Joseph Arthur tours, releases even more EPs

Joseph Arthur is a busy man. The singer/songwriter/band member/painter/art gallery owner has been recording and releasing a series of EPs all year while also recording an LP with the Lonely Astronauts.  

In July, Arthur, named one of the 100 best songwriters alive by Paste in 2006, plans to take a hiatus from his songwriting/banding/painting/owning of art galleries to go on a transnational solo tour.

The tour begins immediately following the July 8th release of the final EP in Arthur’s 2008 series of four: Could We Survive (March 18th), Crazy Rain (April 15th), Vagabond Skies (June 10) and finally Foreign Girls (July 8). Together, the EPs form a double album of Arthur’s solo material, available on Lonely Astronaut Records.

The Akron, Ohio, native is also releasing a second LP, Temporary People, on September 16th with his band, Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts. In between recording a collection of EPs and a studio LP, Arthur also opened the Museum of Modern Arthur in Brooklyn. Affectionately called “MOMAR,” the gallery “encourages innovation and challenges convention,” according to its website.


July
9 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise
10 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ World Café Live
11 - New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom
12 - Hoboken, N.J. @ Maxwell’s
15 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Troubadour
16 - San Diego, Calif. @ Anthology
18 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Great American Music Hall
20 - Eugene, Ore. @ WOW Hall
21 - Portland, Ore. @ Doug Fir
22 - Seattle, Wash. @ Triple Door
24 - Vancouver, BC, Can. @ The Media Club
26 - Guelph, Ontario, Can. @ Hillside Festival

Related links:
Joseph Arthur on MySpace
Paste: Joseph Arthur Let's Just Be review
Lonely Astronaut Records 


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