Rebecca Pronsky Music

The new video for “Better That Way” is out now. It’s the first time I’ve ever made a music video and I hope you like it!

The video was premiered Friday by Blurt Magazine!

Hi friends!

We arrived home from the UK two days ago (more about the tour later). For the return flight, we got upgraded to business class — best end to a tour ever!!  Having never flown that way, I have to say the Seinfeld episode is pretty close to the truth. We were served ice cream sundaes with fudge; there was a wine list, plus crab cakes, cloth napkins, the whole bit. Wow.

So the new album Only Daughter is out and is pulling in radio support in the US. So far its getting spun on WERU, WMBR, WRIU, WFUV, WFDU, WFMU, WVIA, WRRW, WRUW, The Bridge, WRUW, WDVX, WFIV, WEFT, WMSE, KCHO, KLCC, KBCS. Call in and request. More stations being added all the time!

Don’t have Only Daughter yet?  Get a copy via Amazon, Nine Mile Records, Proper (in the UK) or at a record store near you. Or download it digitally via iTunes, eMusic, or Bandcamp. The album is also up on Pandora now, along with my last two full length records. You can start your own Rebecca Pronsky station that way.

TOUR DATES

This month:
STAYING LOCAL: NYC folks, we’re playing next Thursday in Brooklyn at the Rock Shop with the wonderful Freedy Johnston and then I’m the musical guest at a great reading series  the following Wednesday in Manhattan.

Next month:
WEST COAST TOUR: begins May 5 with stops in Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Roseburg, Redding, Sonoma, and San Francisco (dates and venues below)! I’m very excited to get back out west.  It’s been more than a year and I got a hankering for the pacific breeze… and a mission burrito.

Summer:
US BAND TOUR: I’m taking the full band on the road in July to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania (dates and venues below)!

UK TOUR RECAP

March’s UK tour was one of my favorite tours I’ve done. The weather was freezing, but the audiences were warm and attentive. Aside from the music, we visited some beautiful places and ate good food.  Check out the UK tour photo album. While we were over there, a number of very positive live reviews of our shows came in, most notably in No Depression, Bristol Post, Scotland Herald, and Fatea.  We also had three excellent album reviews in national papers: Telegraph, Daily Mirror and Scotland Metro. Exciting!  We are tentatively penciling in summer of next year for our return, hopefully during nicer weather and to include a festival or two.

Oh yes, and our music video for “Better That Way” is in process and will be out soon! In the meantime, here a video of us playing our most rocking song “The Garden” at a UK show.

Thank you for supporting the new record and for your notes of encouragement.

Happy spring!
Rebecca

CD release shows in NYC are this Friday and Saturday.  Then the new album comes out officially on Tuesday which is also the date of the first show of our UK tour!

Here’s a little more about how we made the new record:

You can order it via Bandcamp for delivery/download on release day.

We’re really looking forward to getting back to the UK with this new record.  We got an excellent review in today’s Daily Mirror! They said “Part Stevie Nicks, part confessional troubadour, Pronsky sheds some of her Trad Americana skin on this outing, emerging as a cute but dark talent in the process. Atmospheric influences bring out the full range of her lean expressive vocalising and the songs boast depth and panache.” Also exciting: 4 star reviews in both The Scotsman’s Sunday paper and Country Music People. And airplay is coming in on many BBC radio stations. Here’s where we’ll be on the tour:

3.19 Edinburgh, UK – Leith Folk Club
3.20 Glasgow, UK – Sounds in the Suburbs
3.21 Edinburgh, UK – House Concert
3.22 Thirsk, UK – Loosely Folk at Rural Arts
3.23 Newcastle, UK – Jumpin Hot at Studio in Live Theatre
3.24 Sheffield, UK – The Greystones
3.27 Bristol, UK – Hen & Chicken
3.28 Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds w/ The Toy Hearts
3.29 Stalybridge, UK – The Verge at The Rifleman
3.30 Barton Upon Humber, UK – Ropery Hall
3.31 London, UK – Twickfolk

Showtimes, locations and ticket links are on the show page.

Cheers!

Rebecca

Folks, The record comes out March 19 but you can have it sooner if you’re in New York!  Come check out one of our release shows this month before we head off to the UK and come back with British accents and no idea what pizza is unless it’s deep fried.

Friday, March 15
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St btw Hamilton & Woodhull
Brooklyn, NY
$10 / $5 for kids. buy tickets
plus: Rich Bennett EP Release!
This show is a double header!  The evening is kicked off by my husband and fab guitarist Rich Bennett (and his quartet) who will play songs from his new guitar EP DiBenedetto.  Then my full band will play songs from the our new record Only Daughter… plus we are also filming a music video tonight!

Saturday, March 16
Urban H20
35 Alexander St
Yonkers, NY
$10 at door
plus: Miles to Dayton!
Urban H2O is housed in a beautiful environmental center with direct Hudson River access through a 2 acre park. Steps from the metro north with plenty of free parking.  Plus there is free beer from the award winning Captain Lawrence Brewery!

Only Daughter will be released in one month and there will be a number of release shows throughout March.

Tickets are on sale now to the big NYC CD Release show Friday, March 15 at the Jalopy Theatre! This show features my full band and is also a double header! My husband and esteemed guitarist Rich Bennett (along with a trio of excellent musicians) will play songs from DiBenedetto, Rich’s new guitar EP, which will be released that night as well. We will also be filming a music video and will need your help being extra boisterous in the audience. This show is all ages, so you can bring your kids and their tickets are half-price.

The next day, March 16, we’ll be doing a second release show in Yonkers at Urban H20.  Hope you Westchester people can make it to that one!

We’re also playing Club Passim in Boston on March 10 with Shannon Whitworth. Tickets here.

Then we embark on our UK Tour March 19 – April 1. Tickets are on sale to all UK shows. The album is already picking up quite a bit of press over there.  Check out these reviews: Americana UK, Fatea, Lonesome Highway, Mudkiss and we’ve so far received airplay on BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, BBC Ulster and many other UK stations.

LISTEN TO US ON WFUV!
A couple weeks ago, I was honored to be a guest on WFUV’s great “Sunday Breakfast” program hosted by folkie DJ extraordinaire John Platt!  We did a 40 minute interview/live performance and talked about life in Brooklyn, the new album, and more.  The show has been archived and is available for listening any time on the show’s website.

ORDER THE NEW RECORD:
Waste no time. Go to my Bandcamp Page and order the new record! On release day, March 19, you will automatically be emailed a download link to get the entire album immediately and you’ll also have it shipped to you by release day.

See you soon,
Rebecca