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Laura Marling, London folk songbird and former member of Noah and the Whale, has announced an extended tour of America in May. This will be her second set of dates on this side of the pond this year after a short tour in February. Marling is scheduled to perform at two of the more alternative summer music festivals in the UK, Hop Farm Festival in Kent and Latitude Festival in Suffolk, both in July.

I Speak Because I Can, Marling’s second album that sees her going back to a more traditional folk sound, was released in the UK on March 22. The album will be released in America on April 6.

Tour Dates
May 04 – Lincoln Hall / Chicago
May 06 – Ladies Literary Club / Grand Rapids, MI
May 07 – Magic Stick / Detroit
May 08 – Andy Warhol Museum / Pittsburgh
May 09 – Big Obit Sound Lab / Buffalo
May 11 – Space Gallery / Portland, ME
May 12 – First Church in Cambridge / Cambridge, MA
May 13 – Music Hall of Williamsburg / Brooklyn
May 14 – City Winery / New York City
May 15 – Johnny Brenda’s / Philadelphia
May 16 – Iota / Arlington, VA
May 18 – Earl/ Atlanta
May 19 – 3rd & Lindsley / Nashville
May 21 – Warehouse Live / Houston
May 22 – Central Presbyterian Church / Austin
May 23 – Loft / Dallas
May 24 – Larimer Lounge / Denver
May 25 – Kilby Court / Salt Lake City
May 26 – Neurolux / Boise
May 28 – Doug Fir / Portland, OR

Laura Marling: website | myspace | Laura Marling Plans February 2010 North American Tour

Electropop / dance artist Little Boots (real name Victoria Hesketh) has announced her first headlining tour of North America for this Spring. Last year she won the BBC’s Sound of 2009 poll, pretty much ensuring that everyone in Britain would know her name.

Lest you surmise that her voice can’t stand alone without electronic backing, think again: at Suffolk, England’s Latitude Festival last July, she performed an unplugged version (just piano and voice) of “Remedy” for Radio2 presenter Stuart Maconie that totally stunned and blew me away. I wanted to kick myself for missing her late-night set at the Dot to Dot Festival in Nottingham on May 24, 2009 (thanks a lot, Mistress Jetlag). If electropop is your poison and dancing is your “Remedy”, I suggest checking out the promo video for the song below.

Tour Dates:
Mar 03 – Highline Ballroom / New York City
Mar 05 – Venue / Vancouver
Mar 06 – Neumo’s / Seattle
Mar 07 – Hawthorne Theatre / Portland
Mar 09 – Fillmore / San Francisco
Mar 10 – El Rey / Los Angeles
Mar 12 – Glass House / Pomona
Mar 13 – Casbah / San Diego
Apr 18 – Coachella Music Festival / Indio, CA
Apr 22 – Masquerade / Atlanta
Apr 24 – Voyeur / Philadelphia
Apr 30 – Phoenix Theatre / Toronto
May 01 – Metro / Chicago

Little Boots: website | myspace

Photo: Tom Oxley