GREGORY PORTER - TAKE ME TO THE ALLEY, THE NEW ALBUM OUT MAY 6TH 2016

An artist whose music is at once timeless yet utterly of its time, Gregory Porter solidifies his standing as his generation’s most soulful jazz singer-songwriter with the May 6 release of Take Me to the Alley, the much-anticipated follow-up to his million-selling Grammy-winning 2013 Blue Note debut Liquid Spirit. The coolest guy in music, the album features a reworked version of ‘Holding On’, the track Gregory co-wrote with electronic act Disclosure, as well as autobiographical songs including ‘Don’t Lose Your Steam’ and title track ‘Take Me To The Alley’, both written with his family in mind.

"Holding On” finds Porter presenting his decidedly different version of the Disclosure single that he was the featured vocalist on and co-wrote for their album Caracal. “I decided to do the song the way that I would have recorded it on my record,” Porter says. “It’s a way of saying that a song is a song is a song. The lyrics and the intention of the song come through no matter what kind of bells and whistles are going on.” The rousing, bluesy stomp “Don’t Lose Your Steam” is dedicated to Porter’s three-year-old son with encouraging lyrics about staying committed one’s goals regardless of hardship. Watch Porter perform “Don’t Lose Your Steam” live at Capitol Studios.

Porter has also announced extensive tour dates throughout North America and Europe this Spring and Summer. See below for a list of U.S. tour dates including appearances at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Newport Jazz Festival.

The tracklist includes: Holding On; Don’t Lose Your Steam; Take Me To The Alley; Day Dream; Consequence Of Love; In Fashion; More Than A Woman; In Heaven; Insanity; Don’t Be A Fool; Fan The Flames; and French African Queen.