Beth Hart To Release New Studio Album ‘Better Than Home’ on April 14, 2015
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Extensive World Tour Kicks Off February 14th – Many Dates Already Sold Out!
“She’s all sizzle…” – Associated Press
“She has a talent with no ceiling.” – Huffington Post
“Beth’s tough, throaty voice…she uses that powerful instrument to best effect on dramatic, arena filling ballads.” – American Songwriter
“Often reminiscent of Etta James and Janis Joplin, Hart’s vocals mine emotions at levels so deep they would scare most singers.” – Music Connection
LOS ANGELES, CA- January 26, 2015 - Grammy© Award-nominated blues-rocker Beth Hart, highly revered for her visceral vocals and dynamic range, is set to release her new studio album entitled Better Than Home on April 14, 2015. For more than two decades, Hart has been leveling audiences around the globe with her impassioned live performances and disarming songwriting. Better Than Home is her most profound body of work to date, pulling listeners into its beautiful depths in the way that only Hart can do. PRESS HERE for the album trailer and catch a sneak peek of what’s to come. Hart will embark on an extensive world tour in support of the album in 2015 that is already selling out venues across the globe. The tour will kick off at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on February 14th. The full list of tour dates is below.
Hart’s most introspective and compelling album yet, Better Than Home peels back the intimate layers of her personal pain to not only examine them but transform them into something empowering and insightful. It has been no secret over the years that Hart’s greatest wealth of inspiration has come from intense periods of struggle in her life, from the loss of her sister to AIDS, to drug use and family strife, to an eventual bipolar diagnosis that was both frightening and liberating. The ultimate conqueror, Hart bounced back at full creative strength prepared to own and share her story.
On the title song “Better Than Home” we meet a migrating soul, face to face with her maker. “Mechanical Heart” is a powerful love song to Hart’s husband of 15 years, vowing that she will find a way to give him all that he deserves despite her emotional limitations. “Tell Her You Belong To Me” is one of the most personal songs for Hart, sung from the perspective of a daughter when her father remarries. Some levity is brought to the album with the track “You Might As Well Smile,” a reminder to not take things too seriously.
Better Than Home Tracklisting:
1. Might As Well Smile
2. Tell ‘Em To Hold On
3. Tell Her You Belong To Me
4. Trouble
5. Better Than Home
6. St. Teresa
7. We’re Still Living In The City
8. The Mood That I’m In
9. Mechanical Heart
10. As Long As I Have A Song
11. Mama This One’s For You (limited edition only)
Upcoming Beth Hart Tour Dates:
2/14/15 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre #- SOLD OUT
2/15/15 San Francisco, CA @ The Great American Band #- SOLD OUT
2/19/15 Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar Cultural Center *- SOLD OUT
2/21/15 Chicago, IL @ Park West *- SOLD OUT
2/22/15 Kent, OH @ The Kent Stage *- SOLD OUT
2/24/15 Ridgefield, CT @ The Ridgefield Playhouse *- SOLD OUT
2/26/15 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair Music Hall *- SOLD OUT
2/28/15 New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre *- SOLD OUT
3/2/15 Alexandria, VA @ The Birchmere ^
3/3/15 Alexendria, VA @ The Birchmere ^
3/6/15 Nashville, TN @ 3RD AND LINDSLEY *- SOLD OUT
3/7/15 Nashville, TN @ 3RD AND LINDSLEY *- SOLD OUT
3/27/15 Auckland, New Zealand @ The Powerstation
3/29/15 Perth, Australia @ West Coast Blues n Roots Festival
3/31/15 Sydney, Australia @ The Metro
4/2/15 Melbourne, Australia @ Melbourne Recital Centre
4/3/15 Byron Bay, Australia @ Bluesfest
4/5/15 Byron Bay, Australia @ Bluesfest
4/11/15 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall- SOLD OUT
4/13/15 Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit 36
4/15/15 Berlin, Germany @ Kesselhaus in der Kulturbrauerei
4/17/15 Cologne, Germany @ E-Werk
4/19/15 Munchen, Germany @ Muffathalle
4/21/15 Zurich, Switzerland @ Volkshaus
4/23/15 Prague, Czech Republic @ Lucerna Music Bar
4/24/15 Vienna, Austria @ Wiener Konzerthaus
4/26/15 Piestany, Slovakia @ Dom Umenia
4/28/15 Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
5/1/15 Bristol, United Kingdom @ Colston hall
5/3/15 Liverpool, United Kingdom @ Philharmonic Hall
5/6/15 Glasgow, United Kingdom @ O2 ABC
5/8/15 London, United Kingdom @ The Barbican
5/9/15 Leeds, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy
5/11/15 Cambridge, United Kingdom @ Corn Exchange
5/13/15 Nottingham, United Kingdom @ Rock City
5/17/15 Dana Point, CA @ Doheny Blues Festival
7/12/15 Morzine, France @ Harley-Days Festival
7/16/15 Pori, Finland @ Pori Jazz Festival
7/23/15 Gulen, Norway @ Utkant Festival
7/24/15 Arendal, Norway @ Canal Street Festival
7/26/15 Wurselen, Germany @ Burg Wilhlmstein
8/1/15 Notodden, Norway @ Notodden Blues Festival
# with Monty Byron
* with Matt Andrew
^ with Cindy Alexander
! with Rene Lacko
Beth Hart’s incredible, soul-baring voice and musicianship has earned her passionate admirers in guitar legends Joe Bonamassa, Slash (who played and wrote on Hart’s 2010 album My California), Buddy Guy and Jeff Beck. Two album collaborations with Bonamassa, 2013’s Seesaw and 2011’s Don’t Explain, made it to the top of the Billboard Blues Albums Chart (#1 and #3 respectively). Seesaw earned Hart a Grammy nomination for Best Blues Album. Hart’s Buddy Guy tribute alongside Jeff Beck at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors received a standing ovation led by President and Mrs. Barack Obama. PRESS HERE to see the special moment. Hart has had a series of celebrated solo albums including 1999’s Screamin’ For My Supper (which spawned the Top 10 Billboard Modern AC Chart hit “L.A. Song (Out Of This Town)”) and 2003’s platinum-selling Leave The Light On, which produced the #1 single “Learning To Live” in Denmark. Her 2012 album Bang Bang Boom Boom hit #3 in the Billboard Top Blues Album Chart. A tour-de-force on the road, Hart consistently sells out venues across the UK, Europe and the United States.
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