Jessica Lea Mayfield to release 'Tell Me' produced by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)

Jessica Lea Mayfield makes Nonesuch Records debut with Tell Me, out February 8th

New album produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach

Jessica Lea Mayfield's Nonesuch Records debut, Tell Me, will be released February 8, 2011.

Produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, the album follows Mayfield's acclaimed 2008 release, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt, which debuted in the CMJ Top 200 and in the top 50 on the "Indie Albums" chart. Of the album, the Seattle Weekly said, "Her languorous, understated, and often dark sound can best be described as Hope Sandoval meets Jim James meets Neko Case," while the Cleveland Free Times named her "Vocalist of the Year."

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Tell Me is currently available to pre-order at jessicaleamayfield.com and at nonesuch.com, where the first 250 CD or vinyl copies include an exclusive signed 7" of the album's first single, "Our Hearts Are Wrong." (The B-side is a live version of the With Blasphemy So Heartfelt song "Kiss Me Again.") The single is also available for free download at jessicaleamayfield.com.

Jessica Lea Mayfield first came to the label's attention when she sang backing vocals on The Black Keys' 2008 Nonesuch album, Attack & Release. Her performance on the track "Things Ain't Like They Used To Be" made the then 17-year old the first guest vocalist to appear on any record released by the acclaimed duo. In addition to producing, Dan Auerbach also engineered the 11-track album and provided backing vocals as well as guitar and drum loops.

Since the release of With Blasphemy So Heartfelt in 2008, Mayfield has toured alongside numerous renowned artists, including The Avett Brothers, Ray LaMontagne, Band of Horses and The Black Keys.

In advance of the release, Mayfield will tour throughout this winter, including dates with Jay Farrar and Justin Townes Earle.

Jessica Lea Mayfield 2010 tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

November 2010

November 11 Louisville, KY Phoenix Hill Tavern*
November 12 Newport, KY Southgate House*
November 13 Bowling Green, OH Clazel Theater*
November 18 Kent, OH Kent State Folk Festival

December 2010

December 16 Philadelphia, PA The First Unitarian Church†
December 17 Boston, MA Royale†
December 18 New York, NY Webster Hall†
December 19 Washington, DC 9:30 Club†

(additional dates to be announced)

*supporting Jay Farrar

†supporting Justin Townes Earle

"Her voice, somewhere between Lucinda Williams' and Hope Sandoval's, got close to affectless, but not quite: there was something tossing underneath it." - The New York Times

"Fascinating and endlessly listenable" - 8.2 - Pitchfork review of With Blasphemy So Heartfelt

"A mature sound that seems evolved beyond her years." - NPR's World Café

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