Montreal singer-songwriter Leif Vollebekk has released a surprise live EP, New Waves (Live Recordings '19-'21), which comes out today through Secret City.
The six-song EP collects four different performances: three tracks from a KCRW radio session, plus recordings from the Troubadour in Los Angeles, Starling Farm in rural Colorado and Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto.
"Last year I had a chance to revisit these songs and I realized they had something my records didn't have," Vollebekk said in a statement. "They resonate with that incalculable energy of a live audience. It didn't matter whether they were listening to FM radio on the freeway, watching a CBS broadcast of The Late Late Show at home, or standing right there in front me at the Troubadour in LA. The audience completes the music. They inform it and they shape it. They're on the other end of the frequency and they make new waves of their own. That symbiosis is something during these past two years I've missed more than anything. And I feel it on this record."
The EP is on all of the usual streaming services, and vinyl copies can be pre-ordered from Secret City with a shipping date of April 22, 2022.
Scroll past the EP tracklist and player below to see Vollebekk's 2022 tour schedule.
New Waves (Live Recordings '19-'21):
1. I'm Not Your Lover – Live at the Troubadour
2. Transatlantic Flight – Live at Roy Thomson Hall
3. Long Blue Light – Live at Starling Farm
4. Apalachee Plain – Live at KCRW
5. Blood Brother – Live at KCRW
6. Hot Tears – Live at KCRW
Leif Vollebekk 2022 Tour Dates:
01/27/2022 Winnipeg, MB - The Park Theatre
01/28/2022 Saskatoon, SK - Broadway Theatre
01/29/2022 Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
02/01/2022 Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre *
02/02/2022 Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
02/04/2022 Calgary, AB - MacEwan Ballroom
02/05/2022 Regina, SK - The Exchange
02/18/2022 Quebec City, QC - Impérial Bell
02/19/2022 Montreal, QC - M Telus
02/24/2022 Ottawa, ON, Bronson Centre
02/26/2022 Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
03/04/2022 Ferndale, MI - The Loving Touch ^
03/05/2022 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall ^
03/06/2022 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club ^
03/08/2022 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater ^
03/09/2022 Fort Collins, CO - The Armory ^
03/10/2022 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
03/12/2022 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern ^
03/13/2022 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater *
03/15/2022 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
03/16/2022 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey *
03/17/2022 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar ~
03/19/2022 Austin, TX - SXSW
03/21/2022 Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theater ~
03/23/2022 Fayetteville, AR - Roots HQ ~
03/25/2022 New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa ~
03/26/2022 Atlanta, GA - Smith's Olde Bar
03/27/2022 Nashville, TN - The Blue Room at Third Man Records ~
03/28/2022 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle ~
03/30/2022 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Back Room ~
03/31/2022 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern ~
04/01/2022 Washington, DC - Union Stage $
04/02/2022 Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios $
04/03/2022 Portsmouth, NH - The Press Room $
04/06/2022 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live Downstairs $
04/07/2022 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg $
04/08/2022 Holyoke, MA - Gateway City Arts $
04/09/2022 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair $
04/26/2022 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans %
04/28/2022 Glasgow, UK - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut %
04/29/2022 Newcastle, UK - The Cluny %
04/30/2022 Manchester, UK - The Deaf Institute %
05/01/2022 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club %
05/03/2022 Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds %
05/05/2022 London, UK - Electric Brixton %
05/06/2022 Bristol, UK - Thekla %
05/07/2022 Brighton, UK - CHALK Live %
05/09/2022 Paris, France - Point Ephémère =
05/10/2022 Brussels, Belgium - AB Brussels =
05/11/2022 Cologne, Germany - Artheater =
05/13/2022 Zurich, Switzerland - Bogen F =
05/14/2022 Munich, Germany - Kranhalle =
05/15/2022 Vienna, Austria - Chelsea =
05/17/2022 Berlin, Germany - Frannz Club =
05/18/2022 Hamburg, Germany - Nochtspeicher =
05/19/2022 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso =
06/03/2022 Montreal, QC - MTELUS
06/15/2022 Quebec City, QC - Imperial
06/17/2022 Toronto - Massey Hall
TBA Sherbrooke, QC - Theatre Granada
TBA Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre
* with Field Guide
^ with Covenhoven
~ with Dosh
$ with La Force
% with Winnie Raeder
= Arny Margret
The six-song EP collects four different performances: three tracks from a KCRW radio session, plus recordings from the Troubadour in Los Angeles, Starling Farm in rural Colorado and Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto.
"Last year I had a chance to revisit these songs and I realized they had something my records didn't have," Vollebekk said in a statement. "They resonate with that incalculable energy of a live audience. It didn't matter whether they were listening to FM radio on the freeway, watching a CBS broadcast of The Late Late Show at home, or standing right there in front me at the Troubadour in LA. The audience completes the music. They inform it and they shape it. They're on the other end of the frequency and they make new waves of their own. That symbiosis is something during these past two years I've missed more than anything. And I feel it on this record."
The EP is on all of the usual streaming services, and vinyl copies can be pre-ordered from Secret City with a shipping date of April 22, 2022.
Scroll past the EP tracklist and player below to see Vollebekk's 2022 tour schedule.
New Waves (Live Recordings '19-'21):
1. I'm Not Your Lover – Live at the Troubadour
2. Transatlantic Flight – Live at Roy Thomson Hall
3. Long Blue Light – Live at Starling Farm
4. Apalachee Plain – Live at KCRW
5. Blood Brother – Live at KCRW
6. Hot Tears – Live at KCRW
Leif Vollebekk 2022 Tour Dates:
01/28/2022 Saskatoon, SK - Broadway Theatre
01/29/2022 Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
02/01/2022 Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre *
02/04/2022 Calgary, AB - MacEwan Ballroom
02/05/2022 Regina, SK - The Exchange
02/18/2022 Quebec City, QC - Impérial Bell
02/19/2022 Montreal, QC - M Telus
02/24/2022 Ottawa, ON, Bronson Centre
02/26/2022 Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
03/04/2022 Ferndale, MI - The Loving Touch ^
03/05/2022 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall ^
03/06/2022 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club ^
03/08/2022 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater ^
03/09/2022 Fort Collins, CO - The Armory ^
03/10/2022 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
03/12/2022 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern ^
03/13/2022 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater *
03/15/2022 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
03/16/2022 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey *
03/17/2022 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar ~
03/19/2022 Austin, TX - SXSW
03/21/2022 Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theater ~
03/23/2022 Fayetteville, AR - Roots HQ ~
03/25/2022 New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa ~
03/26/2022 Atlanta, GA - Smith's Olde Bar
03/27/2022 Nashville, TN - The Blue Room at Third Man Records ~
03/28/2022 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle ~
03/30/2022 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Back Room ~
03/31/2022 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern ~
04/01/2022 Washington, DC - Union Stage $
04/02/2022 Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios $
04/03/2022 Portsmouth, NH - The Press Room $
04/06/2022 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live Downstairs $
04/07/2022 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg $
04/08/2022 Holyoke, MA - Gateway City Arts $
04/09/2022 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair $
04/26/2022 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans %
04/28/2022 Glasgow, UK - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut %
04/29/2022 Newcastle, UK - The Cluny %
04/30/2022 Manchester, UK - The Deaf Institute %
05/01/2022 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club %
05/03/2022 Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds %
05/05/2022 London, UK - Electric Brixton %
05/06/2022 Bristol, UK - Thekla %
05/07/2022 Brighton, UK - CHALK Live %
05/09/2022 Paris, France - Point Ephémère =
05/10/2022 Brussels, Belgium - AB Brussels =
05/11/2022 Cologne, Germany - Artheater =
05/13/2022 Zurich, Switzerland - Bogen F =
05/14/2022 Munich, Germany - Kranhalle =
05/15/2022 Vienna, Austria - Chelsea =
05/17/2022 Berlin, Germany - Frannz Club =
05/18/2022 Hamburg, Germany - Nochtspeicher =
05/19/2022 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso =
06/03/2022 Montreal, QC - MTELUS
06/15/2022 Quebec City, QC - Imperial
06/17/2022 Toronto - Massey Hall
TBA Sherbrooke, QC - Theatre Granada
TBA Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre
* with Field Guide
^ with Covenhoven
~ with Dosh
$ with La Force
% with Winnie Raeder
= Arny Margret