WXPN Welcomes Neko Case Middle Cyclone Tour at the Kimmel Center, July 29
MAY 14, 2009
"The Best Album of Her Career" —The New Yorker about Neko Case's new album, Middle Cyclone
Tickets on sale Friday, May 15, at 10 am!
WXPN welcomes Neko Case performing live at the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 8pm in collaboration with AEG and Kimmel Center Presents. The fiery singer-songwriter, whose smoky, sophisticated vocals are often featured with Vancouver indie supergroup the New Pornographers, tours in support of her new album, Middle Cyclone. Her latest album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard charts, the highest opening to date in 2009 by an independent release on Billboard's main album chart, and SPIN Magazine rated Middle Cyclone a 9-out-of-10. Also appearing is singer-songwriter Jason Lytle of Grandaddy.
This new release follows her acclaimed Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006). Middle Cyclone was produced by Case with Darryl Neudorf and recorded in Tucson, Brooklyn, Toronto, and Vermont. It features Case backed by her core band — guitarist Paul Rigby, bassist Tom V. Ray, backing vocalist Kelly Hogan, multi-instrumentalist Jon Rauhouse, and drummer Barry Mirochnick - along with numerous guests including M. Ward, Garth Hudson, Sarah Harmer, and members of The New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Calexico, The Sadies, Visqueen, The Lilys, and Giant Sand, among others. In addition to twelve new songs written by Case, Middle Cyclone includes covers of "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" by Sparks, and "Don't Forget Me" by Harry Nilsson.
In 2006, SPIN Magazine called Case "one of pop music's best" voices, and Interview Magazine hailed her album Fox Confessor Brings The Flood as "one of the most original, beguiling, honest records of the year." The album also earned Case Female Artist of the Year honors from the PLUG Independent Music Awards, and a Top 10 placement in the Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop Critics Poll of the year's best releases. Fox Confessor was Case's first album to debut in the Billboard Top 100, and has sold nearly 200,000 copies in the U.S. alone.
Tickets for Neko Case are $35 and will be available for purchase beginning Friday, May 15 at 10am by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply.) For group sales call 215-790-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office at 5:30pm prior to evening curtain time and 11:30am for matinees. Limit one ticket per person.
For additional information/photos, contact Jen Corsilli, jcorsilli@keswicktheatre.com
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