TERRA LIGHTFOOT TO RELEASE NEW STRIPPED DOWN ALBUM, HOME FRONT, ON OCTOBER 17 VIA MIDNIGHT CHOIR / SONIC UNYON
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CANADIAN TOUR DATES COMMENCE SEPTEMBER 7, EUROPEAN TOUR DATES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 23
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Seasoned rocker Terra Lightfoot has a well-earned reputation as a tireless live performer, with a tour history mapped across the globe and awards testifying to every mile logged along the way. To date, Lightfoot's marathon tours have touched down in eight countries across four continents. She also conceived, created, curated, produced and co-headlined The Longest Road Show, an all-female touring revue.
Most fans would reasonably assume that the singer-songwriter’s natural element is in the spotlight. But even accomplished touring artists like Lightfoot feel the insistent tug of home. That place, which for Lightfoot is a scenic hideaway in Ontario’s Haliburton Highlands, is captured in warm detail on the artist’s intimate new album, Home Front out October 17 via Midnight Choir / Sonic Unyon. In stark contrast to the anthemic alt-pop riffs of 2017’s New Mistakes and 2023’s Healing Power (each of which earned the artist JUNO Award nominations and Polaris Music Prize long list nods), this is an unplugged session in more ways than one.
“Home Front was recorded in the living room, on the back porch, in the relaxing moments after dinner or the late evening, when the crickets and peepers were singing their loudest,” says Lightfoot. “This house is a special place. It sits all by itself between woods and streams that go on for acres and acres and a beautiful wetland teeming with wildlife. I find myself living more comfortably in my own bones than ever before when I’m here. There is a deep quiet here, in the house that backs onto the beaver marsh. Blue herons fly, and moose and bears walk the forest path out back. It is a place where I can’t help but be more connected to the natural world. Being so engrossed in the world of loud rock ’n’ roll guitar doesn’t leave a lot of space for field recording or softly strummed nylon strings. Home Front is the place where I can share all those softer and sweeter moments.”
Today, Lightfoot shares Home Front's lead single, a countrified cover of Treble Charger’s enduring indie rock staple “Red” Feat. Bill Priddle. “I’ve loved this song since I was a kid,” Lightfoot says of the ‘90s radio staple. “I became friends with (Treble Charger vocalist-guitarist and “Red” songwriter) Bill Priddle when we were both playing in the band Don Vail. We’ve stayed in touch. Bill came out to our show in Sault Ste Marie last summer. I had the idea to cover this song with him then, and after we sang it together at the festival we were playing, it made so much sense to cut this one for this record.”
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MORE ABOUT TERRA LIGHTFOOT
Terra Lightfoot is a JUNO Award and Polaris Music Prize nominated guitarist-singer-songwriter originally from Hamilton, Ontario. In 2020, she marked her first decade as a recording artist with Consider the Speed, recorded by Grammy-winning producer Jay Newland at Memphis' legendary Royal Studios. In early 2022, Lightfoot launched her own label, Midnight Choir, with single “Sleepyhead.” Sixth album Healing Power (released Oct 2023) reunited her with producer/engineer Gus van Go for a career-best outing that earned the artist a second JUNO Award nomination (for Best Adult Alternative Album of The Year) as well as a long-list nomination for the Polaris Music Prize.
HOME FRONT TRACKLIST
1. A Good Sign
2. Sleepyhead
3. Already There In My Mind
4. The Queen of Trout Lake
5. Red Feat. Bill Priddle
6. Yours Forever
7. Counted On You
8. Out Of Time
9. Shooting Star
10. A Case of You
11. Hummingbirds Hum
TOUR DATES
Sep 7 - Calgary, AB - Lougheed House - Park
Sep 11 - Edmonton, AB - The Buckingham
Sep 13 - Lethbridge, AB - University of Lethbridge - Hepler Hall lawn
Sep 20 - Orillia, ON - St. Paul's Centre
Sep 23 - Uppsala, SE - Katalin
Sep 24 - Orebro, SE - Kulturaktiebolaget
Sep 25 - Stockholm, SE - Kulturhuset
Sep 26 - Falkenberg, SE - Rootsy Falkenberg
Sep 27 - Halden - SE - Konserthuset
Oct 1 - Aland Mariehamm, FI - Klubb Ettan
Oct 2 - Norrtalje, SE
Oct 3 - Onskoldsvik, SE - Sliperiet
Oct 4 - Sundsvall, SE
Oct 5 - Ostersund, SE
Oct 8 - Ljusdal, SE - Ljusdal
Oct 9 - Soderhamn, SE - Söderhamns Teater
Oct 10 - Lulea, SE - Kulturens Hus
Oct 11 - Pitea, SE - Studio Acusticum
Oct 12 - Skognas, SE - Skogsnäs Kulturhus
Oct 14 - Hultsfred, SE - Hotel Hulingen Pub
Oct 15 - Malmo, SE - Medley
Oct 16 - Almhult, SE - Folkets Hus
Oct 17 - Uddevalla, SE - Uddevallakassetten
Oct 18 - Herrang, SE - Folkets Hus
Nov 11 - Belfast, IE - The Black Box
Nov 12 - Dublin, IE - Whelan's
Nov 13 - Glasgow, SCT - Saint Luke's
Nov 14 - Huddersfield, ENG - The Parish
Nov 16 - Manchester, ENG - The Deaf Institute
Nov 17 - London, ENG - 100 Club
Nov 19 - Dresden, GER - Jazzclub Tonne
Nov 21 - Darmstadt, GER - Central Station
Nov 23 - Cologne, GER - Gebaude 9
Nov 24 - Berlin, GER - Passionskirche
Nov 25 - Hamburg, GER - Fabrik
Nov 26 - Utrecht, NL - Tivoli Vredenburg
PRAISE FOR TERRA LIGHTFOOT
“One of Canada's best all-around musicians... an amazing tour de force, the complete package” - CBC Music
“Canada’s Terra Lightfoot has a huge voice and a big and gutsy guitar tone to match”
- Guitar Player
“Cuts like lightning to a tree” - The Globe and Mail
“One of today’s brightest emerging rock artists” - Twangville
“Timeless influences from above and below the border” - American Songwriter
“Drawing from rock, soul and blues, Terra Lightfoot is a monster talent” - PopMatters