new music: meet benjamin booker, a fresh new voice in rock & roll

Meet 22 year-old Benjamin Booker, a very promising rocker based in New Orleans. Booker will support Jack White on his upcoming tour and has announced a bunch of tour dates (see schedule below). But first, check out his new single ‘Violent Shiver’, out now on ATO/Rough Trade. The track will appear on his debut album, produced by Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes), to be released this fall.

TOUR DATES:

4/8 * – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live Upstairs
4/9 * – Washington, DC @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
4/10 * – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
5/2 ** – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theater
5/3 ** – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theater
5/11 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival @ Masquerade Music Park & Old 4th Ward Park
5/18 – Brighton, UK @ The Green Door Store
5/19 – London, UK @ Water Rats
5/20 – London, UK @ Old Blue Last
5/21 – Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen
5/24 – Paris, FR @ Mécanique ondulatoire
5/27 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow Exil 5/29 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
6/14 ^ – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
6/17 ^ – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
6/18 ^ – Boston, MA @ Sinclair
6/24 ^ – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
7/18-20 – Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival @ Louisville Waterfront Park
7/20 ^^ – St. Louis, MO @ Fox Theatre
7/21 ^^ – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
7/23 ^^ – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
7/24 ^^ – Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre
7/25-27 – Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival
7/27 ^^ – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE – Outdoors
7/28 ^^ – Detroit, MI @ The Fox Theatre
7/30 ^^ – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
7/31 ^^ – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
8/1-3 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza @ Grant Park
8/29-31 – Wiltshire, UK @ End of the Road Festival
* supporting Hurray For The Riff Raff
** supporting Drive-By Truckers
^ supporting Courtney Barnett
^^ supporting Jack White