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, KPFA. 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, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania (dates and venues here)!

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

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

Happy February!  This is a very exciting month for me because we are 6 weeks from the official release date of Only Daughter! Over the next few weeks, the album will be making its way to radio stations, press, and record stores.  A few exciting things to report so far:

CD RELEASE SHOWS:
CD release tour dates are being announced.  Our big NYC CD release show with the full band is March 15, followed by a two week tour of the UK.  In May we’ll be touring Seattle to San Francisco, and in July I’m taking the full band on tour from Ohio to Florida! I’m excited to get out there and play these new songs for you!

RICH’S GUITAR EP:
Rich is currently putting the finishing touches on his long-awaited solo guitar EP.  It sounds awesome and he’s excited to share it with you, as am I.  The EP will officially be released at my NYC CD Release show, where Rich will open the night with a set of original music. We’ll have the EP for sale at all tour dates to follow.

BIG FEATURE ON WFUV:
If you live in the New York area, please tune into WFUV 90.7 on Sunday morning for the excellent “Sunday Breakfast” program with folkie DJ extraordinaire John Platt, where we’ll be doing a live performance and interview!  If you don’t live in town, you can stream the show or listen to podcasts later on the station’s website.

NEW WEBSITE:
After 10 years together, it was time for a change. Version 2 is up and is much more user friendly than the old one and update for the second decade of the 2000s.  Big thanks to Jaime Borschuk for the excellent design work.

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.

Thanks so much for stickin’ with me.
Rebecca