Joan Shelley Announces New Album Real Warmth, Shares New Song “Everybody”: Listen

Joan Shelley has announced a new album: Real Warmth is out September 19 via No Quarter. The Kentucky songwriter’s follow up to 2022’s The Spur was produced by Ben Whiteley and features contributions from the Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman, Doug Paisley, Nathan Salsburg, Matt Kelley, Ken Whiteley, drummer Philippe Melanson, and saxophonist Karen Ng. Listen to lead single “Everybody” below.

“We had a few windows in mid-winter and it really felt like there was an urgency to capture a moment in time with these songs, performances, people involved, and against the political backdrop,” Whiteley shared in a press statement. “The record really feels like a capture instead of a meticulous construction. Part of Joan’s concept was not only to go to a place but to draw on the community of musicians from that place.”

Last year, Shelley shared an EP titled Mood Ring. She’s set to embark on a brief tour of North America in the autumn. The run of dates kicks off October 16 at Toronto, Ontario’s Monarch Tavern and wraps up November 2 at the Whirling Tiger in Louisville, Kentucky. Find her schedule below.

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Real Warmth:

01 Here in the High and Low
02 On the Gold and Silver
03 Field Guide to the Wild Life
04 Wooden Boat
05 For When You Can’t Sleep
06 Everybody
07 New Anthem
08 Heaven Knows
09 Ever Entwine
10 Give It Up, It’s Too Much
11 The Orchard
12 Who Do You Want Checking in On You
13 The Hum

Joan Shelley:

10-16 Toronto, Ontario – Monarch Tavern
10-18 Northampton, MA – The Parlor Room
10-19 Keene, NH – Nova Arts
10-21 Boston, MA – Passim
10-22 Brooklyn, NY – Public Records
10-23 Philadelphia, PA – Harmonie Hall
11-21 Chicago, IL – Constellation
11-23 Louisville, KY – The Whirling Tiger