoming tour dates including his INTO THE SUN tour. Dates are listed below:

ROBBEN FORD – TOUR DATES

Feb. 17-21 – Miami, FL / Key West, FL / Nassau, Bahamas – Keeping The Blues Alive Cruise

Feb. 22 – Clearwater, FL – Clearwater Sea Blues Festival – Coachman Park

March 13 – Aschaffenburg, Germany – Stadttheater (with hr-Bigband)

March 14 – Rüsselsheim, Germany – Theater (with hr-Bigband)

ROBBEN FORD – INTO THE SUN – 2015 TOUR DATES

April 10 – Ft. Worth, TX – Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival

April 11 – Oklahoma City, OK – Academy of Contemporary Music

April 12 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads Saloon

April 14 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center

April 15 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall

April 16 – Evanston, IL – SPACE

April 17 – Columbus, OH – Woodlands Park Street Saloon

April 18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater

April 19 – Sellersville, PA – Sellersville Theater

April 21 – Syracuse, NY – Wescott Theatre

April 22 – Londonderry, NH – Tupelo Music Hall

April 23 – Fall River, MA – Narrow Center For The Arts

April 24 – Beacon, NY – Towne Crier

April 25 – Norfolk, VA – Infinity Hall

April 26 – New York, NY – City Winery

April 29 – London, England – O2 Academy Islington

April 30 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – North Sea Jazz Club

May 1 – Breda, Netherlands – Mezz Concerts & Dance

May 2 – Groningen, Netherlands – Rhythm n Blues Night

May 5 – Leuven, Belgium – Het Depot

May 8 – Karlsruhe, Germany – Tollhaus

May 9 – Hamburg, Germany – Fabrik

May 10 – Cologne, Germany – Kantine

May 12 – Munich, Germany – Technikum

May 18 – Zvecan, Kosovo – North City Jazz and Blues Festival

Kosovska Mitrovica – Cultural Centre “Trepca”

May 20 – Zurich, Switzerland – Kaufleuten Festival

May 30 & 31 – Oakland, CA – Yoshi’s at Jack London Square

June 2 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theatre

June 3 – Seattle, WA – The Triple Door

June 26 – Carpentras, France – Auzon Le Blues

Additional dates to be announced soon…

We are excited to see a Bay Area date and look forward to bringing you coverage from his show. Make sure to mark your calendars for March 31st and visit his social media sites to stay up to date on the latest news.

~ Marisol

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