GREGORY PORTER RELEASES VIDEO TO LIQUID SPIRIT + TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

GRAMMY-nominated jazz and soul singer Gregory Porter has just released the music video for “Liquid Spirit,” the title track of his impressive Blue Note debut, which will be released in the U.S. on September 17. Porter has also announced Fall tour dates in support of the new album including appearances in Los Angeles at the El Rey Theatre on September 25 and two New York City shows at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan on October 24 and Littlefield in Brooklyn on October 26.

Liquid Spirit  features 3 covers and 11 new originals which showcase Porter’s innate gift for writing poignant songs based upon personal experiences with a relatable and emotional immediacy. Porter sees the album as a logical progression in his burgeoning discography as it touches on some of the same themes, particularly the highs and lows of romance, his childhood, and socio-political observations. More pointedly, he views the title track, a rousing, hand-clapping gospel-jazz romp, dealing with replenishing “thirsty” listeners with more substantial music, as the flipside to last year’s “Bling Bling,” a blistering song on his previous album Be Good on which the protagonist had so many artistic gifts to give but no one to give them to. Similar sentiments occur on “Musical Genocide,” on which Porter declares his refusal of accepting the insistent squashing of quality, diverse music and culture by a mainstream in favor of disposable, homogenized pap.

In part, these songs are based upon Porter’s reflections on new fans, worldwide, who come to him saying, “Where have you been?” or “How come I’ve never heard you before.” “Not saying that I am ‘what is,’ Porter says, “But I think maybe what I’m doing is what people actually want to hear. There are some people who want that liquid spirit – a soulful, thoughtful sound – and they haven’t been getting it.”

 GREGORY PORTER – FALL TOUR DATES

 Sept. 5 – Blue Note Nagoya – Nagoya, Japan

 Sept. 6 – Blue Note Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan

 Sept. 11 – Cabaret Sauvage – Paris, France

 Sept. 12 – Espace Ligeria – Montlouis-sur-Loire, France

 Sept. 13 – Grande Halle de La Villette – Paris, France

 Sept. 14 – Blue Note Milan – Milan, Italy

 Sept. 16 – Kulturfestival Kunstflecken – Neumunster, Germany

 Sept. 20 – Monterey Jazz Festival – Monterey, CA

 Sept. 21 – Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival – Guerneville, CA

 Sept. 22 – Yoshi’s – Oakland, CA

 Sept. 25 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA

 Sept. 28 – Robert Ferst Center for the Arts – Atlanta, CA

 Oct. 9 – Centro Cultural de Belem – Lisbon, Portugal

 Oct. 11 – Casa Da Musica – Porto, Portugal

 Oct. 12 – So What’s Next Festival – Eindhoven, Holland

 Oct. 13 – Main Hall De Doelen – Rotterdam, Holland

 Oct. 14 – Concertgebouw – Amsterdam, Holland

 Oct. 15 – De Oosterpoort – Groningen, Holland

 Oct. 16 – Concert De Vereeniging – Nijmegen, Holland

 Oct. 18 – El Mediator / Theatre De L’archipel – Perignan, France

 Oct. 19 – Theatre Ollioules – Chateau Vallon, France

 Oct. 20 – Salle du Vigean A Eysines – Eysines, France

 Oct. 21 – Cave Cooperative de Bouillargues – Nimes, France

 Oct. 24 – Le Poisson Rouge – New York, NY

 Oct. 25 – Miami Nice Jazz Festival – Miami, FL

 Oct. 26 – Littlefield – Brooklyn, NY

 Oct. 27 – Shea Center for the Performing Arts – Wayne, NJ

 Oct. 30 – Royal Albert Hall – London, England

 Nov. 1 – Art Across Campus Legends of Jazz Series – Syracuse, NY

 Nov. 14 – Kulturzentrum Kammgarn – Kaiserslautern, Germany

 Nov. 15 – Circus Krone – Munich, Germany

 Nov. 16 – Konzerthaus Dortmund – Dortmund, Germany

 Nov. 18 – Stadthalle – Heidelberg, Germany

 Nov. 19 – Alte Oper – Frankfurt, Germany

 Nov. 20 – Theater Am Aegi – Hannover, Germany

 Nov. 21 – Kammermusiksaal – Berlin, Germany

 Nov. 23 – Laeiszhalle – Hamburg, Germany

 Nov. 24 – Die Glocke – Bremen, Germany

 Nov. 25 – Tonhalle Dusseldorf – Dusseldorf, Germany

~ Blue Note Records