March/April 2015

Arts on the Green continues its Singer Songwriter series with Jon Langford. On Saturday, March 7, Langford will lead a workshop at 3 p.m. and perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road in Gaithersburg.

Arts Barn
311 Kent Square Road
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878-5727

Waco Brothers

Waco Brothers    03/18/2015, Austin TX Continental Club, Official Bloodshot SXSW Showcase

Scott H. Biram, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Luke Winslow-King, Banditos, Bobby Bare Jr., Waco Brothers: 03/18/2015, Special Events, Austin TX Bloodshot 2015 SXSW Showcase @ Continental Club at 8PM (Very limited public spots available at the door; otherwise, SXSW badge or wristband required)

Waco Brothers    03/20/2015, Austin TX, Yard Dog Gallery, 20th Annual Yard Dog Party

Waco Brothers, Bobby Bare Jr., Banditos, Luke Winslow-King, Rosie Flores, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound w/ Water Liars, special guest TBA, 03/20/2015, Austin TX Bloodshot SXSW Day Party @ Yard Dog Art Gallery at Noon (Open to the public – no badge or wristband required)

Waco Brothers    04/03/2015, Kenosha WI Brat Stop

Waco Brothers    04/04/2015, Wire Berwyn IL

Waco Brothers    04/05/2015 Chicago IL Yak-Zies WXRT Cubs opening dat broadcast

Men of Gwent on the new ORGREAVE JUSTICE album – playing with Barnsley’s own THE HURRIERS at Le Pub Newport on May 2nd

 

Nov/Dec 2014

Jon Langford:
* w/ Sally Timms 11/21/2014 Tour Dates Chicago IL US Museum of Contemporary Art:
Bowie Changes

* w/ Jon Dee Graham and Mike June 12/16/2014 Tour Dates Berwyn IL US FitzGerald’s #

* 11/122014 KC Grad, Brace Krsmanovic 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
* 11/13/2014, Artshow Prodajna Galerija Beograd Kosancicev Venac 19, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
* 11/15/2014 Golya Center Bokay Janos Utca 34, Budapest Hungary
* 11/18/2014 Chelsea Lerchenfelder Gürtel 29-32, 1080 Wien Austria (with Martin Braman)

* 12/19/2014, Kiki’s House of Righteous Music Madison

 

* 12/19/2014, Kiki’s House of Righteous Music Madison


Forthcoming

Jon Langfords Men of Gwents
06/26/2014 – 7:00 PM
LE PUB 1 CAXTON PLACE BRIDGE STREET NEWPORT

Jon Langfords Men of Gwents
06/28/2014 – 7:00 PM
Glastonbury, Left Stage

Jon Langford w/ Robbie Fulks and Sally Timms 07/13/2014 The Hideout
Hideout Highlands Send Off
http://www.hideoutchicago.com/

Jon Langford and Jean Cook
07/20/2014 – 9:00 AM
Vancouver Folk Festival
Jericho Dr
Vancouver, Canada

Jon Langford with Robbie Fulks
Tue Aug 5, 2014 – 7:00 PM
12 Bar
London, United Kingdom

Jon Langford
08/08/2014 – 7:00 PM
Verified-artist-flat
Rebellion Festival
Blackpool, United Kingdom

Jon Langford with Bad Luck Jonathan
09/05/2014 – 5:00 PM
Hideout Block Party
Chicago, IL

Playing:

Turf Fest IN TORONTO jULY 4-6
WACO BROTHERS – Fri July 4 – South Stage – Set Time – 7:20pm
WACO BROTHERS with SALLY TIMMS – Sat July 5 – South Stage – Set Time – 8:40pm
JL SKULL ORCHARD & BURLINGTONs – Sun July 6 – East Stage –
Set Time – 12:45pm
WACO BROTHERS – Sunday July 6 – The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern –
Set Time – 12:20am
CALGARY FOLK FEST JULY 25-27

calgary

Jon Langford: Here Be Monsters

Jon Langford: Here Be Monsters
Indegoot)
Release date: 2013
SONGS: 

Summer stars
Weightless
Gone without trace
Mars
Sugar on your tongue
Drone operator
Rumors
What did you do in the war
Lil ray of light
Don’t believe

Lineup: 

 

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Notes

Acclaimed musician and visual artist Jon Langford will be releasing his newest album with Skull Orchard, titled Here Be Monsters, on April 1st. Best known for his work in the The Mekons and the Waco Brothers, Langford has been a leading pioneer in the assimilation of folk/country music into punk rock since the genre’s first evolution over 30 years ago. This album will feature a unique piece of artwork specific to each track on the album.

Langford, describing the new record, says “the subtext of the album is maybe the things our civilization thinks of as fixed and immovable might actually be redundant/obsolete/discredited and it’s up to us to question and find new rocks to be washed up on…” For this new album, Langford called in Mekons/Waco Brothers veteran Mike Hagler (My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Neko Case, Billy Bragg) to record at Chicago’s Kingsize Sound Labs. ”Skull Orchard used to be a fairly solitary activity” says Langford, “but this is much more of a band project than any of the solo things I’ve done before.”

“This album really brings the art and the songs together – a chicken/egg which came first situation. The songs are very visual and in some cases came directly from the paintings.”

New CD: Here be monsters

There’ll be a new cd out on April 1st (released by Indegoot)  and these are the first news I can give:

Here be monsters

Acclaimed musician and visual artist Jon Langford will be releasing his newest album with Skull Orchard, titled Here Be Monsters, on April 1st.  Best known for his work in the The Mekons and the Waco Brothers, Langford has been a leading pioneer in the assimilation of folk/country music into punk rock since the genre’s first evolution over 30 years ago.  This album will feature a unique piece of artwork specific to each track on the album.

Langford, describing the new record, says “the subtext of the album is maybe the things our civilization thinks of as fixed and immovable might actually be redundant/obsolete/discredited and it’s up to us to question and find new rocks to be washed up on…”  For this new album, Langford called in Mekons/Waco Brothers veteran Mike Hagler (My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Neko Case, Billy Bragg) to record at Chicago’s Kingsize Sound Labs.  “Skull Orchard used to be a fairly solitary activity” says Langford, “but this is much more of a band project than any of the solo things I’ve done before.”

“This album really brings the art and the songs together – a chicken/egg which came first situation.  The songs are very visual and in some cases came directly from the paintings.”

Songs:

Summer stars
Weightless
Gone without trace
Mars
Sugar on your tongue
Drone operator
Rumors
What did you do in the war
Lil ray of light
Don’t believe