Joseph Arthur confirms Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and North American Tour
Dates in support of "Absolute Stunner" (Magnet) The Graduation Ceremony, including Austin City Limits and Pearl Jam 20 Festival
Video for "Love Never Asks You To Lie" features Joseph's Directorial Debut with Toddlers
Joseph Arthur, "one of modern music's more imaginative iconoclasts" (Blurt), will be touring North America this Summer and Fall in support of his new album The Graduation Ceremony.
Joseph Arthur releases The Graduation Ceremony
Performing solo with sound loops and painting live onstage, Joseph has been known to create "a dynamic swirl of noise that somehow appears magically around him" (NPR) and "emotional (but tuneful) exorcisms" (Entertainment Weekly).
Tour stops include the Pearl Jam 20 Festival (September 3 & 4), Austin City Limits (September 18) and an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on July 20.
"Love Never Asks You To Lie" premiered on ARTISTdirect and is the third video in an ongoing series from The Graduation Ceremony, marking Joseph's first time directing toddlers - his nephew Cyrus and his girlfriend, who lives in the same building. "They're really in love," says Joseph. "At first, it was difficult directing them - but now that Cyrus has seen it, he wants to be in another video. He thinks he's a star!"
Joseph Arthur - "Love Never Asks You To Lie" video:
Vanity Fair has hailed Joseph as "one of our most emotionally revealing and talented singer-songwriters."
Michael Stipe once told the Los Angeles Times, "Jo is one of those rare writer-performers where you get the sense, whatever you believe, that something greater is being channeled through his music and voice...It touches something very deep and universal."
Joseph Arthur currently has two ever-evolving art exhibits in NYC: 'MOMAR (Museum of Modern Arthur) at the Gershwin Hotel' (7 E. 27th St., through June 30) and 'MOMAR at the Living Room' (154 Ludlow St., ongoing).
Joseph Arthur 2011 tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change.)
July 2011
July 8 - Quebec City, Quebec Festival d'ete de Quebec
July 15 - Arlington, VA IOTA
July 16 - Annapolis, MD Ram's Head (1pm all-ages matinee)
July 20 - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
July 22 - Camden, NJ WXPN's Xponential Festival
July 23 - Calgary, AB Calgary Folk Festival
July 29 - Montreal, QC Osheaga 2011
August 2011
August 2 & 3 - Toronto, ON Dakota Tavern
August 5 - Pittsburgh, PA Club Café
August 6 - Akron, OH Musica
August 20 - Woodland Park, CO Newhoma Music & Mountain Festival
September 2011
September 3 & 4 - East Troy, WI Pearl Jam 20 Festival
September 14 - Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
September 15 - Nashville, TN Bluebird Café
September 17 - Dallas, TX Kessler Theater
September 18 - Austin, TX Austin City Limits
September 22 - Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
September 23 - San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
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