1/21/2014

Agnes Obel Announces North American Tour

Danish Artist Agnes Obel Announces North American Tour

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Absolutely sublime" - KCRW 
 
"Repeated listens unfurl all sorts of wonder." **** Q

"In surpassing her debut, Agnes Obel has confirmed she is in it for the long haul." **** MOJO

   

Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel has announced a North American tour behind her sophomore album, Aventine, out now on Play It Again Sam/[PIAS] AmericaPerforming as a trio, with Agnes on piano, accompanied by Anne Müller and Mika Posen (Timber Timbre) on cello and viola respectively, watch the live video for 'Dorian' to see what's in store on this tour. The video comes from a series recorded in Berlin at Hemathefen Neukölln, which also featured 'The Curse,' originally revealed by KCRW. 

Rapturously received by critics across Europe, Aventine entered the Top 5 album chart in four countries, reaching No.1 in her native Denmark and No.2 in France. 
Notable supporters here in the US include KCRW, Mother Jones, and long-running nationally syndicated radio program, Echoes.Aventine, which has already gone platinum in France, follows Agnes's 2010 debut, Philharmonics, which received a gold award in Holland, platinum awards in Belgium and France, and went quintuple platinum in her native state of Denmark, where Agnes won five Danish Music Awards (the Danish Brits) in 2011. Agnes was also recently invited to perform for the French President, Francois Hollande, at Radio France Inter's 50th Anniversary celebrations.
  
All of the songs on Aventine were written (music and lyrics), recorded, produced and arranged by Agnes Obel roughly from the beginning of 2012 until late spring 2013, at home in Berlin and in a rented drum studio in the Kreuzberg district.

Agnes Obel North American Tour Dates 
   
Feb 20 - Wakefield, QC - Blacksheep Inn
Feb 21 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall
Feb 22 - Burnstown, ON - Neats
Feb 25 - Montreal, QC - Gesu Centre
Feb 26 - Quebec City, QC - Palais Montcalm
Feb 27 - Montreal, QC - Gesu Centre - Montreal Winter Highlights
Mar 1 - Cambridge, MA - First Church
Mar 2 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
Mar 4 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
Mar 6 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
Mar 8 - Seattle, WA - St. Mark's Cathedral
Mar 9 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
Mar 12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy 
  
 

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