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EAST COAST TOUR DATES BEGIN APRIL 5
“One of my favourite guitarists has a new album out. Great songs with great changes and great playing” John Mayer
"He cannot be stopped. ...showing off not only his guitar playing but his songwriting" - Talia Schlanger (On CBC q)
“smooth, soulful... The expertly self-produced sound is a nice mixture of slide guitar, bass, and that popping percussion, with Ariel’s creamy vocals on top.” - Great Dark Wonder
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Today, accomplished guitarist and songwriter Ariel Posen is sharing his first new music of 2022 with the new single, “Downtown”, a love song to all the metropolitan areas in the world. “The song itself makes it sound like a love letter to New York City, and while that would stand true, it refers to every place I've been to that resembles the energy that a city brings,” says Posen. “A place can make you feel many things and it's okay to feel love for places that are not just where you're from."
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Last year, Posen released his new album Headway and went on the road supporting Bahamas. He returns to the road in April with a string of dates on Canada’s East Coast. Full tour dates can be found below.
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MORE ABOUT ARIEL POSEN
Ariel Posen's music occupies the space between genres. It's a rootsy sound that nods to his influences — heartland rock & roll, electrified Americana, blue-eyed soul, R&B, Beatles-inspired pop — while still moving forward, pushing Posen into territory that's uniquely his own.
Posen began recording his last album, Headway, in December 2019, one week after wrapping up an international tour in support of his acclaimed debut, How Long. He'd been on the road for a year and a half, playing shows across the U.K., Europe, America, and his native Canada. Along the way, Posen had received standing ovations not only from his audiences, but also from outlets like Rolling Stone, who dubbed him "a modern-day guitar hero," Music Radar listing him as a fan voted top 10 rock guitarist of the year and the Western Canadian Music Awards who nominated him for Breakout Artist of the Year."
Coming back home to Winnipeg, he began sifting through the new songs he'd written between tour dates. Many of them had already been tested on the road, their arrangements whittled into shape by a group of road warriors at the top of their game. Practically all of them were about the process of evolution — of making progress in life, love, and all points in between. Those themes were reflected in the music itself, which presented a crisper, clearer picture of Posen as a songwriter.
TOUR DATES
Apr 5 - St. John’s, NL - Arts And Culture Centre
Apr 6 - St. John’s, NL - Arts And Culture Centre
Apr 8 - Charlottetown, PE - Confederation Centre of the Arts
Apr 9 - Wolfville, NS - University Hall
Apr 10 - Moncton, NB - Capitol Theatre
Apr 12 - Saint John, NB - Imperial Theatre
Apr 13 - Fredericton, NB - Fredericton Playhouse
Apr 14 - Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Apr 15 - Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Apr 16 - Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Apr 29 - Portland, OR - McMenamins White Eagle Saloon
Apr 30 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
May 1 - Bend, OR - Volcanic Theatre Pub
May 3 - Sacramento, OR - Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub
May 5 - Mill Valley, CA - Sweetwater Music Hall
May 6 - Los Angeles, CA - The Moroccan Lounge
May 7 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet’s
May 11 - Boston, MA - Cafe 939
May 12 - Bridgeport, CT - Park City Music Hall
May 13 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
May 14 - Washington, DC - Pearl Street Warehouse
May 16 - Chicago, IL - City Winery Chicago
May 17 - Louisville, KY - Zanzibar
May 18 - Nashville, TN - The Basement
May 20 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
July 3 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS
Sep 27 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast
Sep 28 - Ashington, UK - White House Unique Social Club
Sep 29 - Derby, UK - Flower Pot
Sep 30 - London, UK - O2 Academy Islington
Oct 1 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Institute
Oct 3 - Bristol, UK - Thekla
Oct 4 - Guildford, UK - Boileroom
Oct 5 - Nijmegen, NL - Doornroosje
Oct 6 - Eindhoven, NL - Effenaar
Oct 7 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotown Rotterdam
Oct 8 - Utrecht, NL - Tivoli Vredenburg
Oct 9 - Da Groningen, NL - De Oosterpoort
Oct 11 - Köln, DE - Jaki
Oct 12 - Copenhagen, DK - Amager Bio
Oct 13 - Odense, DK - Dexter
Oct 14 - Hamburg, DE - NoCHTWACHE
Oct 15 - Berline, DE - Privatclub
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