Roots trio The Wood Brothers will release their eighth studio album, Heart Is The Hero, on April 14 via Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers. The ten tracks were recorded on 16-track tape, the choice medium for capturing their kind of music. Oliver Wood explains:
The chorus of the album's title track says, 'the heart is the hero of every song.' By no means was it intentional, but much of the material we were writing for this record seemed to come full circle to the idea of trusting in your heart in matters that you can't control. Those words seemed to illustrate so much of what we were feeling—that heart and spirit guides us through this world. Even by recording completely analog, we had to commit to feeling the performances and have faith in what the three of us were creating together instead of trying to make things perfect by letting technology or overthinking things get in the way.
The album is available for pre-order here (vinyl, CD, digital).
Live dates:- 01/31 Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern ^ (Sold Out)
- 02/01 Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern ^ (Sold Out)
- 02/02 Ventura, CA @ Ventura Music Hall ^
- 02/03 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater ^
- 02/04 Stateline, NV @ Bally’s Lake Tahoe Casino Resort ^
- 02/06 Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre ^
- 02/08 Bend, OR @ Midtown Ballroom ^
- 02/09 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre ^ (Sold Out)
- 02/10 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall ^ (Sold Out)
- 02/11 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall ^
- 02/24 North Little Rock, AR @ Simmons Bank Arena #
- 03/01 Lexington, KY @ Lexington Opera House
- 03/02 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
- 03/03 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
- 03/04 Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre
- 03/06 Westerly, RI @ The United Theatre
- 03/08 Harrisburg, PA @ XL Live
- 03/09 Rocky Mount, VA @ Harvester Performance Center (Sold Out)
- 03/10 Winston-Salem, NC @ The Ramkat
- 03/11 Chattanooga, TN @ Walker Theatre
- 04/11 Scottsdale, AZ @ Virginia G. Piper Theater @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
- 04/12 Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater
- 04/14 Beaver Creek, CO @ Vilar Performing Arts Center
- 04/15 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
- 04/17 Salina, KS @ The Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts
- 04/18 Fayetteville, AK @ JJ’s Live
- 04/20 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
- 04/21 Tilmon, TX @ Old Settler’s Music Festival
- 04/22 Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater
- 05/10 Peoria, IL @ Premier Event Center *
- 05/11 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *
- 05/12 Minneapolis, MN @ Utepils Brewing Co. *
- 05/13 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater *
- 05/15 Akron, OH @ Goodyear Theater *
- 05/16 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre *
- 05/18 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern *
- 05/19 Raleigh, NC @ North Carolina Museum of Art *
- 05/20 Washington, DC @ The Anthem *
- 05/21 Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre *
- 06/07 Portland, ME @ State Theatre *
- 06/08 Boston, MA @ Roadrunner *
- 06/09 New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17 *
- 06/10 Accord, NY @ Arrowood Farms *
- 06/11 Fairport, NY @ Perinton Center Park Amphitheater *
- 06/13 New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall *
- 06/15 Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavilion *
- 06/16 Williamsburg, VA @ Virginia Arts Festival’s Williamsburg Live *
- 06/17 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mountain View Amphitheatre *
- 06/18 Grand Rapids, MI @ venue TBA *
- 06/23 Greenfield, MA @ Green River Festival
- 08/18-20 Wellston, MA @ Hoxeyville Music Festival @ Wellston, MI
^ w/ Taylor Ashton
# w/ The Avett Brothers & Turnpike Troubadours
* w/ Shovels & Rope