THE DEAD SOUTH RELEASE VINYL LIVE VERSION OF “BLACK LUNG.”

SUGAR & JOY LANDS AT #7 ON BILLBOARD’S BLUEGRASS YEAR END CHART 

THE DEAD SOUTH ALSO NOMINATED FOR AMERICANAUK INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR AND HEADLINE DENVER’S MISSION BALLROOM TONIGHT. 

SERVED COLD TOUR HITS EAST COAST IN JANUARY.

“Ragged and righteous Canadian bluegrass.” – NPR Music

Prairie bluegrass band The Dead South share the first new live single from their Nashville’s OurVinyl TV session. “Black Lung,” a song from new album Sugar & Joy that puts grit and stomp on a story about workers exploitation – ostensibly about coal mining, but certainly more universally applicable – features multiple lead vocalists and a sinister, nowhere-to-run undercurrent. In OurVinyl’s treatment, the song is set in a rubbled corner of Nashville’s mostly flashy Germantown, with the focus solely on the performance. OurVinyl made their name with highly watchable live sessions that have included Tyler Childers, Billy Strings, St. Paul and The Broken Bones and more.

Listen to "Black Lung" HERE.

Sugar & Joy, The Dead South’s third album, was released in October and praised across the board as their most accomplished work yet. Produced by Jimmy Nutt, the album showcased their imaginative approach to progressive bluegrass. Sugar & Joy recently landed at #7 on Billboard’s Bluegrass Year End Chart (the only Canadian band in the mix), an admirable achievement for a band that has traveled a circuitous path from Regina, Saskatchewan, to Germany where they signed their first record deal, back to North America, where they now call Toronto indie label Six Shooter Records home.

Recently nominated for AmericanaUK’s International Artist of the Year, The Dead South have fully embraced their situation of being outsiders in the traditional folk world, where they hang their musical hats, and in their own country, where they don’t hang their hats that often, as they are constantly touring. As noted in a review of their pre-Thanksgiving show at LA’s Belasco Theatre, 

The Dead South’s approach is “carving out its own lane that lends new life to the genre precisely by remaining comfortably adjacent to it.”

The Dead South’s SERVED COLD TOUR, which will see sold out shows in more than 20 countries, picks up again in the USA in January. Mark The Dead South’s upcoming Paste Studio Live on January 9, 2020 here.

USA SERVED COLD 

Presented by LiveNation Ones To Watch and SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction.

DENVER, CO: Mission Ballroom, Dec 12#

LINCOLN, NE: The Royal Grove, Dec 13#

KANSAS CITY, MO: The Truman, Dec 14#

CLEVELAND, OH: House of Blues, Jan 5#

BUFFALO, NY: Asbury Hall at Babeville, Jan 6#

BOSTON, MA: House of Blues, Jan 7#

BROOKLYN, NY: Warsaw, Jan 9#

PHILADELPHIA, PA: Theatre Of The Living Arts, Jan 10#

SILVER SPRING, MD: The Fillmore Silver Spring, Jan 11#

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA: Elevation 27, Jan 12#

CINCINNATI, OH: Bogarts, Jan 14#

LOUISVILLE, KY: Mercury Ballroom, Jan 15#

ASHEVILLE, NC: Orange Peel, Jan 16~

RALEIGH, NC: The Ritz, Jan 17~

CHARLOTTE, NC: The Underground, Fillmore Charlotte, Jan 18~

CHARLESTON, SC: Music Farm, Jan 20~

ORLANDO, FL: House of Blues, Jan 21~

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: Revolution Live, Jan 23~

TAMPA, FL: The Orpheum, Jan 24~

ATLANTA, GA: Buckhead Theatre, Jan 25~

w/ Scott H. Biram*

w/ Elliott BROOD+

w/ The Hooten Hollers~

w/ Legendary Shack Shakers#

IRELAND AND UK SERVED COLD

DUBLIN, IE: Vicar Street, Feb 18 (SOLD OUT)

BELFAST, UK: Ulster Hall, Feb 19

GLASGOW, UK: O2 Academy, Feb 21

NEWCASTLE, UK: O2 Academy, Feb 22

MANCHESTER, UK: Academy, Feb 23

BIRMINGHAM, UK: O2 Academy, Feb 25

PORTSMOUTH, UK: Guildhall, Feb 26

LONDON, UK: Brixton Academy, Feb 27

NOTTINGHAM, UK: Rock City, Feb 28

EXETER, UK: Great Hall, Feb 29

EUROPE SERVED COLD

ANTWERP, BE: De Roma, Mar 24 (SOLD OUT)

UTRECHT, NL: TivoliVredenburg, Mar 25 (SOLD OUT)

HAMBURG, DE: Docks, Mar 27 (SOLD OUT)

COPENHAGEN, DK: Amager Bio, Mar 28 (SOLD OUT)

OSLO, NO: John Dee, Mar 29

STOCKHOLM, SE: Debaser Strand, Mar 30 (SOLD OUT)

BERLIN, DE: Columbiahalle, Apr 1

HANNOVER, DE: Capitol, Apr 2

LEIPZIG, DE: Werk 2, Apr 3

PRAGUE, CZ: Palac Akropolis, Apr 4 (SOLD OUT)

VIENNA, AU: Gasometer, Apr 5

ZURICH, CH: Volkshaus, Apr 7

MUNICH, DE: Tonhalle, Apr 8

FRANKFURT, DE: Batschkapp, Apr 9

COLOGNE, DE: E Werk, Apr 11

PARIS, FR: La Cigale, May 12

STRASBOURG, FR: La Laiterie, May 13

LAUSANNE, CH: Les Docks, May 14

MILAN, IT: Serraglio, May 16

LYON, FR: Ninkasi Gerland/KAO, May 18

BILBAO, ES: Kafe Antzokia, May 20

MADRID, ES: Moby Dick Club, May 21

VALENCIA, ES: Sala El Loco, May 22

BARCELONA, ES: La Nau, May 23

SAARBRUCKEN, DE: Garage, June 17

TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UK: Black Deer Festival, June 19-21

GDANSK, PL: Stary Manez, Nov 10

WARSAW, PL: Palladium, Nov 11

KRAKOW, PL: A2 – Centrum Koncertowe, Nov 25

BUDAPEST, HU: Durer Kert, Nov 26

PRAGUE, CZ: Forum Karlin, Nov 28

A rock band without a drummer, a bluegrass band without a fiddler. To the gentlemen of The Dead South, a self-styled 4-piece string band from Regina, Saskatchewan, it’s about how, not what, you play. 

The JUNO Award winning, Canadian gold certified band's original and current lineup includes the gnarled baritone of Nate Hilts, Scott Pringle on mandolin, whistling cellist Danny Kenyon and virtuosic banjo player Colton Crawford. The four-piece, string-driven approach puts the interplay of unique and versatile voices front and centre, with Hilts, Pringle and Kenyon all sharing lead vocal duties.

THE DEAD SOUTH SHARE NEW SONG “BLUE TRASH,” A FRIENDLY WINK AT BLUEGRASS TRADITIONALISM

September schedule includes IBMA Bluegrass Ramble showcases, in-stores at Rough Trade (Brooklyn) and Grimey's (Nashville).

USA SERVED COLD TOUR presented by Live Nation Ones To Watch and SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction rolls in November.

"Saskatchewan’s The Dead South draws you in with their unique storytelling, foot-stomping bluegrass-folk." - Billboard 

"They earn their keep with truly distinctive touches, such as metal-inflected banjo and “fiddling” on a cello." - Chicago Reader

Tangy banjo and back chop beats drive “Blue Trash,” the third song from The Dead South’s forthcoming Sugar & Joy. Out today, “Blue Trash” is a playful acknowledgement that along their road from unsigned Canadian string set to Gold Certified, JUNO Award winning, Billboard charting band, some have taken issue with the prairie pickers’ progressive style. “Blue Trash,” built on a perfectly bluegrassy banjo lick, is about the importance of expressing their own musical hearts, on their own terms.

For more from Sugar & Joy, you can get weird and get friendly with “Alabama People,” a headbanging bluegrass tune released last month. Written and recorded on the spot, the song’s spontaneous origin shows a band fully in the moment, inspired by the experience and channeling the energy of place (The Nutthouse) and people (producer Jimmy Nutt, assistant engineer Cody Simmons, visits from members of The Swampers, late nights with the locals at Champy’s Shoals). Beyond its two minutes of stomping swagger, “Alabama People” also feels like a snapshot, Eggleston-style, a vivid, unsettling, evocative vignette.

As the release date for Sugar & Joy nears (October 11, 2019), The Dead South’s fall schedule includes stops in NYC, Raleigh and Nashville in September for an in-store at Rough Trade (9/24), multiple showcases at this year’s World of Bluegrass, and a stop at Grimey’s in Nashville (9/28). The band’s USA SERVED COLD tour, presented by Live Nation Ones To Watch and SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction, has also expanded to include new west coast dates.

The Dead South, a gold rush vibing four-piece acoustic bluegrass set from Saskatchewan, infuse the genre's traditional trappings with an air of frontier recklessness, whiskey breakfasts and grizzled tin-pan showmanship. The sound, built on a taut configuration of cello, mandolin, banjo and guitar, speeds like a train past polite definitions of bluegrass into the grittier, rowdier spaces of the traditional world. The gold-certified, JUNO Award winning band's original and current lineup includes the gnarled baritone of Nate Hilts, Scott Pringle on mandolin, whistling cellist Danny Kenyon and virtuosic banjo player Colton Crawford. The four-piece, string-driven approach puts the interplay of unique and versatile voices front and centre, with Hilts, Pringle and Kenyon all sharing lead vocal duties.

Sugar & Joy will be released on October 11, 2019.

SUGAR & JOY TRACK LISTING

1. Act of Approach

2. Diamond Ring

3. Blue Trash

4. Black Lung

5. Fat Little Killer Boy

6. Broken Cowboy

7. Snake Man Pt. 1

8. Snake Man Pt. 2

9. Heaven In A Wheelbarrow

10. Crawdaddy Served Cold

11. Alabama People

12. Spaghetti

13. Distance Oneself

TOUR DATES:

WORLD OF BLUEGRASS SHOWCASES

9/25 – 9pm – Kings (Official Showcase)

9/25 – 10pm – Lincoln Theatre, The Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum showcase

9/26 – 4:20pm – Raleigh Convention Center, Room 304

FREE IN-STORE APPEARANCES

BROOKLYN, NY: Rough Trade, Sept 24, 6pm

NASHVILLE, TN: Grimey’s, Sept 28, 5pm

CANADA SERVED COLD TOUR 

REGINA, SK: Conexus Centre, Oct 12*

VANCOUVER, BC: Commodore Ballroom, Oct 19 + 20+ (Oct 19 SOLD OUT)

KELOWNA, BC: Kelowna Community Theatre, Oct 21+

EDMONTON, AB: Winspear Centre, Oct 23+ (SOLD OUT)

CALGARY, AB: MacEwan Hall, Oct 24+

SASKATOON, SK: TCU Place, Oct 25+

WINNIPEG, MB: Burton Cummings Theatre, Oct 26+

OTTAWA, ON: TD Place Arena, Oct 29~

TORONTO, ON: The Phoenix, Oct 31~

MONTREAL, QC: MTelus, Nov 1^

QUEBEC CITY, QC: Imperial, Nov 2^

FREDERICTION, NB: Fredericton Boyce Farmers Market, Nov 4^

HALIFAX, NS: The Marquee, Nov 4^ (SOLD OUT)

*w/ Andino Suns

+ w/ Legendary Shack Shakers

~ w/ Elliott BROOD

^ w/ Devarrow

USA SERVED COLD TOUR Presented by LiveNation Ones To Watch and SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction.

TEMPE, AZ: Marquee Theatre, Nov 24*

LAS VEGAS, NV: House of Blues, Nov 25*

SAN DIEGO, CA: House of Blues, Nov 26*

LOS ANGELES, CA: The Belasco Theatre, Nov 27*

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA: The Fremont Theatre, Nov 29*

RENO, NV: Virginia Street Brewhouse, Nov 30*

SAN FRANCISCO, CA: The Fillmore, Dec 1*

SACRAMENTO, CA: Ace of Spaces, Dec 2*

PORTLAND, OR: Roseland Theatre, Dec 4+

SEATTLE, WA: Showbox SoDo, Dec 5+

SPOKANE, WA: Knitting Factory, Dec 6+

GARDEN CITY, ID: Revolution Concert House, Dec 7+

SALT LAKE CITY, UT: The Depot, Dec 9#

GRAND JUNCTION, CO: The Mesa Theatre & Club, Dec 10#

DENVER, CO: Mission Ballroom, Dec 12#

LINCOLN, NE: The Royal Grove, Dec 13#

KANSAS CITY, MO: The Truman, Dec 14#

CLEVELAND, OH: House of Blues, Jan 5#

BUFFALO, NY: Asbury Hall at Babeville, Jan 6#

BOSTON, MA: House of Blues, Jan 7#

BROOKLYN, NY: Warsaw, Jan 9#

PHILADELPHIA, PA: Theatre Of The Living Arts, Jan 10#

SILVER SPRING, MD: The Fillmore Silver Spring, Jan 11#

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA: Elevation 27, Jan 12#

CINCINNATI, OH: Bogarts, Jan 14#

LOUISVILLE, KY: Mercury Ballroom, Jan 15#

ASHEVILLE, NC: Orange Peel, Jan 16~

RALEIGH, NC: The Ritz, Jan 17~

CHARLOTTE, NC: The Underground, Fillmore Charlotte, Jan 18~

CHARLESTON, SC: Music Farm, Jan 20~

ORLANDO, FL: House of Blues, Jan 21~

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: Revolution Live, Jan 23~

TAMPA, FL: The Orpheum, Jan 24~

ATLANTA, GA: Buckhead Theatre, Jan 25~

w/ Scott H. Biram*

w/ Elliott BROOD+

w/ The Hooten Hollers~

w/ Legendary Shack Shakers#

IRELAND AND UK SERVED COLD TOUR 

DUBLIN, IE: Vicar Street, Feb 18

BELFAST, UK: Ulster Hall, Feb 19

GLASGOW, UK: O2 Academy, Feb 21

NEWCASTLE, UK: O2 Academy, Feb 22

MANCHESTER, UK: Academy, Feb 23

BIRMINGHAM, UK: O2 Academy, Feb 25

PORTSMOUTH, UK: Guildhall, Feb 26

LONDON, UK: Brixton Academy, Feb 27

NOTTINGHAM, UK: Rock City, Feb 28

EXETER, UK: Great Hall, Feb 29

EUROPE SERVED COLD TOUR

ANTWERP, BE: De Roma, Mar 24

UTRECHT, NL: TivoliVredenburg, Mar 25

HAMBURG, DE: Docks, Mar 27

COPENHAGEN, DK: Amager Bio, Mar 28

OSLO, NO: John Dee, Mar 29

STOCKHOLM, SE: Debaser Strand, Mar 30

BERLIN, DE: Columbiahalle, Apr 1

HANNOVER, DE: Capitol, Apr 2

LEIPZIG, DE: Werk 2, Apr 3

PRAGUE, CZ: Palac Akropolis, Apr 4 (SOLD OUT)

VIENNA, AU: Gasometer, Apr 5

ZURICH, CH: Volkshaus, Apr 7

MUNICH, DE: Tonhalle, Apr 8

FRANKFURT, DE: Batschkapp, Apr 9

COLOGNE, DE: E Werk, Apr 11

PARIS, FR: La Cigale, May 12

LAUSANNE, CH: Les Docks, May 14

MILAN, IT: Serraglio, May 16

MADRID, ES: Moby Dick Club, May 21

VALENCIA, ES: Sala El Loco, May 22

BARCELONA, ES: La Nau, May 23