Recorded during Son Volt’s 2019 Union tour, these live songs include selections from Son Volt’s Trace, Straightaways, Wide Swing Tremolo, Okemah & the Melody of Riot, The Search, Honky Tonk, Notes of Blue, and Union; covers of tracks from Uncle Tupelo and The Rolling Stones; plus a couple of songs from Jay’s side project, Gob Iron.… READ MORE
Son Volt’s Day of the Doug will be available exclusively at participating record stores starting 4/22/23 as part of Record Store Day. Find stores and more information at RecordStoreDay.com.
A tribute to Doug Sahm, Day of the Doug features 12 songs that span Sahm’s career as a solo artist as well as his work with Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados.… READ MORE
Son Volt has released 2 From the Vaults CDs via the Son Volt store. Volume One features demo recordings of 12 songs including “Cherokee St”, “Hearts and Minds,” and “Medication”. Volume Two features cover songs including “Tomorrow Never Knows” (The Beatles), “White Freightliner Blues” (Townes Van Zandt), and “Child of the Moon” (The Rolling Stones).… READ MORE
Son Volt hits the mid-west in July! In August, the band returns to Colorado! Jack Broadbent will open the August shows. Check the tour page where new shows are posted as they are confirmed.
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COVID ALERT: Well, we gave it the old college try! Due to positive Covid tests within our touring party, we are forced to pull the plug on these dates (through Colorado Springs, CO on February 4). We really tried to make a go of it and are so bummed to have to do this.… READ MORE
The Bluegrass Station has premiered the new single and lyric video for the third single off ‘Electro Melodier’.
“The song didn’t start out as an intentional homage thing, but in retrospect I see it as a nod to Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’ or Neil Young’s ‘Rockin in the Free World.’… READ MORE
New Son Volt single “Diamonds and Cigarettes” is out and features the beautiful voice of Laura Cantrell. ‘Electro Melodier’ will be released on July 30th!
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Son Volt’s tenth album, Electro Melodier, will be available on July 30. The first two singles “Reverie” and “Diamonds and Cigarettes” are out now. The title ‘Electro Melodier’ is taken from the names of two vintage amplifiers from the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, also describes the album’s unique blend of folk, country, blues, soul and rock – an electric troubadour with melodies that hit and stick.… READ MORE
The band will begin to start playing dates in August 2021. There will be some dates throughout the rest of 2021 and continue through 2022. Please check the tour page for more info.
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